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| Single by Hi Tek 3 featuringYa Kid K | ||||
| from the albumTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
| Released | February 26, 1990 | |||
| Genre | Hip house[1] | |||
| Length | 3:41 | |||
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"Spin That Wheel" is a song by Hi Tek 3 in collaboration withBelgian groupTechnotronic membersYa Kid K and Jo Bogaert. It was released under the name "Hi Tek 3 featuringYa Kid K" in 1990. Hi Tek 3 are listed as Kovali, El Sati and Yosef.
The track appeared on theTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlessoundtrack and was also released as asingle. In some territories it was released as "Spin That Wheel (Turtles Get Real)". References to drug use ("I smoke themic like weed" and"This hypes you up like speed") were edited out of the soundtrack album. ADavid Morales remix of the track was also included on the Technotronic albumTrip on This: The Remixes.
InBritain, "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.[2] In the USA the song reached #69 on theBillboard Hot 100,[3] #8 onHot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales,[4] #3 onHot Dance Club Play[5] and #39 onHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.[6]
Bill Coleman fromBillboard magazine commented, "From the Technotronic stable comes the jammin' club offering 'Spin That Wheel' by Hi Tek 3 featuring Technotronic's Ya Kid K on lead vocal. The energy that this track emanates is amazing and can't help but heat up a dancefloor. It's mixed byJo Bogaert; we prefer the "Swing That Beat" version and "bass-a-pella" to those mixes sporting the weathered "whoa yeah" hook. Don't miss ... "[7]
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The vocal clip comes from "Spin That Wheel," a hip-house track that Techontronic recorded under the name Hi Tek 3.