"Spinning Around" is the lead single from Light Years (2000),
Kylie Minogue's seventh studio album. The
disco-influenced
dance-pop song addresses the theme of reinvention, with Minogue (pictured performing the song) claiming that she has changed as a person and learned from the past. Released in June 2000, it received favourable reviews from music critics, who regarded it as one of the album's highlights and praised Minogue for returning to her signature musical style. The song was a commercial success and became Minogue's "
comeback" single following the critical and commercial disappointment of her sixth studio album Impossible Princess (1997). It entered the
Australian Singles Chart at number one, becoming the singer's first chart-topper since "
Confide in Me" (1994). The song also debuted at number one in the United Kingdom, and was her first UK number-one single since 1990. The accompanying music video features Minogue dancing and enjoying herself in a disco. It became popular for the gold
hotpants she sported in most of the scenes and led to a media "fetish" regarding her bottom. "Spinning Around" has been performed by Minogue during most of her concert tours. (
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1984 – British police officer Yvonne Fletcher was shot and killed while on duty during a protest outside the Libyan embassy in London's
St James's Square, resulting in an eleven-day police siege of the building and a breakdown of diplomatic relations between the two nations.
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