"Say You'll Be There ""Say You'll Be There"" is a song by English girl group the Spice Girls from their debut studio album, ""Spice"" (1996). It was co-written by the Spice Girls with Jonathan Buck and Eliot Kennedy. Production duo Absolute incorporated a mix of pop and R&B into the song, which includes a harmonica solo, played by Judd Lander. The lyrics—which describe the things the group went through together and how they were always there for each other—received mixed reviews from critics, who described them as ""confusing"" and felt that the R&B-infused production was a ""bid for street cred""."
"in the delectably frothy girl-group melody"". Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic, in a review of their debut album ""Spice"", said that ""what is surprising is how the sultry soul of 'Say You'll Be There' is more than just a guilty pleasure"". In a review of the group's 2007 compilation album ""Greatest Hits"", ""NME"" said that it is a ""fine song in any age"". In July 2017, ""Billboard"" named the song number 25 on their list of the 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time. ""Say You'll Be There"" was released in the UK on 14 October 1996 once the"
"the biggest-selling single by an all-female group of all time. Riding a wave of publicity and hype, the group released their next singles in the UK and Europe; in October ""Say You'll Be There"" was released topping the charts at number one for two weeks. In December ""2 Become 1"" was released, becoming their first Christmas number-one and selling 462,000 copies in its first week, making it the fastest selling single of the year. The two tracks continued the group's remarkable sales, giving them three of the top five biggest selling songs of 1996 in the UK. In November 1996,"
"found the track as ""more a compendium of music styles than an actual song"", and the group's image as a ""pro-woman posing that project[s] lots of false confidence"", it became the best-selling single by a female group, selling over six million copies worldwide. ""Say You'll Be There"" was released as the album's second single on 14 October 1996. It became the group's second number-one single in the United Kingdom, and was certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). It was a commercial success across Europe, reaching the top 10 in most of the charts that it entered. As a"
"reached #74 in the Billboard R&B charts. Over the next years more songs were recorded by artists such as La Toya Jackson (""Bad Girl""), Leo Sayer, La Bouche (Weber's song """"I'll be there"""" was released on the double platinum album """"Sweet Dreams"""" in 1996, which sold over 8 million copies worldwide), Beverley Knight (The B-Funk), Jennifer Rush (""album: Wings of Desire, song: ""For all that"""" produced by Phil Ramone), Christian artist Kathy Troccoli (""album: Kathy Troccoli), song: ""I'll be there for you"""", Canadian singer/songwriter Sheree Jeacocke (""album: Sheree, song: ""Forever you, forever me""""), Lory Bianco (""album: ""Lonely is the night"","
"end of October 1996, the single had sold 750,000 copies, receiving a platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). The song had sold 961,000 copies in the UK as of October 2016. ""Say You'll Be There"" was commercially successful in Europe. On 16 November 1996 it reached the top of the Eurochart Hot 100 for two weeks, and had a similar performance across the continent, topping the singles chart in Finland, and peaking inside the top 10 in Austria, Belgium (both the Flemish and Walloon charts), Denmark, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. In New Zealand,"
"Giving You Everything Spice Girls: Giving You Everything is a 2007 British documentary film released to coincide with the 2007 reunion tour of the British all-female pop group the Spice Girls. The documentary is centred on the Spice Girls and their creation, rise to fame, exit of member Geri Halliwell, break-up and reunion. The film features narrative insight and commentary from the five girls themselves. The title of the documentary comes from chorus lyrics from the group's UK number one single ""Say You'll Be There"". Directed by Bob Smeaton, the documentary made its world première in Australia on FOX8 on"
"signing the group, Virgin Records launched a major campaign for their debut song to promote them as the new high-profile act. There was a period of indecision about what song would be released as the first single; the label wanted to get everything right for the campaign, because the all-girl group format was untested. The group, led by Brown and Halliwell, was adamant that the debut song should be ""Wannabe"", they felt it served as an introduction to their personalities and the Girl Power statement. Virgin's executives believed that the first single should either be ""Say You'll Be There"", which"
"eighteen weeks in the top forty and twenty-six weeks in the top seventy-five, it became the second-biggest selling single of the year, and as of November 2012 has sold over 1.38 million copies, the biggest-selling single by a female group in the UK. ""Wannabe"" was commercially successful in the rest of Europe. On 4 September 1996 the song reached the top of Eurochart Hot 100, where it stayed for nine consecutive weeks, when it was replaced by the group's second single, ""Say You'll Be There"". ""Wannabe"" topped the singles charts in Belgium (both the Flemish and French charts), Denmark, Finland,"
"all time by Q Magazine readers barely months after its release. Compared to just five years earlier, singles sales were very high this year. From 22 June right through to the end of the year, every single #1 sold at least 100,000 copies a week. Like the previous year, 24 singles topped the chart, double as many as 1992. The Spice Girls continued their success from 1996, once again getting three number ones. The first was the double A-side songs ""Mama"" and ""Who Do You Think You Are""; the latter of which was the Comic Relief single for 1997. This"
"for Best New Artist in a Video and Best Pop/Rock Clip. In January 1999, the music video was ranked number eight in VH1's ""All-Time Greatest Music Videos in History"". The song was performed many times on television, in both Europe and the US, including ""An Audience with..."", ""Live & Kicking"", ""Top of the Pops"", the ""Bravo Supershow"", ""Much Music"", the ""Late Show with David Letterman"", and ""Saturday Night Live"". The performance at ""Saturday Night Live"" on 12 April 1997 was the first time ""Say You'll Be There"" was performed with a live band—their previous performances have all been either lip-synched"
"in the US, and became the biggest-selling album of 1997 in the US, peaking at number one, and was certified 7× Platinum by the RIAA for sales in excess of 7.4 million copies. The album is also included in the Top 100 Albums of All Time list of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) based on US sales. In total, the album sold over 28 million copies worldwide becoming the biggest-selling album of all-time by an all-female group. Later that month, the Spice Girls won two Brit Awards for Best British Video, ""Say You'll Be There"" and Best British"
"album of 1997 and was certified 8× Platinum by the IFPI for sales in excess of 8 million copies. That same month the Spice Girls attracted a crowd of 500,000 when they switched on the Christmas lights in Oxford Street, London. At the same time, Simon Fuller started to set up million pound sponsorship deals for the Spice Girls with Pepsi, Walkers, Impulse, Cadbury's and Polaroid. In December 1996, the group won three trophies at the ""Smash Hits"" awards at the London Arena, including best video for ""Say You'll Be There"". In January 1997, the group released ""Wannabe"" in the"
"12th week. It ended at the 35th position on the year-end chart. In the United States, it was released on 6 May 1997. The song set a record on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, when it debuted on 24 May 1997 at number five, with sales of nearly 60,000 copies. At the time this was the highest entry by a British act on the Hot 100. ""Say You'll Be There"" peaked at number six on the Hot 100 Airplay and at number four on the Hot Singles Sales, peaking at number three on the Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks. It"
"Crow, Duran Duran, Faith No More, The Flaming Lips, KMFDM, The Smoothies, The Lupins, Phunk Junkeez, Sponge, The Stone Roses <br>1996 – Afghan Whigs, Candlebox, Cracker, Cypress Hill, Everclear, Filter, Foo Fighters, Garbage, Girls Against Boys, KoRn, No Doubt, Seven Mary Three, Stabbing Westward <br>1997 – Beck, The Cardigans, Echo & the Bunnymen, Erasure, Jamiroquai, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Moby, Republica, Social Distortion, Veruca Salt, Verve Pipe <br>1998 – Barenaked Ladies, Ben Folds Five, Creed, Eve 6, Fastball, Foo Fighters, Harvey Danger, Soul Asylum, Spacehog, The Specials, They Might Be Giants, Scott Weiland <br>1999 – 2 Skinnee J's, Blink-182, Blondie, The"
"girls (Alison Iraheta, Lil Rounds, Megan Joy, Alexis Grace & Jasmine Murray) ""Big Girls Don't Cry"" (Fergie) - Fergie with Top 13 girls ""Boom Boom Pow"" (The Black Eyed Peas) - The Black Eyed Peas ""Time After Time"" (Cyndi Lauper) - Cyndi Lauper & Alison Iraheta ""Hello"" (Lionel Richie) - Danny Gokey ""Just Go"" (Lionel Richie) - Lionel Richie & Danny Gokey ""All Night Long"" (Lionel Richie) - Lionel Richie & Danny Gokey ""Beth"" (KISS) - Adam Lambert ""Detroit Rock City"" (KISS) - KISS & Adam Lambert ""Rock and Roll All Night"" (KISS) - KISS & Adam Lambert ""Black Magic"
"Be There"" in October; and ""2 Become 1"" in December, also a million seller, the year's Christmas number one single and the UK's fastest selling single of 1996. The Spice Girls debut album 'Spice' was also the fastest selling album of 1996, shifting over 1.8 million copies in just 7 weeks. It was also the Number 1 album for Christmas 1996. Oasis smashed the record for most weeks in the singles chart (previously held by Adam and the Ants in 1981) with 134 weeks, thanks to mass waves of re-entries of songs from their back catalogue throughout the year. 1996"
"it debuted at number two on 10 November 1996 (the same week ""Wannabe"" reached the top spot), stayed 10 weeks inside the top 10, and spent 23 weeks on the chart in total. In Australia, the single debuted in January 1997 on the ARIA Charts at number 23, peaking 13 weeks later at number 12. It remained on the chart for over five months, and was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). In March 1997, ""Say You'll Be There"" debuted on the Canadian ""RPM"" singles chart at number 90, reaching a peak of number five in its"
"single, ""Wannabe"". Spice Girls The Spice Girls are an English pop girl group formed in 1994. The group comprised Melanie Brown (""Scary Spice""), Melanie Chisholm (""Sporty Spice""), Emma Bunton (""Baby Spice""), Geri Halliwell (""Ginger Spice""), and Victoria Beckham, née Adams (""Posh Spice""). They were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single ""Wannabe"" in 1996, which hit number one in 37 countries and established their global success. Their debut album ""Spice"" sold more than 31 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling album by a female group in history. Their follow-up album, ""Spiceworld"" sold over 20 million copies worldwide. The"
"also reached the top of the charts, a feat unmatched to this day. The group's catchy sound, inspiring lyrics and fresh-faced image increased their following, and songs like ""I'll Be Believing"" and ""Jesus Will Still Be There"" became fan favorites and regulars on their concert set lists. In 1993, they were named New Artist of the Year at the 24th GMA Dove Awards and embarked on a national tour with Wayne Watson for whom they sang backup after opening each concert. After that tour ended, they began doing concerts on their own. The girls assembled in the studio towards the"
"The Jets, Debbie Gibson, Tiffany, Martika, New Kids on the Block and Kylie Minogue. In the early 1990s, teen pop dominated the charts until grunge and gangsta rap crossed over into the mainstream in North America by late 1991. Teen pop remained popular in the United Kingdom with the boy band Take That during this period, until the mid-1990s when Britpop became the next major wave in the UK, eclipsing the style similar to how grunge did in North America. In 1996 the girl group Spice Girls released their single ""Wannabe"", which made them major pop stars in the UK,"
"a Girl Like You"". The record has since been equalled and surpassed, and ""If I Ever Fall In Love"" is now in joint ninth place with a number of more recent songs. The song was also their only Top 40 hit in the UK, peaking at number 36. ""If I Ever Fall In Love"" was covered in 1996 as a duet by British boy band East 17 and singer Gabrielle (with a backing track), and renamed ""If You Ever"". It peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, behind ""Say You'll Be There"" by the Spice Girls, and also"
"Solid HarmoniE (album) Solid HarmoniE is the self-titled debut studio album by British-American girl group Solid HarmoniE, released in 1997, by Jive Records. It is also their only album to date. It features their two biggest hit singles ""I'll Be There For You"" and ""I Want You To Want Me"". It was certified Gold in the Netherlands where it peaked at number two and spent 24 weeks in the album chart. It peaked in the top 5 in Finland. The album spawned four singles: ""I'll Be There for You"", ""I Want You to Want Me"", ""I Wanna Love You"" and"
"Spice Girls The Spice Girls are an English pop girl group formed in 1994. The group comprised Melanie Brown (""Scary Spice""), Melanie Chisholm (""Sporty Spice""), Emma Bunton (""Baby Spice""), Geri Halliwell (""Ginger Spice""), and Victoria Beckham, née Adams (""Posh Spice""). They were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single ""Wannabe"" in 1996, which hit number one in 37 countries and established their global success. Their debut album ""Spice"" sold more than 31 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling album by a female group in history. Their follow-up album, ""Spiceworld"" sold over 20 million copies worldwide. The Spice Girls"
"Spice, after the group, because it had never been used before. Together, they composed two songs in the session: ""Love Thing"" and ""Say You'll Be There"". Paul Wilson and Andy Watkins—the songwriters and production duo known as Absolute—produced the song and recorded it for the most part at Olympic Studios in Barnes, London. At first, discussions were made about what song the group would release as their second single; originally it was going to be ""Love Thing"", but in the end they decided to go with ""Say You'll Be There"". In December 1996, while charting across Europe, ""Say You'll Be"
"Allure (band) Allure is an American New York-based R&B girl group that formed in the early 1990s as a quartet, now a trio, best known for their hit single ""All Cried Out"" with 112 which reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Original members were Alia Gray (née Davis), Hem-Lee (aka Linnie Belcher), Lalisha Sanders and Akissa Mendez. Allure is an R&B group from Long Island, New York that originally consisted of Alia Davis, Akissa Mendez, Lalisha McClean and Linnie Belcher. Alia, Lalisha & Akissa were studying at the LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts in New York when"
"clothing, and a savanna theme which was darker and had the girls dressed in more conservative and earthy-toned coloured outfits. Both scenes feature CGI animals. ""I Shall Be There"" was released on 6 December 1999 and entered the UK Singles Chart at number 13, becoming B*Witched's first single to miss the UK top 10. It spent a total of nine weeks on the chart, five of which were in the top 40. The single was not released in Australia or New Zealand. I Shall Be There ""I Shall Be There"" is a song by Irish girl group B*Witched, featuring vocals"
"as part of the ""Toyota Concert Series on ""Today"""". At the beginning of the performance, Beyoncé announced that the band wrote the song ""for all the girlfriends out there"" and later ""I'll Take You There"" (1972) was incorporated during the end. In 2005, ""Girl"" was part of the set list of the group's final tour Destiny Fulfilled... and Lovin' It. The performance was preceded by a video interlude, during which Beyoncé, Williams and Rowland appeared on the screen on the stage. The former two started discussing about the latter's relationship who also joined them after hearing their opinions. Their discussions"
"Total (girl group) Total is an American girl group originally from the Plainfield, New Jersey area and one of the signature acts of Sean Combs' Bad Boy Records imprint during the 1990s. The group consisted of members Kima Raynor, Keisha Spivey, and Pamela Long. Total is best known for their hits ""What You Want"" (Featuring Mase), ""Kissing You"", ""Can't You See"" (featuring The Notorious B.I.G.), and ""What About Us?"" and ""Trippin'"", both featuring Missy Elliott. Long was also featured on The Notorious B.I.G.'s hit song ""Hypnotize"", singing the chorus. New Jersey R&B trio Total made their first appearance singing the"
"countries, becoming the best-selling single by an all-female group of all time. It was followed by nine further number-one singles from their albums ""Spice"", ""Spiceworld"", and ""Forever"". Each member of the group received a nickname from the media. Halliwell was named ""Ginger Spice"". Other successful releases followed, including ""Say You'll Be There"" and ""2 Become 1"" from ""Spice"", and ""Spice Up Your Life"", ""Too Much"", and ""Viva Forever"" from ""Spiceworld"". On 31 May 1998, Halliwell announced that she had left the Spice Girls due to depression and differences between the group. The first official confirmation was an announcement to the"
"Girls' Generation Girls' Generation (), also known as SNSD, is a South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment. The group is composed of eight members: Taeyeon, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona and Seohyun. Originally a nine-piece group, Jessica later departed from the group in September 2014. Girls' Generation debuted in 2007 with their Korean eponymous debut album. Though the album gained some attention, it was not until 2009 that the group rose to fame with the single ""Gee"", which claimed the top spot on KBS's ""Music Bank"" for a record-breaking nine consecutive weeks and was named the most"
"""To Love Once Again"". The former three peaked in the top 20 in their native United Kingdom. Credits adapted from the liner notes of ""Solid HarmoniE"". Solid HarmoniE (album) Solid HarmoniE is the self-titled debut studio album by British-American girl group Solid HarmoniE, released in 1997, by Jive Records. It is also their only album to date. It features their two biggest hit singles ""I'll Be There For You"" and ""I Want You To Want Me"". It was certified Gold in the Netherlands where it peaked at number two and spent 24 weeks in the album chart. It peaked in"
"had sold 900,000 copies by December 1997, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It peaked at number two on the Mainstream Top 40, and had crossover success, reaching number three on the Rhythmic Top 40 chart, number nine on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart, and number 12 on the Latin Pop Airplay chart. In June 2018, ""Say You'll Be There"" surpassed 1 million sales in UK, becoming their third million selling single in their home country. The music video for ""Say You'll Be There"" was directed by Vaughan Arnell, produced by Adam Saward"