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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.
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 also proved to be the act's final Top 40 hit with an original release in the UK, and their last Top 20 hit in Australia. [34] A 12-inch version of the song, the 'Mortevicar Mix', featured scenes from Nosferatu and sampling of dialogue from the soundtrack of The Exorcist and a sampling from the George A. Romero American movie trailer ...
The song features as the theme song for the Red Scare podcast. [103] On 12 November 2012, the song was covered by the French alternative rock band Halflives and featured Mercedes from the Canadian rock band Courage My Love via YouTube. [104] A cover of the song by American singer Poppy was released on 3 June 2020. [105]
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 ...
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).
Similar to most of the songs from Light Years, "Spinning Around" is a "string-laden" dance-pop track with prominent influences from disco music. [1] [2] According to the sheet music of the song published by BMG Rights Management at Musicnotes.com, it is composed in the key of F ♯ minor and features a moderate tempo of 120 beats per minute. [15]