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England's top vocal artiste, George Michael, has returned in the last year with a string of hit records... This is the massive club mix of 'Spinning The Wheel' which was a No. 2 smash for him in August '96.
And a club mix it is indeed. Why it features in place of the jazzy original (or the edited version of it that was the A-side of the single) I don't know but perhaps it's connected to the way the Now albums always seem to be one single behind with his tracks of this era - this fits into the period covered by Now 35, but that has his previous single, which belonged on Now 34, and that has the one that belonged on Now 33.
The song seems, or did to my uninterested ears at the time, to be another of the many songs about a protagonist who wonders where his beloved is and what they're up to, with the strong suspicion that they're being cheated on. In the light of what we know now, though, it takes on a somewhat deeper and darker hue with the implicit fear of HIV transmission; that of course explains the title and some of the shots in the video. And especially knowing what happened to Michael a couple of years later, it's tempting to wonder whether the song is consciously or subconsciously aimed at himself.
I have warmed to the original of the song somewhat over the years. But this mix seems to miss the point entirely, although Michael himself apparently liked it enough to perform this arrangement live.
Also appearing on: Now 22 (with Elton John), 23, 25 (with Queen), 34, 35, 37, 38
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