| "Spice Up Your Life" | ||||
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| Single by Spice Girls | ||||
| from the album Spiceworld | ||||
| B-side | "Spice Invaders" | |||
| Released | 3 October 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
| Studio | Whitfield Street (London) | |||
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| Length | 2:53 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
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| "Spice Up Your Life" on YouTube | ||||
"Spice Up Your Life" is a song by British girl group the Spice Girls from their second studio album, Spiceworld (1997). The song was co-written by the group with Matt Rowe and Richard Stannard, at the same time as the group was shooting scenes for their 1997 film Spice World, while production was handled by the latter two. It is a dance-pop song, with influences of Latin rhythms such as salsa and samba. The song's theme reflects the group desire to "write a song for the world" while the lyrics have been labeled as dance-oriented with a self-promoting message.
Released as the lead single of Spiceworld in October 1997, "Spice Up Your Life" received an extensive worldwide promotional campaign that included a series of appearances on television programmes and presentations at award shows. It received mixed reviews from critics, obtaining divisive opinions for its production and lyrical content. Despite the lukewarm critical reception, the song was a commercial success. It debuted atop the UK Singles Chart, becoming the group's fifth consecutive number one in the United Kingdom and has since been certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). It performed similarly on the music charts in the rest of Europe and Oceania, while in the United States, the song did not perform as well as their previous releases, peaking at number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100.
An accompanying music video, directed by Marcus Nispel, features the group in a futuristic setting, inspired by the 1982 film Blade Runner, controlling every aspect of society in a dark post-apocalyptic cityscape. The song has been regularly included on the setlists in most of the group's concerts and presentations, most notably their performance at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in London. It was also used in the 2023 film Barbie[1] and the third of the Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials, "The Giggle", in which the main villain of the episode (The Toymaker) makes a grand entrance with the song playing in the background.[2]
- ^ "Barbie Soundtrack: Every Song from the Movie". denofgeek.com. 24 July 2023. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ Elvy, Craig (13 December 2023). "The Toymaker's Ridiculous Spice Girls Scene Fixes A Big Mistake From RTD's Original Era". Screen Rant. Retrieved 14 December 2023.