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Spice Girls
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Spice
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"Bumper to Bumper"
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July 8 , 1996 <small>(UK)</small><br> January 14 , 1997 <small>(US)</small>
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CD Single
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1996
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Pop
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2:53
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Virgin Records
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Richard Stannard <br/>Matt Rowe<br/> Spice Girls
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Richard Stannard<br/>Matt Rowe
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2x Platinum <small>( OCC )</small><br/>2x Platinum <small>( RIAA )</small><br/>Platinum <small>( ARIA )</small>
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#1 <small>( Argentina , Australia , Belgium , Brazil , Canada , Chile , China , Colombia , Czech Republic , Denmark , Europe , Finland , France , Germany , Hungary , Indonesia , Ireland , Israel , Latvia , Mexico , Middle East , Netherlands , New Zealand , Norway , Peru , Philippines , Poland , Portugal , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States )</small>
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"Wannabe"<br/>(1996)
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" Say You'll Be There "<br/>(1996)
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Alternate cover
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Single
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Japanese CD cover
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Audio sample
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"" is the first Single from the Spice Girls ' first Album , '' Spice ''. Released in 1996 / 1997 , the single peaked at number one in the U.K. becoming the Spice Girls' first number one single; it also peaked at number one in the U.S.A. and more than thirty other countries.
"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 word "Zig-a-Zig-ah" used in the song was made up by the girls and Melanie C said in Friday Night Project that it means sex. The song is considered to be the Spice Girls' Signature Song .
"Wannabe" is one of the most recognisable and successful songs of the . Retrieved June 1 , 2007 . before becoming the best-selling single by a female group in the history of recorded sound, shifting over six million copies worldwide.
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