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"Feel the Spin"
Single by Debbie Harry
from the album Krush Groove
Released1985
Recorded1985
GenrePop
LabelWarner Bros. /
Geffen Records
Songwriter(s)John "Jellybean" Benitez/Toni C./Deborah Harry
Debbie Harry singles chronology
"Rush Rush"
(1983)
"Feel the Spin"
(1985)
"French Kissin'"
(1986)
Audio sample
Feel The Spin

"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). Both producers went on to work with Whitney Houston on her 1988 hit "Love Will Save the Day", from her album Whitney.

"Feel the Spin" was released as an extended 12" single on Warner Bros. Records / Geffen Records in the U.S. (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.

Track listing

  • US 12-inch single
  1. "Feel the Spin" (Extended Dance Version) – 6:50
  2. "Feel the Spin" (Dub Version) – 4:34

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1985) Peak
position
US Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)[1] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1986) Position
US Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)[2] 46

References

  1. ^ "Debbie Harry Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  2. ^ "1986 The Year in Music & Video – Top Dance Sales Singles/Albums". Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 52. 27 December 1986. p. Y-26. ISSN 0006-2510 – via Google Books.