29 August 2007

The Songs of Summer

In the years between her hot shot U.S. debut in 1987 (with her remake of "The Loco-Motion") and her smash "comeback" here in 2001 (with the sexy "Can't Get You Out of My Head"), Kylie Minogue had a stellar career around the rest of the world. It can be argued that she was the "Madonna" of the European Union, the UK, and Australia during the last two decades. To date she's had sixteen singles reach # 1 on each of those charts, and she is bound to add to that number with the release of her upcoming album, "Kylie X" ("X" meaning "10").

Here is one of those number 1 singles, written specifically for Minogue by Paula Abdul. From the summer of 2000, a year before she'd reestablish herself with American audiences, enjoy...

"Spinning Around" by Kylie Minogue