:lol: of course!

 

I don't hate Voodoo (the song!) by any means, but I feel like a bit more effort could have been put into the lyrics :kink: I wonder if "party la" was meant to be a nonsensical "zig-a-zig-ah" sort of moment, but I don't think it comes across in the same quirky way as that.

 

I agree with Sammy that Take Me Home still deserves more exposure than it gets. I'm sure most people haven't got a clue that the Spice Girls have soundscapes like that in their discography!

 

I still to this day don't understand why it wasn't 'Party Hard' that would have made total sense then.

It was indeed! I actually entered that artwork competition, but my drawing skills didn't come anywhere close to what ended up winning, so even at the age of 10 I couldn't feel too disappointed about it :lol:

Oh wow :cheeseblock: can you remember what the concept of your drawing was?

 

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I've taken this opportunity to revisit all of these songs as they've been posted (even the Spice Party Mix :kink:) and it's been particularly great to hear the B-Sides, which I don't listen to enough. 'Take Me Home' has always been my favourite of them so I'm glad to see that it's picking up the pace a bit thanks to Spice 25. Quite an unexpected dark sound from them!

I still to this day don't understand why it wasn't 'Party Hard' that would have made total sense then.

That would have made so much more sense! Can they go back and re-record that lyric and re-release it x The campaign for "Voodoo 2023" starts now!

 

Oh wow :cheeseblock: can you remember what the concept of your drawing was?

 

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I've taken this opportunity to revisit all of these songs as they've been posted (even the Spice Party Mix :kink:) and it's been particularly great to hear the B-Sides, which I don't listen to enough. 'Take Me Home' has always been my favourite of them so I'm glad to see that it's picking up the pace a bit thanks to Spice 25. Quite an unexpected dark sound from them!

I think I just drew them standing next to each other in a line, it would have looked really simplistic and I'm sure they wouldn't have had a very close resemblance to the Spice Girls to be honest! :rofl: I think it was pretty inspired that the cover they went with used the Viva Forever fairies for their looks, and it was cute that it made reference to Victoria and Mel B expecting their first borns!

 

I kind of wish I'd taken photographs of random things like my drawings from my childhood, even if they weren't so good, it would have been nice to look back on. Also stuff like what my childhood room looked like. I had the walls covered in pop music posters! The only camera we had was one where you'd have to go and get the pictures developed, so I was probably told not to waste the film on random things. :kink:

 

Ooooh, I love that you're revisiting these songs! :wub: Take Me Home is definitely a stand out. I didn't hear that song until I started to collect their CD singles in 1998. I played that one over and over again. I remember my parents telling me to stop it because they found it depressing! :lol:

35th: (How Does It Feel to Be) On Top of the World

 

The official England World Cup song of 1998 was only added to download and streaming platforms on 18th November 2022! The long overdue arrival of this single has had a surprising outcome - the Perfecto Edit remix has been streamed considerably more times than the original version (56,801 vs. 17,972 respectively!). Considering that this single only has 6 weeks of streams contributing to this thread, landing in 35th position is pretty good going.

 

2022 Streams: 76,850

Total Streams: 76,850 [3 versions - see "Note" below]

 

Note: There are 5 versions of this track, however two of the mixes have under 1,000 plays each. Spotify doesn't provide figures for songs that haven't been played at least 1,000 times. Therefore, overall, '(How Does It Feel to Be) On Top of the World' will actually have been streamed more than 76,850 times. In theory it could have had a possible maximum total of 78,848, if the other two versions had been streamed 999 times each. The real figure will be somewhere between 76,850 and 78,848.

 

I'll also use this moment to explain something else: when it comes to Spice Girls songs with more than one version (for instance there's 11 different versions of Spice Up Your Life), during this countdown I will be sharing the combined figures for both "2022 Streams" and "Total Streams". After the count down has ended, I will then share the figures of all the different versions. I just don't want to clog up the commentaries with too many figures!

 

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34th: Outer Space Girls

 

Get with the MGMVE - guaranteed to blow your mind! 'Too Much' CD singles gave the fans value for money by providing us with two B Sides, and 'Outer Space Girls' has gone on to become the more popular of the two in the streaming age. As of November 2022 it is also Track 2 on the 'Spiceworld 25' bonus disc.

 

2022 Streams: 78,173

Total Streams: 699,579

 

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33rd: Feed Your Love

 

The Spice Girls clearly aren't keen on unleashing their unused demos. Across both the 'Spice 25' and 'Spiceworld 25' anniversary editions, the only truly "new" song released is 'Feed Your Love' (which is from the 'Spice' recording sessions, 1995). The R&B slow jam got off to a good start in 2021 with over half a million streams, but its streams slowed down considerably in 2022. Still, we shouldn't overlook that it is out-streaming quite a few of their album tracks and B Sides!

 

2022 Streams: 88,285

Total Streams: 604,312

 

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32nd: Get Down with Me

 

We now experience a leap to songs that achieved more than 100k streams in 2022, the first being 'Get Down with Me' from 'Forever'. Mel B is prominent on this funky R&B track, and personally I feel that it's quite underrated by Spice Girls fans!

 

2022 Streams: 103,972

Total Streams: 1,309,696

 

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31st: Wasting My Time

 

One complaint that crops up a lot is that some fans feel that 'Get Down with Me' and 'Wasting My Time' are very similar, and that while listening to the 'Forever' album it's like they merge into one long track. I don't actually understand this criticism, I feel like they're quite distinct from each other. Anyway, regardless of my feelings, it's quite a coincidence that they've end up side by side in this count down!

 

2022 Streams: 104,953

Total Streams: 1,574,357

I'll post 30-26 a bit later tonight and then leave it there. Hopefully I'll unveil the full Top 25 tomorrow! ^_^

I don't have their streaming data from last year, so sadly not (I actually took note of all the Spice Girls stream counts on New Years Day 2022, that's why I'm able to do this :cool: )

 

If I note down every stream count for Steps today, then I could do it in January 2024 maybe 👀

 

So in the mean time please comment for Spice Girls :yahoo:

 

I fell asleep.

I fell asleep.

Now it's time to catch up :w00t: and give Spiceboy a nudge while you're at it xx

Given I pretty much only stream now, bar the odd vinyl play, having things like How does it feel on streaming is always a big win for me.

 

Feed your love I rate but it needs a radio edit to knock it down to 4 minutes. 5+ minute songs just aren't streaming friendly.

 

Get down with me and Wasting my time I find so sonically similar. A good one, two punch on Forever but defo prefer them not one after the other to enjoy them more.

 

Still mindblowing to think 26 years later and with lots of tours, GH, reunions, anniversary editions, we still only have 51 different songs from the girls and one is a megamix so actually 50!

Thank you, Jay.

 

Looking forward to the rest of the countdown.

:wub:

30th: If You Wanna Have Some Fun

 

Are you having fun? A favourite from the 'Forever' album for many fans, so the fact it isn't included in the 'This Is Spice Girls' playlist is quite an oversight!

 

2022 Streams: 114,943

Total Streams: 1,295,081

 

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29th: Right Back at Ya

 

Whereas 'Right Back at Ya' is included on 'This Is Spice Girls', which is surely the main reason why it achieved more than double the number of streams of 'If You Wanna Have Some Fun' in 2022!

 

2022 Streams: 241,859

Total Streams: 2,332,874

 

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28th: Sleigh Ride

 

A cover of the 60s festive classic by The Ronettes! There are two versions of this available - a full length version which is included on the '2 Become 1' single as a B Side, and an Edit included on the Jack Frost OST which cuts out all of the talking moments. It is the B Side version that gets the lion's share of streams.

 

2022 Streams: 267,148

Total Streams: 2,076,645

 

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27th: Tell Me Why

 

'Tell Me Why' appeared to be considered as a potential single choice from 'Forever' by Virgin, with club remixes commissioned and promo CDs pressed. Randomly the Jonathan Peters Edit ended up being used as a bonus track on the digital version of Greatest Hits, but all the other mixes have never been digitised.

 

2022 Streams: 327,651

Total Streams: 3,123,624

 

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26th: The Lady Is a Vamp

 

We now lose the first song from the girls' second album 'Spiceworld'. Oddly it's the only track from the album to not be a part of the This Is Spice Girls playlist which is a likely reason why its 2022 streams and overall streams lag behind the other tracks. The group seems to really like this one, with it being the only album track they performed in full at the 2007/8 Return of the Spice Girls tour.

 

2022 Streams: 367,494

Total Streams: 3,402,603

Oh I LOVE THIS THANKS JAY :funky: :wub: :kiss: :friends:

 

I think Spice Invaders would have been quite cute in Spice25, actually. It's such a fun and funny track! Totally random and spice girls in 1997!!

 

Take Me Home and If You Wanna Have Some Fun are SO LOW!!! It's a crime :teresa:

Urghhhh Jay why do you have to hurt me and remind ne how bad their 'This Is' playlist is.

 

Fairly big streams for Tell me why considering to most it is a random Forever album track. Just shows the power of being on This is playlist with IYWHSF as it is defo preferred by fans over Right back at ya. The Lady is a vamp is the weakest track from the first 2 albums so no surprise it isn't well streamed.

 

We can see that Step to me and Christmas Wrapping have been relative successes for them this year streaming wise to make the top 25.

Get down with me and Wasting my time I find so sonically similar. A good one, two punch on Forever but defo prefer them not one after the other to enjoy them more.

 

Still mindblowing to think 26 years later and with lots of tours, GH, reunions, anniversary editions, we still only have 51 different songs from the girls and one is a megamix so actually 50!

 

Always thought that Get Down With Me and Wasting My Time were incredible but should have been appart in the album. Wasting My Time would slot really well before If You Wanna Have Some Fun really:

 

1. Holler

2. Tell Me Why

3. Let Love Lead The Way

4. Right Back At Ya

5. Get Down With Me

6. Weekend Love

7. Time Goes By

8. Wasting My Time

9. If You Wanna Have Some Fun

10. Oxygen

11. Goodbye

 

or even after, actually!! :teresa: :cheer:

 

1. Holler

2. Tell Me Why

3. Let Love Lead The Way

4. Right Back At Ya

5. Get Down With Me

6. Weekend Love

7. Time Goes By

8. If You Wanna Have Some Fun

9. Wasting My Time

10. Oxygen

11. Goodbye

 

 

Also, that Party Mix is really terrible. It came on shuffle this morning and I had to skip it off half-way through as it was so grating :teresa:

25th: Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)

 

Their worst performing single on streaming is predictably 'Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)', which couldn't even manage half a million streams worldwide on Spotify in 2022. It didn't do well on arrival in 2007 and has gone on to be quite forgotten. It was the only single the Spice Girls snubbed from the set list of the 2019 tour.

 

2022 Streams: 436,848

Total Streams: 3,578,067

 

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24th: Step to Me

 

'Step to Me' was originally released in 1997 as a CD single via a promotion with Pepsi, and it bridged the gap between the 'Spice' and 'Spiceworld' eras. Later that same year, a different mix of it was included on the Japanese version of 'Spiceworld'. Then... 25 years had to pass for it to find life in the digital age! The original Pepsi single version was finally released to download and stream at the end of September 2022, preceding the 25th anniversary edition of 'Spiceworld'. An extended mix and demo version (which is seemingly ripped from YouTube!!) also made it onto the bonus disc. Across these three versions it was streamed 458,584 times in 2022. Frustratingly it hasn't been added to the This Is Spice Girls Spotify playlist which is going to stunt its potential going forwards.

 

2022 Streams: 458,584

Total Streams: 458,584

 

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23rd: Denying

 

Over half a million streams for the 'Spiceworld' album track 'Denying', one of the more downtempo moments on the LP. Sadly they've not given this song an outing on tour since 1998!

 

2022 Streams: 523,934

Total Streams: 4,105,470

 

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22nd: Naked

 

The same can be said for 'Naked', which has only been performed at the Spiceworld 1998 tour. It was certainly memorable, with the girls sat on backwards facing chairs & giving the illusion of them being undressed. Emma's spoken-word phone call section, Melanie C's powerful bridge... so good! However it is the least streamed song from 'Spice'.

 

2022 Streams: 637,613

Total Streams: 4,705,649

 

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21st: Let Love Lead the Way

 

Another single doesn't make it into their Top 20 most streamed songs on Spotify of 2022, and it's 'Let Love Lead the Way'. This makes it their lowest placed UK #1 single in the count down! This ballad was released in 2000 alongside 'Holler'.

 

2022 Streams: 694,494

Total Streams: 5,257,108

So Far:

 

21 - 694,494 - Let Love Lead the Way

22 - 637,613 - Naked

23 - 523,934 - Denying

24 - 458,584 - Step to Me

25 - 436,848 - Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)

26 - 367,494 - The Lady Is a Vamp

27 - 327,651 - Tell Me Why

28 - 267,148 - Sleigh Ride

29 - 241,859 - Right Back at Ya

30 - 114,943 - If You Wanna Have Some Fun

31 - 104,953 - Wasting My Time

32 - 103,972 - Get Down with Me

33 - 88,285 - Feed Your Love

34 - 78,173 - Outer Space Girls

35 - 76,850 - (How Does It Feel to Be) On Top of the World

36 - 70,856 - Weekend Love

37 - 70,661 - Take Me Home

38 - 66,626 - Oxygen

39 - 64,068 - Walk of Life

40 - 63,672 - Time Goes By

41 - 62,832 - Bumper to Bumper

42 - 58,483 - One of These Girls

43 - 58,157 - My Strongest Suit

44 - 57,823 - Ain't No Stopping Us Now

45 - 49,754 - Voodoo

46 - 35,720 - Spice Girls Party Mix

47 - 31,880 - We Are Family

48 - 30,816 - Spice Chat 2 "Shall We Say 'Goodbye' Then?'

49 - 23,890 - Baby Come Round

50 - 18,001 - Spice Invaders

51 - 16,013 - Sisters (Are Doing It For Themselves)

No but Naked and Step To Me should be in their Top10 most streamed ever anyway the Spotify charts and stream counts are based on payola and record-company agreements on playlisting and not real, genuine interaction with the QUALITY of the music because if it were, and the world was a just place not based on who can pay better, then we could actually experience collective JOY over this great music!

 

The way Universal should be sent to JAIL for the crimes against their back catalogue outside of Wannabe, I swear Im going to camp outside of their offices naked and chained to a public trash bin until they sort their mess out and make JUSTICE for the actual better songs in the Spice Girls back catalogue!!

 

Both songs would have well over 1Billion streams anyway and that's my two pence!

 

Edited January 3, 20232 yr by Mr.X

Interesting of their more popular songs it is the more downtempo that aren't as popular.

I support you Mr. X :cheeseblock:

20th: Something Kinda Funny

 

We start off the Top 20 with the 'Spice' album track 'Something Kinda Funny'. They performed this for the first time at the Live in Istanbul shows. The live audio track was included on the 'Stop' single (therefore it contributes to this track's streaming). However the performance was omitted from both the 1997 VHS and 2007 DVD releases for... reasons? As were quite a few other performances. Honestly these girls, their team and the shenanigans they've put us through over the years regarding what they do and don't release...!

 

2022 Streams: 822,333

Total Streams: 5,996,982

 

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19th: Do It

 

A song that both Melanie C and Mr.X dislike, so I guess they didn't contribute towards too many of its streams!!

 

2022 Streams: 826,628

Total Streams: 5,721,928

 

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18th: Last Time Lover

 

This is the only song across both the 'Spice' and 'Spiceworld' albums that they've never performed live. I wonder why they didn't, not even in the 90s? For me, this fact makes it one of their more underrated songs - although regardless, it performs very nicely on streaming (maybe it being Track 5 on 'Spice' is helpful?). A demo version was officially released on 'Spice 25' which contributed over 50k of its streams in 2022.

 

2022 Streams: 947,090

Total Streams: 6,107,157

 

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(Their Top 17 songs all managed 1m+ streams in 2022! I will start to reveal those later)