The song is deliciously ridiculous from beginning to end, and after a few spins, you’ll be weeping into your pillow screaming, “GERI NEVER WOULD HAVE ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN!!”
Wannabe climbs to number one (where it stays for seven weeks); the Girls are the first all-female group to top the charts with their debut single. Wannabe stays at number one for seven weeks and goes on to sell four million copies. It reaches the top spot in 31 countries, making it the most successful debut single ever.
Emma, Sandy, Hellen, Rossy and Olivia, meet on the auditions circuit while chasing work in shows and as TV extras.
The Girls have their third number one with2 Become 1, and their first Christmas number one. It sells 500,000 copies in its first week, making it the fastest selling single of the year.
The girls collect two Brit Awards. Fans vote Say You’ll Be There as Best Video and Wannabewins Best Single. Geri's union jack dress from the girls' live performance hogs the headlines the next day. The following year, the dress was sold for £36,200 at auction.
Filming of the movie finishes. It is released on Boxing Day and it becomes one of the most profitable films in the history of British cinema. It grossed a total of £8.5 million in the UK, and $30 million in America.
After two years of talking, all five Spice Girls reunite with the manager who made them a worldwide phenomenon. Simon Fuller makes the historic press announcement that the Spice Girlswould re-unite.
Right you lot!Massive thanks to each and everyone of you that voted for us at this years BRITs! I had a great night, and was reminiscing about when we performed back in 1997. We were running up and down banging on dressing room doors to see who would come and and talk to us!
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