Girlies, the Spice Girls are as well known for their downtempos and ballads as they are for their uptempos! Classics like Viva Forever, Too Much , 2 Become 1 and Goodbye have defined generations of blue-state girlies and gays!

But when it comes to their solo discographies, well... things haven't been so rosie as they had with the group, have they?...

While some of them have made some absolute gem ballads across their albums like Melanie C's Home or Wonderland, Emma's Breathing or All That You'll Be (in fact most of Life in Mono album....), Mel B's Hell No or Gerita's 'Someone's Watching Over Me' (sorry Vicky Bex but I just can't include you here) but when it comes to SINGLES released by them as solo artists... well... Things haven't necessarily been that great have they?.....

However, some great ballads were done and released, courageously. Vicky Bex once claimed in her biography Learning to Fly that she bumped into the Absolute boys in the studio and one of them said that Geri was working on a new ballad and said to her 'you know Geri, she is never going to do a great ballad is she?....? THE SHADE!! ☠️

Shockingly, Emma who is so good at ballads as actually only released ONE as a single! That's right, All I Need to Know is Emma's sole ballad. Take My Breath Away is more a mid-tempo than a ballad, so All I Need to Know takes the reins here. It's wild, as she had probably the most ballad-heavy albums with Free Me, Life in Mono and My Happy Place lol

Mel C on the other hand, has released so many (mostly bad) ballads as singles, it is actually stupid that she chose those against better songs on her albums lol....

For our own sake, I am including songs like Sometimes or Viva Life. We deserve better than dirty ourselves with those here. Let's stick to 'album singles'.

ANYWAY! Which ones are your favourites?

Geri Halliwell

Melanie B

Emma Bunton

Victoria Beckham

Melanie C

For once I was STUNNED about this between Northern Star and All I Need To Know. I think both are perfect songs, with NS being the first time I thought a solo Spice record was 'immaculate' and I still think it is Melanie's best song overall today!

However, All I Need to Know is just perfect. The full track is so haunting, so beautifully written, produced and sang that I just fall in love with it everytime.

Ultimately, I think Northern Star is the better single but All I Need to Know is the better song overall, so I went with AINTK!!

WILD that Emma has only ever released ONE ballad as a single! Absolutely wild, specially when Free Me and Life in Mono have some of the best Spice-related ballads overall. Breathing, No Sign of Life, Something So Beautiful, Life in Mono, All That You'll Be would have are all perfect ballads... Even in the Spice Girls, she was Queen of the ballads, with all of their ballads having her as either a lead or the main singer singing throughout.

Anyway.... All I Need To Know!!!

Edited March 1Mar 1 by Mr.X

Northern Star and Weak are the best songs their. I have always enjoyed lullaby too.

Better Alone , Hold On never should have been singles. ITWM i like but should never have been a single.

Emma's ballads are really boring although A world without you is quite nice. Geri has a couple that are nice enough and Calling is pretty stunning, but her voice is awful on them... Mel B and Victoria don't have a decent ballad in either discographies. Has to be Northern Star that's the only truly great solo ballad. Although, Weak is pretty decent too.

Northern Star followed by Lullaby.

Another vote for 'Northern Star' 🤩

Northern Star easily.

All I Need To Know second and Calling third.

Northern Star but I like both of Geri's a lot too and 'Lullaby' is nice too.

Northern Star and Calling

All I Need to Know. I love Emma's voice on the song.

GUYS I JUST REALISED THAT I FORGOT TO INCLUDE THE ONLY (to date) SPICE DUET!!!!

I Know Him So Well was NOT the first and only Spice duet AND ALSO the last time any of them properly charted in the main charts for me to forget to include it here!! And for all you bitches to not remember either!!!

(So in order to be fair, I declare that I Know Him So Well is actually the rightfull winner here and not smelly Northern Star thank you!!! )

Dammit hard question

My top 3 is Northern Star, All I Need to Know and Mind of Its Own

The latter for me is such an underrated beauty of a song

So the TOP 3 Are:

1) Northern Star

2) All I Need To Know

3) Calling

I think this is deserved and the only three real contenders here!

I would have to say Northern Star, but All I Need to Know is close behind it

9 minutes ago, -Jay- said:

I would have to say Northern Star, but All I Need to Know is close behind it

Traitor. This won't be forgotten

Just now, Mr.X said:

Traitor. This won't be forgotten

Hopefully I've redeemed myself in your eyes in the other poll

17 minutes ago, -Jay- said:

Hopefully I've redeemed myself in your eyes in the other poll

No??!!! But I love you anyway