Feel the Spin
1985 single by Debbie Harry
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"Feel the Spin" is a 1985 song by the American vocalist Debbie Harry, featured on the soundtrack album for the film Krush Groove (1985). The song was co-written by Harry and producers John "Jellybean" Benitez and Toni C. (the latter of whom would go on to collaborate with Harry again on many of her solo albums).
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| Single by Debbie Harry | ||||
| from the album Krush Groove | ||||
| Released | 1985 | |||
| Recorded | 1985 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
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"Feel the Spin" | ||||
Release and aftermath
"Feel the Spin" was released as an extended 12" single on Warner Bros. Records / Geffen Records in the US (where it charted on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart at #5). It was also released as a single in Canada, but not in the UK (though the track would surface in 1987 as the B-side of the UK singles "Free to Fall" and "In Love with Love").
The extended dance version of "Feel the Spin" was included on both the 1988 Blondie/Debbie Harry remix compilation Once More into the Bleach as well as Harry's 1999 greatest hits compilation Most of All: The Best of Deborah Harry.
On the entry for October 24, 1985 of the Andy Warhol Diaries, he recalls that he:
Cabbed to the Palladium for Debbie Harry's party ($6) for her song that Jellybean produced, "Feel the Spin". When Debbie arrived, she saw us in the balcony and came up there because she thought it was the place to [laughs] be, and then it was the place to be because all the photographers came after her. She looks great. Debbie actually was the first Madonna.[1]
The "uno, dos... uno dos, tres, cuatro" counting was sampled in S'Express' single "Theme from S'Express" (1988).
Reception
John Leland at Spin said, "Take away the psychic leverage afforded a beautiful blonde by a cool sense of irony, and she becomes just another lifeless nonentity. Blondie at its best offered hip mystique and a somehow sexy sexual negation. Jellybean's automatic pilot production does nothing to bail out the weak song or the weak performance."[2]
Track listing
- US 12-inch single
- "Feel the Spin" (extended dance version) – 6:50
- "Feel the Spin" (dub version) – 4:34
Charts
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