Holler (Spice Girls song)

"Holler"
Single by Spice Girls
from the album Forever
B-side	"Let Love Lead the Way"
Released	23 October 2000
Format	CD single, 12", cassette single
Recorded	1999
Genre	Dance-pop, R&B
Length	4:15 (album version) 3:55 (radio edit)
Label	Virgin
Writer(s)	Victoria Beckham Melanie Brown Emma Bunton Melanie Chisholm Rodney Jerkins LaShawn Daniels Fred Jerkins III
Producer	Darkchild
Spice Girls singles chronology
"Goodbye" (1998) "Holler"/"Let Love Lead the Way" (2000) "Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)" (2007)
Music video "Holler" on YouTube

"Holler" is a song by British pop girl-group the Spice Girls. It was released as one of the two songs picked as the lead single from the Spice Girls' third studio album, Forever (2000). The single was released as a double A-side single along with "Let Love Lead the Way" internationally, except within the United States and Canada. The song was written by the Spice Girls, Rodney Jerkins, LaShawn Daniels, and Fred Jerkins III. The single was a number-one hit in the United Kingdom.

Release

The single was once again another number-one for the girls in the United Kingdom, becoming their ninth chart-topper in their home country, and also making the top ten in eleven different countries. However the single only peaked at number seven on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (essentially the equivalent of number one hundred and seven on the Billboard Hot 100), becoming their first single not to make the Billboard Hot 100.

"Holler" was the first single from the Spice Girls that did not receive a commercial CD single release within the U.S. With poor promotion (due to the girls promoting as a duo; ex: Mel B and Mel C covered Europe, while Victoria and Emma covered the Americas) and radio airplay. The song became the eleventh UK number-one single with Melanie Chisholm as a songwriter. She held this record until Madonna surpassed it in 2006 with "Sorry".

Music video

The Spice Girls dancing around in a glass pyramid.

The video, directed by Jake Nava, begins zooming into a seemingly glass pyramid where the four girls are dancing on a square platform in a circle. Each of the four girls represents a different element. The first verse is sung by Brown, who represents fire as she sits in a dark room with fire rolling along the floor. Chisholm is seen levitating above cracked mud inside a room with wooden walls as the floor blooms into plant life; she represents earth. Bunton is wearing a short blue dress with a white coat and is dancing in a blue room under water with reflections boucing off the walls. Finally Beckham, who embodies the element of air, is seen inside a wind tunnel playing with shiny prisms as they are blown by. All the girls are then seen together in the pyramid watching their respective male dancers (who are seen in each of their solo shots) dancing on the square platform. In Chisholm's solo room, a piece of wood is changed into a white python. Finally by the end of the song, all four girls join hands and form a beam of energy which then shoots out the top of the pyramid clearing up a cloudy stormy sky. The girls embrace in a hug and the video ends.

Live performances

The Spice Girls as a four-piece performing "Holler" in Cologne, Germany.

The group debuted the song on their Christmas in Spiceworld Tour in 1999, before the album's release. After that, the song was performed at the 2000 BRIT Awards (but never broadcasted) and at the 2000 MTV Europe Music Awards.

The four members performed the song again on their reunion tour, the Return of the Spice Girls in 2007 and 2008. Even though group member Geri Halliwell had returned to the group at this point, she does not take part in this song as with "Let Love Lead the Way", which signals her departure from the group in the concert's storyline (performing "Viva Forever" when Geri is leveled under the stage). She reunites with the group just as the song ends by rising from the ground.

Formats and track listings

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

UK CD 1/Australian CD single/South African CD single

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)

European CD single

1. "Holler" (radio edit) – 3:55
2. "Let Love Lead the Way" (radio edit) – 4:15

Japanese CD single

1. "Holler" (radio edit) – 3:55
2. "Let Love Lead the Way" (radio edit) – 4:15
3. "Holler" (Video)
4. "Let Love Lead the Way" (Video)
5. "Let Love Lead the Way" (4x30 sec Behind the Scenes Clips)

UK 12" single

1. A1: "Holler" (MAW Remix) – 8:30
2. A2: "Holler" (MAW Spice Beats) – 3:12
3. B1: "Holler" (MAW Tribal Vocal) – 7:10
4. C1: "Holler" (MAW Dub) – 6:46
5. C2: "Holler" (MAW Remix Instrumental) – 8:30
6. D1: "Holler" (MAW Tribal Instrumental) – 7:15

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	1
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	2
Canada Singles Chart	2
Irish Singles Chart	3
Italian FIMI Singles Chart	3
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	2
Norwegian Singles Chart	4
Spanish Singles Chart	5
Finnish Singles Chart	6
Swedish Singles Chart	8
Dutch Singles Chart	15
Swiss Singles Chart	15
German Singles Chart	17
Austrian Singles Chart	24
Belgian Singles Chart	35
Turkish Singles Chart	40
French Singles Chart	44
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	31

Certifications

Country	Certification
Australia	Platinum
New Zealand	Gold
United Kingdom	Silver

External links

• Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "Stomp" by Steps

UK Singles Chart number-one single 4 November 2000

Succeeded by "My Love" by Westlife