" Spinning Around " received favourable reviews from music critics . Chris True from AllMusic selected it as a highlight from the album and said it was a " fun and string-laden declaration that she may have made a mistake back in 1997 . " Pom Avoledo praised Minogue for returning to her signature dance-pop style and complimented her for giving " Spinning Around " an " air of elegance and sensuality which was lacking in her early material . " A very positive review came from Siobhan Grogan of '' NME '' , who favoured the chorus of the song and commended Minogue for coming back to " what she knows best . " The critic felt the song would become a hit in gay clubs and commented that " Spinning Around is made of the same fizzing , giddy disco-pop that made Kylie famous in the first place . " Gary Crossing from Yahoo! Music , who gave '' Light Years '' a mixed review , felt that " Spinning Around " was one of the better tracks from the album and called it a " slinky little number . " In his review of Minogue 's 2004 greatest hits album '' Ultimate Kylie '' , Jason Shawahn from About.com praised the inclusion of songs like " Spinning Around " and other tracks from '' Light Years '' , calling them " a blessing for domestic music consumers , since that disc has never found its way onto official US release , though with any collection of Minogue hits , one simply has to look at what they have in their collection versus what they do n't . " At the 14th ARIA Music Awards ceremony in 2000 , " Spinning Around " won the award for " Best Pop Release " . '' Billboard '' s Jason Lipshutz wrote the track found the singer " returning to straightforward pop after 1997 's ambitious '' Impossible Princess '' and corralling some disco thump to create an especially giddy effect " ; calling it one of Minogue 's " most effortless hits to date " . Louis Vartel from the LGBT oriented website '' NewNownext '' , called it her " coolest , most liberated dance opus " . He placed it at number seven of his list of the singer 's 48 greatest songs , in honor of her 48th birthday . Writing for the '' Herald Sun '' , Cameron Adams ranked it at number 42 on his list of the singer 's best songs , in honor of her 50th birthday and said : " Remember at the time many thought Kylie was washed-up , so a 70s-soaked disco pop tune was the ideal way to recalibrate the good ship Minogue . It worked , with a little help from some very little hungry gold hotpants " , the last part being a reference to the song 's music video
ARIA Music Awards
ARIA Music Awards of 2000
Spinning Around