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"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" is a song by the English pop band Dead or Alive, featured on their second studio album, Youthquake (1985). Released as a single in November 1984, it reached No. 1 on the UK singles chart in March 1985, taking 17 weeks to get there.
The inclusion of Kesha (pictured) was the suggestion of producer Dr. Luke, as Flo Rida wanted a female voice in the song. "Right Round" was written by Flo Rida, Dr. Luke, Kool Kojak, DJ Frank E, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Aaron Bay-Schuck, and Dead or Alive, the band whose 1984 song "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" is sampled in the chorus.
Additionally, Burns said that 12-inch singles comprised over 70% of the original sales of "You Spin Me Round", and because these were regarded by the record label as promotional tools rather than sales, the band had to threaten legal action against the label before they received the royalties on them. [26]
Youthquake is the second studio album by the English pop band Dead or Alive, released on 3 May 1985 by Epic Records.The album was their commercial breakthrough in Europe and the United States, due to its lead single "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)", which was a No. 1 hit on the UK singles chart and a Top 20 hit on the US Billboard Hot 100.
The song was originally inspired by Petey Pablo's hip-hop song "Raise Up", and the part of the song included Pablo telling his native peers "take your shirt off, twist it 'round yo' head, spin it like a helicopter," and the same words were used on T-Pain's version (with the addition of the word motherfucker, although it is slightly muted).
An earworm happens when you have the “inability to dislodge a song and prevent it from repeating itself” in your head, explains Steven Gordon, M.D., neurotologist at UC Health and assistant ...
"Spin You Around" is a song by American country music singer Morgan Wallen from his EP Stand Alone (2015). It was written by Wallen, Sergio Sanchez and Paul Trust.Bass, drums and production for the track were performed by Paul Trust with Dominick Frost contributing guitar and Morgan Wallen contributing vocals.
"In My Head" was reviewed by music journalists, with many of them noting its simple and minimalist style, [30] [62] [60] while others felt it was influenced by music videos released in the 1990s. [30] [63] Winston Cook-Wilson of Spin compared the style to that of late-1990s music videos, as well as to the work of director Hype Williams. [63]