Andrew Huang is a Toronto-based new media artist whose work is a distillati… Read Full Bio ↴Andrew Huang is a Toronto-based new media artist whose work is a distillation of his passion for music, video, social media and audience engagement.

A versatile composer, he is unable to be pinned down to any one genre of music. As a producer he has created work for companies such as WWF, US Bank and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet; as a songwriter and performer he has toured 6 countries. Last fall he worked with Emily Haines of Metric to create a music and video installation piece at The Four Seasons Centre in Toronto.

Huang developed a near-cult following in his early twenties as the creative force behind Songs To Wear Pants To, an online musical comedy project that invites anyone to send him instructions for songs - of which he's created over 600 since 2004.

More recently he has become a well-known YouTube personality, his self-produced content and grassroots approach garnering him over 6 million views in the past year alone. With more by-request musical exploits, dialogues created from user submissions, and eccentric, time-intense pieces - watch him create a beat with 1000 pairs of jeans! - his work continues to hit a sweet spot between sound, picture and audience interaction.

Twist & Shout
Andrew Huang Lyrics

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Twist and shout
Oh oh oh oh

You know you twist so fine
Come and twist a little closer now
You know you twist so fine
Come and twist a little closer now
You know you twist so fine

Come and twist a little closer now
You know you twist so fine
Come and twist a little closer now

Now shake it out baby
Shake it out baby
Twist and shout
Twist and shout
Come on come on come on come on baby
Now come on come work it out

You know you look so good
You know you got me goin' now
You know you look so good
You know you got me goin' now
You know you look so good
You know you got me goin' now
You know you look so good
You know you got me goin' now

Now shake it out baby
Now shake it out baby
Twist and shout
Twist and shout

Come on come on come on come on baby
Now come on come work it out

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Andrew Huang's "Twist & Shout" are all about dancing and having a good time. The song encourages the listener to let loose and move with the music, as the singer proclaims that they "twist so fine". The repetition of the chorus serves to further emphasize the fun and energetic nature of the song, with the singer urging their audience to "twist and shout" along with them.

The lyrics also contain a slightly flirty undertone, with the singer complimenting their dance partner's appearance and expressing how they "got me goin' now". This adds a layer of playfulness to the song, framing the dancing as a way to connect and flirt with someone.

Overall, "Twist & Shout" is a song about letting go of inhibitions and enjoying the moment through dancing and connection with others.

Line by Line Meaning

Twist and shout
Let's get up and dance with enthusiasm

Oh oh oh oh
Expressing excitement for the dance

You know you twist so fine
You have amazing dance moves

Come and twist a little closer now
Get closer and join me in this dance

Now shake it out baby
Let's loosen up and keep moving

Twist and shout
Keep dancing, keep having fun

Come on come on come on come on baby
Encouragement to keep going and dance together

Now come on come work it out
Keep dancing, keep having fun, keep twisting and shouting

You know you look so good
You are doing an incredible job with the dance

You know you got me goin' now
Your dance moves have inspired me to dance as well

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Comments from YouTube:

Amusan

7y↑7

I love how he satirizes jazz bass lines by placing random notes on the piano scale...

Big Cheese Man

11y

It would probably be easier for me to say what I didn't like. The kinda abrasive and loud production of this is something I adore. That and the contrast of kinda calm delivery in the verses against the yelling in the chorus just makes me love this.

Big Cheese Man

11y

Please, for the love of all things good and decent in this world, make more songs like this.

Amy Kennedy

9y↑1

Normally I would dislike something like this.. but it's definitely not the worst thing I've ever heard. It's pretty creative!

ardee1980

9y↑23

Technically it's a cover of an Isley Brothers song. The Beatles covered them.

Azathoth43

9y↑5

ardee1980 Coverception

alltaken678

8y↑10

+ardee1980 To be really picky, the Top Notes recorded it first. And it was written by someone else. So it's about four levels from being a Beatles cover.

WDShorty

11y

Take all your favorite genres. Mash them together in your own style, making a song about your favorite movie/show/book/story.!:) Keep up the good work!

Heart of Veritas

11y↑1

LOL... Oh my goodness, this totally defied my brain's expectations for a Beatles cover. Thanks for this! :D

S Y

11y

I NEVER expected such a video for this track. I died. Then again, you're always full of surprises :)

BiomeSiege

11y

Its just extremely funny watching you do random moves and just going wild. Plus the music is pretty good :p

artix vonkeiger

9y↑66

Did anyone think he looked like a pervy soccer player

MinerKitten

7y↑1

Lol me

Selina Notoneshallknowmynameson

11y

Nicely done, it all works together so well, while seeming kinda off and random in such an interesting way, at least that's how I see it. Aah, I love it!

Margarita Hernandez

11y

Absolutely loved this! You're such a genius, thanks for the laughs

leafling

11y

Oh god, the stache, the hair part, the creepy eyebrow raise STOP IT. That was unexpected and I loved it even though I felt uncomfortable.

Jade Amethyst

11y

I love this soooo much! Wish it was longer!

Phillip Jaramillo

10y↑3

You know, I know this was supposed to be a bad song, but I actually like it. Very spastic and subliminal.

Jehron Bentham

11y

Hahaha. No problem, dude. Cool to know that it was just improv. Now I will mess around with the bass in those parts and see what I get.

John Doe

11y

i wish this song were longer, its amazing

MCP

9y↑69

I believe this is the video that inspired me to shave my mustache...

Bingo

M CP do you watch pink sheep?

MCP

WolfHowl Gaming no

Mystic Magic Smurf Dark Lord

4y↑3

How dare you! Keep your mustache!

PinkyDinker

11y

Make a song using only your body. Not necessarily beat boxing. But more so utilizing your whole body :D Love your videos by the way!

Jamie

10y

I love everything about what you did with this.

Audrey Hanson

11y

I LOVE IT! It's kind of sad, but during the parts where you had a mustache, I wasn't sure if it was you at first. Then I noticed the eyebrows, and I was like...Yeah that's him.

omargiugiangiugia

11y

This sounds actually WAY better than the original. Wow.

Seere Agaar

11y

I think it would be awesome if you done a Queen song!!! Behemian Rhapsody is personally my favorite Queen song ever along with one of my most favorite songs out there in the music world. Any Queen song would be awesome though! :)

Brigham

11y

Given his talent for punning, I think the effort needed to not pun would pretty much kill Andrew.

Emmy

11y

i think this is my favourite thing you've done so far :D

Sidney Gish

tbh as long as i use speakers instead of headphones i actually enjoy this

Rhys Williams

11y

i could listen to this on loop until i die

Jeremy Carter

11y

He explained somewhere that actually, it's just one of those songs that an unknown composer wrote, then everyone covered/performed. So, he covered the Beatles cover. I ain't googling to see how accurate that explanation is though. I'll leave that to you if you're interested in the history of the song.

Jehron Bentham

11y

Andrew!! Did you follow a particular scale for the bass you did in the verses? Or did you just spradiddle on teh strings? And, if you could tab this, I would be very thankful.

Waddles

11y

For me, I enjoyed the mix of the harsh and clean vocals. Was nice! And that mustache, mmmmm. ;D

Jumpix

10y

I want moar beatles covers like this O_O! I'm in love with this song <3

Epikossumnis

11y

Okay, I have a challenge for you. Make a new theme song for the TV show A.N.T. Farm. And, if they ask you to make a guest appearance, do so.

A B

6y↑3

why do i feel like he's going to kill me if i don't twist and shout

maxrbmc

11y

You should do a hardcore dubstep cover of Faith Hill's "This Kiss" called "Dis Bitch."

Abi Swanson

11y

That was a little bit frightening, but awesome nonetheless

ᛋᛁᚷᛁᛚᛋ, The Runic Kuribro

11y

After watching that I'm not sure if I know the song, but I do know both I and my cat dislike this version either way I'm afraid. I put some stuff on loud sometimes (and much of it is rock/metal and more recently dubstep), but rarely does he stare at the computer with a look like he's being attacked like he just did...

Huening Kai Luvr

7y↑2

I'm gonna play this everywhere now lmao

Ocher Owl

10y↑5

Loop it. 10 hours. <3.

ShatteredPsyche

11y

This version certainly would have made Ferris Bueller's Day Off rather...interesting.

GETOVERFIT

11y

I challenge you to write a rock song about a butterfly that is in love triangle with a praying mantis and a frog.

squeegeebeeb

11y

Awesome, creepy, catchy..... AMAZING.

Squarington Squared

9y↑13

This would've been great in ferris buellers day off

Srcsqwrn

11y

Man, I'd want to hear a "I'm Looking Through you" cover. :0

NoEsUnYoutuber

6y↑2

Are intense industrial covers of pop songs gonna be thing now?

amanda !

41w

this shit still slaps

Jon Berglind

11y

I challenge you to write an original song about nutrition and wellness; more specifically, the will power it takes to avoid eating things that aren't good for you, especially when you're really not that hungry to begin with. Choose a style yourself, but dress it up with a melody/hook that's catchy enough to remember, inspiring people the eat well, but not too annoying like a commercial jingle or something you don't want stuck in your head. *Love* Take it. It's for you!

PauLtus B

11y

It almost sounds Prodigy like at point,which is absolutely awesome.

Zoya Angel

10y↑10

That made me laugh so hard wen he had the faces

KennEH

11y

One of my favourites form the album.

Tyrone Warner

11y

I would really, really like to see more of that moustache guy.

CHAMANGO

11y

Is there a longer version of this?! :D

Kogasa

11y

Write a catchy song which uses no more or less than three measures of each time signature before switching to a new one.

hoang nguyen

10y↑22

wearing headphones when this song came on. RIP my ear

Jeremy Carter

11y

Check out his version of Gangnam Style, the Epic Orchestrated Version. It's pretty overly emotional imo, lol

NevTheDeranged

11y

Wow, I never would have thought you could look as creepy as you do during the moustache parts.

Michael Hart

11y

I would love to hear a song about your relationship with your mustache. I'm sure it's a complicated one.

Cheers115Animations

11y

Do another Beatles cover with the song Helter Skelter.

Intrafacial86

11y

Now you must acquire a taste for . . . QUASI-FUNK-LATIN-FREE-JAZZ-FUSION 0:10 *rests head on fist with a serious face*

Josh Jones

11y

I would be okay with this song if not for one major error. The Beatles covered this song. So in actuality this song isn't a Beatles cover.... It's a Top Notes cover.

Pablo Falcon

10y↑21

I really want that pants shirt

M̶o̷n̶S̷t̴e̸R̵ ̸MaN̡gL͡eR̢

9y↑3

I think he sells it in his shop.

Theunwrittenfew

11y

It puts a smile on my face. :)

RandomTown

11y

Please write a song about bunnies in the style known as "skronk."

Lien1e

11y

I kind of wish that when I search for 'creepy andrew', the first result would be this video

muffintop zombie

11y

I challenge you and boyinaband to do a real cover of a Beatles song. Preferably Maxwells silver hammer

RandomTown

11y

"Used to define music that is grating, dissonante, and frequently avant garde. Mid-to-late period Tom Waits, mid-to-late period Ornette Coleman."

Jon Berglind

11y

You smart. You know lots of stuff. You're one cool hampster, bro.

Eric Harrison

11y

Play a dubstep or trap song out of ambient kitchen noises

Aaron FitzSimons

11y

I think I broke the play button. Must've twisted too hard.

Eric Lawson

11y

This is amazing!!

Leonardo Placido

9y↑1

Read the lyrics without hearing the song and you'll come up with another song.

Franzi Li

11y

nice, this is going to be stuck in my head! ;)

Anabel Turner

11y

This is kind of fantastic like wow

Amanda Martinezerlla

11y

please do a rap in Chinese!!! Your Chinese in vass tunga was awesome!!! Please?

ProfAwesomeO

11y

I request you make a song using only batman clips (from any movie or tv series of any age... because I love me some Adam West)

Scotty D

11y

The centre-part in the hair is my favourite part.

ᛋᛁᚷᛁᛚᛋ, The Runic Kuribro

11y

Oh my Arceus. This was that song? I didn't recognize it in the slightest until I just goo-tubed it. Though that song was the only one I could think of with that name, I was assuming it had to be another song called Twist and Shout.

pippypenguin

10y

This is the greatest thing ever

Greg Poblete

11y

i want this to be the new rick rolled.

Emma Meligne

11y

I would change the title to MOST EPIC

theslinkymaniaa

11y

Ridiculous tattoo idea #2: A narwhal wearing a jet pack riding the rings of Saturn.

unophishal

11y

I'm rocking out to this

Joshua Follows

10y

this is incredible.

Rodney

8y↑19

This is my kind of music...

Bastien Yov

11y

Fait un son d'un artiste francais mais avec du Dubstep en fond ( et toujours en francais) Make a song with a French Artist song but with a Dubstep Cover (and ever in french)

monkeyman123321

11y

Oddly I just saw American English Sunday a good Beatles tribute band.

Reichukey

10y↑3

I love this!

liggieep

11y

Make a song about puns, without actually making any puns in the song.

Ibeth Brambila

11y

challenge: andrew make a "mariachi" please

TrevenHallWTF

11y

I'm going to have to request a cover of a remix, a cover of Eurobeat Brony - Discord (The Living Tombstone Remix) I'm also going to request it on every video from this point on until you start concidering it. Then it will be every 5 videos.

Emmanuel Gapud

8y↑6

Those closeups xD

Leiwaan

11y

Better than the original.

Grandmaster C

11y

Any chance of a Classical piece in a Ska style?

coreyfreakingish

11y

Lol I can't take the angry scenes seriously with the fully buttoned shirt with the sleeves down lol

ProfAwesomeO

11y

now that's a bit drastic, we only have to make sure no breading takes place. death is not necessary .

Freyja Internet

11y

Here in the UK "scene" is a term for like a combination of emo and hipster.. At least I think so from what I remember of being a teenager. I'm not sure it's a term people like being called?