Spice Girls—“Wannabe”

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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4.7 • 849 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Rob explores the Fierce Five, a.k.a. the Spice Girls, who became the biggest-selling girl group in the world following the success of their smash hit “Wannabe.” Rob tracks their rise to international stardom, a failed film, and the attempt to spread “Girl Power” across the globe. This episode was originally produced as a Music and Talk show available exclusively on Spotify. Find the full song on Spotify or wherever you get your music. Host: Rob Harvilla Guest: Laura Snapes Producer: Justin Sayles Associate Producer: Lani Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, I'd like to introduce you to my 10-year-old son, Max.
0:03.6	Hello.
0:04.5	And my 8-year-old son Griffin.
0:07.0	Nice to meet you.
0:08.7	My kids are very upset that I have not yet interviewed them for this show, and also they
0:12.4	can't really listen to this show because whenever they turn on an episode, dad starts
0:16.3	swearing a lot, a lot of bad words, which are absolutely necessary. It's okay to swear if it's your job
0:23.7	to swear. But so this time this week, I will not use profanity at all during this episode
0:28.6	so my kids can listen to it and I will limit myself to innuendos that are totally over the
0:32.7	heads of young children. And also, right now, Max and Griffin are going to help me recreate
0:37.3	the outgoing answering
0:39.2	machine message I used in college. I had my guitar. My buddy Jason helped me out back then, but now
0:45.1	Max and Griffin will provide backing vocals. If you called my dorm room in 1997 and I wasn't there,
0:52.6	the answering machine would pick up and this is what you'd hear.
0:56.5	So, I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want.
1:01.2	So tell me what you want, what you really, really want.
1:03.5	I'll tell you what I want, what I really want.
1:05.7	Tell me what you really want what you really want.
1:07.7	I want to, I want a, I want a, I want a I want to I want to really really want a zig-a-sig
1:11.8	a-h-oh.
1:14.8	Let's start actually with me at eight years old.
1:17.9	Let's do it this way.
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