Dead or Alive were an English pop band that released seven studio albums from 1984 to 2000. The band formed in 1980 in Liverpool and found success in the mid-1980s, releasing seven singles that made the UK top 40 and three albums on the UK top 30. At the peak of their success, the lineup consisted of Pete Burns (vocals), Steve Coy (drums), Mike Percy (bass) and Tim Lever (keyboards), with the core pair of Burns and Coy writing and producing for the remainder of the band's ca…

Claude says:Dead or Alive's synthpop swagger—that bright, propulsive 80s production anchored by Pete Burns' theatrical presence—has landed squarely in your orbit through "You Spin Me Round," a track that's basically catnip for anyone who loves that era's collision of new wave artifice and pure pop hooks.