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Hey Buzzjack Spice Gang (wouldnt that be a good moniker for the fandom?!) :wub:

 

The girls have such a small discography, it is always interesting to know what else they have done that never got to see the (proper) light of day. Plus, we know that the fandom would like to have more unreleased music at some point acknowleged by the group in an official capacity.

 

Can we compile a list of all the songs that we know exist and demos out there, to keep it all in one place? I will keep adding more as they come in and as you reply here.

This is an attempt at an exaustive list of everything that we know, both released and unreleased tracks. For official remixes and covers by other artists, see the Remix Anthology thread.

 

SPICE GIRLS

Touch era unreleased tracks

 

1. Is This Love | Listen

2. Walking on Air | Listen

3. Do You Think About Me? | Listen

4. Just One of Those Days | Source

5. Sugar & Spice | leaked | Listen

6. Melody of Life | leaked | Listen

7. Don't Break My Heart | Listen

8. Don't Wanna Be | Listen

9. Don't Look Back

10. We're Gonna Make It Happen | Clip

11. Take Me Away | Clip

12. I Want You, I Need You | Clip

13. What a Feeling | Source

 

Spice era

 

Spice, the album | Listen

 

1. Wannabe | Official video | Lyric video

2. Say You'll Be There | Official video

3. 2 Become 1 | Official video

4. Love Thing

5. Last Time Lover

6. Mama | Official video | Lyric video

7. Who Do You Think You Are | Official video | Official video director's cut

8. Something Kinda Funny

9. Naked

10. If You Can't Dance

 

Spice era B-sides

 

1. Bumper to Bumper | B-side to Wannabe | Listen

2. Take Me Home | B-side to Say You'll Be There | Listen

3. One Of These Girls | B-side to 2 Become 1 | Listen

4. Sleigh Ride | B-side to 2 Become 1 | Listen

5. Baby Come Round | B-side to Mama/Who Do You Think You Are | Listen

 

Other released Spice era tracks

1. Spice Chat 2 " Shall We Say Goodbye Then?" | included in Spice25, 2021 | Listen

Released demos and/or other mixes of released songs

1. 2 Become 1 (Orchestral version) | Released in Spice25 | Listen | Watch lyric video

2. Seremos Uno Los Dos (2 Become 1 Spanish version) | Released in South American editions of Spice | Listen

3. Say You'll Be There (7" Radio Mix) | Released in Spice25 | Listen

4. Love Thing (12" Unlimited Groove Mix) | Released in Spice25 | Listen

5. Who Do You Think You Are (Demo Version) | Released in Spice25 | Listen

6. If You Can't Dance (Demo) | Listen

7. Feed Your Love | Released in Wannabe25 and Spice25 | Listen

8. Last Time Lover (Demo) | Released in Spice25 | Listen

9. Wannabe (Demo) | Released in Wannabe25 | Listen

Unreleased demos and early mixes of Spice-era songs

1. Giving You Everything | Say You'll Be There demo with group rap | Listen

2. 2 Become 1 | Demo, includes different verses from some of the girls | Llisten

3. Two Become One | 2 become 1 demo, leaked March 2025, from Pre-release Sampler Promo CD | Listen

4. Love Thing | Early demo, leaked March 2025, from Pre-release Sampler Promo CD | Listen

5. Pleasin' Me

6. Likely Stories aka C U Next Tuesday | Leaked in 2021 | Listen

7. Serial Killer

8. Seven Days

9. Perfect Vision | Clip *

10. Strong Enough | Listen

11. Overnight | 1995 demo**

12. The Young and the Restless
13. Inside Out

 

Spiceworld era

 

Spiceworld, the album | Listen

 

1. Spice Up Your Life | Official video | Alternate video

2. Stop | Official video | Alternate video

3. Too Much | Watch | Alternate video

4. Saturday Night Divas

5. Never Give Up On the Good Times

6. Move Over

7. Do It

8. Denying

9. Viva Forever | Official video | Lyric video

10. The Lady is a Vamp

BONUS: Step To Me | Japan's edition of Spiceworld album + Spiceworld25, 2022 | Listen | Lyric video

 

Spiceworld era, b-sides

 

1. Spice Invaders | B-side to Spice Up Your Life | Listen

2. Outer Space Girls | b-side to Too Much | Listen

3. Walk Of Life | B-side to Too Much | Listen

 

Spiceworld released Live tracks

1. Ain't No Stopping Us Now (featuring Luther Vandross) | Live at An Audience with, UK 1997 | B-side to Stop | Listen

2. Something Kinda Funny | Live In Istanbul, Turkey 1997 | B-side to Stop | Listen

3. Mama | Live in Istanbul, Turkey 1997 | B-side to Stop | Listen

4. Love Thing | Live in Istanbul, Turkey 1997 | B-side to Stop | Listen

5. Who Do You Think You Are | Live in Istanbul, Turkey | B-side to Stop | Listen

6. Say You'll Be There | Live in Istanbul, Turkey | B-side to Stop | Listen

7. Too Much | Live in Toronto, Canada, Spiceworld Tour 1998 | Spiceworld25 | Listen

8. Stop | Live in Madrid, Spain, Spiceworld Tour 1998 | Spiceworld 25 | Listen

9. Move Over | Live in Istanbul, Turkey 1998 | Spiceworld 25 | Listen

10. Spice Up Your Life | Live in Arnhem, Netherlands, Spiceworld Tour 1998 | Spiceworld 25 | Listen

11. Viva Forever | Live in Manchester, UK, Spiceworld Tour 1998 | Spiceworld 25 | Listen

Released demos and other mixes of Spiceworld released songs

 

1. Step To Me (Demo) | Released in Spiceworld25 | Listen

2. Too Much (Orchestral) | Released in Too Much CD2 | Listen

Unreleased demos and early mixes of Spiceworld songs

 

1. Image & Likeness | Source

2. Dingeling | Source

3. Are You My Friend? | Source

4. Leader of The Gang | Clip from Spiceworld The Movie

5. Sound Off/Military Cadence | Clip from Spiceworld The Movie

6. Can't Stay Tonight | Mel C-only recording, leaked | Listen

 

1997 - 1999 stand alone released songs

 

1. How Does It Feel (To Be On Top of the World) | England United, Eco & The Bunnymen, Ocean Colour Scene, Spice Girls) | Official video | Listen

2. It's Only Rock'n'Roll (But I Like It!) | Various artists, Artists for Children's Promise | Official video

3. My Strongest Suit | Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA Soundtrack | Listen

 

Forever era

 

Forever, the album | Listen

 

1. Holler | Official video

2. Tell Me Why

3. Let Love Lead The Way | Official video

4. Right Back At Ya

5. Get Down With Me

6. Wasting My Time

7. Weekend Love

8. Time Goes By

9. If You Wanna Have Some Fun

10. Oxygen

11. Goodbye | Official video

 

Forever-era B-sides

1. Christmas Wrapping | B-side to Goodbye | Listen

Forever-era released Live tracks

 

1. Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves | Melanie C and Melanie B live at Wembley Stadium, 1998 | B-side to Goodbye | Listen

2. We Are Family | Live at Wembley Stadium, Spiceworld Tour 1998 | B-side to Goodbye | Listen

Other released versions of Forever-era tracks

1. Goodbye (Orchestral version) | Goodbye b-side | Listen

Unreleased demos and/or early mixes of Forever-era songs

 

1. A Day In Your Life (demo) | Leaked in 2015 | Listen

2. Right Back At Ya (Pop Mix) | Leaked in 2015 | Listen

3. Pain Proof (demo) | Leaked in 2015 | Listen

4. Give You What You Want / If It's Loving On Your Mind | Leaked in 2015 | Listen

5. W.O.M.A.N. | performed live at Christmas in Spiceworld 1999 Tour | Studio clip | Watch live version

6. Too Hot (demo) | Studio clip

7. Treasure (demo) | confirmed by this picture from Biff's instagram

8. Go Go Go | confirmed by this picture from Biff's instagram | clip leaked, no longer available on youtube)

9. Overnight | confirmed by this picture from Biff's instagram | 1999 demo **

10. If Ya Do | recorded by Emma and Mel C with Jimmy Jam + Terry Lewis in Autumn 1998, mentioned by Emma Bunton)

 

Greatest Hits era

 

Greatest Hits album | Listen

Greatest Hits album-specific songs

1. Headlines (Friendship Never Ends) | Official video | Listen

2. Voodoo | Listen

 

Unreleased Greatest Hits era tracks

 

1. Spice Is Back

2. Angels

 

GEM era

 

Unreleased GEM-era tracks

 

1. Song for Her | Leaked 1996 | Listen her

2. I Still Got It

 

Other Releases 

1. Stop | Live at Pavarotti & Friends For The Children of Liberia, 1998 | Listen | Buy

2. Viva Forever (featuring Luciano Pavarotti) | Live at Pavarotti & Friends For The Children of Liberia, 1998 | Listen

3. Wannabe / Spice Up Your Life | A Symphony of British Music: Music for the Closing Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games | Listen

Other rumoured tracks

 

1995 - 1996

 

Mentions of the following rumoured tracks are unknown/uncomfirmed other than what was found on some fan-made websites including this one http://spicechronology.atspace.com/spice.html. Please note that these songs might not be real at all, some will be pure fan-fiction!

 

1. All We Need Is A Miracle

2. Hard To Kill

3. In Your Face

4. Expose

 

1997

1. Walk The Same Line | Source

 

1998 - 2000

1. Holiday (cover)

2. Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves (cover)

3. Get Out Of Your Head

4. Saturday

5. Thank You

6. If Ya Do (featuring Janet Jackson) - most probably fake

7. Boyfriend/girlfriend | Duet with Blackstreet, confirmed by a demo tape found in Mel C's storage unit in 2022, though it is unclear if they ever actually recorded it

* confirmed to be only a jingle recorded for Virgin Records internal project

** Overnight is stated both as a 1995 Spice demo, and a 1999 Forever demo. Melanie C confirmed it was a track written and recorded by the group in her autobiography, and that it is about a sex worker. Biff mentioned in (this clip) that Overnight was written in 1995 during the first sessions he did with the band. However, he also posted a picture on his instagram with a 1999 demo tape which included a bunch of Forever demos, which included Overnight. Therefore, there might be two versions of the song, one with the 5-piece original band and one with the 4-piece 1999 line up of the band.

 

EMMA BUNTON

 

A Girl Like Me era

 

A Girl Like Me, the album | Listen here

 

1. What Took You So Long? | Official video

2. Take My Breath Away | Official video

3. A World Without You

4. High On Love

5. A Girl Like Me

6. Spell It O.U.T

7. Sunshine On a Rainy Day

8. Been There, Done That

9. Better Be Careful

10. We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight | Official video

11. She Was a Friend of Mine

12. What I Am | Official video

A Girl Like Me era, b-sides

 

1. Merry Go-Round | B-side to What Took You So Long? | Listen

2. (Hey You) Free Up Your Mind | B-side to What Took You So Long? | Listen

3. Close Encounter | B-side to Take My Breath Away | Listen

4. Invincible | B-side to Take My Breath Away | Listen

5. Let Your Baby Show You How to Move | B-side to We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight | Listen

 

Leaked demos and/or early mixes of A Girl Like Me-era songs

 

1. Been There, Done That (demo) | Listen

2. To Have And To Have Let Go | Listen

3. Everybody Wants To Be | Included in A Girl Like Me CDr promo | Listen

4. A Girl Like Me (Rough mix) | Included in A Girl Like Me CDr promo | Listen

 

Other demos and/or early mixes of A Girl Like Me-era songs

 

1. Waiting for You

2. Here And Now

3. I Depend On You

4. Just The Two Of Us (a.k.a. Two Of Us)

5. Let Them All Talk

6. Memory Lane

7. Passionate Witness

8. Reasons

9. Tu No Me Conoces

10. Window To Your Soul

11. No Love | Clip

12. Better Off Alone

 

Free Me era

 

Free Me, the album | Listen here

 

1. Free Me | Official video

2. Maybe | Official video

3. I'll Be There | Official video

4. Tomorrow

5. Breathing

6. Crickets Sing for AnaMaria | Official video

7. No Sign of Life

8. Who The Hell Are You

9. Lay Your Love On Me

10. Amazing (featuring Luis Fonzi)

11. You Are

12. Something So Beautiful

 

Free Me era, b-sides

 

1. Don't Tell Me You Love Me Anymore | B-side to Maybe | Listen

2. Takin' It Easy | B-side to I'll Be There | Listen

3. So Long | B-side to I'll Be There | Listen

4. Eso Beso | B-side to Crickets Sing for AnaMaria | Listen

5. So Nice (Summer Samba) | B-side to Crickets Sing for AnaMaria | Listen

 

Leaked demos and/or early mixes of Free Me-era songs

 

1. Maybe (demo) | Leaked | Listen

2. Tomorrow (demo) | Leaked | Listen

3. Something So Beautiful | earlier mix of released track, from Free Me promo CD | Listen 

4. Crazy Beautiful | unreleased track | Listen

 

Other demos and/or early mixes of Free Me-era songs

 

1. Addicted To You

2. All That I Want

3. Don’t Keep Me Holding On

4. Don’t Let Me Sleep (a.k.a. Sleep)

5. Everytime

6. I Do

7. I’ve Fallen In Love

8. Life's What You Make Of It

9. Never Gonna Make Me Fall

10. No Place Like My Home

11. One Thing I Know (later released by S Club 8)

12. This Is The Reason

13. The Last Time

 

Life in Mono era

 

Life in Mono, the album | Listen here

 

1. All I Need To Know | Official video

2. Life in Mono

3. Mischivious

4. Perfect Strangers

5. He Loves Me Not

6. Wasn't Looking (When I Found Love)

7. Take Me To Another Town

8. undressing You

9. I'm Not Crying Over Yesterdays

10. All That You'll Be

11. Downtown | Official video

12. Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen Tonight)

13. Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps

14. Por Favor

 

Life in Mono era, b-sides

 

1. Midnights & Martinis | B-side to All I Need To Know | Listen

 

Leaked demos and/or early mixes of Life in Mono-era songs

 

1. I’m Not Crying Over Yesterdays | Leaked clip, from Life in Mono sampler album | Listen

2. Undressing You | earlier mix, leaked | Listen 

3. Rhapsody (demo) | Listen

4. Crazy (demo) | Listen

5. In Another Life (demo) | Listen

6. Ladylike (demo) | Listen

7. Secrets (demo) | Listen

8. That’s What It Hurts (demo) | Listen

 

Other demos and/or early mixes of Life in Mono-era songs

 

1. Fiesta D’Amore

2. Can’t See It

3. Love It When We Do It That Way

4. Mais Oui

5. Oh No

6. Sneaking Out Her Bed

7. September Song

8. Sex Ain’t Love

9. Totally Uncontrolable (later recorded by artist Paulini)

10. The Last Time

11. Bao En

12. Come Whatever

13. Disappear With You

14. Eyes Shut

15. Me And My A’more

16. O Que Aconteceu

17. Passionate Witness

18. Stop

19. Take Some Time

20. The Real Me

21. Together And Alone

22. Tu No Me Conoces

23. Yours Unfaithfully

24. Window To Your Soul

25. Dancing With You | Source

26. One Day I Will | Source

 

My Happy Place era

 

My Happy Place, the album | Listen

 

1. Baby Please Don't Stop | Official video

2. I Wish I Could Have Love You More

3. Too Many Teardrops

4. I Only Want To Be With You (featuring Will Young)

5. Don't Call Me Baby

6. You're All I Need To Get By (featuring Jade Jones) | Offical video

7. Come Away With Me (featuring Josh Kumra)

8. Emotion

9. 2 Become 1 (featuring Robbie Williams)

10. Here Comes The Sun

 

Coming Home for Christmas EP | Listen

 

1. Coming Home for Christmas

2. Santa Baby

 

My Happy Place era, unreleased songs

 

1. When You Wish Upon A Star

2. (unamed Shirley Bassey song, confirmed by Emma)

 

Other released songs

1. I Don't Know | Damage featuring Emma Bunton | Listen

2. Good Vibrations | Brian Wilson, Cliff Richard, Emma Bunton & Atomic Kitten, Party At The Palace - The Queen's Concert 2002

2. Sophisticated Lady | Melanie G with Emma Bunton on backing vocals | Listen

3. Sometimes | Chicken Shed Charity Album | Listen

4. Greatest Day | Various artists, England's 2014 Official World Cup Song, also including Melanie C, 2014 | Listen

5. Do They Know It's Christmas (Feed The World) | Keith Lemon & Friends release, 2020 | Listen

6. 2 Become 1 | Stand-alone single recorded with Budapest Orchestra, 2024 | Official video | Listen

 

Other demos or unreleased songs, no era specific

 

1. Who I Am | Source

 

Rumoured recordings, no era-specific

1. Don’t Go Breaking My Heart | Duet with Ronan Keating

2. Burnt Out And Falling (featuring Chicane) | Passed on, later recorded by Lisa Scott-Lee

 

MELANIE C

 

Northern Star era

 

Northern Star, the album | Listen

 

1. Go!

2. Northern Star | Official video

3. Goin' Down | Official video

4. I Turn To You | Official video

5. If That Were Me | Official video

6. Never Be The Same Again (featuring Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes)| Official video

7. Why

8. Suddenly Mondy

9. Ga Ga

10. Be The One

11. Closer

12. Feel The Sun

 

Northern Star, b-sides

 

1. Angel On My Shoulder | B-side to Goin' Down | Listen

2. I Want You Back | B-side to Goin' Down | Listen

3. Follow Me | B-side to Northern Star | Listen

4. Something's Gonna Happen | B-side to Northern Star | Listen

5. I Wonder What It Would Be Like | B-side to Never Be The Same Again | Listen

 

Northern Star-era, released Live tracks

1. Closer (Live) | Recorded Live At The Paradiso, Amsterdam | B-side to Never Be The Same Again CD2 | Listen

2. Goin' Down (Live) | Recorded Live At The Paradiso, Amsterdam | B-side to Never Be The Same Again CD2 | Listen

3. Be The One | Recorded Live At MTV | B-side to I Turn To You, CD2 | Listen

2. Never Be The Same Again | Recorded Live at MTV | B-side to I Turn to You, CD1 | Listen

3. When You're Gone (with Bryan Adams) | Live from Slane Castle, Ireland | B-side to If That Were Me | Listen

Leaked demos and/or other mixes of Northern Star-era released songs

1. You Taught Me | Leaked from Northern Star Work in Progress CDr | Listen

2. Independence Day (rough mix) | Leaked from Northern Star / Goin' Down US Promo CDr | Listen

3. I Wonder What it Would Be Like (Rick Nowells Mix) | Leaked from Northern Star Work in Progress CDr | Listen

4. I Wonder What It Would Be Like (Billy Steinberg Demo) | Leaked | Listen

5. Suddenly Monday (Rough Mix) | Slightly extended version of original track | Leaked from Northern Star Work in Progress CDr | Listen

6. Closer (Rough Mix) | Slightly extended version of original track | Leaked from Northern Star Work in Progress CDr | Listen

7. I Want You Back | Longer version | Leaked from Goin' Down UK Promo CDr

8. Northern Star (Acoustic version) | Released in Northern Star CD2 | Listen

9. If That Were Me (Acoustic Version) | Released in If That Were Me UK CD | Listen

Other demos and/or early mixes of Northern Star-era songs

 

1. Never Getting Over You

2. La Via | Source

3. Situation | from Work in Progress tape by Biff

4. Without Love

5. Day After Day | from Work in Progress tape by Biff

6. High (demo) | This is a very early, 1min long clip of what later became Suddenly Monday | from Work in Progress tape by Biff

7. Find it Hard to Say | from Work in Progress tape by Biff

8. Show Me The Way | Leaked on SoundCloud | Listen

9. I Didn't Hear You Leave | Leaked on SoundCloud | Listen

10. I Won't Leave You Alone | Leaked on SoundCloud | Listen

11. Whenever You're Near | Leaked March 2025 online - no longer available on YouTube

 

Reason era

 

Reason, the album | Listen

 

1. Here It Comes Again | Official video

2. Reason

3. Lose Myself in You

4. On The Horizon | Official video

5. Positively Somewhere

6. Melt | Official video

7. Do I

8. Soul Boy

9. Water

10. Home

11. Let's Love

12. Yeh Yeh Yeh | Official video

Reason era, bonus track

1. Independence Day | Released in Bend It Like Beckham OST & Reason Japan Edition CD | Listen

 

Reason era, b-sides

 

1. Like That | B-side to Here It Comes Again | Listen

2. Love To You | B-side to Here It Comes Again | Listen

3. Living Without You | B-side to Here It Comes Again | Listen

4. Love You Without Trying | B-side to On The Horizon | Listen

5. Wonderland | B-side to On The Horizon | Listen

6. Knocked Out | B-side to Yeh Yeh Yeh | Listen

 

Reason-era released Live tracks

1. Goin' Down (Live Acoustic Version) | Recorded at Radio Donna, Belgium | B-side to On The Horizon CD, Side D on Reason Limited Edition Record Store Day Vinyl 2025

2. Never Be The Same Again (Live Acoustic Version) | Recorded at Radio Donna, Belgium | B-side to On The Horizon, Side C on Reason Limited Edition Record Store Day Vinyl 2025

3. I Wish | Stevie Wonder cover | Recorded Live at Re:Covered | B-side to Yeh Yeh Yeh / Melt DVD | Listen

Leaked demos and/or other mixes of Reason-era released songs

 

1. Full Of Fire | Listen

2. Help Me Help You | later released by Holly Valance | Listen

3. On The Horizon (demo) | Leaked from Reason CDr Promo Sampler | Listen

 

Other demos and/or early mixes of Reason-era songs (source)

 

1. Ghost

2. Love Is Gonna Get Us

3. Never Getting Over You

4. No Wonder

5. Pure Love

6. Revolution

7. Sixty Seconds

8. So Long

9. Waiting (No. 7)

10. When We're Together

 

Beautiful Intentions era

 

Beautiful Intentions era, the album | Listen

 

1. Beautiful Intentions

2. Next Best Superstar | Offical video

3. Better Alone | Offical UK video | Offical European video

4. Last Night On Earth

5. You Will See

6. Never Say Never

7. Good Girl

8. Don't Need This

9. Little Piece Of Me

10. Here And Now

11. Take Your Pleasure

12. You'll Get Yours

13. First Day of My Life | Offical video

 

Beautiful Intentions era, b-sides

 

1. Everything Must Change | B-side to Next Best Superstar | Listen

2. Warrior | B-side to Better Alone | Listen

3. Runaway | B-side to Better Alone & First Day of My Life | Listen

Other released versions of Beautiful Intentions era tracks

1. Je Suis Née Pour Toi | French version of First Day of My Life, released in Carolyna Swedish CD | Listen

2. First Day Of My Life (Acoustic) | Released in First Day of My Life German Maxi CD | Listen

3. Next Best Superstar (Acoustic) | Released in Beautiful Intentions Portugal CD/DVD Limited Edition | Listen

4. You'll Get Yours (Acoustic Version) | Released in Better Alone German CD

 

Other demos and/or early mixes of Beautiful Intentions-era songs

 

1. Empty | Source

2. Dirty Secret | Source

3. Save Me Now | Source

4. Traveling Slowly | Source

5. Counting | Clip

6. You and I | Source

 

This Time era

 

This Time, the album | Listen

 

1. Understand

2. What if I Stay

3. Protected

4. This Time | Offical video

5. Carolyna | Offical video

6. Forever Again

7. Your Mistake

8. The Moment You Believe | Offical video

9. Don't Let Me Go

10. Immune

11. May Your Heart

12. Out of Time

13. I Want Candy | Offical video

 

This Time era, b-sides

 

1. Already Gone | B-side to I Want Candy | Listen

2. Fragile | B-side to The Moment You Believe | Listen

3. We Love To Entertain You | B-side to This Time | Listen

 

This Time era, "Live at the Hard Rock Cafe" DVD released tracks

 

1. Blue Skies All The Way | Listen

2. Paris is Burning | Listen 

 

Demos and/or early mixes of This Time-era songs (source)

 

1. Anyone

2. Dawn (Of The Hope)

3. Leavin’

4. Let Me Let Go

5. My Words

6. The Best Is Yet To Come

7. Trust

8. Have A Little Faith | Listen

The Sea era

 

The Sea era, the album | Listen

 

1. The Sea

2. Weak | Official video

3. Think About It | Official video

4. Beautiful Mind

5. One By One

6. Stupid Game

7. All About You

8. Burn

9. Down

10. Get Out of Here

11. Enemy

12. Rock Me | Official video

13. Let There Be Love | Official video

 

The Sea era, b-sides

 

1. Stop This Train | B-side to Rock Me | Listen

2. Cruel Intentions | B-side to Think About It | Listen

3. Stronger | B-side to Weak | Listen

 

The Sea era, other released tracks

 

1. Rising Sun | Listen

2. Too Soon | Listen

 

Demos and/or other versions of The Sea-era released songs

 

1. One By One (rough demo) | Included in The Sea German Promo CDr | Listen

2. Beautiful Mind (demo) | Included in The Sea German Promo CDr

3. Stupid Game (demo) | Included in The Sea German Promo CDr

4. Drown (Demo) | Included in The Sea German Promo CDr | Listen

5. Rock Me (Mastered Instrumental) | Included in The Sea German Promo CDr

6. Think About It (Acappella) | Included in Think About It Digital EP

7. Think About It (Acoustic Version - Live At Hitradio O3) | Included in Think About It CDr Maxi Promo

9. Weak (Acapella) | Released in Weak CDr Maxi Promo

10. Rock Me (Live Acoustic Mix) | Released in Rock Me UK CDr Promo

Other demos and/or early mixes of The Sea-era unreleased songs (source)

 

1. American Sweetheart (demo) | Included in This Time German Promo CDr | Listen

2. Back In Your Arms | Included in This Time German Promo CDr | Listen

3. Tell Me How You’re Doing It | Listen

4. Bye Bye | source

5. Come Home | source

6. Divine | source

7. Drift Away | source

8. Famous | source

9. Get Up | source

10. Johnny Loves Chloe | source

11. Northern Town | source

12. Run | source

13. Tripwire | source

14. We Are Not Alone | source

 

The Night era

 

The Night, the EP

 

1. Set You Free | Listen

2. Sunrise | Listen

3. Walk Away | Listen

 

Stages era

 

Stages, the album | Listen

 

1. Maybe This Time

2. Another Hundred People

3. I Know Him So Well (featuring Emma Bunton) | Offical video

4. Aren't You Kinda Glad We Did

5. I Don't Know How To Love Him

6. Both Sides Now

7. Ain't Got No / I Got Life

8. I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself

9. I Only Have Eyes For You

10. Tell Me It's Not True

11. My Funny Valentine

12. Something Wonderful

13. Anything Goes

 

Stages era, b-sides

 

1. You'll Never Walk Alone | B-side to I Know Him So Well | Listen

 

Blood Brothers Sessions

 

1. Marilyn Monroe

2. My Child

3. Easy Terms

4. Bright New Day

5. Loving On The Never Never

6. Light Romance

7. Tell Me It’s Not True

 

Version of Me era

 

Version of Me, the album | Listen

 

1. Dear Life | Official video

2. Escalator

3. Anymore | Official video

4. Something For The Fire

5. Version Of Me

6. Numb

7. Room For Love | Official video

8. Unravelling

9. Loving You Better

10. Our History

11. Blame

12. Hold On (feat. Alex Francis) | Official video

13. One Minute

 

Version of Me-era released Live tracks

1. Something For The Fire | Recorded at Under The Bridge | B-side to Dear Life CD

2. Room For Love | Live At Shepherd's Bush Empire 2017 | B-side to Room for Love CD

3. Dear Life | Life from Ronnie Scott's | Version of Me (Delux Edition) | Listen

4. Version of Me | Life from Ronnie Scott's | Version of Me (Delux Edition) | Listen

5. Something for the Fire | Life from Ronnie Scott's | Version of Me (Delux Edition) | Listen

6. Never Be The Same Again | Life from Ronnie Scott's | Version of Me (Delux Edition) | Listen

Melanie C era

 

Melanie C, the album | Listen

 

1. Who I Am | Official video

2. Blame It On Me | Official video

3. Good Enough

4. Escape

5. Overload

6. Fearless (featuring Nadia Rose) | Official video

7. Here I Am

8. Nowhere To Run

9. In And Out Of Love | Official video

10. End Of Everything

11. Self-Love

12. Into You | Official video

13. Touch Me | Official video

 

Melanie C era, other released songs

 

1. High Heels (featuring Sink The Pink) | Official video

 

Melanie C era, Acoustic versions of Melanie C-era released tracks | Listen

1. I Turn to You (Acoustic)

2. Who I Am (Acoustic)

3. Blame It On Me (Acoustic)

4. In and Out of Love (Acoustic)

5. Never Be The Same Again (Acoustic)

6. Too Much (Acoustic)

7. Into You (Acoustic)

8. High Heels (Acoustic)

Melanie C era, other unreleased songs

Note: these are rumoured cover versions which Mel C hinted she was going to release as part of a covers album which eventually got shelved.

 

1. Cheap Thrills

2. Human

3. Shape of You

4. Toxic

 

Other releases, non-era specific

 

1. When You're Gone (featuring Brian Adams) | Offical video | Listen

2. Loving You (featuring Matt Cardle) | Official video | Listen

3. Te Amo | Spanish version of Loving You, Released digitally | Listen

4. Cool As You (featuring Peter Aristone) | Listen

5. I Wish (featuring Jools Holland & The Rhythm & Blues Orchestra) | Listen

6. Let's Groove (featuring David Foster, Anggun & Vanness Wu) | Listen

7. Cosmic Shower (featuring Ed Deedigan & The Kandu Collective) | Listen

8. Around The World (featuring Alex Christensen & The Berlin Orchestra) | Listen

9. AM Gold (Remix) (featuring Train) | Listen

10. Don't Talk Just Kiss (from album "Classical 90s Dance 2" by Alex Christensen & The Berlin Orchestra) | Official video

11. Greatest Day (England's 2014 Official World Cup Song, also including Emma Bunton) | Official video

12. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (by The Justice Collective) | Listen

13. Merry World Cup (featuring DJ Bish) (from the album "Bishop's Greatest Hits Vol 2") | Listen

14. Out Of This World (from the album "Jools Holland and Friends" by Jools Holland) | Listen

15. Stop Crying Your Heart Out (by BBC Radio 2 Allstars) | Listen

16. The Five Wives + Lives Of Melvyn Pffeberg' Song (OST of "The Five Wives + Lives Of Melvyn Pffeberg" film) | Listen

17. Viva Life (from the soundtrack of "Back Street") | Listen

18. Walk This Way (from the album "Red Rhythm "Rewind"" by Rev Run) | Listen

19. Girl (Anna Lunoe & Melanie C) | Listen

 

Live Albums, DVDs & EPs

Live from Shepperd's Bush EP, 2013

1. Northern Star

2. Beautiful Intentions

3. Never Be The Same Again

4. One by One (Featuring James Walsh)

5. Both Sides Now

6. Next Best Superstar

7. I Turn To You

The Sea Live DVD, 2012
recorded during "The Sea" tour dates in Cologne, Hamburg and Berlin

1. Intro

2. Rock Me / Yeh Yeh Yeh

3. Think About It

4. Weak

5. Northern Star

6. Never Be The Same Again

7. Here It Comes Again

8. One by One

9. Burn

10. All About You

11. Drown

12. Next Best Superstar

13. When You're Gone

14. Let There Be Love

15. Stupid Game

16. I Turn To You

17. First Day of My Life

18. Stupid Mistake (video collage)

Live at Hard Rock Cafe, 2009

Digital release only

1. Beautiful Intentions

2. Love To You

3. Carolyna

4. Northern Star

5. Never Be The Same Again

6. Reason

7. Immune

8. Be The One

9. Don't Let Me Go

10. Why

11. May Your Heart

12. Next Best Superstar

13. This Time

14. Here It Comes Again

15. I Turn To You

Live Hits DVD, 2006
recorded in the former London venue The Bridge SE1 on 31 August 2006

Electric Set

1. Beautiful Intentions

2. Yeh Yeh Yeh

3. Home

4. Northern Star

5. Never Be The Same Again

6. When You're Gone

7. Goin' Down

8. Next Best Superstar

9. You'll Get Yours

10. First Day of My Life

11. I Turn To You

Acoustic Set

1. Beautiful Intentions

2. Be The One

3. If That Were Me

4. Here It Comes Again

5. Why

6. Better Alone

7. Here & Now

8. Reason

Other known unreleased tracks, no era-specific

 

1. Time Is Up

2. Bohemian Rhapsody

3. No Kinda Wonderful

4. Rare Possession

5. All Summer Long | duet with Natalie Imbruglia, produced by Phil Thornaley)

 

Mel B

 

Hot era

 

Hot era, the album | Listen

 

1. Feels So Good | Official video

2. Tell Me | Official video

3. Hell No

4. Lullaby | Official video

5. Hotter

6. Step Inside

7. ABC 123

8. I Believe

9. I Want You Back (featuring Missy Elliott) | Official UK video

10. Pack Your Shit

11. Feel Me Now

12. Word Up | Official video | Official USA video

 

Hot era, b-sides

 

1. Sophisticated Lady | B-side to Word Up | Listen

Demos/early mixes of Hot-era released tracks

1. Lullaby (rough mix) | Included in Hot Promo CDr | Listen

2. Pack Your Shit (uncensored version) | Included in Hot Promo CDr | Listen

3. Word Up (demo) | Leaked | Listen

LA State of Mind era

 

LA State of Mind, the album | Listen

1. Today | Official video

2. Stay In Bed Days

3. Beautiful Girl

4. Music Of The Night (Perdido)

5. If I Had My Life Again

6. In Too Deep

7. Sweet Pleasure

8. L.A. State Of Mind

9. Say Say Say

10. Bad, Bad Girl

11. Hold On

 

Other released tracks, non-era specific

 

1. For Once in My Life | Official video | Listen

 

Other unreleased tracks, non-era specific

 

1. I've Got My Eye On You | Listen

2. In Da House (featuring Wyclef Jean)

3. Whose Is It? | Listen

4. My Life Is Crazy | Theme from It's a Scary World TV Show

5. Lip Lock | performed at It's A Scary World show

6. He's Not A Block Boss | Source

7. Milk & Cookies | (source)

8. Undercover | (source)

9. My Man | Source)

 

“Rent” Sessions

 

1. Out Tonight

2. Another Day

3. Light My Candle

 

VICTORIA BECKHAM

Victoria Beckham era

 

Victoria Beckham, the album | Listen

 

1. Not Such An Innocent Girl | Official video

2. A Mind Of Its Own | Official video

3. That Kind Of Girl

4. Like That

5. Girlfriend

6. Midnight Fantasy

7. I.O.U.

8. No Trix, No Games

9. I Wish

10. Watcha Talkin' Bout

11. Unconditional Love

12. Every Part Of Me

 

Victoria Beckham, b-sides

 

1. In Your Dreams | B-side from Not Such An Innocent Girl | Listen

2. Feels So Good | B-side from A Mind of It's Own | Listen

3. Always Be My Baby | B-side from A Mind of It's Own | Listen

Other released versions of Victoria Beckham era tracks

1. A Mind Of Its Own (Version Française) | French version of A Mind of It's Own, released in A Mind of It's Own French CD | Listen

Other Victoria Beckham era unreleased tracks

 

1. I Wish (featuring Robbie Craig) | cancelled single | Listen here

2. Gonna Make You Mine

3. If I Were You

4. One 2 Another

5. Since I've Been Loving You

6. This Could Be The Night

7. The Bottom Line

8. Brooklyn

9. Cool, Calm, Collected

10. Closer

11. I Won't Stop aka I Won't Stop (Loving You)

12. Never Gonna Let Him Go

13. You Don't Know Me aka Just Don't Know Me

14. Love Really Hurts Without You

15. Whatever You Want

16. Get With You

17. Tantrum *rumored*

18. Into My Life

19. Without You

20. You Make Me Hot aka You're Makin' Me Hot

21. Thinking About You

22. Don't Want Nobody (But You)

23. Bring The Beat Back To Life

24. Whatever You Want | 1999 track from sessions with Gary Barlow

 

Second Album recordings

 

The "Real" Beckhams DVD

 

1. This Groove | Official video

2. Let Your Head Go | Official video

3. Me & You This Time | Listen

4. That Dude | Listen

5. Valentine | Listen

6. Resentment | Listen

 

Second Album era, Leaked tracks

 

(note: this is a non-comprehensive and not in order list of known tracks from this era. The reason for this being that the known tracks that are publicaly available, have been modified before they were leaked (as per mentioned by Denden Forums at the time, so what we know of them arent necessarily the final versions, or the final titles either. We also don't know if they were meant to be two separate CDs, that is mostly speculation from the fans at this point.)

 

1. It's That Simple (featuring MOP) (released in a Damon Dash mixtape)

2. Open Your Eyes

3. Hustler

4. I'd Give It All Away

5. Be With You

6. Can't Get Enough

7. Me Without You

8. 25 Minutes

9. Obsession

10. Time

11. Shake It

12. Full Stop

13. Back To You

14. Every Little Thing

15. I Should Have Known Better

16. Bitter Sweet

17. He's My Lover

18. I'll Take You There

19. Freedom

20. Come Together (clip released as part of a Damon Dash mixtape)

21. Spell On Me

22. Jealous Ones

23. So Cold

24. My Love Is For Real

25. Let My Hair Down

26. Right Back At You

27. Love Letter | Source

 

Other released tracks, non-era specific

 

1. Out of Your Mind (featuring True Steppers & Dane Bowers) | Official video

Geri Halliwell

 

Schizophonic era

 

Schizophonic, the album | Listen

 

1. Look At Me | Official video

2. Lift Me Up | Official video

3. Walkaway

4. Mi Chico Latino | Official video

5. Goodnight Kiss

6. Bag It Up | Official video

7. Sometime

8. Let Me Love You

9. Someone's Watching Over Me

10. You're In A Bubble

 

Schizophonic era, b-sides

 

1. G.A.Y. | b-side to Mi Chico Latino | Listen

2. Summertime | B-side to Mi Chico Latino | Listen

3. Live and Let Die | b-side to Lift Me Up | Listen

4. Very Slowly | b-side to Lift Me Up | Listen

5. These Boots Were Made For Walking | b-side to Bag It Up | Listen

6. Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps | b-side to Bag it Up | Listen

 

Schizophonic era, unreleased tracks

 

1. Supernatural | Source

2. Heaven Knows | Source

3. Hey You | Source

4. I Wanna Be Loved By You | Source

 

Scream If You Wanna Go Faster era

 

Scream If You Wanna Go Faster, the album | Listen

 

1. Scream If You Wanna Go Faster | Official video

2. Shake Your Bootie Cutie

3. Calling | Official video

4. Feels Like Sex

5. Circles Round The Moon

6. Love Is The Only Light

7. Strength Of A Woman

8. Don't Call Me Baby

9. Lovey Dovey Stuff

10. It's Raining Men | Official video

11. Heaven And Hell (Being Geri Halliwell)

12. I Was Made That Way

 

Scream If You Wanna Go Faster era, b-sides

 

1. I Was Made That Way | b-side to It's Raining Men | Listen

2. Brave New World | b-side to It's Raining Men | Listen

3. New Religion | b-side to Scream If You Wanna Go Faster | Listen

4. Breaking Glass | b-side to Scream If You Wanna Go Faster | Listen

5. Getting Better | b-side to Calling | Listen

6. Destiny | b-side to Calling | Listen

 

Other released versions of Scream If You Wanna Go Faster era tracks

1. Calling (Au Nom De L'Amour) | French version of Calling, released in Calling CD in France | Listen

Scream If You Wanna Go Faster era, unreleased tracks

 

1. Fooling Nobody

2. I'm Still Standing

3. Into The Night

4. Lucky Man

5. My Song

6. Dare You To Be Happy | Source

7. C'est La Vie | Source

 

Passion era

 

Passion, the album | Listen

 

1. Passion

2. Desire | Official video

3. Love Never Loved Me

4. Feel The Fear

5. Superstar

6. Surrender Your Groove

7. Ride It | Official video

8. There's Always Tomorrow

9. Let Me Love You More

10. Don't Get Any Better

11. Loving Me Back To Life

12. So I Give Up On Love

 

Passion era, b-sides

 

1. True Love Never Dies | b-side to Desire | Listen

 

Demos and/or early mixes of Passion released songs

1. Ride It (demo) | Leaked | Listen

2. Love Never Loved Me (demo) | Clip leaked online | Listen

Other demos and/or early mixes of Passion-era unreleased songs

 

1. 100% Pure Love | Listen

2. Set Me Off | Listen

3. Putting on The Bling | Listen 

4. Hey Now

5. My Sweetest Pain

6. 5. Turn It On

7. Every Waking Hour | rumored to be a duet with Darius

8. Geri's Got Her Groove Back ***

9. Disco Sister Music ***

10. Gimme Your Love ***

11. Putting On The Bling

12. Burning In My Heart

13. James Bond Is Back

14. Pump It Up ***

15. Wannabe ***

16. It Takes Two ***

17. Stand at Attention***

18. Waiting 4 My Man

19. Sweetest Pain

20. The Way That Lovers Do

21. Look Before Leaping ***

*** confirmed from Demo CD doing the rounds

 

Unreleased 4th album

 

Note: this album is known in the fanbase as 'Man on the Mountain' but that is a fan-made name only. There has never been a confirmation nor official suggestion even that this was to be the actual title of the album. The tracklist below is also not in any known offical order.

 

Known 4th album tracks

 

1. Love & Light

2. Humanity

3. Man On The Mountain | Listen

4. Beautiful Life

5. Deep Down

6. If You Love Someone

7. Miracles

8. Phenomenal Woman

9. Without Love

10. Sheriff

11. I've Got A Name | Listen

12. I'm Older Now

13. Get Involved

 

Other released tracks, non-era specific

 

1. Half of Me | Official video

2. Angels in Chains | Official video

 

Rainbow Woman youtube series era

 

1. Traveling Light | Listen

2. Rainbow Woman | Listen

3. Hallelujah | Listen

4. Love & Light | Listen

 

Rosie Frost book released tracks

 

1. Ghost in My House | Listen

2. Beautiful Life | Listen

 

Other unreleased tracks, non-era specific (source)

 

1. Back in Business | Listen

2. Deeper Love | Listen

3. Keep On Dreaming | Listen

4. Life Sucks

5. Sweet Spot

6. Yet

7. Baby Got Back

8. Everything’s Changes

9. I’ve Got The Music In Me

10. My Heart Belongs To Daddy

11. Pull It Out

12. She’s Ingenious | Listen

13. Singin’ In The Rain

14. Last Man Standing | Leaked March 2025

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Do we know if they ever even actually recorded:

 

- Are You My Friend? (Unreleased Spiceworld Sessions Demo, later released by another artist in German - cant remember the name in German)

- The George Michael song in 2007?

- Boyfriend/Girlfriend wth Blackstreet

- Holiday (rumoured for what was to be the covers/duet 3rd album)

- We Are Family (rumoured for what was to be the covers/duet 3rd album)

 

Are we allowed to post youtube links for the ltracks listed here?

Pleasin' Me - Spice

Likely Stories AKA C U Next Tuesday - Spice

Can't Stay Tonight - Spiceworld

Leader of The Gang - Spiceworld (produced by Biffco according to the end credits of Spice World movie)

Sound Off/Military Cadence - Spiceworld (produced by Absolute according to the end credits of Spice World movie)

 

Just One of Those Days - Touch

Sugar & Spice - Touch

Melody of Life - Touch

Don't Break My Heart - Touch (leaked)

Don't Wanna Be - Touch (leaked)

Don't Look Back - Touch

We're Gonna Make It Happen - Touch

Take Me Away - Touch

I Want You, I Need You - Touch

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Pleasin' Me - Spice

Likely Stories AKA C U Next Tuesday - Spice

Can't Stay Tonight - Spiceworld

Leader of The Gang - Spiceworld (produced by Biffco according to the end credits of Spice World movie)

Sound Off/Military Cadence - Spiceworld (produced by Absolute according to the end credits of Spice World movie)

 

Just One of Those Days - Touch

Sugar & Spice - Touch

Melody of Life - Touch

Don't Break My Heart - Touch (leaked)

Don't Wanna Be - Touch (leaked)

Don't Look Back - Touch

We're Gonna Make It Happen - Touch

Take Me Away - Touch

I Want You, I Need You - Touch

 

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There's 48 tracks just on this list, and Im sure there might be a few more in the vaults that we never heard of (just like the 4 forever demos when they leaked, we didnt know about them before that date, lol)

 

So, girls.... plenty to choose from for a Spice special re-release next year :funky: :P

Do we know if they ever even actually recorded:

 

- Are You My Friend? (Unreleased Spiceworld Sessions Demo, later released by another artist in German - cant remember the name in German)

- The George Michael song in 2007?

- Boyfriend/Girlfriend wth Blackstreet

- Holiday (rumoured for what was to be the covers/duet 3rd album)

- We Are Family (rumoured for what was to be the covers/duet 3rd album)

 

I may have talked about it before...but Girlfriend/Boyfriend has always been especially interesting to me.

 

I remember way back in mid-1998, MTV reported Teddy Riley had offered the song to the girls. As far as I can tell, everything after that has been tabloid speculation. Besides fan sites claiming it, do we actually know the girls recorded it? I'm fairly sure none of them have ever addressed that song in interviews. A clip leaked back then that was an obvious fake.

 

Granted, Teddy Riley did go on to work with Mel B on Hot. She described him as being hard to work with...with a bad attitude and a lot of preconceived notions about her. To me...this doesn't especially sound like she had a prior working relationship with him from a Girlfriend/Boyfriend session.

 

I guess it's always possible they didn't record it (or their recording was dumped) when two of the girls got pregnant and the group went on a hiatus (the song was eventually released in May '99 when the group would've been pretty unlikely to shoot a new video or promote it).

 

One last thing. Anything else remember these rumored lyrics floating around in 1999? "Sugar and Spice, naughty and nice, glitter and ice, entice, Spice up your life not your baby's mom or wife." They sound pretty made up to me.

 

 

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I may have talked about it before...but Girlfriend/Boyfriend has always been especially interesting to me.

 

I remember way back in mid-1998, MTV reported Teddy Riley had offered the song to the girls. As far as I can tell, everything after that has been tabloid speculation. Besides fan sites claiming it, do we actually know the girls recorded it? I'm fairly sure none of them have ever addressed that song in interviews. A clip leaked back then that was an obvious fake.

 

Granted, Teddy Riley did go on to work with Mel B on Hot. She described him as being hard to work with...with a bad attitude and a lot of preconceived notions about her. To me...this doesn't especially sound like she had a prior working relationship with him from a Girlfriend/Boyfriend session.

 

I guess it's always possible they didn't record it (or their recording was dumped) when two of the girls got pregnant and the group went on a hiatus (the song was eventually released in May '99 when the group would've been pretty unlikely to shoot a new video or promote it).

 

One last thing. Anything else remember these rumored lyrics floating around in 1999? "Sugar and Spice, naughty and nice, glitter and ice, entice, Spice up your life not your baby's mom or wife." They sound pretty made up to me.

 

Yeah that sounds pretty made up to me too lol hence why I didnt want to include it in the list as I am pretty sure this was all a rumour (and didnt someone close to them really debunk it anyway?)...

 

I also remember that people refered to Janet singing 'there's some spice in this' lyric as a left over lyric from the Spice version lol

Yeah that sounds pretty made up to me too lol hence why I didnt want to include it in the list as I am pretty sure this was all a rumour (and didnt someone close to them really debunk it anyway?)...

 

I also remember that people refered to Janet singing 'there's some spice in this' lyric as a left over lyric from the Spice version lol

 

I mean. Who knows. It might be?

 

I think in all likelihood, the girls did get offered the song by Riley. That part was reported by MTV...and I think everything MTV said about the girls back then turned out to be real or at least something that was genuinely in the pipeline. I'm just not convinced the group ever recorded it or even accepted the offer. Maybe that was part of the reason Riley was so sour to Mel B? He was trying to get the group for a project and only got a single member instead?

 

I did always think one part of the story was especially odd...it was intended for the South Park movie soundtrack? That soundtrack ended up only having songs from the movie itself (which was a musical). What seems slightly more likely is that the song could have been for South Park's Chef Aid album released at the end of 1998...which did have a few big artists on it.

 

Anyway. It's got my curiosity, but I don't think the girls not being on the song is any great loss. I like pretty much all of Forever better than Girlfriend/Boyfriend. I also think the song was a bit below Janet's usual standard in that time too. The old music video's a bit of a curiosity. Parts of it are actually quite creative and still look cool, but it's like they run out of money or effort or something at a a certain point.

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I mean. Who knows. It might be?

 

I think in all likelihood, the girls did get offered the song by Riley. That part was reported by MTV...and I think everything MTV said about the girls back then turned out to be real or at least something that was genuinely in the pipeline. I'm just not convinced the group ever recorded it or even accepted the offer. Maybe that was part of the reason Riley was so sour to Mel B? He was trying to get the group for a project and only got a single member instead?

 

I did always think one part of the story was especially odd...it was intended for the South Park movie soundtrack? That soundtrack ended up only having songs from the movie itself (which was a musical). What seems slightly more likely is that the song could have been for South Park's Chef Aid album released at the end of 1998...which did have a few big artists on it.

 

Anyway. It's got my curiosity, but I don't think the girls not being on the song is any great loss. I like pretty much all of Forever better than Girlfriend/Boyfriend. I also think the song was a bit below Janet's usual standard in that time too. The old music video's a bit of a curiosity. Parts of it are actually quite creative and still look cool, but it's like they run out of money or effort or something at a a certain point.

 

Oh I forgot about that South Park thing and it does make sense. Maybe the fact that it wasnt the best song ever was a deciding factor? I agree that whilst it would have been interesting, it did sound maybe a bit too left field for the Spice Girls. HAVING SAID THAT.... maybe this song being released at the time would have bridged the gap between Goodbye and Forever being released and got the public a bit more used to the R&B sound of Forever...

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If ya do (forever session)

 

Oh I never heard of this one. Do you have references of where to find information about it?

Oh I never heard of this one. Do you have references of where to find information about it?

 

I've heard of If Ya Do as a rumored track too...but I can't seem to find anything about it now. I actually just scrolled through the old SpiceNews site articles from 2000...and didn't spot anything.

 

Anyway. This was 20 years ago, so I could be off on this. But my memory is that If Ya Do was one of the rumored titles of Forever tracks that emerged in the months before the album release. Supposedly Emma revealed it? I thought some fan sites reported it at the time.

 

I'm not sure I invest that much faith into the rumor. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think we ever saw writing credits spring up for an If Ya Do. Also...I find it a little unlikely they'd put an If Ya Do and an If You Wanna Have Some Fun on the same album.

 

There were several odd song rumors floating around before Forever came out. Perhaps the oddest rumor was that a seven minute song called Bye was going to be included...which was mostly going to be them saying goodbye to the fans.

 

Quick side note. Reading through those old Spice stories from 2000, Victoria and (especially) Mel C were pretty vicious to other acts in pop in *a lot* of interviews. A. Lot. Lol. They certainly didn't like Geri...

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As for the George Michael song, I don't think they ever recorded that either.

 

Supposedly, Michael's writing partner told a radio interview December Song was originally meant for the girls' Greatest Hits album...but they missed the deadline to submit it.

 

A collab between Michael and the girls would seem like a great idea on paper, but the song seems quite wrong for the group. It's pretty overtly religious and a downer.

 

Their Greatest Hits period is quite an odd time it seems. George Michael writes a song. Mel C's guitarist writes a song. Ne-Yo is asked to participate. But we end up with two Biffo tracks.

Quick side note. Reading through those old Spice stories from 2000, Victoria and (especially) Mel C were pretty vicious to other acts in pop in *a lot* of interviews. A. Lot. Lol. They certainly didn't like Geri...

Ha, I definitely recall that Melanie C really didn't hold back in some interviews. In today's social media age she'd have got so many angry messages from fans :drama: :lol:

 

By the way, fascinating to see all those songs listed together. I really hope that some of them can find their way onto a rarities album someday... I'll keep dreaming lol.

 

My contribution to this thread... Say You'll Be There with the rap. Supposedly this exists as a studio version but it's never leaked?

Quick side note. Reading through those old Spice stories from 2000, Victoria and (especially) Mel C were pretty vicious to other acts in pop in *a lot* of interviews. A. Lot. Lol. They certainly didn't like Geri...

 

Ohhh...do tell! which pop acts besides Geri? :blink:

On the ultimatespice website we can see this:

- Love Thang (Demo) (12") - 6:27

- Love Thang (Demo) (7") - 3:43

- Love Thang (Demo) (Instrumental) - 3:54

- Love Thang (Demo) (TV) - 3:43

Ohhh...do tell! which pop acts besides Geri? :blink:

 

Not 2000 but I remember Mel slagging quite a few acts off including newly formed Girls Aloud a few times during the Reason era.

 

Not a good idea to piss off fans of other acts who may casually buy your records.

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Not 2000 but I remember Mel slagging quite a few acts off including newly formed Girls Aloud a few times during the Reason era.

 

Not a good idea to piss off fans of other acts who may casually buy your records.

 

Actually now that you mention it, Mel C has even more recently consistently been awful about other female acts like Girls Aloud, Little Mix, Rihanna, etc.

 

And she has always done it about the same thing: women being extravagant/sexual. Hopefully this new found 'freedom' and take on equality does bring her some light on this as it is a shame that she spent most of her career advocating for women's rights whilst simultaneous shitting on other female acts...

 

She does do come around though, and has made peace and friends with Little Mix for instance...

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OK I will include only a list of songs we definitely have confirmation of, so no If Ya Do and BlackStreet songs on the list. George's song was clearly never recorded by the girls themselves either so will leave that out.

 

Jay - THANKS for reminding me about the Say You'll Be There version with the rap! That is one of the holly grails of Spiceworld together with WOMAN and I cant quite believe I forgot about it!!

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