Holler

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"Holler"
Single by Spice Girls
from the album Forever
Released	October 23, 2000 (U.K.)
Format	CD single
Recorded	2000
Genre	Pop, R&B
Length	3:55
Label	Virgin
Writer(s)	Rodney Jerkins Fred Jerkins III LaShawn Daniels Spice Girls
Producer(s)	Darkchild
Chart positions
#1 (UK) #2 (CAN)
Spice Girls singles chronology
"Goodbye" (1998)	"Holler"/"Let Love Lead the Way" (2000)
Alternate cover
Australian CD (Collectors Edition) cover

"Holler" is a pop-R&B song by the Spice Girls, their first single release after a two year break. The song eschews the pop sound of their earlier work for harder tones and grittier beats. the song was written by Rodney Jerkins, his brother Fred, LaShawn Daniels and The Spice Girls themselves.

In the United Kingdom, the track was released as a double-A-side, along with the ballad, "Let Love Lead the Way", and soon became their ninth chart topper, drawing them level with Swedish supergroup ABBA (only Madonna, Westlife, Cliff Richard, The Beatles, and Elvis Presley have had more number-one singles).

Despite its American ethos, the track was not released in the U.S., seriously affecting the sales of the group's third LP, Forever. With no lead single, the album flopped on the Billboard 200, peaking at an unimpressive number thirty-nine. "Holler" did garner limited U.S. radio airplay, however, and even climbed to number five on MTV's TRL.

[edit] Tracklisting and formats

• UK CD1

1. Holler [Radio Edit] - 3:55
2. Let Love Lead The Way [Radio Edit] - 4:15
3. Holler [MAW Remix] - 8:30
4. Holler [Video]

• UK CD2

1. Let Love Lead The Way [Radio Edit] - 4:15
2. Holler [Radio Edit] - 3:55
3. Holler [MAW Tribal Vocal] - 7:10
4. Let Love Lead The Way [Video]
5. Let Love Lead The Way [4x30 sec Behind The Scenes Clips]

[edit] Charts

Chart	Position
Australian Singles Chart	2
UK Singles Chart	1
Irish Singles Chart	3
Italian Singles Chart	3
Canada Singles Chart	4
U.S Billboard Chart	107
U.S Hot Dance Music/Club Play	31
French Singles Chart	44
German Singles Chart	17
Austrian Singles Chart	24
Swiss Singles Chart	15
Swedish Singles Chart	8
Norwegian Singles Chart	4
Finnish Singles Chart	6

[edit] Sample

Preceded by: "Stomp" by Steps

UK number one single November 4, 2000

Succeeded by: "My Love" by Westlife