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Release date: November 3rd, 1997
Record label: Virgin Records
Singles: Spice Up Your Life, Too Much, Stop, Viva Forever
Highest chart position: 1 (UK)
Total sales: 1,9 million copies and 17 million worldwide
Recording studios:
-Abbey Road
-Whitfield Street
-The Manor Mobile (mobile studio, as the girls were shooting Spice World The Movie at the same time)
-Olympic
  1. Spice Up Your Life (Spice Girls/Stannard/Rowe) Produced by Richard Stannard/Matt Rowe – Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent
  2. Stop (Spice Girls/P. Wilson/A. Watkins) Produced by Absolute - Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent
  3. Too Much (Spice Girls/P. Wilson/A. Watkins) Produced by Absolute - Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent
  4. Saturday Night Divas (Spice Girls/Stannard/Rowe) Produced by Richard Stannard/Matt Rowe - Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent
  5. Never Give Up On The Good Times (Spice Girls/Stannard/Rowe) Produced by Richard Stannard/Matt Rowe - Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent
  6. Mover Over (Spice Girls/Wood/Lane) Produced by Richard Stannard/Matt Rowe - Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent
  7. Do It (Spice Girls/P. Wilson/A. Watkins) Produced by Absolute - Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent
  8. Denying (Spice Girls/P. Wilson/A. Watkins) Produced by Absolute - Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent
  9. Viva Forever (Spice Girls/Stannard/Rowe) Produced by Richard Stannard/Matt Rowe - Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent
  10. The Lady Is a Vamp (Spice Girls/P. Wilson/A. Watkins) Produced by Absolute - Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent


-Step To Me (Spice Girls/Stannard/Rowe) Produced by Absolute - Mixed by por Absolute

The second album Spice World was released in the United Kingdom on November 3rd 1997. It sold 191,000 copies only on its first week and it was the 4th best selling album in 1997 and the 27th best seller of 1998 in UK.

The album was released simultaneously in the United States and sold 83,000 copies in the first week and got to number 3 in the charts.

Spice World sold 18 million copies worldwide, 1,9 million of those in the UK and 4,1 in the US.

The Australian version included a bonus VCD with both Spice Up Your Life and Viva Forever videos.
Release date: October 13th, 1997
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: 795,000 copies (321,000 copies only on its first week)
PT1:
  1. Spice Up Your Life Stent Radio Mix (Spice Girls/Stannard/Rowe) Produced by Richard Stannard/Matt Rowe – Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent
  2. Spice Up Your Life Morales Radio Mix (Spice Girls/Stannard/Rowe) Additional production by David Morales – Remixed by David Morales
  3. Spice Up Your Life Stent Radio Instrumental (Spice Girls/Stannard/Rowe) Produced by Richard Stannard/Matt Rowe - Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent
  4. Spice Invaders (Spice Girls/P. Wilson/A. Watkins) Produced by Absolute - Mixed by Absolute
PT2:
  1. Spice Up Your Life Stent Radio Mix (Spice Girls/Stannard/Rowe) Produced by Richard Stannard/Matt Rowe - Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent
  2. Spice Up Your Life Morales Radio Mix (Spice Girls/Stannard/Rowe) Additional production by David Morales - Remixed by David Morales
  3. Spice Up Your Life Murk Cuba Libre Mix (Spice Girls/Stannard/Rowe) Produced by Richard Stannard/Matt Rowe - Additional production and Remix by Oscar Gaeton/Ralph Falcon

Directed by Marcus Nispel, the scenery of the video is a dark city where everything is Spice. Melanie stands up on the top of a flying saucer, all in black including her lipstick. One of the scenes of the video is Melanie boxing against a man. Click on the pictures to visit the Videography section:
Spice Up Your Life sold 500,000 copies in the United States and 800,000 in the United Kingdom.

Originally the single was going to be released one week earlier, simultaneously with Elton John’s “Candle In The Wind”, a tribute song to Princess Diana who had passed away. But Spice Up Your Life got postponed for a week so the chances of getting to number one were bigger. Once released, the single took Elton John’s 1st place, selling a total of 321,000 copies only in the first week. It was the 46º best seller single of the 90's in UK. It stayed 15 weeks inside the UK Top 75.

A special single used for the promotion of Impulse Spice deodorant was released with the track Spice Up Your Life and its fragrance on the cover!
Release date: December 15th, 1997
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 2 weeks - UK)
Total sales: 657,000 copies
PT1:
  1. Too Much Radio Edit (Spice Girls/P. Wilson/A. Watkins) Produced by Absolute - Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent
  2. Outer Space Girls (Spice Girls/Stannard/Rowe) Produced by Richard Stannard/Matt Rowe - Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent
  3. Too Much SoulShock & Karlin Remix (Spice Girls/P. Wilson/A. Watkins) Produced by Absolute - Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent - Additional production and Remix by SoulShock & Karlin

PT2:

  1. Too Much Radio Edit (Spice Girls/P. Wilson/A. Watkins) Produced by Absolute - Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent
  2. Too Much Orchestral Version (Spice Girls/P. Wilson/A. Watkins) Produced by Absolute - Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent
  3. Walk Of Life (Spice Girls/P. Wilson/A. Watkins)

Directed by Howard Greenhalgh, in this video Melanie shows her curiosity and interest on the oriental culture once she plays a character inspired by the movie “The Year Of The Dragon”. She is wearing a red shirt with oriental embroider and has a red hairpiece while she fights and defeats real martial arts fighters! Click on the pictures to visit the Videography section:

Too Much followed the success from Spice Up Your Life, although that was not reflected on the sales. It sold 657,000 copies in the United Kingdom and spent 15 weeks inside the Top 75. It was the 22nd best selling single of 1997, the 100th of 1998 and the 76th of the 90’s.

Too Much was the Spice Girls’ 6th number 1 in the United Kingdom and sold 252,000 copies only on its first week.

On January 27th 1998, Too Much was finally released in the United States, hitting the 9th position in the charts.

Too Much was the second consecutive Christmas number one and the 6th consecutive number one of the girls.

The single pt2 included promotional cards from the Spice Girls’ Playstation game.
Release date: March 9th, 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: 2 (UK)
Total sales: 331,000 copies

PT1:

  1. Stop (Spice Girls/P. Wilson/A. Watkins) Produced by Absolute - Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent
  2. Something Kinda Funny Live In Istanbul (Spice Girls/P. Wilson/A. Watkins) Produced by Tony Taverner/Simon Ellis
  3. Mama Live In Istanbul (Spice Girls/Stannard/Rowe) Produced by Tony Taverner/Simon Ellis
  4. Love Thing Live In Istanbul (Spice Girls/Kennedy/Bayliss) Produced by Tony Taverner/Simon Ellis
PT2:
  1. Stop (Spice Girls/P. Wilson/A. Watkins) Produced by Absolute - Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent
  2. Ain't No Stopping Us Now - Featuring Luther Vandross, live from An Audience With The Spice Girls (Gen McFaddeb/John Whitehead/Gerry Cohen) Produced by Mike Higham
  3. Stop Morales Remix (Spice Girls/P. Wilson/A. Watkins) Produced by Absolute - Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent - Additional production and remix by David Morales
  4. Stop Stretch 'n' Vern's Rock & Roll Mix (Spice Girls/P. Wilson/A. Watkins) Produced by Absolute - Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent – Remixed by Stretch 'n' Vern

Directed by James Brown, under a cold and cloudy weather, the Spice Girls sing on the street of a little town and play in a small amusement park. Melanie is completely wrapped up and tries out her strength at a hammer striker. She achieves the maximum power leaving the men of the town gobsmacked with her strength! Later on the video ends with the Spice Girls singing in a bar and doing the choreography to the song. Click on the pictures to visit the Videography section:

Unlike the other singles, Stop didn’t go to number one. It only got to 2nd position in the UK, staying behind the single "It's Like That" by Run DMC.

Despite all the advertisements “Stop The Spice Girls” in the media, the single only sold 331,000 copies, but even so it was the 43rd best selling single in 1998 in the United Kingdom. It stayed inside the Top 75 for 17 weeks.

The duet with Luther Vandross on the song Ain't No Stopping Us Now was recorded during the TV special An Audience With the Spice Girls, in which the girls answered question from a crowd of celebrities and performed some songs in 1997.
Stop was released in the United States on June 2nd 1998, hitting number 16 in the American charts.


The single pt2 had a Spice Girls’ poster as a gift.

Release date: July 20th, 1998
First release: United Kingdom
Record label: Virgin Records
Formats: Single pt1, single pt2, cassette, vinyl and several formats in other countries and special formats with each of the 5 fairies on the cover
Highest chart position: 1 (for 2 weeks - UK)
Total sales: 623,000 (277,911 only in the first week)

PT1:

  1. Viva Forever Radio Edit (Spice Girls/Stannard/Rowe) Produced by Richard Stannard/Matt Rowe – Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent
  2. Viva Forever Tony Rich Remix (Spice Girls/Stannard/Rowe) Produced by Richard Stannard/Matt Rowe - Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent – Remixed by Tony Rich
  3. Viva Forever Tony Rich Instrumental (Spice Girls/Stannard/Rowe) Produced by Richard Stannard/Matt Rowe - Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent - Remixed by Tony Rich
  4. Viva Forever - cd-rom track
PT2:
  1. Viva Forever Radio Edit (Spice Girls/Stannard/Rowe) Produced by Richard Stannard/Matt Rowe - Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent
  2. Who Do You Think You Are Live (Spice Girls/P. Wilson/A. Watkins)
  3. Say You'll Be There Live (Spice Girls/Kennedy)

Directed by Steve Box, the video happens in a forest where two kids are walking when they find a Rubik’s Cube that releases the Spice fairies from the inside. Melanie’s doll wears a ponytail with a blue highlight, orange little wings with blue stripes and a tracksuit. She also has all Melanie’s body art like the golden tooth, the nose piercing and the tattoos. Click on the pictures to visit the Videography section:

Originally, Viva Forever was going to be released in the end of May as a double A-side single, as "Viva Forever/Never Give Up On The Good Times". However, Geri’s departure ruined the vocals for Never Give Up On The Good Times, so the single ended up being released as Viva Forever only.

Viva Forever had very little promotion, but still sold 277,911 copies only on its first week, spent 2 weeks in the number 1 spot and ended up selling 623,000 copies in the United Kingdom. It was the 13th best selling single in 1998 and the 85th best seller of the 90’s. It was not released in the United States.

The Viva Forever fairies originated miniatures that came with the Spice Girls Viva Forever Dolls edition.

The single p2 included a Spice Girls’ poster as a gift.
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