Songoftheday 10/15/20 - Last time that we had this conversation I decided we should be friends, but now we're going 'round in circles tell me will this deja vu never end...

 

 

"Say You'll Be There" - Spice Girls

from the album Spice (1996 UK/1997 US)

Billboard Hot 100 peak: #3 (three weeks)

Weeks in the Top-40: 18

 

Today's song of the day comes from the British female vocal group Spice Girls, who conquered America in the beginning of 1997 with their #1 pop hit "Wannabe".  Their next single was the midtempo jam "Say You'll Be There", written by the group with Elliot Kennedy. Accompanied by a flashy space-age music video that had time to feature all five of the women, the undeniably hook-filled track was a natch even more than their debut...

"Say You'll Be There" became the Spice Girls' second top ten pop hit in America in May of 1997. The song also climbed to #24 on Billboard magazine's Adult Top-40 radio chart. Internationally, the single topped the charts in their native Britain (2 weeks) and Finland (1 week), and reached the top ten in France (#2), Spain (#2), Ireland (#2), Norway (#2), New Zealand (#2), Denmark (#2), Belgium (#3W/#8F), Sweden (#4), Switzerland (#4), Canada (#5), the Netherlands (#5), and Austria (#7).

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Here's the Girls appearing on Top Of The Pops...
 

Next up, live in concert in Turkey in 1997...

They went grandiose for their appearance on the MTV Video Music Awards in 1997...

And lastly, live at Wembley...

Up tomorrow: Swedish pop icon inquires about amounts.