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Release date: November 6th, 2000
First release: United Kingdom
Record label: Virgin Records
Recording sessions: 1 year
Single Tracks: Goodbye, Holler/Let Love Lead The Way
Highest chart position: 2 (UK)
Total sales: 280,000 copies and 4 million worldwide

Holler (V. Beckham/M. Brown/E. Bunton/M. Chisholm/R. Jerkins/L. Daniels/F. Jerkins III) Produced by Rodney Jerkins – Mixed by Brad Gilderman/Rodney Jerkins

Tell Me Why (V. Beckham/M. Brown/E. Bunton/R. Jerkins/L. Daniels/F. Jerkins III/M. Butler) Produced by Rodney Jerkins - Mixed by Ben Garrison/Rodney Jerkins

Let Love Lead The Way (V. Beckham/M. Brown/E. Bunton/M. Chisholm/R. Jerkins/L. Daniels/F Jerkins III/H. Mason Jr.) Produced by Harvey Mason Jr./Rodney Jerkins - Mixed by Rodney Jerkins

Right Back At Ya (V. Beckham/M. Brown/E. Bunton/M. Chisholm/E. Kennedy/T. Lever) Produced by Uncle Freddie - Mixed by Ben Garrison/Fred Jerkins III

Get Down With Me (V. Beckham/M. Brown/E. Bunton/R. Jerkins/L. Daniels/F. Jerkins III/M. Butler/R. Smith) Produced by Rodney Jerkins/Robert Smith - Mixed by Ben Garrison/Rodney Jerkins

Wasting My Time (M. Brown/E. Bunton/M. Chisholm/L. Daniels/F. Jerkins III) Produced by Uncle Freddie - Mixed by Ben Garrison/Fred Jerkins III

Weekend Love (V. Beckham/M. Brown/E Bunton/M. Chisholm/R. Jerkins/L. Daniels/F. Jerkins III) ) Produced by Rodney Jerkins - Mixed by Brad Gilderman/Rodney Jerkins

Time Goes By (V. Beckham/M. Brown/E. Bunton/R. Jerkins/L. Daniels/F. Jerkins III/M. Butler) Produced by Rodney Jerkins/Uncle Freddie - Mixed by Brad Gilderman/Rodney Jerkins

If You Wanna Have Some Fun (V. Beckham/M. Brown/E. Bunton/M. Chisholm/J. Harris III/T. Lewis) Produced by Jimmy Jam/Terry Lewis - Mixed by Steve Hodge

Oxygen (V. Beckham/M. Brown/E. Bunton/M. Chisholm/J. Harris III/T. Lewis) Produced by Jimmy Jam/Terry Lewis - Mixed by Steve Hodge

Goodbye (V. Beckham/M. Brown/E. Bunton/M. Chisholm/R. Stannard/M. Rowe) Produced by Richard Stannard/Matt Rowe - Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent

-Holler MAW Remix (V. Beckham/M. Brown/E. Bunton/M. Chisholm/R. Jerkins/L. Daniels/F Jerkins III/H. Mason Jr.)

The weeks before the release of the album were full of rumours and bets concerning who would win the “chart battle”: Spice Girls or Westlife. That happened because Westlife’s Coast to Coats was set to be released the same day as Forever. Unfortunately, the album went to number 2, selling only 71,000 copies on its first week.

Released a day later in the United States the album had a lack of promotion, resulting in the debut at the 39th position selling only 34,000 copies on its first week.

Despite having sold 1 million copies worldwide only on its first week, the success didn’t continue and Forever ended up selling 280,000 copies in the United Kingdom, 200,000 in the United States and 4 million copies worldwide.

The album Forever debuted at the 2nd position on the Brazilian charts, climbing to the number 1 spot the week later and staying there for the next two weeks. At the same time, it brought the previous Spice albums back to the top 20 most selling charts. Spice World, which had been released 3 years before was back in the 9th position and Spice in the 16th.

Promos of the tracks Tell Me Why, If You Wanna Have Some Fun and Weekend Love were released but the band never promoted the songs.

The choice of “Forever” as the title of the album happened near its release when Mel C and Mel B suggested the name as it already was the title of one of the Spice Girls' book and because Mel C used to sing 'Spice Girls forever' while performing the song Viva Forever at the shows.

During the “Christmas In Spice World” tour in 1999 the Spice Girls performed 3 new songs: Right Back At Ya, W.O.M.A.N. and Holler, known as "Holler Holler" at the time. But W.O.M.A.N was never officially released.

Melanie didn’t co-write 3 tracks from Forever: Tell Me Why, Get Down With Me e Time Goes By.

Release date: December 14th, 1998
First release: United Kingdom
Record label: Virgin Records
Formats: Single pt1, single pt2, cassette, vinyl and several formats in other countries
Highest chart position: 1 (for 1 week – UK)
Total sales: 833,000 copies and 2,5 million worldwide

PT1:

Goodbye Radio Edit (Spice Girls/Stannard/Rowe) Produced by Richard Stannard/Matt Rowe – Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent

Christmas Wrapping (C. Butler) Produced by Richard Stannard/Matt Rowe - Mixed by Jeremy Wheatley

Goodbye Orchestral Mix (Spice Girls/Stannard/Rowe) Produced by Richard Stannard/Matt Rowe - Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent

PT2:

Goodbye Single Version (Spice Girls/Stannard/Rowe) Produced by Richard Stannard/Matt Rowe - Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent

Sisters (Are Doing It For Themselves) Live at Wembley Stadium (Annie Lennox/Dave Stewart) Recorded by Mike Dolling/Toby Alington - Mixed by Andy Bradfield

We Are Family Live at Wembley Stadium (Rogers/Edwards) Recorded by Mike Dolling/Toby Alington - Mixed by Andy Bradfield

Directed by Howard Greenhalgh, Melanie is all wrapped up and with long, very dark hair. She’s walking around a house where everything is frozen, from objects to people. As the video goes on, the people begin to defrost and gain movements. Click on the pictures to visit the Videography section:

With Victoria and Mel B pregnant at the time, Emma and Melanie C represented the Spice Girls in some interviews promoting the single.

Goodbye was the 3rd consecutive Christmas number one of the Spice Girls, reaching the Beatles' record.

The single was a big hit in the United Kingdom, becoming the 8th best seller of 1998 after only 2 weeks of sales and the 121st best seller of 1999. It sold 833,500 copies and it was the 42nd best selling album of the 90’s.

In the United States it reached the 11th position and sold around 500,000 copies completing 2,5 copies cold worldwide.

Release date: October 23rd, 2000
First release: United Kingdom
Record label: Virgin Records
Formats: Single, cassette, vinyl and several formats in other countries
Highest chart position: 1 (for 1 week – UK)
Total sales: 230,000 copies

PT1:

Holler Radio Edit (V. Beckham/M. Brown/E. Bunton/M. Chisholm/R. Jerkins/L. Daniels/F. Jerkins III) Produced by Rodney Jerkins – Mixed by Brad Gilderman/Rodney Jerkins

Let Love Lead The Way Radio Edit (V. Beckham/M. Brown/E. Bunton/M. Chisholm/R. Jerkins/L. Daniels/F Jerkins III/H. Mason Jr.) Produced by Harvey Mason Jr./Rodney Jerkins - Mixed by Rodney Jerkins

Holler MAW Remix (V. Beckham/M. Brown/E. Bunton/M. Chisholm/R. Jerkins/L. Daniels/F Jerkins III/H. Mason Jr.)

Holler - video for PC

PT2:

Let Love Lead The Way Radio Edit (V. Beckham/M. Brown/E. Bunton/M. Chisholm/R. Jerkins/L. Daniels/F Jerkins III/H. Mason Jr.) Produced by Harvey Mason Jr./Rodney Jerkins - Mixed by Rodney Jerkins

Holler Radio Edit (V. Beckham/M. Brown/E. Bunton/M. Chisholm/R. Jerkins/L. Daniels/F. Jerkins III) Produced by Rodney Jerkins - Mixed by Brad Gilderman/Rodney Jerkins

Holler MAW Tribal Vocal (V. Beckham/M. Brown/E. Bunton/M. Chisholm/R. Jerkins/L. Daniels/F. Jerkins III)

Let Love Lead The Way - video for PC

Let Love Lead The Way - backstage

Directed by Jake Nava, the Spice Girls sing and dance inside a pyramid and each one of them represents one of the four elements. Melanie is earth and sings lying on the grass and beside snakes and branches. Click on the pictures to visit the Videography section:

Directed by Greg Masurak, in this video, like in the Holler video, each one of the girls is an element, they’ve just swapped them. This time Melanie is water and, wearing blue clothes, she sings under a water jet, dances and shakes her completely soaked hair. Afterwards all Spice Girls sing at each other’s scenery. Click on the pictures to visit the Videography section:

Holler/Let Love Lead The Way went straight to number one in the United Kingdom and sold around 230,000 copies. It stayed 17 weeks inside the Top 75 in the United Kingdom and only 7 in the top 40.

Only a promo CD with the track Holler was released in the United States.

Until the half of November 2000, the song Holler was still the most played in the world.