Stop (Spice Girls song)

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“Stop”
“Stop” cover
Single by Spice Girls
from the album Spiceworld
B-side "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"
Released March 9, 1998 (UK)
March 25, 1998 (Japan)
April 20, 1998 (Australia)
June 2, 1998 (U.S.)
Format Vinyl record (12"),
cassette, CD single
Recorded 1997
Genre Pop, Dance, Funk,
Length 3:24 (Album Version)
Label Virgin Records
Writer(s) Paul Wilson
Andy Watkins
Spice Girls
Producer Absolute
Certification Silver (BPI)
Gold (ARIA)
Spice Girls singles chronology
"Too Much"
(1997)		 "Stop"
(1998)		 "Viva Forever" / "Never Give Up On The Good Times"
(1998)


Spice Girls North American singles chronology
"Too Much"
(1998)		 "Stop"
(1998)		 "Goodbye"
(1998)
Alternate covers
UK CD 2 cover
UK CD 2 cover
UK Promo 12" cover
UK Promo 12" cover
Audio sample
Info "Stop" (help·info)

"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 and was chiefly penned by Emma Bunton and Melanie Chisholm, although as with all their songs the other girls had a great deal of input. Though not the last single to include Geri Halliwell's vocals, it was the last single to be released before her departure.

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[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 pieces of spice's least successful United States release.

In the UK, "Stop" ended the run of the pieces of the Spice 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 #2, being kept off the top spot by the million-selling Jason Nevins remix of Run DMC's 1983 hit "It's Like That".[1]

Outside the UK, the song became an international hit and topped the charts in the Russia and Poland.

[edit] Music video

Spice Girls in "Stop"
Spice Girls in "Stop"

The first section including the knocking on the door scenes at the beginning were shot on Carnew Street (A street also used for scenes in Angelas Ashes, The Bogwoman and Michael Collins) in Dublin. The second half of the video for "Stop" is set in the small town of Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan 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.

During the song's chorus, the video shows the girls performing a simple "hand-action" dance, which was often performed along to the song by Spice Girls fans.

[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.

The girls performed the song for Children In Need and the Victoria's Secret fashion show on 16 November 2007 in Los Angeles. [2]. It was their first performance as a quintet in 9 years. The Victoria's Secret performance aired December 4, 2007 on CBS.

The introduction of the song on the reunion concerts is the first verse of "It's Like That" by Run DMC, the song that reached the number one instead of Stop in 1998, breaking the Spice Girls' tradition of having all the singles going to number one.

[edit] "Stop to the top"

Long before the announcement of the Spice Girls' reunion in February 2007, fans from the UK set up a MySpace page to start a campaign to get "Stop" to the number 1 spot in the UK charts, being, at the time, the only single the Girls never got into the top position. Since there was no actual CD release, from July 2 to July 7, fans had to purchase the song from the main online stores. Without the help from any big media, the song charted at number 78 peaking at 53 on the mid-week charts (on July 2), still a big accomplishment from a single released almost a decade ago. The campaign achieved 1,952 downloads between July 2 to July 7 and even managed to get to Top 10 of many UK store charts and number 1 on the Tesco-downloads charts.

[edit] Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Stop".

  • UK CD1/Australian CD1/Brazilian CD/US 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/Australian CD2/European CD1/Japanese CD
  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 CD2
  1. "Stop" - 3:24
  2. "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" [Live] - 4:55
  • 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
  • UK Promo 12" Vinyl single
  1. A1: "Stop" [Morales Remix] - 9:26
  2. B1: "Stop" [Stretch 'N' Vern's Rock And Roll Mix] - 10:56
  3. C1: "Stop" [Morales Dub] - 8:11
  4. D1: "Stop" [Stretch 'N' Vern's Dub] - 11:17

[edit] Charts, peaks & certifications

[edit] Chart positions

Chart Position
Polish Singles Chart 1
UK Singles Chart 2
Canadian Singles Chart 3
Irish Singles Chart 3
Israeli Singles Chart 4
Australian Singles Chart 5
Chile Top 40 6
Euro Hot 100 6
Finnish Singles Chart 6
United World Chart 7
Latvian Airplay Top 8
Swedish Singles Chart 8
New Zealand Singles Chart 9
Austrian Singles Chart 12
French Singles Chart 12
Belgian Singles Chart 14
Italian Singles Chart 15
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 16
Swiss Singles Chart 20
German Singles Chart 35

[edit] Charts 2007

Chart (2007) Position (Download only)
UK Singles Chart 78
Tesco Music Downloads Singles Chart 1
HMV Download Singles Chart 3
UK iTunes Store 61
7digital 2
Woolworths 23

[edit] Certifications

Country Certification Sales/shipments
Australia Gold 35,000+
France Silver 100,000+
United Kingdom Silver 331,000+
Worldwide 1,100,000+

[edit] Notes and References

  1. ^ UK Singles & Albums Chart Archive - Singles Chart for 21/03/98 (March 21, 1998). Retrieved on 2008-01-01.
  2. ^ "Spice Girls support Pudsey with new single"
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