Dead or Alive

"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" is a song by Dead or Alive on their 1985 album Youthquake. According to the You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) Songfacts, the strings were based on Richard Wagner 's classical piece Ride Of The Valkyries. This song was the first UK number-one hit for the Stock Aitken Waterman production trio. Released in November 1984, the record reached number one in March 1985, taking seventeen weeks to get there. In the US, it peaked at #11 in September of that year.