Peter Waterman admits that he was high on cocaine when he produced Dead of Alive's 'You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)'.

Waterman from Stock, Aitken and Waterman (S.A.W.), the key producers of major '80's squeaky clean pop hits recorded the 1984 smash hit in a 36-hour session.

Waterman took cocaine solely to help him stay awake, as he was working to a tight deadline.

The Daily Mail reports that Waterman said: "It's the only time I have ever done cocaine in my life. Well, you know, how do you stay up for 36 hours?"

'You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)' was released in November 1984 and made it to No. 1 in the UK 17 weeks after its release in March 1985. It also made Dead or Alive and the band's frontman, Pete Burns, famous. It was also the first No. 1 single for S.A.W.'s studio, The Hit Factory.

Waterman said that Burns had approached him with three tracks he wanted produced: "I was desperate for money, and although I didn’t quite hear a hit. I thought I could do a good job."

When Burns turned up with a demo of 'You Spin Me Round', Waterman said that he told him: "We are not doing anything else. This is it. This is the song."

Watch the official video to Dead or Alive's 'You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)' below: