Spin Spin Sugar

"Spin Spin Sugar"
"Spin Spin Sugar"
Single by Sneaker Pimps
from the album Becoming X
B-side	"Walk the Rain"; "How Do"; "Walking Zero";
Released	3 March 1997
Genre	Trip hop (album version); dance-rock (single version); speed garage (Armand van Helden, Tuff Jam & 187 Lockdown mixes);
Length	3:36
Label	Clean Up
Songwriters	Chris Corner; Liam Howe; Ian D. Pickering;
Sneaker Pimps singles chronology
Music video
	"Spin Spin Sugar" on YouTube

"Spin Spin Sugar" is a song by English electronic band Sneaker Pimps, released in March 1997 by Clean Up as the fourth single from their debut studio album, Becoming X (1996). The album version is typical of the Sneaker Pimps in both style and format; there is a driving bass line produced by a synthesizer keyboard which is accompanied by a second synthesizer loop playing above it. Kelli Dayton provides the vocals.^[1]

"Spin Spin Sugar" was further popularized with the release of a speed garage remix by Armand van Helden, which is sometimes credited with breaking speed garage into the mainstream for the first time. Redbull.com included the remix in their "Honorable mentions" list of "underground UK garage classics that still sound fresh today".^[2]

Critical reception

British magazine Music Week gave the song three out of five, writing, "A faster, guitar and percussion-cluttered radio mix lacks the brooding menace of the album version, but club mixes by Van Helden and Farley & Heller, plus a new track 'Walk the Rain', will lift its chances."^[3] The Times newspaper described it as a "twitchy, dance-rock crossover song from much-fancied indie kids with attitude."^[4]

Track listings

UK CD single

"Spin Spin Sugar" (radio edit) – 3:34
"Spin Spin Sugar" (album mix) – 4:20
"Walk the Rain" – 4:58
"How Do" – 5:01

UK 12-inch single

"Spin Spin Sugar" (Armand's Dark Garage mix) – 9:05
"Walking Zero" (Tuff & Jam Unda-Vybe vocal) – 6:36
"Walking Zero" (Tuff & Jam Unda-Vybe dub instrumental) – 6:36

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[5]	126
UK Singles (OCC)	21
UK Dance (OCC)^[6]	1
US Billboard Hot 100	87
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)^[7]	2

Chart (2015)	Peak position
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)^[8]	7

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)	Position
Canada Dance/Urban (RPM)^[9]	25
UK Club Chart (Music Week)^[10]	88

References

^ 'Sneaker Pimps: Splitter' on AllMusic (no date). Accessed 14 January 2021
^ "10 underground UK garage classics that still sound fresh today". Red Bull.
^ "Reviews: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 15 February 1997. p. 23. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
^ "The week's top pop releases; Records". The Times. 8 March 1997.
^ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2015-07-15". Imgur. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 238.
^ "Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
^ "'97 Year End Top 50 Dance Tracks" (PDF). RPM. December 1997. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
^ "The Club Top 100 of 1997" (PDF). Music Week, in RM (Dance Update Supplemental insert). 10 January 1998. p. 5. Retrieved 9 January 2023.

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[1] 'Sneaker Pimps: Splitter' on AllMusic (no date). Accessed 14 January 2021

[2] "10 underground UK garage classics that still sound fresh today". Red Bull.

[3] "Reviews: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 15 February 1997. p. 23. Retrieved 11 May 2022.

[4] "The week's top pop releases; Records". The Times. 8 March 1997.

[5] "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2015-07-15". Imgur. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[6] "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 6 February 2020.

[7] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 238.

[8] "Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.

[9] "'97 Year End Top 50 Dance Tracks" (PDF). RPM. December 1997. Retrieved 5 November 2023.

[10] "The Club Top 100 of 1997" (PDF). Music Week, in RM (Dance Update Supplemental insert). 10 January 1998. p. 5. Retrieved 9 January 2023.

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v t e Sneaker Pimps
Liam Howe Chris Corner Simonne Jones Kelli Ali Dave Westlake Joe Wilson Chris Tate Ian Pickering
Studio albums	Becoming X Splinter Bloodsport Squaring the Circle
Compilation albums	Becoming Remixed
Singles	"6 Underground" "Spin Spin Sugar" "Post-Modern Sleaze"
Other tracks and collaborations	"Long Hard Road Out of Hell"
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Singles	"The Funk Phenomena" "You Don't Know Me" "Flowerz" "Koochy" "Full Moon" "Why Can't You Free Some Time" "Hear My Name" "My My My" "Into Your Eyes" "When the Lights Go Down" "Sugar" "Touch Your Toes" "NYC Beat" "I Want Your Soul" "Je t'aime" "Bonkers"
Other songs	"Professional Widow (Armand Van Helden Remix)" "Spin Spin Sugar (Armand Van Helden Remix)" "You Can't Change Me" "Signs (Armand Van Helden Remix)" "Old Love / New Love (Armand Van Helden Remix)" "Digital (Armand Van Helden Remix)"
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