View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1996 CD release of Say You'll Be There on Discogs. Billboard Hot Dance Maxi-Singles Sales, U.S. Comment by User 694242211. no songs are playing. Reviewing their debut album Spice, Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic was surprised at how the song's "sultry soul" was "more than just a guilty pleasure",[63] while Brian Grosz from Albumism called it a "a great disco track". [58] Edna Gundersen of the USA Today dismissed the group's debut as "assembly-line dance-pop", but singled out "Say You'll Be There" as one of the album's highlights. Fue el segundo tema que se lanzó de su álbum debut Spice y el segundo en alcanzar número uno en el Reino Unido. [120] In January 1999, the music video was ranked number eight in VH1's "All-Time Greatest Music Videos in History". The group dressed in tight bronze and copper-coloured outfits made by Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli. [6][8] In late March 1995,[9] because of the group's frustration at their management's unwillingness to listen to their visions and ideas, they parted from Heart Management. Y-38592. [15][16] The girls met with artist manager Simon Fuller, who signed them with 19 Entertainment in May 1995. (1965) and Pulp Fiction (1994), and features the group as a band of female techno-warriors, who use martial arts and high-tech ninja-influenced weapons to capture a hapless male. Users who like 02 Spice Girls - Say You'll Be There (Spice World Movie) Users who reposted 02 Spice Girls - Say You'll Be There (Spice World Movie) [30][35][36] The track incorporates sound effects from turntablism during the song's introduction and the verses. [71] On Billboard's 2017 list of the "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time", it ranked at number 25. As a result of its popularity, the song was released in 1997 in Australia, receiving a gold certification by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). The group moved to a house in Maidenhead and received the name Touch. In March 1994, father-and-son team Bob and Chris Herbert, together with financer Chic Murphy, working under the business name of Heart Management, decided to create a girl group to compete with the boy bands that dominated the British pop music scene of the time. VSCDT1601. Say you'll be there I'm giving you everything all that joy can bring this I swear Last time that we had this conversation I decided we should be friends Yeah But pretty much it was a real quick process. In the United States, it debuted at number five on the Billboard Hot 100, setting at the time a record for the highest entry by a British act on the chart. [40] It was inspired by the films Pulp Fiction and Faster, Pussycat! [9] Kennedy commented about the session: None of them played instruments, so I was left to do the music and get that vibe together. After a period of indecision about the release, Fuller and the executives at Virgin relented, and "Wannabe" was chosen as their first single. Create. And I'd sing them the chorus and the melody—no lyrics or anything—and straight away five pads and pencils came out and they were throwing lines at us. [7] Encouraged by the reaction they had received at the showcase, all five members delayed signing contracts on the legal advice from, amongst others, Victoria Beckham's father, Anthony Adams. Oh, say you'll be there. Spice Girls (1996) "Say You'll Be There" (French CD Single) Printed in the EU. ¡Matar! Beckham sings the lyrical half of each verse with a "more seductive" and "breathy" vocal timbre. Virgin Records. Spice Girls (1996) "Say You'll Be There" (Italian 12" Vinyl Single) Printed in the EU. Say You'll Be There. The song's lyrics describe the things the group went through together and how they were always there for each other. [22] Shechtman hired lawyers and threatened to sue. [140] For the Return of the Spice Girls Tour, it was performed as the third song from the show's opening segment. [59] The Atlanta Journal-Constitution writer Steve Dollar criticized the song, describing it as "pure confection more sugar really than spice", he also noted influences of Stevie Wonder in the harmonica solo. [112], The music video for "Say You'll Be There" was directed by Vaughan Arnell, produced by Adam Saward and filmed on 7–8 September 1996, in the Mojave Desert, located in California. Spice Girls (1996) "Say You'll Be There" (European CD Single) Printed in Holland. [17] The group considered a variety of record labels, and signed a deal with Virgin Records in July. The second version, released in a digipak, came with a signed poster and included the single mix, and three club remixes of the track produced by Vasquez, D Mob, and Linslee Campbell. [60] Reviewing the single, David Browne of Entertainment Weekly rated it a B+, describing the melody as "delectably frothy", but was at the same time confused by the song's lyrical content. Last time that we had this conversation I decided we should be friends, hey But now we're going round in circles Tell me, will this déjà-vu never end? EMI Music South Africa. [76] By the end of October 1996, the single had sold 750,000 copies,[78] receiving a platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Spice Girls (1996) "Say You'll Be There" (Australian Cassette Single) Printed in Australia. It includes symbols of male disempowerment, and serves as an example of solidarity and the group's bonding. [48] On 11 October 1996, the group performed the song on Top of the Pops and during the following week, did interviews and appeared on British television programmes that included The Chart Show, The Big Breakfast, The Noise, Live & Kicking, The O-Zone, Newsround, The Disney Club, After 5, WOW!, and GMTV. [30][31] It is written in the key of D♭ major, with a time signature set in common time, and moves at a moderate tempo of 108 beats per minute. ¡Matar! Originally considered by the record label to be the group's debut single, it was released as the album's second single on 14 October 1996. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1996 Cassette release of Say You'll Be There on Discogs. [25][26] Buck was later added to the songwriting credits of the song in the group's Greatest Hits album, and the reissue of Girl Power! Stephenson was eventually fired because she lacked the drive of the other group members. [81] It topped the singles chart in Finland,[82] peaked inside the top ten in Austria, Belgium (both the Flemish and Walloon charts), Denmark, France, Ireland,[81] the Netherlands,[83] Norway, Spain,[84] Sweden, and Switzerland,[85] and the top 20 in Germany and Iceland. VSCDE1601. Spice Girls (1996) "Say You'll Be There" (UK CD Single 2) Printed in the UK. [86][87] The song was also a radio hit across the continent, reaching the top position of the European Hit Radio Top 40 for six weeks,[88] topping the airplay charts in the Benelux region, France, and Scandinavia, peaking inside the top five in the German-speaking countries, Hungary, and the UK, and inside the top 20 in Italy, Poland, and Spain. EMI Swindon. [98] It ended at the 35th position on the year-end chart. [20][21], In December 1996, while charting across Europe, "Say You'll Be There" became the focus of a controversy when Israeli soldier Idit Shechtman accused the group of copying her song "Bo Elai" (בוא אלי, "Come to Me"), an alleged similar song released two years earlier in Israel. Jonathan Buck later received a songwriting credit as well. [50][52] The first week of November, the group did a televised performance in Germany, and a photo shoot for teen magazine Bravo. [67] Anne T. Donahue of Vulture.com depicted it as "the perfect middle-ground" between the group's slower ballads and their upbeat singles, she added that "over 20 years later, we still remember the words to 'Say You'll Be There'". Traducción de la letra de Say You'll Be There de Spice Girls al español. Esta página se editó por última vez el 10 mar 2021 a las 19:56. [118] It won the Fan.tastic Video honour—given by online Billboard readers—at the 1997 Billboard Music Video Awards,[119] and was also nominated for Best New Artist in a Video and Best Pop/Rock Clip. At the end the group captures a confused ice cream man who appears in his pick-up truck. SNA. Oh, say you'll be there / I'm giving you everything / All that joy can bring, this I swear / Last time that we had this conversation / I decided we should be friends, [14] Chisholm commented that the inspiration for the song came from their own experiences as a group, and how they have been there for each other. [18] Paul Wilson and Andy Watkins—the songwriters and production duo known as Absolute—would later produce the song and recorded it at Olympic Studios in Barnes, London. [72] The high anticipation for their second single assured its commercial success. [24] American singer-songwriter Jonathan David Buck (Jon B. Spice Girls (1996) "Say You'll Be There" (UK Cassette Single) Printed in the UK. Esta versión nunca recibió un lanzamiento oficial. Existe una versión alternativa del video que elimina las tomas de bondage masculinas y las reemplaza con tomas invisibles de las chicas. [80], "Say You'll Be There" was commercially successful in the rest of Europe. Escucha Say You'll Be There de Spice Girls, con 494,150 shazams, aparece en las listas de reproducción Feeling Good y ’90s Hits Essentials de Apple Music. [50] During the last week of the month, they recorded two additional performances for Top of the Pops on 23 and 30 October,[51] and visited France, Italy, Norway, and Sweden, where they did a series of interviews and appearances on television shows. Kill! Spice Girls - Say You'll Be There. [1] They placed an advertisement in The Stage, which asked the question: "Are you street smart, extrovert, ambitious, and able to sing and dance?" Spice Girls (1996) "Say You'll Be There" (Japanese CD Single) Printed in Japan. Dele Fadele of NME dubbed it as a "monstrously catchy tune", and lauded it as "state-of-the-art pop music for '96". [99] In the United States, the song started to receive airplay from 15 radio stations in March 1997, when "Wannabe" was topping the Billboard Hot 100. Production duo Absolute incorporated a mix of dance-pop and R&B influences into the song, which includes a harmonica solo, played by Judd Lander.