In 1998, I travelled to California with my then-wife for a training class.
The only tolerable radio station we could find was, no joke, Radio Disney.
This song was on super heavy rotation, so, shockingly, we got a quick affinity for the song.
It's clearly a strong attempt to have the word "Spice" repeated over and over in a song.
The song was the lead single from their 2nd album, SpiceWorld, and was a significantly lower performer than their previous songs. Still, it was a hit, and not a bad song (although there are some questionable lyrics).
But can we talk about the B-side? You see, they didn't have any songs left for the B-side, so Virgin Records hired songwriting/producing team Absolute to come up with something. The "something" they came up with was "Spice Invaders" - literally a generic dance beat over hot mics on all the Girls just talking.
It is both horrifyingly awful and amazing at once.
But back to "Spice Up Your Life". This was one of the two songs (the other OBVIOUSLY being "Wannabe") the group performed at the London Olympic closing ceremonies - their first performance together in over a decade.
They did leave out the line about the yellow man in Timbuktu.
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