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  Cover Wannabejpg
  Artist Spice Girls
  From Album Spice
  B-side "Bumper to Bumper"
  Released July 8 , 1996 <small>(UK)</small><br> January 14 , 1997 <small>(US)</small>
  Format CD Single
  Recorded 1996
  Genre Pop
  Length 2:53
  Label Virgin Records
  Writer Richard Stannard <br/>Matt Rowe<br/> Spice Girls
  Producer Richard Stannard<br/>Matt Rowe
  Certification 2x Platinum <small>( OCC )</small><br/>2x Platinum <small>( RIAA )</small><br/>Platinum <small>( ARIA )</small>
  Chart Position #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>
  This Single "Wannabe"<br/>(1996)
  Next Single " Say You'll Be There "<br/>(1996)
  Upper Caption Alternate cover
  Type Single
  Cover Wannabe-japcdjpg
  Lower Caption Japanese CD cover


  Upper Caption Audio sample
  Name Wannabe
  Audio File WannabeSampleogg




"Wannabe" 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.


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 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 .


CHART PERFORMANCE

"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.

  Before " Forever Love " by Gary Barlow
  Title UK Singles Chart Number One Single
  Years July 21 1996 - September 8 1996
  After " Flava " by Peter Andre


  Before " Lemon Tree " by Fool's Garden
  Title Irish Singles Chart Number One Single
  Years August 3 1996 - August 23 1996
  After "The Hurling Songs" by The Wild Swans


  Before "Gud! Hva du er deiling" by Bjelleklang
  Title Norwegian Singles Chart Number One Single
  Years August 30 1996 - October 4 1996
  After " Insomnia " by Faithless


  Before "ep" by Gyllene Tider
  Title Swedish Singles Chart Number One Single
  Years August 30 1996 - September 13 1996
  After "Coco Jamboo" by Mr President


  Before " Trash " by Suede
  Title Finnish Singles Chart Number One Single
  Years September 7 1996 - for 1 week
  After " Insomnia " by Faithless


  Before " Aquarius " by Party Animals
  Title Dutch Top 40 Number One Single
  Years September 7 1996 - September 14 1996
  After "Banger Hart" by Rob de Nijs


  Before " Killing Me Softly " by Fugees
  Title Euro Hot 100 Number-one Single
  Years September 15 1996 - November 10 1996
  After " Say You'll Be There " by Spice Girls


  Before " Killing Me Softly " by Fugees
  Title Swiss Singles Chart Number One Single
  Years September 15 1996 - October 13 1996
  After " Salva Mea " by Faithless


  Before " Killing Me Softly " by Fugees
  Title Latvian Airplay Top Number One Single
  Years September 15 1996 - September 29 1996
  After " Se A Vida é (That’s The Way Life Is) " by Pet Shop Boys


  Before " I Can't Help Myself " by The Kelly Family
  Title German Singles Chart number-one single
  Years September 16 1996 - October 7 1996
  After "Zehn kleine Jägermeister " by Die Toten Hosen


  Before " Killing Me Softly " by Fugees
  Title Belgian Singles Chart Number-one Single
  Years September 21 1996 - October 19 1996
  After "Banger Hart" by Rob de Nijs


  Before " Killing Me Softly " by Fugees
  Title French Singles Chart Number-one Single
  Years September 28 1996 - October 12 1996
  After " Aicha " by Khaled


  Before " Macarena " by Los Del Rio
  Title Australia ARIA Singles Charts Number One Single
  Years November 2 1996 - January 11 1997
  After " To The Moon And Back " by Savage Garden


  Before " What's Love Got To Do With It " by Warren G
  Title New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart Number One Single
  Years November 8 1996 - for 1 week
  After " What's Love Got To Do With It " by the Warren G


  Before " Un-Break My Heart " by Toni Braxton
  Title Billboard Hot 100 Number One Single
  Years February 22 1997 - March 15 1997
  After " Can't Nobody Hold Me Down " by Puff Daddy featuring Ma


  Before " Don't Cry For Me Argentina " by Madonna
  Title ARC Weekly Top 40 number-one single
  Years March 22 1997 - April 5 1997
  After " All By Myself " by Celine Dion