Dead or Alive were a British band fronted by the flamboyant Pete Burns, and they made one of the most exuberant dance-pop singles of the 1980s. "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)", released in 1984, was the first number-one hit for the writing-and-production team Stock Aitken Waterman, and its relentless hook and camp energy made it an enduring club and karaoke staple.
The band had further success, especially in Japan, but to the wider world they are entirely defined by that one whirling anthem, which has been revived endlessly through covers, films, and adverts.
On streaming, "You Spin Me Round" sits near 571 million plays, while their next genuinely different track trails far below. That sends the ratio above 23, many times our 5.0 line.
By our measure Dead or Alive are a certified one-hit wonder, with the streaming-era caveat for an act of their vintage. Theirs is a classic 80s pattern: a single, gloriously over-the-top dance record that launched a hit-making production empire and has long outlasted everything else the band made, even as Pete Burns became a celebrity in his own right.