Zigazig ah! Spice Girls celebrate 25 years of music with new release

Santa Monica, California – The Spice Girls are back to remind you it's time to spice up your life.

The Spice Girls attend the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards in New York City.
The Spice Girls attend the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards in New York City.  © IMAGO/ZUMA Wire

It's been 25 years since the Spice Girls released their debut album, Spice, and they have something to show for it. That is, in the form of a reimagined version of the 1996 album, dubbed as Spice25.

Released as a way to celebrate the major success of Spice, Spice25 is a two-disc compilation of the songs fans have come to know by heart, along with a few surprises.

The re-released album also includes several remixes for fan-favorites like Wannabe, Say You'll Be There, and 2 Become 1.

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The Wannabe remix is strikingly different from the original in composition and overall style, adding a '90s Hip-Hop flare to the classic track.

The group also opted to release a lyric video for Wannabe, writing on Twitter, "We never had lyric videos back in 1996, so we wanted to create something special to celebrate 25 years of Wannabe & Spice. We love how it turned out, and we hope you do too."

2 Become 1takes on a whole different life by substituting the synth-pop beats and drum machines in exchange for an orchestra. This slight change seems to make a major impact in regard to how hard the lyrics of this bop of adoration and unity really hit home.

The same can't be said for the radio mix version of Say You'll Be There. If any changes were made to the original in this newly released radio mix, they went largely undetected.

New music and new merch

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The Spice Girls arrive at the 2007 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in Hollywood, California.  © IMAGO/ZUMA Wire

The deluxe edition of the two-disc album also includes three unreleased songs: Feed Your Love, Take Me Home, and One of These Girls. Out of the three, Take Me Home stands out like a sore thumb for the best reasons.

The backbeat of the song has a familiarity to it that makes it feel like you've been jamming it for ages, and perhaps that's the true beauty of '90s pop.

Spice25 also comes stocked with demo versions of several songs from the original track list, including If U Can't Dance and Who Do You Think You Are.

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If you've found yourself pining for some Spice Girls gear amid the release of Spice25, you're in luck. On October 6, Billboard reported that the girl power trendsetters signed a global rights deal with Bravado, Universal Music Group's in-house merchandise sector.

The partnership will allow Bravado to handle the Spice Girls' merchandising, touring, retail licensing, and distribution.

This means that a slew of new merchandise could be on the way. If fans are as obsessed with the band as they were 25 years ago, whatever they release is sure to sell out quickly.

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