Wannabe

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"Wannabe" is the 1996 debut single by British girl group the Spice Girls, widely recognized as a defining pop anthem of the 1990s and a global symbol of the "girl power" movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album Spice NERFINISHED
artist Spice Girls NERFINISHED
awardReceived BRIT Award for Best British-Written Single NERFINISHED
Ivor Novello Award for Best Selling British Single NERFINISHED
bSide Bumper to Bumper NERFINISHED
Take Me Home NERFINISHED
chartPositionARIACharts 1
chartPositionCanadianSinglesChart 1
chartPositionEuropeanHot100 1
chartPositionOfficialNewZealandMusicChart 1
chartPositionOriconInternationalSinglesChart 1
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 1
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 1
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
culturalImpact 1990s pop anthem
symbol of girl power movement
debutSingleOf Spice Girls NERFINISHED
genre bubblegum pop
dance-pop
pop
hasMusicVideoDirector Jhoan Camitz NERFINISHED
hasSignatureLine If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends
language English
leadSingleFrom Spice NERFINISHED
length 2:52
lyricalSubject empowerment
female friendship
musicVideoLocation St Pancras Grand Hotel, London NERFINISHED
nominatedFor BRIT Award for Best British Single NERFINISHED
performer Spice Girls NERFINISHED
producer Matt Rowe NERFINISHED
Richard Stannard NERFINISHED
rankedOnList Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time NERFINISHED
VH1 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s NERFINISHED
recorded 1995
recordLabel Virgin Records
releaseDate 1996-07-08
sales over 7 million copies worldwide
songwriter Emma Bunton NERFINISHED
Geri Halliwell NERFINISHED
Matt Rowe NERFINISHED
Melanie Brown NERFINISHED
Melanie Chisholm NERFINISHED
Richard Stannard NERFINISHED
Victoria Adams NERFINISHED
theme girl power
title Wannabe NERFINISHED

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Spice Girls debutSingle Wannabe
Spice Girls notableWork Wannabe