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"Headlines"
Song

"Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)" is a song written and performed by British group the Spice Girls. It is scheduled to be released as the first single from the group's compilation album, Greatest Hits[1]. The song is the first commercial single release to feature the group's original lineup since Geri Halliwell left in 1998. The song also marks the first commercial single release since their 2000 double-A-side single Holler/Let Love Lead The Way. Halliwell described the single as a "big love song" and "a Spice Girls classic".[1]

The song is also the official Children in Need single of 2007. The five-piece performed the song especially for the telethon on 16 November 2007, live from Los Angeles.[2]

Release information

A 30-second song clip was premiered on Amazon.com on October 21, 2007. It was premiered simultaneously by radio stations across the UK on October 23, 2007 at 7:40am. The song was leaked online on October 22, several hours before the radio premiere. According to The Sun, the group's label EMI asked online site YouTube to remove the audio recording. After only five days, the single entered the UK Airplay Charts at number twenty-six, the highest and only debut of that week. Since this debut it has gone on to peak at number sixteen. After the physical release, the Single is in the midweeks at number ten after moving up 13 places from 23. It is the lowest selling Single for Children In Need to date and also the Spice Girls lowest charting single at the moment.

The song was initially written by Emma Bunton and Geri Halliwell with help from producers Matt Rowe and Richard Stannard, with the other three girls adding later on. Although gossip sites claimed that Victoria Beckham had a significantly shorter solo than the rest of the girls, a spokesperson denied the accusation, saying that the parts were divided equally. In actuality, Emma Bunton and Geri Halliwell's solos are the same length, Melanie C's was slightly shorter but she also sings the ad-libs towards the end of the song, and Victoria Beckham's was shorter. This is also the order of their solos in the song. Melanie Brown is the only one who does not have a solo verse in the whole song, instead singing the final lines of the song alone.

The song went on sale on iTunes in the U.S. and Canada on November 6, 2007.

On November 11th it reached number twenty in the UK Singles Chart on downloads alone and sold about 7,000 copies. In the second week the single fell to #23 and sold 5,900 copies. However, the single gained ground, and is currently at #9.

Meanwhile on November 14th the single entered the Hot Digital Songs in US at number 113 selling 9,717 copies. In the same week, the song entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 90, due to high video/song stream and some minor airplay, alongside the digital downloads, becoming their first entry since "Goodbye" in 1998.

Music video

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The Spice Girls in the music video "Headlines"

On the October 15, 2007 episode of Dancing With The Stars, it was confirmed that the Spice Girls would be filming a music video the following week. A world exclusive screening of the video of "Headlines", was premiered on BBC One at 7.55pm (GMT) on Friday November 2.[2] The video, which features shots of the group set inside various rooms with chandeliers, was filmed at Pinewood Studios and was directed by Anthony Mandler.

However, the BBC did not broadcast the full video, with only one part of the video shown, along with a message from the band about Children in Need. The full video was premiered through the Spice Girls' Official YouTube page and then shown at 8pm on The Hits and Smash Hits.The Video is #1 On Yahoo! Music Top 100 Videos.

A few days later the video for Headlines premiered on Smash Hits! and The Hits and now receives heavy circulation around VH1 and MTV Hits

Formats and track listings

Confirmed track listings of major single releases of "Headlines."

  • UK CD
  1. "Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)" [Radio Version] - 3:28
  2. "Wannabe" [Soul Seekerz 2007 Remix] - 6:55

Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[3] 67
Italian Singles Chart[4] 2
Swedish Singles Chart[5] 3
UK Download Chart[6] 14
Canadian Downloads Chart[7] 18
UK Singles Chart[5] 9 (Mid-week) [8]
Turkish Singles Chart[9] 32
Bulgarian Singles Chart[5] 39
Canadian Hot 100 [5] 42
Dutch Mega Single Top 100[10] 52
Brazil Hot 100[11] 61
Czech Airplay Chart[12] 7
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles [13] 24
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5] 90
Slovakia Airplay Chart[14] 94

References

  1. ^ a b "Spice Girls to release new single". BBC. October 5, 2007. Retrieved October 5, 2007.
  2. ^ a b "Spice Girls support Pudsey with new single". Retrieved October 9, 2007.
  3. ^ Austrian Singles Chart. Austriancharts.at . Retrieved November 21 2007.
  4. ^ Italia Singoli CLASSIFICA FIMI/NIELESN Kataweb Musica. Retrived November 20, 2007
  5. ^ a b c d e "Spice Girls - Headlines (friendship Never Ends) worldwide chart positions and trajectories". aCharts.us. Retrieved November 14 2007.
  6. ^ UK Download Chart. Bbc.co.uk . Retrieved November 13 2007.
  7. ^ Canadian Digital Top 50. Jam.canoe.ca . Retrieved November 15 2007.
  8. ^ [1]
  9. ^ [2]
  10. ^ Dutch Mega Singles Top 100. Dutchcharts.nl . Retrieved November 16 2007.
  11. ^ Brazil Hot 100. Hot100brasil.com . Retrieved November 18 2007.
  12. ^ Czech Top 100. Ifpicr.cz . Retrieved November 17 2007.
  13. ^ [3] European Hot 100 Singles . Retrived November 18, 2007
  14. ^ Slovakia Top 100. Ifpicr.cz . Retrieved November 17, 2007


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