Spinning the Wheel

"Spinning the Wheel" is a song by George Michael. The song was co-written by Michael and Jon Douglas. It was performed by George Michael and released on Virgin Records in 1996.

The song was the third single taken from Older and it peaked at number 2 in the UK, kept off the top by the Spice Girls' "Wannabe".

It subsequently appeared on both of George Michael's compilations Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael and Twenty Five.

The song depicts the worry of a lover whose partner is sexually promiscuous during the period when AIDS was newly discovered and rampant in the West.

Track listing

UK CD (VSCDG 1595) 14 August 1996

"Spinning the Wheel" (radio edit) – 4:57
"You Know What I Want To" – 4:35
"Safe" – 4:25
"Spinning the Wheel" (Forthright Edit) – 4:41

EU CD The Dance Remixes (VSCDX 1595)

"Spinning the Wheel" (Forthright Club Mix) – 8:11
"Fastlove" (Forthright Edit) – 4:23
"Spinning the Wheel" (Jon Douglas Remix) – 6:40

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart^[1]	14
Austrian Singles Chart^[1]	29
Belgian Flanders Singles Chart^[1]	36
Belgian Wallonia Singles Chart^[1]	27
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary^[2]	41
Dutch Singles Chart^[3]	31
Finnish Singles Chart^[1]	13
German Singles Chart^[4]	67
Irish Singles Chart^[5]	14
Italy Singles Chart^[6]	11
New Zealand Singles Chart^[1]	17
Spanish Singles Chart^[7]	1
Swedish Singles Chart^[1]	18
Swiss Singles Chart^[1]	24
UK Singles Chart^[8]	2
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs^[9]	44

Certifications

Country	Certification
United Kingdom	Silver^[10]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 George Michael - Spinning the Wheel (song). Retrieved 2 May 2011.
↑ Adult Contemporary - Volume 64, No. 10, 21 October 1996. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
↑ Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
↑ Single-Chartverfolgung. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
↑ The Irish Charts. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
↑ . Retrieved 21 January 2011.
↑ Listas de Afyve. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
↑ Top 75 Releases. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
↑ George Michael: Dance/Club Play Songs. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
↑ Certified awards search. Retrieved 3 May 2011.

External links

Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

George Michael

Studio albums

Faith (1987)
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990)
Older (1996)
Songs from the Last Century (1999)
Patience (2004)
Symphonica (2014)

Compilations

Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael (1998)
Twenty Five (2006)

Extended plays

Five Live (1993)

Singles

"Careless Whisper" (1984) "A Different Corner" (1986) "I Want Your Sex" (1987) "Hard Day" (1987) "Faith" (1987) "Father Figure" (1988) "One More Try" (1988) "Monkey" (1988) "Kissing a Fool" (1988) "Praying for Time" (1990) "Waiting for That Day" (1990) "Mother's Pride" (1990) "Freedom! '90" (1990) "Heal the Pain" (1991) "Cowboys and Angels" (1991) "Too Funky" (1992) "Killer"/"Papa Was a Rolling Stone" (1993) "Jesus to a Child" (1996) "Fastlove" (1996) "Spinning the Wheel" (1996) "Older" (1997) "Star People '97" (1997) "You Have Been Loved"/"The Strangest Thing '97" (1997) "Outside" (1998) "Freeek!" (2002) "Shoot the Dog" (2002) "Amazing" (2004) "Flawless (Go to the City)" (2004) "Round Here" (2004) "John and Elvis Are Dead" (2005) "An Easier Affair" (2006) "December Song (I Dreamed of Christmas)" (2008/2009/2010/2011) "True Faith" (2011) "You and I" (2011) "White Light" (2012)

Duets	"Wrap Her Up" (1985) (with Elton John) "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (1987) (with Aretha Franklin) "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (1991) (with Elton John) "Waltz Away Dreaming" (1997) (with Toby Bourke) "As" (1999) (with Mary J. Blige) "If I Told You That" (2000) (with Whitney Houston) "This Is Not Real Love" (2006) (with Mutya Buena) "Heal the Pain" (2008) (with Paul McCartney)

Videos

Faith (1988)
George Michael (1990)
Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael (1999)
Twenty Five (2006)
George Michael Live in London (2009)

Tours

Faith World Tour (1988–89)
Cover to Cover tour (1991)
25 Live (2006–08)
Live in Australia (2010)
Symphonica Tour (2011–12)

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