Posted February 19Feb 19 Ok girlies gather around What are your favourite unreleased songs from the Spice Girls catalogue, both group and solo??... I think they have some f***ing bangers that could have been album tracks or at least b-sides!This is just for Unreleased songs, no 'Independence Day' or movie-soundtrack or side projet type of release please. Keep it clean My favourites are:SPICE GIRLSRight Back At Ya (Pop Mix)Honestly this woud have been a perfect single in 1999 or even in Spring 2000 to get them back in the group groove before hitting us with fulll on r&b of Holler. It's funky as f***, fun and could have been a club and radio hit with some fun mixes!Sugar & SpiceCould have been an excellent b-side to one of the Spice-era singles, or even part of a delux, imo. I prefer it to One of These Girls, as it is less cringe and has more attitude. I bet with a Spice-producers mix, it would have been even better!EMMARapsodyEasily could have been on Life in Mono album or at least as a b-side! It's such a VIBE, I want to go drink margaritas in the a South Italy beach listening to it and flirt with local boys SecretsWhile this sounds like an unfinished song, I think it has a lot of potential. The narrative is there, the production just needed to be a bit more interesting and not so overpowering. But overall, it had the melodies and chorus to be a great song! Just needed some polishing. Even if not an album track, I could see it given to a Movie to be a soundtrack song or a b-side to Take Me To Another Town....Melanie BI've Got My Eyes On YouWith a bit of polishing of production and some of the lyrics, this had such potential to be included in Hot. I don't understand why it was scrapped when it was better than half of that album (sorry....)Victoria BeckhamWhatever You WantI would love love a more r'n'b version of this, actually. It has potential, the melody is there to be great. It could at least been a great b-side!I Should Have Known BetterCome on, this would have been such a great BOP with proper mastering! It would fit the retro-pop vibes of the early 2000s so easily, it's a shame they didn't give it a proper go with it. The lyrics are simply yet effective and sounds really up Victoria's vibe.( I dont know enough Mel C or Gerita unreleased tracks, and honestly what I heard I wasnt very impressed at all lol so I wont comment on more than this one)Geri Halliwell Without LoveThere is a great song here, just needed a better producer and some of the verses lyrics need working a bit to be more relatable and the narrative to be more cohesive. But overall, there is the beginnings of a great song here!I kind of wish she had sold it to someone else, I bet some other more experimental pop acts would eat this up. Edited February 19Feb 19 by Mr.X
February 20Feb 20 Author OMG a flop thread... You guys don't appreacite the unreleased songs???!!!Maybe we as a fandom don't deserve the unreleased tracks at the end of the day ☹️
February 21Feb 21 My two favorite unreleased tracks are Melody of Life and Give You What You Want. The registered title for the latter is actually What You Want. https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/907727844What You Want has that classic late 90’s pop sound that I love. The lyrics are definitely missing Geri’s touch, but overall it’s pretty good. The melody is great and the song is catchy. Melanie C’s bridge is chef’s kiss. Melody of Life has a lot of attitude and is catchy. It definitely feels more like a Spice era song than a Touch era track. Tim Laws wrote Melody of Life and Sugar & Spice. Not surprising the same writer wrote these as I think they are much stronger than the majority of the other touch songs. Mel B recorded 4 tracks with Biff for Hot. LullabyEyes On You RushMiss MeAll 4 are written by Richard Stannard, Richard Norris, Melanie Gulzar, Julian Gallagher. The other 3 songs are registered on this German music publishing site GEMA. It’s pretty safe to assume I’ve Got My Eye On You is actually Eyes On You. https://online.gema.de/werke/search.faces
February 21Feb 21 Author Oh thanks, I didn't know this! I wonder why the title of Give You What You Want came about then? It was first labelled as If It's Lovin' On Your Mind, then Give You What You Want... I am pretty sure I have seen it somewhere like ASCAP or other sites as that... I will update the master list on the other thread with this info, thank you!Personally I don't much care for this song. It always felt like they were trying to recreate a 5ive song, and the lyrics seemed undercooked for me. But it is a fun track for sure!Melody of Life is sooo good. When the first snipped leaked years ago, I thought it would be a bit meh but just like with Sugar & Spice, I was pleasently surprised that it was funky and cool.Those two feel more like songs during their transition from Touch to Spice Girls. Did they write on it as well?... They definitely more of their sound.
February 21Feb 21 Author @Sideout if you know of anymore unreleased tracks like Rush and Miss Me, please let me know! I can't get around that German Publishing site
February 21Feb 21 The DenDen elite person who originally leaked the snippets of the Eliot Kennedy tracks said the title was If It’s Loving On Your Mind. When the tracks leaked in full the leaker revealed the actual title was Give You What You Want. Then years later the song was registered on ASCAP as What You Want. Interesting note is Pain Proof and A Day In Your Life are not registered.
February 21Feb 21 Author 27 minutes ago, Sideout said:The girls didn’t co-write any of the Touch songs.that's wild cos both those songs sound straigh up like the girls would have written them lol
February 26Feb 26 On 22/02/2026 at 07:37, Mr.X said:that's wild cos both those songs sound straigh up like the girls would have written them lolNo it's actually not, those songs have the message of yearning male's love which is the very opposite what they released later as Spice Girls, you definitely can tell it wasn't their lyrics (Do you think about me? Don't you break my heart? Is this love? You got me walking on air?).I just listen to Mel B's I've Got My Eye on You, surprised that no one ever talks about the anti-racism message in there. With production I think this song has potential, the lyrics itself is meaningful and I think it's clever of her to have that as the song title (very baity lol). But I also can see why she didn't pick it, it doesn't go with "Hot" the album with most tracks being about partner and relationship.
February 26Feb 26 On 22/02/2026 at 06:02, Sideout said:The DenDen elite person who originally leaked the snippets of the Eliot Kennedy tracks said the title was If It’s Loving On Your Mind. When the tracks leaked in full the leaker revealed the actual title was Give You What You Want. Then years later the song was registered on ASCAP as What You Want.Interesting note is Pain Proof and A Day In Your Life are not registered.It always bugs me that initial title just stuck with most people lol. I go by "Give You What You Want".
February 26Feb 26 Author 7 hours ago, Hooplasledge08 said:No it's actually not, those songs have the message of yearning male's love which is the very opposite what they released later as Spice Girls, you definitely can tell it wasn't their lyrics (Do you think about me? Don't you break my heart? Is this love? You got me walking on air?).I just listen to Mel B's I've Got My Eye on You, surprised that no one ever talks about the anti-racism message in there. With production I think this song has potential, the lyrics itself is meaningful and I think it's clever of her to have that as the song title (very baity lol). But I also can see why she didn't pick it, it doesn't go with "Hot" the album with most tracks being about partner and relationship.I mean, Say You'll Be There, 2 Become 1 are quite yearning lol But I meant more in sound, as they blend pop, funk and r'n'b, even have some rapping and shouting by Geri/Mel.... oh and also Do You Think About Me was still being considered as a possible song on Spice back in 1996 as they even performed it live on MTV lol
February 26Feb 26 38 minutes ago, Mr.X said:I mean, Say You'll Be There, 2 Become 1 are quite yearning lol But I meant more in sound, as they blend pop, funk and r'n'b, even have some rapping and shouting by Geri/Mel.... oh and also Do You Think About Me was still being considered as a possible song on Spice back in 1996 as they even performed it live on MTV lolI mean there is a male point of view to the Touch songs as opposed to the female point of view in the Spice Girls songs. In Touch songs there's more portrayal of female as someone desired to be loved, almost if they are passive waiting for their boyfriend to love them back (a lot of do you? Don't, I want you, I need you, etc).The opposite, like Say You'll Be There, they are more in control of the situation and making demands (All that I want... I'm giving you...); in 2 Become 1 is also portraying them as the one that is in control ("I need some love" as opposed to "I need "just" you", "I had a little love now I'm back for more"), showing them as the active seeker of love.I think "Do You Think About Me" it's just them being convenient using songs to show off vocals, there's probably not too much thought to it other than "Yea that sounds good in this show, let's do it".That's my two cents lol.
February 26Feb 26 Author 8 minutes ago, Hooplasledge08 said:I mean there is a male point of view to the Touch songs as opposed to the female point of view in the Spice Girls songs. In Touch songs there's more portrayal of female as someone desired to be loved, almost if they are passive waiting for their boyfriend to love them back (a lot of do you? Don't, I want you, I need you, etc).The opposite, like Say You'll Be There, they are more in control of the situation and making demands (All that I want... I'm giving you...); in 2 Become 1 is also portraying them as the one that is in control ("I need some love" as opposed to "I need "just" you", "I had a little love now I'm back for more"), showing them as the active seeker of love.I think "Do You Think About Me" it's just them being convenient using songs to show off vocals, there's probably not too much thought to it other than "Yea that sounds good in this show, let's do it".That's my two cents lol.In Sugar & Spice they talk about how the guy has to feed their appetite and to not go messing with their head, for instance. I think lyrically they absolutely then developped a more girl-power centered approach for sure. But again, this song and Melody of Life, the two we were discussing, were not written by them. They just have a good Spice-vibe type of sound to them that then got developped and polished. Thats what I meant. About Do You Think About Me, I think it was definitely in contention for the album, or at least as part of that era's repertoire. They wouldn't have performed it on TV without having the rights to it, for instance.
February 26Feb 26 Well said! That's definitely likely, Sugar and Spice and Melody of Life is quite different from the bunch, these two songs could be the turning point to their sound.But I don't think though they have the rights for Do You Think About Me actually, that's solely on Alan Glass. He released it to the public in the early 2000s without the girls' permission.
February 27Feb 27 It would be nice to have some of the better touch era songs officially released in HQ, but it will never happen. The group didn’t co-write any of those songs so there’s no financial gain with the tracks. Edited February 27Feb 27 by Sideout
