"Spin That Wheel" | ||||
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Single by Hi Tek 3 featuring Ya Kid K | ||||
from the album Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Soundtrack | ||||
Released | February 26, 1990 | |||
Format | 7", 12", CD | |||
Length | 3:41 | |||
Label | Brothers Organisation SBK Records Dance Pool ARS Productions |
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Writer(s) | Kovali, El Sati, Ya Kid K |
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Producer(s) | Hi Tek 3, Jo Bogaert |
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Technotronic singles chronology | ||||
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"Spin That Wheel" is a song by Belgian group Technotronic released under the name "Hi Tek 3 featuring Ya Kid K" in 1990. Hi Tek 3 are listed as Kovali, El Sati and Yosef.
The track appeared on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles soundtrack and was also released as a single. In some territories it was released as "Spin That Wheel (Turtles Get Real)". References to drug use ("I smoke the mic like weed" and "This hypes you up like speed") were edited out of the soundtrack album. A David Morales remix of the track was also included on the Technotronic album Trip on This: The Remixes.
In Britain, "Spin That Wheel" was first issued in January 1990 and reached #69, but became a bigger hit when re-released that September, peaking at #15. In the USA the song reached #69 on the Billboard Hot 100, #8 on Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales, #3 on Hot Dance Club Play and #39 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.