Background
"Spinning Around" was written by Ira Shickman, Osborne Bingham, Kara DioGuardi, and Paula Abdul, and produced by Mike Spencer. The song was originally intended for Abdul to record for her then "comeback album." Abdul had said that she wrote the song about her divorce to second husband, clothing designer Brad Beckerman. But, she did not, and Minogue later recorded the song for her seventh studio album Light Years (2000). In an interview with Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh, the authors of the book 1000 UK Number One Hits, Minogue explained how she recorded the song,
"When we started talking about making the album, I met with different writers, producers, and I spent a fare bit of time with my two A&R men Miles and Jamie. The song was found as a demo by Jamie Nelson, one of my A&R guys in New York, so there's a New York story. He went over there, arrived home waving his arms about saying "I've got this great song here, I think it'd be perfect for you." And we all listened to it, and loved it straightaway even in demo form, it had something."
Minogue also said that the song went through a "few processes" before it was made ready for inclusion on the album. She also said that the song sounded more American than the other songs on the album. By this time, Minogue and Deconstruction Records had parted ways. She then signed a record deal with Parlophone Records. "Spinning Around" became her first release through Parlophone, and the lead single from Light Years. It was released on 19 June 2000 in the UK.
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