Stop (Spice Girls song)

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"Stop"
Single by Spice Girls
from the album Spiceworld
B-side(s)	"Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"
Released	March 9, 1998 June 2, 1998
Format	CD single
Recorded	1997
Genre	Pop
Length	3:24
Label	Virgin
Writer(s)	Paul Wilson Andy Watkins Spice Girls
Producer(s)	Absolute
Chart positions
#2 (UK) #16 (US) #5 (AUS) #9 (NZ)
Spice Girls singles chronology
"Too Much" (1997)	"Stop" (1998)	"Never Give Up On The Good Times"/"Viva Forever" (1998)
Spice Girls North American singles chronology
"Too Much" (1998)	"Stop" (1998)	"Goodbye" (1998)
Alternate cover
UK CD 2 cover
Audio sample
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Spiceworld track listing
"Spice Up Your Life" (1)	"Stop" (2)	"Too Much" (3)

"Stop" was the Spice Girls' seventh single release in the United Kingdom (sixth in the United States) and the third release from their second album, Spiceworld. The song is reminiscent of Supremes singles and other classic girl group songs.

Contents 1 Music video 2 Track listing and formats 3 Live performances 4 Chart performance 4.1 Charts

[edit] Music video

The video for "Stop" is set in a working class community in Ireland, in around the late 1950s or early 1960s, with the girls running around the streets dancing, jump roping, hula hooping, and participating in competitions of various kinds. At the end, they all sing on stage at a bar.

[edit] Track listing and formats

• UK CD1

1. "Stop" - 3:24
2. "Something Kinda Funny" [Live] - 4:43
3. "Mama" [Live] - 5:18
4. "Love Thing" [Live] - 5:06

• UK CD2

1. "Stop" - 3:24
2. "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" [Live] - 4:55
3. "Stop" [Morales Remix] - 7:23
4. "Stop" [Stretch 'N' Vern's Rock And Roll Mix] - 9:11

• European CD Single

1. "Stop" - 3:24
2. "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" [Live] - 4:55

• US CD1

1. "Stop" - 3:24
2. "Something Kinda Funny" [Live] - 4:43
3. "Mama" [Live] - 5:18
4. "Love Thing" [Live] - 5:06

• US CD2

1. "Stop" - 3:24
2. "Stop" [Morales Remix] - 7:23
3. "Stop" [Stretch 'N' Vern's Rock And Roll Mix] - 9:11
4. "Stop" [Morales Dub] - 8:11

[edit] Live performances

"Stop" was a popular number on the group's concerts, featuring a "false intro" after which they showed the acrobatic skills of their male dancers, and then they did begin the song. After Geri left, her parts were taken over by Mel B.

[edit] Chart performance

This single is seen as the group's second least successful single ever in terms of chart performance and worldwide sales. It only managed to peak at number sixteen on the Billboard Hot 100, two positions higher than "Spice Up Your Life", but dropped out of the top fifty much quicker, making it the girls' least successful United States release.

In the UK, "Stop" ended the run of the girls' consecutive #1 songs, at six (from "Wannabe" to "Too Much"), but still allowed them to become the first act in history to have their first six singles make number 1 in the UK. This record was eventually overtaken (by Westlife whose first 7 singles went to number 1 in the UK). The song debuted at number-two, being kept off the top spot by the million-selling Jason Nevins remix of Run DMC's 1983 hit, "It's Like That".

On 2 July 2007 many fans are planning to buy the stop single to try and get it into the number one slot in the British charts. It will be exactly 11 years since the Spice Girls came out. "Buying Stop online on Monday 2nd July 2007 will make it top of the chart on Sunday 8th July exactly 11 years later!" Clicking on this link will take you to the page to get more information. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=153106622

[edit] Charts

Chart	Position
UK Singles Chart	2
Philippine Singles Chart	1
Australian Singles Chart	5
New Zealand Singles Chart	9
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	16
Irish Singles Chart	3
French Singles Chart	12
German Singles Chart	35
Austrian Singles Chart	12
Swiss Singles Chart	20
Swedish Singles Chart	8
Finnish Singles Chart	6

UK sales : 321 000