You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) by Dead or Alive was released November 5, 1984, with Misty Circles as the B side. It was a single from the band’s album Youthquake.

The song was a No. 1 hit in the United Kingdom. It the United States, it reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Dead or Alive vocalist and songwriter Pete Burns, who sadly passed away on October 23 of this year at the age of 57, discussed the writing of You Spin Me Round is his 2007 autobiography Freak Unique, citing Luther Vandross as one of the song’s inspirations: Continue reading →