BuzzJack Music Forum _ Spice Girls _ Spice Girls - 'Step to Me'
Posted by: Voodoo 27th September 2022, 01:07 PM
Posted by: Mr.X 27th September 2022, 01:11 PM
OK I DO LOVE THAT!
Posted by: sammy01 27th September 2022, 01:12 PM
The lyric video is perfect, completely fits the song and the 90s.
Posted by: -Jay- 27th September 2022, 01:15 PM
*Gasps in correct font used for the lyrics!*
They've done that video really well. Love the nod to the ring pulls, the general 90s vibes of it all!
Well we've done it kids, Step to Me is on download and streaming at long last!
Posted by: -Jay- 27th September 2022, 01:20 PM
Step to Me on Spotify:
Edit 3:50pm: I played Step to Me before, and it is a bit of a thrill to be able to play it on Spotify. Not even sure why I felt that way given I could have just opened iTunes and heard my mp3 at any point, but... yay!
Posted by: tommie 27th September 2022, 01:48 PM
so is step to me available on streaming
Posted by: Spice Girls Net 27th September 2022, 02:04 PM
Step To Me is #157 on UK iTunes already
Posted by: spiceboy 27th September 2022, 02:24 PM
QUOTE(Voodoo @ Sep 27 2022, 02:07 PM)
This is AMAZING
Posted by: Lukuzz 27th September 2022, 02:37 PM
Buzzing having Step to Me on streaming finally like! wonder if it’ll climb on the itunes chart..
Posted by: Equinox8 27th September 2022, 03:17 PM
QUOTE(Voodoo @ Sep 27 2022, 01:07 PM)
Happy with that lyric video -- they spent some coin on it, and was nice to see! Great memories of the first time I heard Step To Me from Istanbul and then when I got SW for Christmas and noticed it wasn't on the tracklisting, I was all
Posted by: Mr.X 27th September 2022, 03:25 PM
QUOTE(Equinox8 @ Sep 27 2022, 03:17 PM)
Happy with that lyric video -- they spent some coin on it, and was nice to see! Great memories of the first time I heard Step To Me from Istanbul and then when I got SW for Christmas and noticed it wasn't on the tracklisting, I was all
Never understood why they didn't include it in Spiceworld either! Made more sense than Move Over as at least it was a fully original song, not a take on an already known Pepsi jingle TBH They would have had both all along
Posted by: Mr.X 27th September 2022, 03:31 PM
Step To Me is #46 on UK iTunes
Posted by: sammy01 27th September 2022, 03:36 PM
Tbf to Universal all 5 lyric videos have fit the brief perfectly and captured the essence of the video or song as well as you could hope for. Makes you think if they were an active band if things might be a lot smoother and fans more satisfied. I mean a new album with 5 formats, new lyric video, merch ect would have us all wet.
Posted by: Voodoo 27th September 2022, 03:40 PM
QUOTE(sammy01 @ Sep 27 2022, 06:36 PM)
5 lyric videos
Mama, Wannabe, 2 Become 1, Step to Me and...? What was the 5th?
Posted by: Spice Girls Net 27th September 2022, 03:48 PM
Step To Me is #46 on UK iTunes now
Posted by: sammy01 27th September 2022, 04:00 PM
QUOTE(Voodoo @ Sep 27 2022, 04:40 PM)
Mama, Wannabe, 2 Become 1, Step to Me and...? What was the 5th?
Wannabe 360
Posted by: sammy01 27th September 2022, 04:02 PM
Strange to think after all these years today is the first day Step to me will be getting any official sales and a sales total through the OCC.
Posted by: Spice Girls Net 27th September 2022, 04:32 PM
QUOTE(sammy01 @ Sep 27 2022, 05:02 PM)
Strange to think after all these years today is the first day Step to me will be getting any official sales and a sales total through the OCC.
Can they just add the 600k from 1997 and certify it as platinum
Posted by: Jessie Where 27th September 2022, 08:48 PM
I've never actually heard 'Step To Me' in full before, it's really catchy! Sort of bridges the sound between Spice and Spiceworld well.
Posted by: Jade 27th September 2022, 08:50 PM
I'm so happy that 'Step To Me' is finally on streaming
my own 25th birthday was just last month, so I obviously didn't take part in the ring-pull incentive at the time - but snatched up a copy at the carboot sale years ago and instantly loved it!
Posted by: schizo_spice 27th September 2022, 09:10 PM
Been nice relistening to Step to Me.
Was never a huge fave of mine but its growing on me upon rediscovery.
I dont think it would've really fit on the widely known version of Spiceworld though.it feels very tagged similar to Forever and Goodbye.
Posted by: -Jay- 28th September 2022, 03:07 AM
It was suggested to me by Voodoo that Step to Me could have its own thread, and I thought that would be nice - so here we go!
Obviously with Step to Me being included on Spiceworld 25 it's fine if there's still some chatting about the song in that thread too, but at least it having its own individual thread should draw specific attention to the news that it's finally available to download and stream, and that it also has a lovely new official lyric video!
Posted by: -Jay- 28th September 2022, 03:17 AM
I'm happy that he was asked to do this, because he's the guy who has been responsible for all the recent Steps HD video releases, and he's done a great job of that - as he has done on Step to Me!
QUOTE
To celebrate the 25th anniverary of the chart-topping Spiceworld album, the Spice Girls released Step To Me on streaming platforms for the first time and asked us to produce the lyric video.
We drew inspiration from the Step To Me CD cover and built a tunnel of glowing concentric rings which the camera flies through to reveal the lyrics.
Each Spice Girl was given their own themed TV set - in bold 90s styling - to display tour footage provided by the record label.
And since the song was initially available as part of a soda promotion, we threw in some references to cola and the collectible pink ring pulls too.
The band's management was delighted with the final video, which has already gone down a treat with fans on YouTube.
Posted by: Rebel 28th September 2022, 04:25 AM
Can he be hired to oversee all their socials and archives from now on please?
Posted by: -Jay- 29th September 2022, 03:02 AM
This didn’t really set iTunes alight unfortunately. I can’t remember the specific position but it only went to the high 30s, and now it’s already down to #121. So not much public interest. Not sure whether this will even be enough for it to go Top 100 in the official download chart.
Edit: First Spotify update is 8,220 plays.
Posted by: Spice Girls Net 29th September 2022, 11:41 AM
Hi Jay, I can only see the Top 5 on my phone. STM did 8k plays. Has it entered the top 10 yet?
Posted by: -Jay- 29th September 2022, 01:33 PM
QUOTE(Spice Girls Net @ Sep 29 2022, 12:41 PM)
Hi Jay, I can only see the Top 5 on my phone. STM did 8k plays. Has it entered the top 10 yet?
Not so far unfortunately!
Posted by: -Jay- 30th September 2022, 11:34 AM
Now up to 22,280 and unfortunately not included on New Music Friday playlist, but maybe it was a long shot for it to appear on that.
Posted by: Mr.X 30th September 2022, 01:31 PM
QUOTE(-Jay- @ Sep 30 2022, 11:34 AM)
Now up to 22,280 and unfortunately not included on New Music Friday playlist, but maybe it was a long shot for it to appear on that.
Oh thats a shame, really thought it would but maybe because it is not technically a 'new song'? Feed Your Love was the first time released last year, whilst Step To Me had technically been released/heard before....
Posted by: tommie 30th September 2022, 02:12 PM
QUOTE(Mr.X @ Sep 30 2022, 01:31 PM)
Oh thats a shame, really thought it would but maybe because it is not technically a 'new song'? Feed Your Love was the first time released last year, whilst Step To Me had technically been released/heard before....
I think it more comes down to their social media team not being that great.
Posted by: -Jay- 1st October 2022, 09:48 PM
Spotify streams total is now 53,027. So far it's not made it into their Popular Top 10 list.
I haven't kept progress recently but I would assume Step to Me is currently getting more daily streams than Too Much or Goodbye, so there's a chance it could sneak into their Top 10 at some point?
Their "This Is Spice Girls" playlist really needs to be updated to include it, it being on there would be helpful. But it's not had any updates since 7th July 2021 Which is strange because a lot of "This Is" playlists get updated daily.
Posted by: pippa 1st October 2022, 11:59 PM
I thought the streaming and download reaction would have been bigger for Step To Me.
Posted by: sammy01 4th October 2022, 03:32 PM
Step to me has been added to the 'All out 90's' playlist on Spotify as track number 14. The playlist has 7.4m followers.
Posted by: Mr.X 4th October 2022, 04:10 PM
QUOTE(sammy01 @ Oct 4 2022, 03:32 PM)
Step to me has been added to the 'All out 90's' playlist on Spotify as track number 14. The playlist has 7.4m followers.
nice! hopefully it will get a boost!
Posted by: -Jay- 4th October 2022, 05:22 PM
It appears that different people see different orders for this playlist, not sure why that is! It's 12th for me.
Yes hopefully it does give it a nice boost!!
Posted by: Sideout 7th October 2022, 10:35 PM
Step To Me only achieved 110,000 streams in its first week. It should have found a home on the greatest hits album, not this lazy anniversary edition of SW.
Posted by: Mr.X 7th October 2022, 10:54 PM
It's sad cos the launch was so flat. Step To Me is a BOP, one of my favourite live songs they do, and they should bring it back on the next tour!
But as a lead of the campaign for Spiceworld25 felt a bit flat. Like, it should have lead with Spice Up Your Life whereas Step To Me should have been given the proper EP release back in the summer, and then added to Spiceworld25 as a track and demo only.
I hope they release Spice Up Your Life live video on YouTube when they release the live insta grat! That would nice
Posted by: Piers 8th October 2022, 08:55 PM
I'm glad to see Step To Me is getting this little mini-renaissance...as I've long felt I liked it a lot more than the fanbase overall. While it's becoming synonymous with the Spiceworld era now, I haven't forgotten it was actually among the original Spice album demos. Knowing the material they had to choose from for Spice...I think they were right not to pick Feed Your Love (at least not on a ten-track version of the album). However. I, personally, would have put Step To Me on the album. It's punchy and immediately catchy. I actually think it's pretty surprising they sat on the song as long as they did. Not only did it not make the album cut...but it wasn't a B-side either. Granted, I don't know the full story with Step To Me. The girls were apparently already in negotiations with Pepsi in the fall of 1996. I guess it's possible they decided even back then they'd set that one song aside for a Pepsi campaign.
Posted by: -Jay- 9th October 2022, 05:59 PM
I guess I'd say Step to Me feels like a bridge between the Spice and Spiceworld eras. Its release as a Pepsi single makes it feel closer to the Spice era (and as you say, the fact that the demo comes from that album era), although it being performed in Istanbul and on TFI Friday during the Spiceworld era, and being included on the Japanese Spiceworld, does make it feel very Spiceworld as well.
It's interesting that the label has neglected to digitalise the version of the song that was included on Japanese Spiceworld though.
I wonder if they felt like it stylistically just didn't fit in on Spice? It would be interesting to know how they felt about the song in 1996 and if there had been any risk of it being left unreleased had the Pepsi deal not involved an exclusive song.
By the way, total Spotify streams are now 121,934. 11,014 streams achieved yesterday. Less than Goodbye which did 12,366 yesterday, so it doesn't look as though Step to Me will be able to make it into their Top 10 on Spotify. Unless it picks up more steam when Spiceworld 25 comes out.
Dad finds Pepsi ringpulls from 1997 and claims his Spice Girls CD Euan never expected to be able to claim the reward he saved up for 27 years ago
A dad has successfully redeemed the promotional Pepsi ringpulls he collected in 1997 - and amazingly still received the limited edition Spice Girls CD. Euan Robertson, now 37, painstakingly collected 20 pink ringpulls from drink cans in the 90s but forgot to send them off in order to get single Step To Me.
And nearly 27 years later he found them in an old box of Lego he pulled out of his parents house for his daughter, three. He jokingly tweeted Pepsi asking if they would still honour the promotion which at the time saw 600,000 fans collect ringpulls in exchange for the CD single.
And Euan was astonished when the brand send him the 90s CD single. Euan doesn't even own a CD player anymore - so has been enjoying the single using the player in his car.
The dad-of-one said: “I had a Spice Girls poster when I was younger but I wouldn’t say I was the biggest fan. "The Spice Girls album which came out in 1997 was the first CD I ever got and played on my first CD player.
“We were raking through the box of Lego and kept finding these Pepsi ring pulls. I instantly recognised what they were. I collected all of these little things but never did anything with them so I thought why don’t I send Pepsi a cheeky stupid tweet - a bit of a blast from the past.
“I was dead chuffed when it arrived - I was at a work night out, and when I got home I was pretty pleased it had finally come through the post. In terms of the CD, the track Step To Me is exactly what you’d want for a 90s girl power song with a catchy verse and lovely chorus.
“The remixes haven't stood the test of time – they’re a bit of their day but the actual track is fun to listen to.”
Fans had to collect twenty pink ring pull tabs from promotional Pepsi cans and send them off to receive the free Spice Girls CD single, which was not available in shops. He contacted Pepsi on X to ask if they would honour the deal, in November.
Pepsi replied saying they'd have a dig about and see if they could find one. Now he says his daughter and wife love the track and they put it on while driving.
Euan said: “They sent me a merchandise pack with the CD in it. I was expecting to be sent a box of Pepsi to say thanks for reaching out.
“We’ve since been having a Spice Girls binge on Spotify. My daughter is loving it – we're keeping girl power alive in 2023.”
Posted by: Mr.X 15th January 2024, 03:01 PM
Cute story really! I wish the girls had partnered with Pepsi again last year for it's re-release ah... It would have been great and give Spiceworld and Step To Me another major boost.
Step To Me does better on Spotify than I expected tbh... it is roughly 1,4million streams which is not bad at all for a barely promoted 'special anniversary edition' bonus track.
The lyric video should get more attention on YouTube though! It's a cute one
Posted by: sammy01 15th January 2024, 03:17 PM
That story feels absolutely planted. Not that I think it couldn't or didn't happen but the quote mentions keeping Spice Girls alive in 2023. Why sit on a story like that for weeks to put it out now?
There was also a viral tweet yesterday about SYBT (and a clip of the video) which has had over a million views, but the quoted tweets of it felt like a lot of bots.
I could be over thinking things but this defo feels like a modern day push by their team to get them out there and get people nostalgic for them.
Posted by: -Jay- 15th January 2024, 03:41 PM
QUOTE(sammy01 @ Jan 15 2024, 03:17 PM)
There was also a viral tweet yesterday about SYBT (and a clip of the video) which has had over a million views, but the quoted tweets of it felt like a lot of bots.
Random aside, but it seems this is the way Twitter is now. Another example is whenever I see a viral tweet, and I look to see how people are responding to it, all the top tweets underneath it are just more unrelated memes, rather than any engagement with the original tweet... it's really annoying.
The Step to Me story also published on Metro: https://metro.co.uk/2024/01/15/dad-cashes-pepsi-ringpulls-collected-1997-spice-girls-cd-20116045/
Posted by: Mr.X 15th January 2024, 03:49 PM
Yeah sadly Twitter has become a mess, specially for pop-music related content and proper engagement. The amount of bots is DRAINING and boring...
I kind of agree with sammy though, There's a lot of 'Spice-related tid bits' going around which seems to happen whenever there's upcoming news, and in the streaming social media era, this is kind of what marketing/PR plans do.
Either if it was a Spice-PR move or a Pepsi one, it benefits both! I would say that Pepsi sending that man a merch package which is also very much highlighted in the story certainly feels very pointed.
TBH They would have had both all along 
Which is strange because a lot of "This Is" playlists get updated daily.