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42-471: The Dance/Electronic Digital Songs chart tracks the 50 most popular downloaded dance music singles, including tracks that are exclusively available online only. This chart also includes previously released dance and disco songs that became available for downloading, which means that songs like " You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) " by Dead or Alive are eligible to chart. On January 17, 2013, Billboard added

84-510: A rugby league fan and is president of League 1 side Coventry Bears . In 2001, Waterman was made an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration by Coventry University for his services to the pop industry. In 2004, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in music by University College Chester . In the New Year Honours List published 31 December 2004, he was made an OBE for his services to music. In December 2006, he became

126-457: A Man " by Divine , and " Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go) " by Hazell Dean . In a 2009 interview discussing the song, Burns disputed the Hi-NRG label, saying "to me it was just disco ". He also described the song as "a pop hit, not a hi-NRG hit", and claimed Sylvester as a major influence. Burns later said he had wanted to make a "glittery disco record", while Pete Waterman , asked to define

168-438: A confrontational attitude between the producers and band led to "quite a bad vibe" during production and "a time of intense friction". Engineer Phil Harding , who mixed the track, said tensions were running so high between the band members and producers Mike Stock and Matt Aitken during mixing, that it almost escalated to violence. Aitken has confirmed that tensions were high, with the producers clashing with band members over

210-617: A group encompassed various ventures: To hold his own collection of locomotives, he founded the Waterman Railway Heritage Trust, which currently owns several steam and diesel locomotives including: Waterman also has a keen interest in model railways , and is the founder of the model railway business Just Like the Real Thing, which specialises in O Gauge kits. He works closely with model-maker Laurie Lynch on this project. He continues to retain an interest in

252-470: A producer". According to Burns, the record company Epic was unenthusiastic about "You Spin Me Round" to such an extent that Burns had to take out a £2,500 loan to record it. After it was recorded, he recalled, "the record company said it was awful" and the band had to fund production of the song's video themselves. Interviewed for BBC Radio 4 's The Reunion: The Hit Factory , in April 2015, Burns said that

294-577: Is the owner of significant collections of both historic and commercial railway locomotives and rolling stock. Peter Alan Waterman was born in Stoke Heath , Coventry , Warwickshire on Wednesday, 15 January 1947. He was educated at Whitley Abbey Comprehensive School until he left in 1962 to work for British Railways . He became a steam locomotive fireman based at Wolverhampton (Stafford Road) depot . In 2002 he said of his time working for British Railways, "I loved every minute of it. The squalor

336-700: The Billboard Hot 100 , though it did reach no. 21 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles . Simpson's version has new lyrics and only preserves the chorus of the song. Pete Waterman Peter Alan Waterman OBE DL (born 15 January 1947) is an English record producer, songwriter, and television personality. As a member of the Stock Aitken Waterman production and songwriting team, he co-wrote and co-produced many UK hit singles . An avid railway enthusiast, Waterman

378-550: The Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, which tracks the 50 most popular dance and electronic songs based on club play, singles sales, radio airplay across all formats, digital downloads, and online streaming. The chart's first number one was " Bad Romance " by Lady Gaga in the January 23, 2010 issue. Since 2019, the chart's longest running number-one is " Happier " by Marshmello and Bastille , reigning at

420-698: The National Blood Service in the UK, their sixth TV advert which also features Carol Smillie and Will Carling . Waterman was one of the contestants in the 2009 series of the BBC programme Celebrity MasterChef , but was knocked out in the first round. In October 2019, Waterman appeared on The X Factor: Celebrity . Waterman was part of an all star audience during the auditions stage in Malibu at Simon Cowell ’s house, providing commentary critique behind

462-590: The Steps video " Tragedy ". In the late-1990s, production company Celador hired Waterman to compose a song for their new quiz show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? . The company felt the song unsuitable, and instead approached Keith Strachan . Waterman co-wrote and produced with Mike Stock " That Sounds Good to Me " by Josh Dubovie , the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest entry for the United Kingdom, which finished in last place with 10 points. Waterman

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504-471: The West Coast Main Line , with each being branded as 'Making Tracks' and in 2023, Pete, and his group of other enthusiasts nicknamed the 'Railnuts' group, produced a model railway focusing on Milton Keynes Central railway station . In addition to his passion for music and railways, Waterman is also a supporter of Walsall F.C. though he supported Coventry City for many years. He is also

546-635: The emotional manipulation behind Cowell's shows, with Waterman memorably interrupting a funeral to tell an ousted contestant that the loss of his gran (who had died of shock when learning her grandson had been dropped from the show) would provide the sob story he needed to get him on to the show. In factual television, Waterman's interest in trains saw him present a historic self-retrospective view in Waterman on Railways for Channel Four/the Discovery Channel . Waterman also appeared in an advert by

588-638: The "1001 Best Songs Ever", Blender listed it at number 289 on its ranking of "Greatest Songs Since You Were Born" in 2005, and in 2015 it was voted by the British public as the nation's 17th-favourite 1980s number one in a poll for ITV . Dead or Alive's lead vocalist Pete Burns stated in his autobiography Freak Unique that he composed "You Spin Me Round" by using two existing songs as inspiration for creating something new: How did I write "Spin Me"? I listened to Luther Vandross 's "I Wanted Your Love". It's not

630-615: The Railway Exchange Training Academy (RETA) at Crewe. In June 2009, Waterman unveiled Manchester Metrolink Firema T-68 1007s new name “ East Lancashire Railway ” as a tribute to the Heritage Railway at Bury tram stop. In October 2018, Waterman unveiled The Will Hay Appreciation Society 's memorial bench to Will Hay , Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt in Cliddesden , Hampshire

672-599: The Three Degrees to the UK. He then moved to Jamaica working with Peter Tosh and Lee Perry , and producing Susan Cadogan ’s reggae -crossover hit " Hurt So Good ". In 1979, Waterman set up Loose Ends with Peter Collins , the first coming under the name 14–18 with a single inspired by World War I , " Good-Bye-Ee ," and hits with artists like Musical Youth and Nik Kershaw . He then set up his own company PWL (Pete Waterman Limited) in 1984, quickly signing producers Matt Aitken and Mike Stock , who produced

714-539: The UK, entertaining bigger crowds with a blend of rhythm and blues and soul music tunes he had sourced. Given a residency with the Mecca Leisure Group , he developed new initiatives including matinée discos for under 18s at Coventry's Locarno club, which gave him a valuable insight into what music interested a younger audience. Waterman noticed that the younger dancers preferred records with high beats per minute and this influenced his later work. It

756-482: The company and regularly accompanies its sales stand to model railway exhibitions. Waterman has an extensive private collection of railway models and railway layouts, in O scale and larger gauges. He is currently building a large model of Leamington Spa railway station , in O scale and set in the 1950s. He has written several books and many magazine articles on the subject. He has said that his ability to become absorbed in making models helped him cope with grief after

798-591: The death of Burns in 2016, musician and actor Gary Kemp described the song as "one of the best white dance records of all time." In 2020, The Guardian ranked the song number five in their list of "The 100 Greatest UK No 1s". In 2021, Classic Pop ranked it number-one in their list of "Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman songs". In 2023, the song was covered by Netta as part of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 tribute to music from Liverpool . In 2023, Alexis Petridis of The Guardian listed

840-528: The death of his son. In 2007, Waterman became involved in a co-operative UK rail industry bid to create a national railway training scheme under the then Labour government, which after the Government seed funding was withdrawn from all such schemes, was halted in 2009. Waterman revealed in 2011 that he had since spent £900,000 of his own money on training apprentices at Crewe, and that outside Network Rail 's own scheme, only 37 apprentices had been taken into

882-595: The filming location for Buggleskelly in the railway comedy film Oh, Mr Porter! . In 2018, Waterman became president of the Railway Benefit Fund, a railway benevolent charity based in Crewe. On 20 October 2021 during a High Speed 2 site visit Waterman announced the name of one of the tunnel boring machines to be Dorothy. In 2021 and 2022, Pete Waterman produced two different OO Gauge model layouts at Chester Cathedral. Both modelled different parts of

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924-536: The label before they received the royalties on them. The accompanying music video , which features a disco ball , waving gold flags and an evocation of the six-armed deity Vishnu , was directed by Vaughan Arnell and Anthea Benton . In 2003, British popular music magazine Q ranked "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" number 981 in their list of the "1001 Best Songs Ever". In 2005, Blender listed it at number 289 on its ranking of "Greatest Songs Since You Were Born". In 2014, Matt Dunn of WhatCulture ranked

966-546: The latter's desire to keep adding new elements to the mix. Stock has disputed the seriousness of studio tensions, alleging that Burns, Harding and Pete Waterman have all "exaggerated" what happened in their recounting of events. "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" is written in the key of F♯ minor . Remixes of the song were released in 1996 and 1997 (some included on the releases of Nukleopatra ). In 2000, new mixes appeared on Fragile and in 2001, on Unbreakable: The Fragile Remixes . A remix version of "You Spin Me Round"

1008-666: The lead position for 30 non-consecutive weeks. The current number-one song on the chart is "Selfish" by Britney Spears . You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) " You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) " is a song by the English pop band Dead or Alive , featured on their second studio album, Youthquake (1985). Released as a single in November 1984, it reached No. 1 on the UK singles chart in March 1985, taking 17 weeks to get there. It

1050-404: The main judges, alongside Randy Jackson , Howie Mandel and songwriter Diane Warren . Waterman wrote and produced the UK entry for the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest . This song was performed by the final three acts on Eurovision, Your Country Needs You! on 12 March 2010, Josh Dubovie was chosen to represent the UK. The song came under much criticism and William Hill 's betting odds gave

1092-835: The race to Christmas number 1 to the same show's winning girl group , Louis Walsh 's Girls Aloud . Waterman returned as judge for the second series of Pop Idol , but was constantly critical of the eventual winner, Michelle McManus , and was openly disappointed when she won. Waterman has since said he will not appear on any similar programmes in future, and has on several occasions attacked more recent talent shows (specifically those devised by his former Pop Idol colleague, Simon Cowell ). Waterman has stated that he turned down offers to participate in The X Factor , Britain's Got Talent and American Idol , citing fix allegations and being put off by unprofessional behaviour including that of Popstars: The Rivals co-judge Geri Halliwell during

1134-531: The rail industry in 2011. In January 2015, Waterman announced the sale of the bulk of his model railway collection, to fund the training of rail apprentices in restoring his steam locomotives 5224 and 5553, which in May 2015 were moved from Crewe to Peak Rail . In April 2015, the collection sold for £627,229 at the auction in Birmingham . In July 2015, in partnership with rail engineering firm OSL, Waterman launched

1176-494: The same chord structure, but then that's the way I make music – I hear something and I sing another tune over it. I didn't sit and study the Luther Vandross album – I heard the song and it locked. [...] I'm trying to structure the music and I know what I want. [...] It's like do this, do this, do this – and suddenly it hits. I don't want to do Luther Vandross's song, but I can still sing the same pattern over it. And there

1218-467: The show. Whilst he has kept his promise not to appear as a talent show judge, on 12 October 2008, Waterman joined his fellow ex- Pop Idol judges Neil Fox and Nicki Chapman on Peter Kay 's spoof talent show Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice , a fully scripted fictional spoof on the talent show genre. The show parodied

1260-545: The song "Whatever I Do" for Hazell Dean . Stock Aitken Waterman became one of the most successful musical production teams of the 1980s. Waterman has been involved in at least twenty-two UK number one singles with his acts (including Dead or Alive , Kylie Minogue , Rick Astley , Bananarama , Steps , Mel and Kim , Donna Summer , Sinitta , Cliff Richard and Jason Donovan ) and he claims upwards of 500 million sales worldwide (inclusive of singles, albums, compilation inclusions, downloads, etc.). Waterman also appeared in

1302-461: The song 125-1 chance that the song would win, the longest odds for a UK entry ever. In the end the song, " That Sounds Good to Me ", came last at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest receiving only 10 points in total. Waterman's main interest outside music is in railways, and he has been involved in several railway ventures. In 1988 he revived the name of the London & North Western Railway , which as

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1344-552: The song at number one in his "Stock Aitken Waterman's 20 greatest songs – ranked!", describing it "a breathlessly exciting single... It's commercial pop music that captures a small-hours dancefloor's hedonism and hysteria". 1985, Epic – 49-05208; 1989, Epic – 49H69181 1997, Epic – 49-78588 1999, Cleopatra – CLP 0533-2 2003, Epic 673578 2 2006, Epic 82876 806212 Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Nu metal band Dope covered

1386-413: The song at number three in his "15 unforgettable Stock Aitken Waterman singles" list, stating that the song "has had an enormous presence in pop culture since its 1984 release", as it has been covered, sampled, bootlegged or remixed by many artists, and used in films, series and TV ads. In 2015, it was voted by the British public as the nation's 17th favourite 1980s number-one in a poll for ITV . After

1428-481: The song on their debut studio album Felons and Revolutionaries (1999); the cover also appeared on the soundtrack for the film American Psycho . This version reached no. 37 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Jessica Simpson 's version of the song was released as a promo single from her fifth studio album A Public Affair in 2006. Her version of the song failed to break into

1470-401: The song's sound, said it was " techno -disco; without a question that's what it was. It was new technology playing Motown ; that's all it was. Taking out the musicians and bringing in technology for the first time." Burns claimed the song was "completed" by the time the producers were then chosen to work on it, stating that "the record companies don't trust a band to go into the studio without

1512-487: The success of the original. However, after Burns's appearance on Celebrity Big Brother 4 in 2006, the single was re-released and managed a Top 5 peak on the UK Singles Chart. According to Burns, 12-inch singles comprised over 70% of the original sales of "You Spin Me Round", and because these were regarded by the record label as promotional tools rather than sales, the band had to threaten legal action against

1554-502: Was another record, by Little Nell , called "See You 'Round Like a Record". [...] So I had those two, Van Dross [ sic ] and Little Nell and – bingo! – done deal. Desiring to move on from the sound of the band's debut studio album, Sophisticated Boom Boom (1984), Pete Burns wanted "You Spin Me Round" to be produced by the then little-known production team Stock Aitken Waterman , in the Hi-NRG style of their 1984 UK hits " You Think You're

1596-523: Was at the Locarno that Waterman first met Neville Staple , later to be a vocalist for The Specials – a band that Waterman would manage for a brief period. In early 2009, Waterman wrote the foreword to Staple's biography, Original Rude Boy , which was published by Aurum Press in May 2009. Waterman took up a job as an A&R man, and worked in the Philadelphia scene , which included introducing

1638-574: Was released in 2003 at the same time Dead or Alive's greatest hits album Evolution: The Hits was released. The song reached No. 23 on the UK Singles Chart . The original 1984 recording was re-released on 30 January 2006 because of lead singer Pete Burns' controversial time as a contestant on television series Celebrity Big Brother and reached No. 5. The song has been re-released three times since its original release in 1984. Each time of its release, it achieved success, but failed to match

1680-652: Was the first UK No. 1 hit by the Stock Aitken Waterman production trio. On the US Billboard Hot 100 , it peaked at No. 11 on 17 August of that year, becoming their highest-charting single there. The song also reached No. 1 in Ireland and in Canada, while in Australia it peaked at No. 3 and it charted highly in numerous European countries. In 2003, Q ranked the song at number 981 in their list of

1722-438: Was unreal, but the camaraderie was phenomenal." After closure of the depot in 1963, Waterman chose to follow a career in music, being inspired by The Beatles . To supplement his income as a DJ, he became a gravedigger and then an apprentice at General Electric Company , becoming a trade union official. He also worked as a coal miner. Building a record collection through rare US imports, his DJ work began to take him across

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1764-428: Was worth £30 million in 2006/07, according to The Sunday Times Rich List . Waterman co-presented The Hit Man and Her (1988–1992) with Michaela Strachan . He also presented a show on Radio City . Waterman has appeared as a judge on both series of Pop Idol in the UK (2001–03), and also Popstars: The Rivals (2002). The latter saw him become manager of the winning boy band One True Voice , who then lost

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