SPICE GIRLS - SAY YOU'LL BE THERE

SAY YOU'LL BE THERE

SPICE GIRLS

SONGWRITERS: KENNEDY ELIOT JOHN; BECKHAM VICTORIA CAROLINE; HALLIWELL GERALDINE ESTELLE; BUNTON EMMA LEE; BUCK JONATHAN DAVID; BROWN MELANIE JANINE & CHISHOLM MELANIE JAYNE

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: SPICE(25^TH ANNIVERSARY)

LABEL: UNIVERSAL MUSIC

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1996

 

           The Spice Girls are a British girl group formed in 1994. The group comprises Melanie Brown, also known as Mel B ("Scary Spice"), Melanie Chisholm, or Melanie C ("Sporty Spice"), Emma Bunton("Baby Spice"), Geri Halliwell("Ginger Spice") and Victoria Beckham("Posh Spice"). With their "girl power" mantra, the Spice Girls redefined the girl group concept by targeting a young female fanbase. They led the teen pop resurgence of the 1990s, were major parts of the Cool Britannia and Second British Invasion movements, and became pop culture icons of the decade.

          The Spice Girls formed through auditions held by managers Bob and Chris Herbert, who wanted to create a girl group to compete with the British boy bands popular at the time. They signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single "Wannabe" in 1996, which reached number one in the charts of 37 countries. Their debut album, Spice(1996), sold more than 23 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling album by a female group in history. The follow-up, Spiceworld(1997) sold more than 14 million copies worldwide. Both albums encapsulated the group's dance-pop style and message of female empowerment, with vocal and songwriting contributions shared equally by the members. In 1997, a film starring the Spice Girls, Spice World, was released; it was a critical flop but a commercial success.

         In May 1998, Halliwell left the Spice Girls, citing exhaustion and creative differences. Forever(2000), the only Spice Girls album without Halliwell, achieved weaker sales. At the end of 2000, the Spice Girls entered a hiatus to concentrate on their solo careers. They reunited for two concert tours, the Return of the Spice Girls(2007–2008) and Spice World(2019), both of which won the Billboard Live Music Award for highest-grossing engagements. Viva Forever!, a musical based on the Spice Girls' music, opened in 2012; it was a critical and commercial flop and closed in 2013.

        Measures of the Spice Girls' success include international record sales, iconic symbolism such as Halliwell's Union Jack dress, a major motion picture, Spice World (1997), and the highest-grossing concert tours by an all-female group from 2000 to 2020. Under the guidance of their mentor and manager Simon Fuller, their endorsement deals and merchandise made them one of most successful marketing engines ever, with a global gross income estimated at $500–800 million by May 1998. Their media exposure, according to Music Week writer Paul Gorman, helped usher in an era of celebrity obsession in pop culture.

       The Spice Girls have sold 100 million records worldwide, making them the bestselling girl group of all time, one of the bestselling artists, and the most successful British pop act since the Beatles. Their awards include five Brit Awards, three American Music Awards, four Billboard Music Awards, three MTV Europe Music Awards and one MTV Video Music Award. In 2000, they became the youngest recipients of the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. According to Rolling Stone journalist and biographer David Sinclair, the Spice Girls were the most widely recognised group since the Beatles.

Oh, say you'll be there

 

I'm giving you everything

All that joy can bring

This I swear

 

Last time that we had this conversation

I decided we should be friends, hey

But now, we're going 'round in circles

Tell me will this déjà vu never end, oh

And now you tell me that you're falling in love

Well I never ever thought that would be, eh

This time, you gotta take it easy

Throwing far too much emotions at me

 

But any fool can see they're falling

I gotta make you understand

 

I'm giving you everything

All that joy can bring

This I swear (I'll give you everything)

And all that I want from you

Is a promise you will be there

Say you will be there, ow

Say you will be there

Won't you sing it with me

 

If you put two and two together

You will see what our friendship is for, oh

If you can't work this equation

Then I guess I'll have to show you the door

There is no need to say you love me

It would be better left unsaid

 

I'm (I'm) giving you everything (I'll give you everything)

All that joy can bring (All that joy can bring)

This I swear (Yes, I swear)

And (And) all that I want from you (All I want from you)

Is a promise you'll be there (Is a promise you)

Yeah, I want you

 

Any fool can see they're falling

I gotta make you understand

 

I'll give you everything, on this I swear

Just promise you'll always be there

 

I'm giving you everything (I'm giving you everything)

All that joy can bring (All that joy can bring)

This I swear (Yes, I swear)

And all that I want from you (All that I want from you)

Is a promise you (I want you to promise to)

Will be there (Always be there)

 

I'm giving you everything (I'm giving you everything)

All that joy can bring (All that joy can bring)

This I swear (Yes, I swear)

And all that I want from you (All that I want from you)

Is a promise you (I want you to promise to)

Will be there (Always be there)

 

I'm giving you everything (I'm giving you everything)

All that joy can bring (All that joy can bring)

This I swear (Yes, I swear)

And all that I want from you (All that I want from you)

Is a promise you (I want you to promise to)

Will be there.