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“Wannabe” is a song by the British pop group Spice Girls, released as their debut single, and widely considered to be their signature song. It was written by the Spice Girls, Richard Stannard and Matt Rowe for the group’s debut album Spice.

“Wannabe” is an uptempo pop song with a touch of white hip-hop, rap and dance music; the lyrics are a demand of sincerity, with a feminist message of choosing friends over relationships, the song became an iconic symbolism of female empowerment and the most emblematic song of the philosophy. Despite receiving mixed reviews from music critics, the song won Best British-Written Single at the 1997 Ivor Novello Awards and Best Single at the 1997 BRIT Awards.

The single was released in July 1996 in the United Kingdom, reaching the top of the UK Singles Chart for seven consecutive weeks, and received a platinum certification by the BPI. In January 1997 the song was released in the United States topping the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks, becoming their only number-one single in that country.

“Wannabe” is one of the most recognisable and successful songs of the 1990s. By the end of 1996 it had topped the charts in 22 nations, and by March of 1997 this number had climbed to 31, before it became the best-selling single by a female group in the history of recorded sound, selling over six million copies worldwide.

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  • XSIT

    Ziggazig!

    Thursday evening

  • BrandiC123

    I secretly like this song! :)

    10 days ago

  • HorrorKittyCat

    My childhood ❤ [2]

    last month

  • cuihui990le

    my childhood :(

    last month

  • yesmaam7

    "Worst song?" Gurl clean your damn ears, fool.

    last month

  • Misfortunetress

    IF YOU WANNA BE MY LOVER YOU GOTTA GET WITH MY FRIENDS. MAKE IT LAST FOREVER, FRIENDSHIP NEVER ENDS. IF YOU WANNA BE MY LOVER YOU HAVE GOT TO GIVE. TAKING IS TOO EASY, BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. ~

    March 2012

  • MJRocker1987

    And it STILL sounds better than most pop music today.

    March 2012

  • idkmon

    What's with this shitty talking before the song on last.fm radio?

    March 2012

  • MiiStar

    My childhood ❤

    March 2012

  • sierraisawesome

    Classic <3

    March 2012

  • Retro_Saiyan

    Not bad.

    February 2012

  • bombombs

    EVERYONE LOVES THIS SONG AOL YOU'RE STUPID DIEDIEDIE

    February 2012

  • surelymaggie

    Pure pop, probably my favourite song when I was a child :) This song still has the ability to make me feel so happy ♥

    February 2012

  • ocotelocote

    awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

    February 2012

  • WhiteChoko

    i love this!!

    February 2012

  • CosmiC-KastAway

    My fist fav. band/ group from my childhood

    February 2012

  • murjanb

    This is the Death of Music....just kidding, it's a fun song :))

    January 2012

  • Filipizinho

    my childhood

    January 2012

  • JunkMark

    LEGEND

    January 2012

  • peterpetroff

    An awesome song from my childhood... unforgettable ..:)))

    January 2012
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