What is "spiralling"

n. Movement in a spiral. vb. (present participle of spiral English)

1. adj. in the shape of a coil [syn: coiling, helical, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate]

2. [also: spiralling, spiralled]

1. n. a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at ever-greater distances from it

2. a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle [syn: helix]

3. ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center [syn: volute]

4. a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope" [syn: coil, volute, whorl, helix]

5. flying downward in a helical path with a large radius

6. [also: spiralling, spiralled]

1. v. to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor" [syn: gyrate, coil]

2. form a spiral; "The path spirals up the mountain"

3. move in a spiral or zigzag course [syn: corkscrew]

4. [also: spiralling, spiralled]

See spiral

"Spiralling" is a song released by Keane, on 4 August 2008 at 10:59 ( CEST) as the first single of their third album, Perfect Symmetry. It was released in a similar fashion to that of " Atlantic" as a digital download only single; however, it was available as a free download from Keanemusic.com for the first week of release. On 31 July, the message "When we fall in love, we're just falling in love with ourselves" appeared on the band's website in reference to the track. On 11 August 2008, the song was released as an official digital download on various online music stores. The song was said to be inspired by wrestling legend Ric Flair who Tom Chaplin described as a personal hero for his try hard mentality in the ring. His trademark "woo" inspired the song. Frontman Tom Chaplin described the song as "a train of thought about human endeavour, built on an outrageous groove".

The song went on to become the most broadcast song of the world during its first week of release, as well as the fastest-downloading song ever for Universal, reaching 500,000 downloads in less than a week.

Keane performed the song live to an audience for the first time at the 2008 GQ Awards on 2 September 2008.

The song won Best Track at the Q Awards on 6 October 2008, with all three members of the band present at the ceremony to accept the award.

Despite Spiralling being one of the biggest hits of 2008, the single only reached number 23 in the UK charts