"Wannabe"
Single by Spice Girls
from the album Spice
B-side(s)	"Bumper to Bumper"
Released	July 8, 1996 (UK) January 14, 1997 (U.S.)
Format	CD single
Recorded	1996
Genre	Pop
Length	2:53
Label	Virgin Records
Writer(s)	Richard Stannard Matt Rowe Spice Girls
Producer(s)	Richard Stannard Matt Rowe
Certification	2x Platinum (BPI) 2x Platinum (RIAA) Platinum (ARIA)
Peak chart positions
#1 (Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Mexico, Middle East, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States) #2 (Austria) #3 (Italy)
Spice Girls singles chronology
"Wannabe" (1996) "Say You'll Be There" (1996)
Alternate cover
Japanese CD cover
Audio sample
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Song information

"Wannabe" was released in 1996 by the Spice Girls. Stannard and Rowe co-produced the record. The song depicts the girls explaining what someone has to do "if you wannabe my lover". The song is considered to be the Spice Girls' signature song. Stannard can refer to: David Stannard, historian George J. Stannard, Union general in the American Civil War Joseph Stannard, painter Richard Stannard, songwriter Richard Been Stannard, English recipient of the Victoria Cross Ray Stannard Baker, American journalist and author Stannard Township, Michigan Stannard, Vermont Stannard Beach, a section of Westbrook... It is proposed that this article be deleted, because of the following concern: Article has been tagged as lacking evidence of notability (or indeed any evidence at all) since February 2007 If you can address this concern by improving, copyediting, sourcing, renaming or merging the page, please edit this page... A signature song is the one song (or, in some cases, one of a few songs) that a popular and well-established singer, or band, is most closely identified with, even if they have had success with a variety of songs. ...

Chart performance

"Wannabe" is one of the most recognisable and successful songs of the 1990s. It climbed to the top of the charts in more than 22 nations,^[1] before becoming the best-selling single by a female group in the history of recorded sound, shifting over six million copies worldwide. For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

Released in the UK on the July 8, 1996, "Wannabe" debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number three, before climbing two places to number one. It then spent seven weeks at the top: a record by a female group. With twenty-six weeks in the top forty, it sold over 1.27 million copies, becoming the second biggest selling single of the year, the twelfth best selling single of the decade and at the time of its release, the thirty-fifth best selling single ever in the UK. It is still the biggest selling single by a female group in the UK.^[2] is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ...

When the impact of "Wannabe" began to wear away in the UK and the track slowly slipped out of the top forty, the song was still popular around the globe. "Wannabe" was number one in Australia for eleven weeks (and ending at number-five at the Year End Charts in 1996)^[3] and number one in Canada for five weeks, during which the time "Say You'll Be There" and "2 Become 1" were number one back in the UK. Audio sample Say Youll Be There is a pop–Dance song performed by the girl group the Spice Girls. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

In the US, the song was number one simultaneously with the girls' fourth single ("Mama"/"Who Do You Think You Are") being at number one in the UK. "Wannabe" became the only Spice Girls single to top the Billboard Hot 100. It was a successful number one single, becoming a huge hit on radio (topping the Hot 100 Airplay chart) and selling well (topping the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart). It became very successful as a dance single, hitting the top twenty of the Hot Dance Club Play chart and topping the Hot Dance Singles Sales chart. Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... Audio sample Spice track listing Last Time Lover (5) Mama (6) Who Do You Think You Are (7) Mama was the fourth single off the Spice Girls debut album, Spice. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... The Hot 100 Airplay is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. ... The Hot 100 Singles Sales (also known as Singles Sales) is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. ... Billboard magazines Hot Dance Club Play chart (also known as Club Play Singles, and formerly known as Hot Dance Music/Club Play and Hot Dance/Disco) is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs. ... Hot Dance Singles Sales (formerly known as Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales) is a Billboard is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. ...

The single has peaked at number 86 on iTunes Top 100 Pop Songs, 10 years after it's original release.

In Asia, it is the biggest single from a girl group. It topped the Asia Hitlist for ten weeks, a record for the Spice Girls. World map showing the location of Asia. ...

Music video

The Spice Girls in a scene from the music video for "Wannabe"

When the music video for "Wannabe" was released and first appeared on UK cable satellite network "The Box", it was selected so frequently that the promo was being aired up to six times per hour at its peak and still remains the most requested track in the channel's history.^{[citation needed]} The clip appears to be one continuous shot (although there were two barely noticeable edits) of the girls' creating mischief at the Midland Grand Hotel in St. Pancras. Among their antics is Melanie Chisholm's back handspring on one of the tables. The video won Best Dance Video at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards. Comes from a music video gallery. ... Comes from a music video gallery. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... An Earth observation satellite, ERS 2 For other uses, see Satellite (disambiguation). ... The Box is a television channel in the United Kingdom which mostly plays music videos, although it also features some music-related programming. ... The Gothic Revival facade and clock tower of the disused Midland Grand Hotel are the most visible part of St Pancras station. ... St Pancras was a Roman citizen who converted to Christianity, and was beheaded for his faith at the age of just 14 around the year 304. ... Melanie Jayne Chisholm (born January 12, 1974 in Whiston, Merseyside) is a singer most famous as one of the five members of the British girl group the Spice Girls, where she is known as Sporty Spice. She is also known as Melanie C or Mel C. As a solo artist... A handspring is a gymnastics manoeuvre with two variations - the front handspring and the back handspring. ... The following is a list of MTV Video Music Award winners for Best Dance Video. ...

When the Spice Girls, after the departure of Geri Halliwell, hosted a top 10 countdown of each of their favorite videos for MTV, Melanie B. noted that the video for "Wannabe" had been banned in some countries because the nipples of some of the girls (Mel B in particular and Mel C to a lesser extent) can be seen visibly poking through their tops.^{[citation needed]}

Live performances

"Wannabe" was usually introduced by Melanie Brown. During the bridge ("here's the story...") Mel C did some acrobatics as in the video, always earning a big ovation from the public. After Geri Halliwell left the band, her parts were replaced by Emma, Mel C and Victoria, this way: Melanie Janine Brown (born May 29, 1975 in Leeds) (aka Mel B) is an English pop singer and songwriter turned actress and television personality best known as one of the members of the girl band the Spice Girls, one of the most successful female groups of all time. ... Geraldine Estelle Geri Halliwell (born 6th August, 1972) is an English pop singer and songwriter, television personality, writer and actress, and became famous (under the nickname of Ginger Spice) in the late 1990s as a member of the girl group the Spice Girls. ...

Lift ("tell me what you want..."): Melanie C
Verses ("get your act ... if you really..."): Victoria
Bridge ("easy V doesn't..."): Emma

The line "easy V doesn't come for free, she's a real lady" was altered for their World Tour (for some shows) to "easy V doesn't come for free, 'cause she's havin' a baby!"

In pop culture

A September 1996 episode of TFI Friday featured a skit entitled, "Peter O'Toole Reads Lines That are Quite Clearly Beneath Him," in which O'Toole read the song's lyrics, finishing with the comment that he really really wanted a "zigazig ha." Ronald Fraser replied, "Do you really?" TFI Friday was a light entertainment show hosted by Chris Evans and broadcast on Fridays at 6pm on Channel 4 from 1996 to 2000, with a repeat later that night. ... Peter Seamus OToole (Peter James OToole) (b. ... Ronald Fraser, known as Ronnie, (born 11 April 1930) was a British actor who was part of the 1950s and 1960s film scene in the UK. The numerous film credits to his name include two versions of Pygmalion, Trial of the Pink Panther, the raunchy Come Play With Me, The...

The song was used in "Weird Al" Yankovic's "Polka Power!" on his album Running with Scissors. This article is about the musician himself. ... Running With Scissors is the tenth album by Weird Al Yankovic, released on June 29, 1999. ...

In The O.C. episode the Case of the Franks young Summer sings this song, and then young holly says 'Wow, Summer, you really are Scary Spice'. The O.C. is an American teen drama television series that originally aired on FOX in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 22, 2007, running a total of four seasons. ... The Case of the Franks is the 89th episode of the FOX television series, The O.C.. It originally aired on Thursday, February 1, 2007. ... Melanie Janine Brown (born May 29, 1975) is a British singer, originally in the girl band the Spice Girls, where she was known as Scary Spice. Born in Leeds, England. ...

In the Simpsons episode "Maximum Homerdrive", Homer plays the song in the truck and refers to it as the ultimate truck-driver song. Also, in the later episode, "Fraudcast News", Homer listens to it briefly on a boom box. Simpsons redirects here. ... Maximum Homerdrive is the seventeenth episode of The Simpsons tenth season. ... Fraudcast News is the 22nd and last episode of The Simpsons fifteenth season, first aired on May 23, 2004. ...

This song was used in Disney's 2005 animated film Chicken Little and the 1998 DreamWorks action/science fiction filmSmall Soldiers. The Sky Is Falling, also known as Chicken Little, Chicken Licken or Henny Penny is an old, classical fable of unknown origin about a chicken who believes the sky is falling. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long. ...

Was used in a McDonald's commercial also featuring the Spice Girls. McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants, primarily selling hamburgers, chicken, french fries, milkshakes and soft drinks. ... The Spice Girls are a BRIT Award-winning English all-female pop group, which formed in London in 1994. ...

Was used in the movie Small Soldiers as the 'psychological warfare' the robotic antagonists used. A reference to Operation Just Cause during, which U.S. forces used the song "I Fought the Law" to drive Manuel Noriega from the hotel he was hiding in.

A parody of the song, featuring a singer with a Bill Clinton-esque voice concerning the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal began to circulate around the Internet ca. 2001. It was titled "If You Wanna Be My Intern" by many. William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III[1] on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... Monica Lewinsky as she appeared on her U.S. Government ID in 1995 Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American woman with whom the former United States President Bill Clinton admitted to having a sexual relationship[1] while Lewinsky worked at the White House in 1995 and... The impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton in 1999, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist presiding. ...

The song has been covered by punk/metal band Zebrahead on their 2004 EP Waste of MFZB. Zebrahead is an Orange County, CA-based rap-punk band which was formed in 1996 by vocalist/guitarist Justin Mauriello (formerly of Once There), guitarist Greg Bergdorf (formerly of 409), bassist Ben Osmundson (formerly of 3-Ply), and drummer Ed Udhus (formerly of 409). ... Waste of MFZB is a collection of songs only released in Japan. ...

The song has been used in an episode of the CBS crime drama Cold Case. For the A&E TV show, see Cold Case Files. ...

DJ Damien and the DJ Damien Band performed a live cover of this song as part of their SG World gig in London in August 2006. Sources suggest they may have been miming to the Spice Girls original. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... The Spice Girls are a BRIT Award-winning English all-female pop group, which formed in London in 1994. ...

In 2007 the song was featured in a Citibank commercial showing a woman jogging and listening to the song. Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Citibank is a major international bank, founded in 1812 as the City Bank of New York. ...

Recently, used in a Rexona Teens campaign in the Philippines.

In the finale One Tree Hill season four, the female members of the cast of the show performed to the song with dance moves somewhat similar to the original. One Tree Hill is an American teen television drama. ...

Singapore Idol contestant Jasmine Tye performed this song during the competition and was criticized by the judges, saying that they were watching a show with their children on a children's channel, Kids Central. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

In a poll conducted by the Rolling Stone to identify the 10 most annoying songs, this song was ranked eighth^[4]. This article is about the magazine. ...

The lyrics "I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really, really, really, really wanna" are sung in Dry Kill Logic's song Rot, in the same fashion as the Spice Girls version. Dry Kill Logic is a four-piece metalcore/nu metal music group originating from Westchester County, New York. ...

Track listing and formats

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Wannabe".

• UK CD1

1. "Wannabe" (Radio Edit)
2. "Bumper to Bumper"
3. "Wannabe" (Vocal Slam)

• UK CD2

1. "Wannabe" [Radio Edit] - 2:52
2. "Wannabe" [Dave Way Alternative Mix] - 3:27
3. "Wannabe" [Dub Slam] - 6:25
4. "Wannabe" [Instrumental] - 2:52

• U.S. CD Single

1. "Wannabe" (Single Edit)
2. "Bumper to Bumper"

Charts, Peaks & Certifications

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References

1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Spice Girls > Biography". All Music Guide. Retrieved June 1, 2007.
2. ^ Five become none?. BBC News (2001-03-01). Retrieved on 2007-05-18.
3. ^ Australian Year End Charts in 1996
4. ^ Annoying songs
5. ^ Italian Sales