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"Spinning Wheel" is a song from 1968 by the American jazz-rock band Blood, Sweat & Tears, written by Canadian lead vocalist David Clayton-Thomas and appearing on their eponymous 1969 album. Released as a single that same year, "Spinning Wheel" peaked at No.2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in July 1969.
Nominated for three Grammy Awards at the 1970 ceremony, the song won in the category Best Instrumental Arrangement; the arranger for the song was the band's saxophonist, Fred Lipsius. Nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year, the album won the Grammy for Album of the Year.
The album version 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.
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