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"Spinning Wheel" is the title of a popular song from 1969 by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears. The song was written by the band's Canadian lead vocalist David Clayton-Thomas and appears on their self-titled album. Released as a single in 1969, "Spinning Wheel" peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in July of that year, remaining in the runner-up position for three weeks.〔Whitburn, Joel (2004). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 68.〕 In August of that year, the song topped the ''Billboard'' easy listening chart for two weeks.〔Hyatt, Wesley (1999). ''The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits'' (Billboard Publications), page 74.〕 It was also a crossover hit, reaching #45 on the US R&B chart. "Spinning Wheel" was nominated for three Grammy Awards at the 1970 ceremony, winning in the category Best Instrumental Arrangement. The arranger for the song was the band's saxophonist, Fred Lipsius. It was nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year; the album won the Grammy for Album of the Year. Clayton-Thomas was quoted as describing the song as being "written in an age when psychedelic imagery was all over lyrics...it was my way of saying, 'Don't get too caught up, because everything comes full circle'."〔 The song ends with the 1815 Austrian tune "O Du Lieber Augustin" ("The More We Get Together" or "Did You Ever See a Lassie?") and drummer Bobby Colomby's comment: "That wasn't too good", followed by laughter from the rest of the group. According to producer James William Guercio this section was added in at the last minute after the end of the master tape was recorded over accidentally by an engineer at the studio. Most of this section and the trumpet solo were edited out for the single version. The eight-bar piano solo which precedes the trumpet solo on the album version is overlapped with guitar on the single version before the last verse. Among artists who have covered "Spinning Wheel" are Shirley Bassey, who included the song on her 1970 album ''Something'', and Nancy Wilson, who covered it in the ''Hawaii Five-O'' episode "Trouble in Mind," which originally aired September 23, 1970. In 1970 Marianne Mendt released a version of the tune in Austria, as "A g'scheckert's Hutschpferd" and Barbara Eden performed a live version 〔http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nABM14m7s7k〕 that aired in the U.S. Jazz organist Dr. Lonnie Smith recorded an extended instrumental version for his 1970 Blue Note album ''Drives''.〔http://www.allmusic.com/album/drives-mw0000112493〕 James Brown scored a minor hit in 1971 with an instrumental version of the song, reaching #90 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.〔White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In ''Star Time'' (pp. 54–59) (booklet ). New York: PolyGram Records.〕 The Canadian a cappella music group, Cadence also covered this song. In 1970 P.P. Arnold recorded a version produced by Barry Gibb but it was not released. An instrumental rendition of this song was used as a cue on the first ''Wheel of Fortune'' pilot titled ''Shopper's Bazaar''. In 1983, Graham & Brown launched a television advertising campaign for their wallpaper Super Fresco, set to the tune of "Spinning Wheel" (albeit slightly modifying the original phrasing) – "what goes up, must come down. Super Fresco makes it easy, it's by Graham & Brown". "Spinning Wheel" was sampled in "War Photographer" by Jason Forrest,〔http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/60494/Jason%20Forrest-War%20Photographer_Blood,%20Sweat%20%26%20Tears-Spinning%20Wheel/〕 "Sons of Third Bass" by Third Bass, and "Big Willie" by Run DMC. A brief segment of "Spinning Wheel" plays in the 1993 film ''Indian Summer''. ==See also== *List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1969 (U.S.) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spinning Wheel (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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