"Down at the Twist and Shout" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Mary Chapin Carpenter.
The song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart on September 14, 1991.
In 1992, "Down at the Twist and Shout" won Carpenter a Grammy for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female.
[4] It was also nominated at the Academy of Country Music Awards for Song of the Year, losing to Billy Dean's "Somewhere in My Broken Heart".
American Aquarium covered the song on their 2021 album Slappers, Bangers, and Certified Twangers: Vol 1.