"Spin That Wheel" is a song by Technotronic

Technotronic

Technotronic is a Belgian studio-based music project formed in 1988 by Jo Bogaert , who had already made his musical mark in the beginning of the 1980s as a part of a cover band and as a solo artist under various New Beat projects, including The Acts of Madmen and Nux Nemo...

 released under the name "Hi Tek 3 featuring Ya Kid K

Ya Kid K

Ya Kid K. is a Congolese-Belgian hip hop artist. Her sister, Karoline 'Leki' Kamosi, is an R&B singer.-Biography:...

" in 1990. Hi Tek 3 are listed as Kovali, El Sati and Yosef.

Releases

The track appeared on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a 1990 American live-action film adaptation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise directed by Steve Barron. The film was followed by three sequels: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze in 1991, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III in 1993, and...

soundtrack

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the licened soundtrack to the 1990 New Line Cinema film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It was released by SBK Records on March 16, 1990....

 and was also released as a single

Single (music)

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. In some territories it was released as "Spin That Wheel (Turtles Get Real)". A reference to drug use ("I smoke the mic

Microphone

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 like weed") was edited out of the soundtrack album.

In Britain

United Kingdom

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, "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

Billboard Hot 100

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, #8 on Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales

Hot Dance Singles Sales

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, #3 on Hot Dance Club Play

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 and #39 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

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UK 12" and CD

1. "Spin That Wheel (First Feel Mix)"
2. "Spin That Wheel (Radio Version)"
3. "Spin That Wheel (Dub Mix)"

UK 12" maxi-single

1. "Spin That Wheel (Extended Flick Mix)"
2. "Spin That Wheel (Dub Mix)"
3. "Spin That Wheel (Flick Mix)"
4. "Spin That Wheel (Spin That Body Mix)"
5. "Spin That Wheel (Swing That Beat Mix)"
6. "Spin That Wheel (Bass-Apella Mix)"