| "Bag It Up" | ||||||||||
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| Single by Geri Halliwell | ||||||||||
| from the album Schizophonic | ||||||||||
| B-side | "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" |
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| Released | 13 March 2000 | |||||||||
| Format | CD single, cassette | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1999 | |||||||||
| Genre | Pop, Dance, Disco | |||||||||
| Length | 3:46 | |||||||||
| Label | EMI | |||||||||
| Producer | Absolute | |||||||||
| Geri Halliwell singles chronology | ||||||||||
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"Bag It Up" is a pop–dance song recorded by Geri Halliwell. It was released on 13 March 2000 as the fourth and final single from Halliwell's debut solo album Schizophonic (1999). It became Halliwell's third solo number one single in the United Kingdom selling 255,516 copies in total being certified Silver.[1] The backing vocals for the song were provided by Tracey Ackerman and Pepsi & Shirlie, formerly of Wham.
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Directed by Dawn Shadforth, the humorous and raunchy video for "Bag It Up" presents an advert promoting the male-behaviour-altering "Girl Powder". Girl Powder, administered in small doses, transforms any male into an obedient domestic servant and also a sex slave. The video starts with a domestic scene. Geri and her shirtless 'boyfriend' (played by Aiden Turner) are sitting down in a living room watching television when an advert comes on for Girl Powder, which declares that it is "Heaven in a box".
Geri is seen doing all the housework and cooking for her 'boyfriend'. She then goes to the kitchen to make him coffee, when really she is preparing the Girl Powder drink. Once her boyfriend drinks it, his hair becomes pink and he has been transformed into a subservient male.
The action then moves to the "Girl Powder" factory, where Geri has been transformed into a catsuit-clad superheroine boss, controlling (along with other females in white lab coats) a factory operated by many pink-haired men. The next time Geri and her boyfriend are seen, the roles have been reversed. Geri is now the one in control, with the semi-clad sex slave pandering to her every whim, even acting as a human table. We then return to the factory, where Geri eventually strips the oiled-up dancers down to hot pants, bunny ears and high-heeled ankle boots. Eventually they end up pole-dancing, acting as bunny boys and parodying Playboy Bunnygirls, this time with the male as the sex object. We then see Geri parading the bunny boys on a leash at the end of the video, exhorting female listeners to "Treat him like a lady" and declaring "Who's wearing the trousers now?".
Halliwell performed this track at the BRIT Awards 2000, with an equally raunchy and controversial performance. The singer emerged from a pair of giant inflatable legs, accompanied by a sexy troupe of pink-haired male dancers. During the song, the dancers stripped down to pink hotpants, with Geri un-buttoning her shirt before walking over the kneeling dancers.
| Chart (2000) | Peak position[2] |
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| Brazil Hot 100 | 8 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 5 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 62 |
| German Singles Chart | 32 |
| Irish IRMA Singles Chart | 16 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 13 |
| Malaysian Single Chart | 17 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart | 18 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 53 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 66 |
| UK Singles Chart | 1 |
| Year-End Charts (2000)[3] | |
| UK Top 100 Singles of the Year | 42 |
Uk Sales: 255,516 (Silver)
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Bag It Up". UK & Europe CD1
(Released 13 March 2000)
UK & Europe CD2
(Released 13 March 2000)
European 2-Track CD Single
(Released 13 March 2000)
* only appears on promotional singles
| Preceded by "Don't Give Up" by Chicane featuring Bryan Adams |
UK number one single 19 March 2000 - 26 March 2000 |
Succeeded by "Never Be the Same Again" by Melanie C featuring Lisa Lopes |
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