Wannabe

About Wannabe

"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 Girl Power philosophy. .

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About this song

Credited to

Spice Girls

Album

Spice · Track 1 of 10 · Opens the album

Released

January 1, 1996

Duration

2:53

Ranking

#1 most played Spice Girls track on Foxsoundi

Top countries on Foxsoundi

Philippines (53 %), United States (45 %), Canada (3 %)

Playlists

In 1 public playlist: The ultimate playlist

On Last.fm

1,614,643 listeners on Last.fm

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8. Viva Forever - Radio Edit · 1 plays

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From the album: Spice