"Feel the Spin" is a 1985 song by the American vocalist

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, featured on the soundtrack album for the film ''

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'' (1985). The song was co-written by Harry and producers

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and Toni C. (the latter of whom would go on to collaborate with Harry again on many of her solo albums).

Release and aftermath

"Feel the Spin" was released as an extended 12" single on

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in the US (where it charted on the

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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 ''

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'' 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: The "uno, dos... uno dos, tres, cuatro" counting was sampled in

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' single "

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" (1988).

Reception

John Leland at ''

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'' 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."

Track listing

*US 12-inch single #"Feel the Spin" (extended dance version) – 6:50 #"Feel the Spin" (dub version) – 4:34

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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