{{Infobox song | name = I'm Spinning | type = single | artist = The Del-Vikings | album = | B-side = You Say You Love Me(FeeBee) When I Come Home (Dot) | released = {{Start date|1957|8}} | recorded = | genre = Doo-wop | length = {{Duration|m=2|s=05}} | label = Fee Bee, Dot Records | writer = Pat DiCesare | producer = | prev_title = Whispering Bells | prev_year = 1957 | next_title = Watching the Moon | next_year = 1973 }}
'''I'm Spinning''' is a doo-wop song recorded by the Del-Vikings on the Fee Bee Records label in 1957 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as an A-side for the single "I'm Spinning"/"You Say You Love Me," written by Pat DiCesare.<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p331131/songs|pure_url=yes}}|title=Songs Composed by Pat Dicesare|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=13 December 2009}}</ref> It was soon released on Dot Records for national distribution, and later released by Mercury Records when Kripp Johnson rejoined the Del-Vikings in 1958.<ref name=warner>{{cite book|last=Warner|first=Jay|title=American Singing Groups: a History from 1940 to Today|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|year=2006|pages=[https://archive.org/details/americansingingg00warn/page/149 149]–152|isbn= 9780634099786|url=https://archive.org/details/americansingingg00warn|url-access=registration|quote=american singing groups.|accessdate=13 December 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09284/1004440-388.stm|title=My entry into the music biz ... a hit with the Dell Vikings|last=DiCesare|first=Pat |date=11 October 2009|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|accessdate=13 December 2009}}</ref> Over the years the song has been included on many Del Vikings greatest hits albums and doo-wop compilation albums on various labels.<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=song|id=t3939521|pure_url=yes}}|title=I'm Spinning|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=2011-08-24}}</ref> The most recent release was in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1574088|pure_url=yes}}|title=Overview—''Coolshake: The Very Best of the Del-Vikings''|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=13 December 2009}}</ref>
== Controversy == The single was involved in a legal battle between the label and management of the Del-Vikings and the Dell-Vikings, both claiming to be the rightful owners of the song. In 1957, with most of his bandmates in military service, Kripp Johnson signed with Dot Records calling his group the Dell-Vikings (with an extra 'L'). The Johnson lead group released the single at the same time as the original group did on Mercury Records. The Mercury Del-Vikings won the legal case and the Dell-Vikings changed their name to the Versatiles.<ref name="warner" /><ref name="bio">{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4068/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography—The Del Vikings|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=13 December 2009}}</ref>
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Category:1957 singles Category:Music of Pittsburgh