SpiceGirls: Greatest Hits (2007)

SPICE GIRLS
SPORTY ¤ BABY ¤ SCARY ¤ POSH ¤ GINGER

GREATEST HITS

Megjelenés: 2007. November 7.
Felvételek: 1995-2000, 2007 Július
Műfaj: Pop
Hossz: 54:54
Kiadó: Virgin Records
Írók: Melanie Chisholm, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown, Victoria Beckham, Geri Halliwell, Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe, Eliot Kennedy, Cary Bayliss, Andy Watkins, Paul Wilson, Mary Wood, Clifford Lane, Rodney Jerkins, LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III, Harvey Mason Jr.
Producerek: Absolute, Andy Bradfield, LaShawn "The Big Shiz" Daniels, Rodney Jerkins, Harvey Mason Jnr, Matt Rowe, Richard Stannard
Kislemezek az albumról
- 01: Healines (Friendship Never Ends) - 2007. November 5.

Az angol lányegyüttes, a Spice Girls egyik legnagyobb slágerlistás albuma. 2007 novemberében világszerte megjelent fizikai formában, kivéve az Egyesült Államokat, ahol 2007. november 6-án korlátozott példányszámban jelent meg a Victoria's Secret gondozásában, majd 2008. január 15-én teljes lemezen. Ez volt az első albumuk hét év után, amelyet egy kísérő világkörüli turné is kísért. Az album 2007 végére 1,7 millió példányban kelt el, és abban az évben a világ legkelendőbb lányegyüttes albuma volt. 2012 augusztusában, a Spice Girls 2012-es londoni nyári olimpián való fellépése után az album újra felkerült a legtöbb nagy slágerlista top 10-es, 20-as és 30-as listájára világszerte, beleértve az Egyesült Királyságot, az Egyesült Államokat, Új-Zélandot és Ausztráliát is.
Az album egyetlen kislemeze, a "Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)" október 23-án jelent meg rádióban, digitálisan november 5-én, kereskedelmi forgalomban pedig november 19-én.[3][4] A dalt jelentették be a 2007-es év hivatalos Children in Need jótékonysági kislemezeként is. A kislemeznek sikerült a harmadik helyre kerülnie a brit fizikai kislemezlistán.

HÁTTÉR

A média már régóta találgatta, hogy újra összeállnak és kiadnak egy greatest hits albumot, de a tervezett megjelenést először Melanie Brown erősítette meg 2005 júniusában. Azt nyilatkozta: „Újra összeállunk, mert mindannyian ezt akarjuk. Tudom, hogy mindenki erre vágyik. Lesz egy greatest hits album, és rengeteg új dalunk van, amit még senki sem hallott. 2007-ben ismét pletykák kaptak szárnyra a csoport újraegyesülésével kapcsolatban. Melanie C a pletykákról azt mondta: „Először van némi igazság a pletykákban… megtörténhet”, de csak „egy nagyon rövid időre… egy végső búcsúra”, és egy köszönetnyilvánításra a rajongóknak. Azt is hozzátette, hogy amikor arról volt szó, hogy újra összeállnak-e vagy sem, az énekesnő hozta meg utolsóként a döntést, mivel „attól félt, hogy ezt nem tudjuk megtenni újra. Furcsa időszaka volt az életemnek, sok személyes problémám volt a Spice Girls után”.
2007. június 28-án a csoport sajtótájékoztatót tartott az O2 Arénában, hogy végre bejelentsék az újraegyesülési szándékukat. A konferencia során a csoport megerősítette szándékát, hogy világméretű koncertturnéra indul, amely 2007. december 2-án Vancouverben kezdődik. A turné hat kontinenst érint 11 állomáson belül. „Újra Spice Girl akarok lenni. Olyanok vagyunk, mint a testvérek, és vannak vitáink, de a nap végére újra összejövünk” – mondta Emma Bunton, míg Melanie C megjegyezte, hogy a turné „egy igazi búcsú lesz a rajongóinknak”. Victoria Beckham azt is kifejtette, hogy „Fő okom ennek a gyerekeim miatt van – hogy láthassák, mit csinált régen anyu. Egyszer én leszek a menő a családban!”. Állítólag fejenként 10 millió fontot kaptak az újraegyesülésért.

KRITIKA

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, az AllMusic munkatársa azt írta, hogy az albumon szereplő dalok „pontosan úgy öregedtek, ahogy gondoltad”. Spence D., az IGN munkatársa a Greatest Hits című dalt „nagyjából olyannak” nevezte, „amilyet várnál”. A The Daily Collegian egyik újságírója szerint a greatest hits válogatásalbum „megmutatja, hogy amikor ez az öt nő énekel, fantasztikusan szólnak”, miközben azt is megjegyezte, hogy a tagok „megváltoztak az egymástól való távollétük alatt, de a Spice Girls jellegzetes hangzása ugyanaz maradt, mint mindig”. Talia Kraines, a BBC Musicnak írt írója pozitívan nyilatkozott a kritikájában, mondván: „ha te is egyike voltál a Spice Girls sok gyűlölőjének annak idején, akkor ez a CD nem fogja megváltoztatni a véleményedet róluk. De ha úgy nőttél fel, hogy minden lépésüket figyelted, akkor ez egy olyan nosztalgiaszelet, amely csodálatos módon ma is frissen szól”. Nick Levine, a Digital Spy weboldalának munkatársa megjegyezte, hogy „a csoport három albuma közül egyik sem volt mentes a töltelékektől, és a kislemezeik általában a legjobb dalaik voltak, így a Greatest Hits nagyon üdvözlendő kiegészítés a zenekar kánonjában”.
Az NME vegyes kritikát adott a válogatásalbumnak, kijelentve, hogy „a válogatásalbum felénél rávilágít arra, hogy a Spice Girls mennyire drámaian elvesztette a cselekményt”, miközben megjegyezte, hogy az olyan dalok, mint a „Say You'll Be There” és a „Goodbye”, „bármely korban jó dalok”. A San Francisco Chronicle munkatársa, Aidin Vaziri így nyilatkozott: „Miután egy lelkes száguldás után olyan ízletes popzenei slágerekkel indult a buli, mint a „Wannabe” és a „Say You'll Be There”, a dolgok szörnyű módon rosszul alakulnak a műsor közepén. Hirtelen Ginger eltűnik, önismeret ébred benne, és a lányok elkezdik utolérni a Destiny's Childot, olyan dalokkal, amelyek úgy hangzanak, mint a zenekar kitaposottjai”. A San Antonio Current kritizálta szólóéneküket, és szerinte ez az oka annak, hogy nem volt sikeres szólókarrierjük, valamint megjegyezte, hogy „nem meglepő tehát, hogy a Spices a legjobban a névtelen diszkókörnyezetben szólal meg”, mint például a „Who Do You Think You Are”, a „Stop” és a „Spice Up Your Life”. Criag Mathieson a The Age újságtól azt mondta: „Mivel a sikertelen harmadik albumuk, a Forever csak felületes figyelmet kap, minden az első két lemezükről szól”, miközben hozzátette, hogy „debütáló kislemezük, a Wannabe továbbra is lendületes ajánlat”, és „a borítófotók sokasága lehetővé teszi, hogy összehasonlítsuk a plasztikai műtét előtti és utáni megjelenést”. Darcie Stevens a The Austin Chronicle-tól egy csillagot adott az albumnak az ötből, és azt mondta: „Tizenöt dal a lányerőről, ha esetleg nem lett volna elég elsőre”.

DALLISTA

01: WANNABE (SINGLE EDIT) - 2:53
Írók: Spice Girls, Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe
Producerek: Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe

02: SAY YOU'LL BE THERE (SINGLE MIX) - 3:58
Írók: Spice Girls, Eliot Kennedy
Producerek: Absolute

03: 2 BECOME 1 (SINGLE VERSION) - 4:04
Írók: Spice Girls, Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe
Producerek: Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe, Andy Bradfield

04: MAMA (RADIO VERSION) - 3:42
Írók: Spice Girls, Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe
Producerek: Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe

05: WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE (RADIO VERSION) - 3:46
Írók: Spice Girls, Andy Watkins, Paul Wilson
Producerek: Absolute

06: MOVE OVER (GENERATION NEXT) - 2:44
Írók: Spice Girls, Mary Wood, Clifford Lane
Producerek: Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe

07: SPICE UP YOUR LIFE (STENT RADIO MIX) - 2:56
Írók: Spice Girls, Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe
Producerek: Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe

08: TOO MUCH (RADIO EDIT) - 3:53
Írók: Spice Girls, Andy Watkins, Paul Wilson
Producerek: Absolute

09: STOP (SINGLE EDIT) - 3:26
Írók: Spice Girls, Andy Watkins, Paul Wilson
Producerek: Absolute

10: VIVA FOREVER (RADIO EDIT) - 4:14
Írók: Spice Girls, Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe
Producerek: Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe

11: LET LOVE LEAD THE WAY (RADIO EDIT) - 4:16
Írók: Melanie Chisholm, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown, Victoria Beckham, Rodney Jerkins, LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III, Harvey Mason Jr.
Producerek: Rodney Jerkins, LaShawn Daniels, Harvey Mason Jr.

12: HOLLER (RADIO EDIT) - 3:57
Írók: Melanie Chisholm, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown, Victoria Beckham, Rodney Jerkins, LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III
Producerek: Rodney Jerkins, LaShawn Daniels

13: HEADLINES (FRIENDSHIP NEVER ENDS) - 3:31
Írók: Spice Girls, Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe
Producerek: Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe

14: VOODOO - 3:11
Írók: Spice Girls, Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe
Producerek: Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe

15: GOODBYE (SINGLE EDIT) - 4:22
Írók: Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown, Victoria Beckham, Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe
Producerek: Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe

ITUNES STORE BONUS TRACK

16: WANNABE (JUNIOR VASQUEZ GOMIS DUB) - 6:38
Írók: Spice Girls, Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe
Producerek: Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe

17: TELL ME WHY (JONATHAN PETERS EDIT) - 3:24
Írók: Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown, Victoria Beckham, Rodney Jerkins, LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III, Mischke Butler
Producerek: Rodney Jerkins, LaShawn Daniels

18: SAY YOU'LL BE THERE (JUNIOR'S X-BEATS) - 6:57
Írók: Spice Girls, Eliot Kennedy
Producerek: Absolute

19: GIRL POWER (VIDEO) - 5:26

KISLEMEZEK

2007. NOVEMBER 5.
HEADLINES (FRIENDSHIP NEVER ENDS)

Az angol lányegyüttes, a Spice Girls dala a Greatest Hits (2007) című legnagyobb slágeralbumukhoz. A dalt a Spice Girls, Richard Stannard és Matt Rowe írta, míg a producer utóbbi kettő volt. Az album egyetlen kislemezeként jelent meg 2007. november 5-én a Virgin Records gondozásában. A dal volt az első kereskedelmi forgalomban kapható kislemez, amelyen a csoport eredeti felállása szerepelt Geri Halliwell 1998-as kilépése óta. Ez volt a 2007-es év hivatalos Children in Need kislemeze is. Ez az utolsó stúdiólemezük.
A "Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)" egy középtempós ballada, amely líraian szól a csoport újraegyesüléséről és a két évtizedes közös barátságukról. A dal általában vegyes és pozitív kritikákat kapott a zenekritikusoktól, egyesek a csoport "klasszikusának" nevezték, míg mások úgy érezték, hogy nem volt elég jó. A "Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)" mérsékelt sikert aratott világszerte, a 11. helyet érte el a brit kislemezlistán, ezzel a csoport első kislemeze lett, amely nem került be a top 10-be. Mindazonáltal a kislemeznek sikerült elérnie a harmadik helyet a brit fizikai kislemezlistán. Olaszországban, Spanyolországban és Svédországban is bekerült az első öt közé.
A "Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)" című dalhoz készült videoklipet Anthony Mandler rendezte a Pinewood Studiosban, és a premierje 2007 novemberének elején volt. A videó a lányokat egy impozáns, szilvaszínű falú, antik bútorokkal berendezett szobában ábrázolja, Roberto Cavalli által tervezett ruhákban.

„Olyan érzés, mintha egy kicsit visszakapnánk a múltat. Érzed az ízét, de aztán továbblépsz. A többi lány később beszállt, dalszövegeket írtak. Varázslatos. Mielőtt még megkaptuk volna a végső igent mindenkitől, elkezdtük leírni a szavakat.” — Geri Halliwell a dal fejlődéséről beszél.
A Spice Girls újraegyesülésének tervét Mel B erősítette meg először 2005 júniusában. Azt nyilatkozta: „Újra összejövünk, mert mindannyian ezt akarjuk. Tudom, hogy mindenki erre vágyik. Lesz egy greatest hits album, és rengeteg új dalunk van, amit még senki sem hallott.” 2007. június 28-án a csoport sajtótájékoztatót tartott az O2 Arénában, amelyben bejelentették az újraegyesülés szándékát. A konferencia során a csoport megerősítette szándékát, hogy világméretű koncertturnéra indul, amely 2007. december 2-án Vancouverben kezdődik. „Újra Spice Girl akarok lenni. Olyanok vagyunk, mint a testvérek, és vannak vitáink, de a nap végére újra összejövünk” – mondta Emma Bunton, míg Melanie Chisholm megjegyezte, hogy a turné „egy igazi búcsú lesz a rajongóinknak”.
Eredetileg George Michael énekes beleegyezett, hogy ír nekik egy visszatérő dalt, de ez tovább tartott a vártnál, ami arra késztette Halliwellt és Buntont, hogy ehelyett egy másikat írjanak. A csoport visszatérő kislemezét, a „Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)”-t a 2007-es év hivatalos Children in Need jótékonysági kislemezeként hirdették ki, és október 23-án mutatták be a rádióban, míg digitálisan november 5-én, kereskedelmi forgalomban pedig november 19-én jelent meg. Geri Halliwell a kislemezt „nagy szerelmes dalként” és „Spice Girl klasszikusként” jellemezte. Chisholm a 2008-as Never Mind the Buzzcocks című műsorban való fellépése során megjegyezte, hogy szerinte a dal egyáltalán nem volt jó, és legalábbis ellenezte az új anyagok megjelenését, amikor a lemezkiadó megpróbálta reklámozni a Greatest Hits kiadványt. Később azt mondta: „A 'Headlines' egyre jobban tetszett, igazán akkor jött be, amikor turnéztunk vele, és nagyon jól esett a színpadon”.

VOODOO

Egyike annak a két korábban kiadatlan számnak, amelyet a Spice Girls 2007-es Greatest Hits albumra rögzítettek. A szám ugyanazt az élénk pop/dance stílust tartalmazza, amely a múltban híressé tette a csapatot. Sokan úgy gondolták, hogy a "Voodoo" lesz a második és egyben utolsó kislemez a válogatásalbumról, de Melanie B a turné befejezése után tisztázta, hogy soha nem szándékozik kereskedelmi kislemezként kiadni a számot. A dal azonban promóciós kislemezként jelent meg néhány országban, például Ausztráliában, ahol az album #1 volt. A Voodoo eredetileg szerepelt az együttes visszatérő turnéjának dallistáján, de a Let Love Lead the Way váltotta fel, és kimaradt.

LIVE

2007. DECEMBER 2. - 2008. FEBRUÁR 26.
THE RETURN OF THE SPICE GIRLS

Volt az angol lányegyüttes Spice Girls harmadik koncertturnéja, amely 2007 decemberétől 2008 februárjáig tartott. Ez volt a csoport első turnéja a Christmas in Spiceworld (1999) óta, amely egy kis brit karácsonyi turné volt, és az egyetlen teljes turnéjuk mind az öt taggal, mivel Geri Halliwell a Spiceworld turné észak-amerikai része előtt, 1998-ban elhagyta a csoportot.
45 koncert (47-ből) alatt 581 066 jegyet adtak el, a jegypénztárak bevétele 70,1 millió dollár volt, és további 100 millió dollárt kerestek a kereskedelemmel. Összességében a turné a 2008-as év nyolcadik legnagyobb bevételt hozó koncertkörútja volt. A tizenhét éjszakás, teltházas koncert a londoni O2 Arénában az év legnagyobb bevételt hozó eseménye volt, 33,8 millió dolláros bevétellel és 256 647 nézővel, elnyerve a 2008-as Billboard Touring Award díjat a Top Boxscore kategóriában. Ez volt a legutóbbi Spice Girls turné is, amelyen Victoria Beckham is közreműködött, mivel más elfoglaltságok miatt nem vett részt a későbbi újraegyesülési turnéjukon.

2007 júniusában a Spice Girls sajtótájékoztatót tartott a londoni O2 Arénában, ahol hivatalosan is bejelentették szándékukat, hogy újra egyesülnek, egy olyan tervről, amelyet a média már régóta találgat. A sajtótájékoztatón a csoport ismertette terveit egy világkörüli koncertkörútra indulásáról, amelyet a csoport történetének ünnepléseként fognak tekinteni, és amelyen utoljára kvintettként turnéznak. Kezdetben tizenegy dátumot jelentettek be, amelyek Észak-Amerikát, Európát, Ázsiát, Óceániát, Afrikát és Dél-Amerikát ölelték fel, és a rajongókat tájékoztatták, hogy előre kell regisztrálniuk a jegyekre a csoport weboldalán. Szeptember 30-án a Los Angeles-i, Las Vegas-i, Vancouveri és Londoni koncertekre sikeresen pályázókat tájékoztatták arról, hogyan vásárolhatják meg jegyeiket e-mailben és SMS-értesítéseken keresztül az érvényes jegyértékesítőktől. A kereslet olyan nagy volt, hogy sok dátum gyorsan elfogyott, és az O2 Arénában tartott első dátum után azonnal új londoni dátumokat jelentettek be. Végül tizenhat további londoni dátumot adtak hozzá, amelyek mindegyike egy percen belül elfogyott.

SPICE UP YOUR LIFE
STOP
SAY YOU'LL BE THERE
HEADLINES (FRIENDSHIP NEVER ENDS)
THE LADY IS A VAMP
TOO MUCH
2 BECOME 1
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE
LIKE A VIRGIN/SUPERMODEL (YOU BETTER WORK) (POSH SPICE)
ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY (SCARY SPICE)
MAYBE (BABY SPICE)
VIVA FOREVER
HOLLER
IT'S RAINING MEN (GINGER SPICE)
I TURN TO YOU (SPORTY SPICE)
LET LOVE LEAD THE WAY
MAMA
CELEBRATION/SHAKE YOUR BODY (DOWN TO THE GROUND)/THAT'S THE WAY (I LIKE IT)/WE ARE FAMILY (DISCO MIX)
GOODBYE
IF U CAN'T DANCE
WANNABE
SPICE UP YOUR LIFE (REPRISE)

DALSZÖVEGEK

¤ SPICE GIRLS ¤ SPORTY ¤ BABY ¤ SCARY ¤ POSH ¤ GINGER ¤

WANNABE

Yo, I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want
So tell me what you want, what you really really want
I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want
So tell me what you want, what you really really want
I wanna (huh!) I wanna (huh!) I wanna (huh!) I wanna (huh!)
I wanna really really really wanna zigazig ah!

If you want my future forget my past
If you wanna get with me better make it fast
Now don't go wasting my precious time
Get your act together we could be just fine
I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want
So tell me what you want, what you really really want
I wanna (huh!) I wanna (huh!) I wanna (huh!) I wanna (huh!)
I wanna really really really wanna zigazig ah!

If you wannabe my lover, you gotta get with my friends (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

What do you think about that (now you know how I feel (Harmony))
Say you can handle my love are you for real (Are you for real (Harmony))
I won't be hasty, I'll give you a try
If you really bug me then I'll say goodbye
Yo I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want
So tell me what you want, what you really really want
I wanna (huh!) I wanna (huh!) I wanna (huh!) I wanna (huh!)
I wanna really really really wanna zigazig ah!

If you wannabe my lover, you gotta get with my friends (Gotta get with my friends)
Make it last forever friendship never ends
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give (You have got to give)
Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is

So here's the story from A to Z
You wanna get with me you gotta listen carefully
We got Em in the place who likes it in your face
We got G like MC who likes it on the
Easy V doesn't come for free, she's a real lady
And as for me. Ha you'll see
(Slam your body down and wind it all around! (Harmony))
Slam your body down and wind it all around!

If you wannabe my lover (you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta)
Make it last forever (slam, slam, slam, slam) (Wind, wind, wind, wind (Harmony))
Slam your body down and wind it all around!
Slam your body down and wind it all around! (Huh, huh, huh!)
Slam your body down and wind it all around! (Slam your body down zigazig ah)
If you wannabe my lover

SAY YOU'LL BE THERE

Ah, 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, hey
But now we’re going around in circles, tell me, will this déjà vu never end, oh
Now you tell me that you’ve fallen in love, well I never ever thought that would (be (Harmony)) eh
This time you gotta take it easy, throwing (far too much emotions at me (Harmony))
But any (fool can see they’re falling I gotta make you understand (Harmony)) (oh-oh)

I’m giving you everything
All that joy can bring, this I swear (I give you everything)
And all that I want from you
Is a promise you will be there (Say you will be there, yeah)
Ow, say you will be there, won’t you sing it with me?

If you, put two and two together, you will (see what our friendships is for (Harmony) oh
If you can’t work this equation then, I (guess I’ll have to show you the door (Harmony))
There is (no need to say you love me, it would be better left unsaid (Harmony)) (oh-oh)

I’m giving you everything (I'm, I give you everything)
All that joy can bring, this I swear (All that joy can bring, yes I swear)
And all that I want from you (And, all I want from you)
Is a promise you will be there (Is a promise you)
Yeah, I want you!

Any (fool can see they’re falling I gotta make you understand (Harmony)) (oh-oh)
I’ll give you everything on this I swear
Just promise you’ll always be there

I’m giving you everything (I'm giving you everything)
All that joy can bring, this I swear (All that joy can bring, yes I swear)
And all that I want from you (All that I want from you)
Is a promise you will be there (I want you to promise to, always be there)

2 BECOME

Candlelight and soul forever
A dream of you and me together, say you believe it, say you believe it
Free your mind of doubt and danger
Be for real, don't be a stranger, we can achieve it, we can achieve it
Come a little bit closer baby, (get it on, get it on (Harmony))
Cause tonight is the night when two become one

(I need some love like, I never needed love before (Harmony)) (Ah woah, ah woah)
(Wanna make love to ya, baby (Harmony))
(I had a little love, now I'm back for more (Harmony)) (Ah woah, ah woah)
(Wanna make love to ya, baby (Harmony))
Set your spirit free, it's the only way to be

Silly games that you were playing
Empty words we both were saying, let's work it out, boy, let's work it out boy
Once again if we endeavour
Love will bring us back together, take it or leave it, take it or leave it
Are you as good as I remember baby (get it on, get it on (Harmony))
Cause tonight is the night when two become one

Be a little wiser baby (put it on, put it on (Harmony))
Cause tonight is the night when two become one (Oh whoa, oh whoa)

MAMA

She used to be my only enemy and never let me be free
Catching me in places that I know I shouldn't be
Every other day I crossed the line, (I didn't mean to be so bad (Harmony))
I never thought you would, become the friend I never had
Back then I didn't know why, why you were misunderstood (Mama)
So now I see through your eyes, all that you did was love

Mama, I love you, Mama, I care
Mama, I love you, Mama, my friend (You're my friend)

I didn't want to hear it then but, I'm not ashamed to say it now
Every little thing you said and did was right for me
I had a lot of time to think about, (about the way I used to be (Harmony))
Never had a sense of my responsibility
Back then I didn't know why, why you were misunderstood
So now I see through your eyes, all that you did was love

Mama, I love you, Mama, I care
Mama, I love you, Mama, my friend (You're my friend, you're my friend)
Oh-oh, my Mama my love, oh-oh, my Mama my love
(Me loving you, you loving me, a love that's true and guaranteed)

Mama, I love you, Mama, I care (Oh-oh, my Mama my love)
(Me loving you, you loving me, a love that's true and guaranteed)
Mama, I love you, Mama, my friend (Oh-oh, my Mama my love)
(Me loving you (Me loving you) you loving me (You loving me)
A love that's true (A love that's true) and guaranteed (So true))

Mama, I love you, Mama, I care (Oh-oh, my Mama my love)
(Me loving you (Me loving you) you loving me (You loving me)
A love that's true (A love that's true) and guaranteed (So true))
Mama, I love you, Mama, my friend (Oh-oh, my Mama my love)
(Me loving you (Me loving you) you loving me (You loving me)
A love that's true (A love that's true) and guaranteed (So true))

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE

The race is on to get out of the bottom
The top is high so your roots are forgotten
Giving is good as long as you're getting
What's driving you is ambition and betting
(I said) Who do you think you are? (Do you think you are) (Oh oh)
(I said ah) Who? Some kind of superstar (You have got to) (Oh oh oh)

Swing it, shake it, move it, make it, who do you think you are?
Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it, show me how good you are
Swing it, shake it, move it, make it, who do you think you are?
Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it, show me how good you are

You're swelling out in the wrong direction
You've got the bug; superstar, you've been bitten
Your trumpet's blowing for far too long
Climbing the snake up the ladder, but you're wrong
(I said) Who do you think you are? (Do you think you are) (Oh oh)
(I said ah) Who? Some kind of superstar (You have got to) (Oh oh oh)

You have got to reach on up, never lose your soul
You have got to reach on up, never lose control
(I said) Who do you think you are? (Do you think you are) (Oh oh)
(I said ah) Who? Some kind of superstar (You have got to) (Oh oh oh)

Swing it, shake it, move it, make it, who do you think you are? (Swing it, shake it, move it, make it)
Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it, show me how good you are (Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it)
Swing it, shake it, move it, make it, who do you think you are? (Swing it, shake it, move it, make it)
Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it, show me how good you are (Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it)

MOVE OVER (GENERATIONEXT)

(Generation next, generation next (Ah generation next)
Generation next, generation next (Generation)
Generation next, generation next (Generation yeah)
Generation next, generation next (Harmony))

Hold it down, feel the noise, let me know it's fight, pick it up it's alive
Hold it down, feel the noise, let me know it's fight, pick it up it's alive
Move over yeah, don't do it over (Yeah yeah yeah)
'Cause it's over yeah yeah yeah (Don't do it over)
Generation next (Yeah yeah, a generation yeah)
Next phase, next stage, next craze, next wave

(Let me tell you 'bout thing, gotta put you to the test
This is celebration, motivation, generation next (Harmony))
(Well sow me the seed (Seed) ever color, every creed (Creed)
Teach never preach, listen up and take heed (Harmony))

Take the heat feel the flow, cause you're ready to burn and we're ready to go
Take the heat feel the flow, cause you're ready to burn and we're ready to go
Move over yeah, don't do it over (Yeah yeah yeah)
'Cause it's over yeah yeah yeah (Don't do it over)
Generation next (Yeah yeah, a generation yeah)

(Let me tell you 'bout thing ('Bout a thing) gotta put it to the test (To the test)
It's a celebration, motivation, Generation next (Harmony))
(You gotta know the rules (Rules) if you wanna play the game (Game)
Respect and dedication never riding (Dedication on the fame) on the fame (Harmony))
Dedication, celebration, phenomenation, good vibration, mel-o-vation
Domination, baby nation, recreation, imagination, crazy nation

Move over yeah, don't do it over (Yeah yeah yeah)
'Cause it's over yeah yeah yeah (Don't do it over)
Move over yeah, don't do it over (Yeah, yeah)
'Cause it's over yeah yeah yeah, generation next (Yeah yeah, a generation yeah)

(Generation next, generation next (Ah generation next)
Generation next, generation next (Generation)
Generation next, generation next (Generation yeah)
Generation next, generation next (Harmony))
(Generation next, generation next (Ah generation next)
Generation next, generation next (Generation)
Generation next, generation next (Generation yeah)
Generation next, generation next (Harmony))

SPICE UP YOUR LIFE

La la la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la
When you're feelin' sad and low
We will take you where you gotta go
Smiling, dancing, everything is free
All you need is positivity
Colours of the world! (Spice up your life)
Every boy and every girl! (Spice up your life)
People of the world! (Spice up your life) ah-ah

Slam it to the left (If you're having a good time (Harmony))
Shake it to the right (If you know that you feel fine (Harmony))
Chicas to the front (Ah-ah, huh huh) go round
Slam it to the left (If you're having a good time (Harmony))
Shake it to the right (If you know that you feel fine (Harmony))
Chicas to the front (Ah-ah, huh huh) hai Si Ja hold tight

La la la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la
Yellow man in Timbuktu
Colour for both me and you
Kung Fu Fighting, dancing Queen
Tribal Spaceman and all that's in between
Colours of the world! (Spice up your life)
Every boy and every girl! (Spice up your life)
People of the world! (Spice up your life) ah-ah

Flamenco, lambada, but Hip-Hop is harder
We Moonwalk the Foxtrot, then Polka the Salsa!
Shake it Shake it Shake it haka, shake it Shake it Shake it haka
(Arriba, Ah-huha, ar, ay-yay-yay-yay-yay-yay-yah!)
Colours of the world! (Spice up your life)
Every boy and every girl! (Spice up your life)
People of the world! (Spice up your life) ah-ah

TOO MUCH

Love is blind, as far as the eye can see
Deep and meaningless, words to me
Easy lover, I need a friend
Road to nowhere, twist and turns but will this never end
Well my dear you'll know that he pleases me (Eases me)
But sometimes illusion ain't no resolution, that ain't no release for me

Too much of something is bad enough
But something's coming over to make me wonder (Oh-oh)
Too much of nothing is just a tough
I need to know the way to feel to keep me satisfied (Oh-oh)

Unwrap yourself from around my finger
Hold me too tight or left to linger
Something fine built to last
Slipped up there I guess we're running out of time too fast
Yes my dear you know he soothes me (Moves me)
There's no complication there's no explanation, it's just a groove in me

Too much of something is bad enough (Bad enough)
But something's coming over to make me wonder (Oh-oh)
Too much of nothing is just a tough (Just as tough)
I need to know the way to feel to keep me satisfied (Oh-oh)

What part of no don't you understand (Understand understand)
I want a man not a boy who thinks he can
Boy who thinks he can

(Too much of nothing so why don't we give it a try
Too much of something we're gonna be living a lie
Too much of nothing so why don't we give it a try
Too much of something we're gonna be living a lie
Too much of nothing so why don't we give it a try
Too much of something we're gonna be living a lie (Harmony))

STOP

You just walk in, I make you smile, it's cool but (you don't even know me (Harmony))
You take an inch, I run a mile, can't win you're (always right behind me (Harmony))
And we know that you could go and find some other
Take or leave it or just don't even bother
Caught in a craze, it's just a phase, or will this be around forever?
(Don't you know it's going too fast? (Harmony)) (Oh-oh, too fast)
(Racing so hard you know it won't last (Harmony)) (Oh-oh, won't last)
Don't you know, why can't you see
Slow it down, read the sign, so you know just where you're going

Stop right now, thank you very much
I need somebody with a human touch
Hey you, always on the run
Gotta slow it down baby, gotta have some fun
Do do do do, do do do do, do, do, do, always be together
Ba da ba ba, ba da ba ba, ba da ba, stay that way forever

And we know that you could go and find some other
Take or leave it 'cause we've always got each other
You know who you are and yes, you're gonna breakdown
You've crossed the line so you're gonna have to turn around
(Don't you know it's going too fast? (Harmony)) (Oh-oh, too fast)
(Racing so hard you know it won't last (Harmony)) (Oh-oh, won't last)
Don't you know, why can't you see
Slow it down, read the sign, so you know just where you're going

Stop right now, thank you very much
I need somebody with a human touch
Hey you, always on the run
Gotta slow it down baby, gotta have some fun

Gotta keep it down honey, lay your back on the line
'Cause I don't care about the money, don't be wasting my time
You need less speed, get off my case
You gotta slow it down baby, just get out of my face

Stop right now, thank you very much
I need somebody with a human touch
Hey you, always on the run
Gotta slow it down baby, gotta have some fun

Stop right now, thank you very much (Stop right now)
I need somebody with a human touch (We wanna thank you, we wanna thank you)
Hey you, always on the run (Stop right now)
Gotta slow it down baby, gotta have some fun (Thank you very much, thank you very much)

VIVA FOREVER

Do you still remember how it used to be
Feeling together, believe in whatever my love has said to me
Both of us were dreamers, young love in the sun
Felt like my savior, my spirit I gave you, we'd only just begun
(Hasta manana, always be mine (Harmony))

Viva forever, I'll be waiting, everlasting like the sun
Live Forever for the moment, ever searching for the one

Yes, I still remember every whispered word
(The touch of your skin giving life from within like a love song that I'd heard (Harmony))
Slipping through our fingers, like the sands of time
(Promises made, every memory saved has reflections in my mind (Harmony))
(Hasta manana, always be mine (Harmony)) (always be mine)

Viva forever, I'll be waiting, everlasting like the sun
Live Forever for the moment, ever searching for the one

Back where I belong now, was it just a dream?
(Feelings unfold, they will never be sold and the secret's safe with me (Harmony))
(Hasta manana, always be mine (Harmony)) (always be mine)

Viva forever, I'll be waiting (Viva forever, I'll be waiting)
Everlasting like the sun (Everlasting like the sun)
Live Forever for the moment (Live Forever for the moment)
Ever searching for the one (Ever searching for the one)

Viva forever, I'll be waiting, everlasting, like the sun (I'll be waiting)
Live forever for the moment, ever searching for the one (Live forever)

LET LOVE LEAD THE WAY

What makes this world go round
Will the answer let her down
She is so sweet and young
And her life has just begun
What does her future hold
That's the story left unknown
Will she make it through her days
Let our love lead the way

Part of me laughs, part of me cries (Oh)
Part of me wants to question why (Question why)
Why is there joy, and why is there pain
Why is there sunshine and the rain
One day you're here, next you are gone (One day, you are gone)
No matter what we must go on
Just keep the faith, and let love lead the way
Everthing will work out fine, if you let love (love lead the way (Harmony))

Sitting there all alone
In the window of her room
Watching the world go by
Brings tears to her eyes
All she sees is hurt and pain
She wants to break the chain
She'll keep pressing everyday
And she'll find her own sweet way

Part of me laughs, part of me cries (Me laughs, I cry)
Part of me wants to question why (Wants to question why)
Why is there joy, and why is there pain (So much pain)
Why is there sunshine and the rain (Why is there sunshine then the rain)
One day you're here, next you are gone (You're here, you're gone)
No matter what we must go on (I will go on)
Just keep the faith, and let love lead the way (Keep your faith,I know, i know, i know, oh)

You can be all that and still can be who you are
You gotta know for sure that it isn't make believe
You may feel weak but you are strong, don't you give up girl
If you keep holding on, you'll never be wrong
Just close your eyes cause it lies deep in your heart, yeah

Part of me laughs, part of me cries (I cry)
Part of me wants to question why (Question why)
Why is there joy, and why is there pain (So much joy, so much pain)
Why is there sunshine then the rain (Sunshine then the rain)
One day you're here, next you are gone (You're here, you're gone)
No matter what we must go on (I will)
Just keep the faith, and let love lead the way (Lead the way)
Everthing will work out fine, if you let love (love lead the way
(Love lead the way, love lead the way, love lead the way (Harmony))

HOLLER

I wanna make you holler
Imagine us together
Don't be afraid to play my game

Boy don't you hesitate I won't keep waiting for you
To come on let me take you to my fantasy room
You're gonna like it there and all the things that I do
I'll treat you right all through the night
We can do anything
I'll take you all the places you wanna be (I'll take you there, I'll take you there)
I'll be your fantasy
Everything you want you will find in me
If you play my game

I wanna make you holler and hear you scream my name (Scream my name)
I'll give you rules to follow, so you can play my game (Oh, play my game)
Imagine us together me driving you insane (Together, driving you insane! Yeah)
You will give in to me, don't be afraid to play my game (Into me, just play my game)

So what you're gonna do, now that I've got you with me
You gotta show me boy 'cause nothing comes for free
Start from the bottom and work your way up slowly
Don't be afraid to play my game
We can go all night long
Doing things you thought you would never do (I won't tell no lie)
I won't tell anyone
What we do it's just for me and you
So come and play my game

I wanna make you holler and hear you scream my name (Oh, scream my name, yeah yeah)
I'll give you rules to follow, so you can play my game (You can play my game)
Imagine us together me driving you insane (Imagine us, driving you insane)
You will give in to me, don't be afraid to play my game (Into me)

I wanna make you holler and hear you scream my name (Holler, holler, make you scream my name)
I'll give you rules to follow, so you can play my game (Follow, follow, you can play my game)
Imagine us together me driving you insane (Imagine us, me driving you insane!)
You will give in to me, don't be afraid to play my game (Oh yeah)
I wanna make you holler, I wanna make you holler (Ho-ho-ho-Holler)
I wanna make you holler, I wanna make you holler (Ho-ho-ho-Holler)

We can go all night long
Telling things you thought you would never do (And I won't tell them)
I won't tell anyone
'Cause everything is just between me and you
But you gotta play my game

I wanna make you holler and hear you scream my name (All night, all night long)
I'll give you rules to follow, so you can play my game (Follow me, you can play my game!)
Imagine us together me driving you insane (Me driving you insane!)
You will give in to me, don't be afraid to play my game (Give into me)

I wanna make you holler (and hear you scream my name)
I'll give you rules to follow (so you can play my game)
Imagine us together (me driving you insane)
You will give in to me, don't be afraid to play my game
I wanna make you holler
I'll give you rules to follow
Imagine us together me driving you insane
You will give in to me

HEADLINES (FRIENDSIP NEVER ENDS)

The time is now or never, to fit the missing piece
To take this on together, you make me feel complete
We fall into the future, and through the looking glass
The light shines over our heads, and so it comes to pass
(To go beyond the surface, to reach into your soul
This love is not demanding, ny heart has told me so
I hold on to my hero, with faith enough to fly (ah-ah)
The power to imagine, will keep this love alive (Harmony))

Let's make the headlines loud and true
I wanna tell the world I'm givin' it all to you
Let's make the headlines loud and clear
The best things suddenly happen when you are here
And if I lost my way you'd carry me home
Take me all the way to heaven never leave it alone (everything)
And it's just like everything matters when you are near (matters when you're near)

And it feels so good, every bells gonna ring
Your love is alive and it's making me sing
I could fly wanna cry, want the whole world to know
We are together come on baby let's go
(And words yet to be spoken, will fall upon the page (ah-ah)
Spelling out true devotion, is all we need to say (Harmony))

Let's make the headlines loud and true (Say you love me and I'll say I love you too (Harmony))
I wanna tell the world I'm giving it all to you (Just remember what simple words can do (Harmony))
Let's make the headlines loud and clear (All that I have I give to you my friend (Harmony))
The best things suddenly happen when you are here (Just remember friendship never ends (Harmony))
And if I lost my way you'd carry me home
Take me all the way to heaven never leave it alone (everything)
And it's just like everything matters when you are near (matters when you're near)
(Say you love me and I'll say I love you too (Harmony))

Let's make the headline true this time (Just remember what simple words can do (Harmony))
There's no hiding from this magical state of mind (I feel love, I feel, I feel love (Harmony))
And if I lost my way you'd carry me home (I know, you take me, all the way to heaven)
Take me all the way to heaven, never leave me alone (everything)
And it's just like everything matters when you are near (matters when you're near)
(Everything matters, it really matters)
Lets make the headlines, loud and true (I feel love, I feel, I feel love (Harmony))
Lets make the headlines (Cause I'm giving it all, yeah I'm giving it all to you)

VOODOO

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, party-la
Look in the mirror, behind the make up, like what you see, not foolin' me
I get the picture, you got perfection, think you're a star, know what you are
Hey, great pretender, time to break free, a kinda magic, lookin' at me
'Cause the fever's gonna get you, yeah, yeah
Got to be strong, believe in your power, then you will see, now just trust in me
Everything changes, when you relate it, get up and use it, positively
Shake up the dance floor, move like you mean it, own your potential, reality
'Cause the fever's gonna get you, yeah, yeah

Get up and use your voodoo, you know you want it bad (so bad)
You wanna lead the way, yeah, you do, be the best, you know you can (you can)
Get up and use your voodoo, get your booty to the floor
You gotta line 'em up, left, right, don't stop, and leave 'em wanting more
Hey, hey, hey, hey, party-la, hey, hey, hey, hey, party-la

Shake up the dance floor, you got perfection, get up and use it, positively
'Cause the fever's gonna get you, yeah, yeah

Get up and use the voodoo, you know you can
Shake up the dance floor, you got perfection, get up and use it, positively
'Cause the fever's gonna get you yeah, yeah (oh, oh-oh)
Hey-hey, hey-hey party la (come on)
Hey-hey, hey-hey party la (party-la, yeah)
Hey-hey, hey-hey party la (party-la) (that’s right)
Hey-hey, hey-hey party la (hey, hey, hey-yeah)

(Hey-hey, hey-hey party-la)
You got to just lose yourself, let the magic get you hot
(Hey-hey, hey-hey party-la)
You got to express yourself, til you're burnin' on the spot
(Hey-hey, hey-hey party-la)
You got to just lose yourself, now the magic's calling you
(Hey-hey, hey-hey party-la)
And you can express yourself, now the voodoo's comin' through

Get up and use your voodoo (get up and use the voodoo)
You know you want it bad (so bad)
You wanna lead the way, yeah you do (you know you can)
Be the best you know you can (you can)
Get up and use your voodoo, get your booty to the floor (get up and use the voodoo)
You gotta line 'em up, left, right, don't stop, and leave 'em wanting more
Hey, hey, hey, hey party-la, hey, hey, hey, hey party-la
Hey, hey, hey, hey party-la

GOODBYE

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
Listen little child, there will come a day
When you will be able, able to say
Never mind the pain, all the aggravation
You know there's a better way for you and me to be
Look for the rainbow in every storm, fly like an angel, heaven sent to me

Just a little girl, big imagination
Never letting no one (take it away (Harmony))
Went into the world, (into the world) what a revelation
She found there's a better way for you and me to be
Look for the rainbow in every storm, find out for certain
Loves gonna be there for you, you'll always be someone's baby

(The times when we would play about, the way we used to scream and shout
We never dreamt you'd go your own sweet way (Harmony))
Look for the rainbow in every storm, find out for certain
Loves gonna be there for you, you'll always be someone's baby

(Goodbye my friend (Harmony))
(I know you're gone, you said you're gone, but I can still feel you here (Harmony))
(It's not the end (Harmony))
(Gotta keep it strong, before the pain turns into fear (Harmony))
So glad we made it, time will never, never, ever change it (No, no, no, no)
You know it's time to say goodbye (No, no, no, no)
And don't forget you can rely (No, no, no, no)
You know it's time to say goodbye, and don't forget on me, you can rely (No, no, no, no)
I will help you, help you on your way, I will be with you everyday (No, no, no, no)
I will be with you everyday (No, no, no, no)