Youthquake

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You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) by Dead or Alive – Digital Sheet Music". Alfred Music. 5 May 2008 . Retrieved 9 June 2021– via Musicnotes.com. On 28 October 2016, a 19-disc box set titled Sophisticated Boom Box MMXVI was released by Edsel Records. The box set featured all records, singles and rarities produced by Dead or Alive from 1983 to 2010, including Pete Burns' solo releases. Coy hinted there may be a second box set in the future to come and previously unreleased Dead or Alive albums as well. Saunders, Emma (13 May 2023). "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel you spin me round". YouTube Music . Retrieved 22 October 2023.

Burns, Pete (2007). Freak Unique: My Autobiography. John Blake Publishing. pp.95–97. ISBN 978-1-8445-4438-7. Dead Or Alive – You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 20 June 2013. Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1985" (in German). Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien . Retrieved 25 September 2016. Beaumont-Thomas, Ben; Petridis, Alexis; Snapes, Laura (5 June 2020). "The 100 greatest UK No 1s: 100-1". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 19 April 2022. a b "British album certifications – Dead or Alive – Youthquake". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 3 September 2021.

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In September 2010, Burns released a new single, "Never Marry an Icon". Even though Burns stated Dead or Alive had ceased to exist in 2011, Coy later declared the moniker was still active and the band was not over. [30] CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending AUGUST 24, 1985". Cash Box. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012.

RPM's Top 100 Singles of 1985". RPM. Vol.43, no.16. 28 December 1985 . Retrieved 25 September 2016.After a lukewarm response to their debut album in 1984, Dead or Alive, fronted by the late Pete Burns, were in need of a fresh new sound for their sophomore effort. The band had undergone several musical facelifts before achieving moderate chart success in 1984. In 1994, Dead or Alive started performing in local night-clubs. Dead or Alive were featured at Gay Pride in Los Angeles in 1995. Offiziellecharts.de – Dead Or Alive – You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 22 February 2019.

Two of the band's singles reached the U.S. top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100: " You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" (No.11 in August 1985) [5] and " Brand New Lover" (No.15 in March 1987). 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". [21]You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" peaked at number one for two weeks in 1985 in the UK, then charted again in 2006 following Burns' appearance on the television reality show Celebrity Big Brother and on season 4 of Stranger Things. [6] It also became the first of two singles to top the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. In December 2016, Billboard ranked them as the 96th most successful "dance artist" of all time. [7] The band was discontinued following Pete Burns' death in 2016, Steve Coy passing shortly after him in 2018. In July 1987, Dead or Alive released their greatest hits album Rip It Up, and a concert tour of the same name. Dope – Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015 . Retrieved 20 January 2014.