Holler
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"Holler" is one of the two songs picked as the first (and final) single from the Spice Girls
' third studio album, Forever
(2000). The single was released as a double A-side single (with "Let Love Lead the Way
") internationally, except within the United States and Canada. The song was written by the four Spice Girls, Rodney Jerkins
, LaShawn Daniels
, and Fred Jerkins III
.
(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
".
, 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.
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. 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.
European CD single
Japanese CD single
UK 12" single
Spice Girls
The Spice Girls were a British pop girl group formed in 1994. The group consisted of Victoria Beckham , Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell. They were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, "Wannabe" in 1996, which hit number-one in more than 30...
' third studio album, Forever
Forever (Spice Girls album)
Forever is the third and final studio album by the English pop girl group the Spice Girls, released in 2000. It is their only album without Geri Halliwell, who later reunited with the group for their Greatest Hits release in 2007...
(2000). The single was released as a double A-side single (with "Let Love Lead the Way
Let Love Lead the Way
"Let Love Lead the Way" is a song by the Spice Girls, released as a double-A side single with "Holler" as the final single from the Spice Girls' third album Forever, released in 2000. The single was released internationally as a double A-side single with "Holler"...
") internationally, except within the United States and Canada. The song was written by the four Spice Girls, Rodney Jerkins
Rodney Jerkins
Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins is an American songwriter, record producer, and musician. Jerkins received two Grammy nominations in 2011.-Biography:...
, LaShawn Daniels
LaShawn Daniels
LaShawn Ameen Daniels is an American songwriter, best known for his work with longtime colleague Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins. Daniels has written several of the Darkchild Team's hit songs, among them "The Boy Is Mine" by Brandy & Monica, "Say My Name" and "Lose My Breath" by Destiny's Child, "You...
, and Fred Jerkins III
Fred Jerkins III
Fred Jerkins III is an American songwriter and record producer, best known for his work with his brother Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins. Jerkins has co-written several hit songs with Rodney Jerkins and LaShawn Daniels, among them "The Boy Is Mine" by Brandy and Monica, "Say My Name" and "Lose My...
.
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 SinglesBubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
The Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It lists the top 25 singles below number 100 that have not yet charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Sometimes, however, singles halt their progress on this chart, and never appear on the Hot 100...
(essentially the equivalent of number one hundred and seven on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
), 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
Airplay
* Airplay is the amount of time a song is played on the radio.It may also refer to:* AirPlay, an audio & video streaming technology from Apple Inc.* Airplay , Foster & Graydon music project from 1980* Citroën C1, Citroën C1 Airplay...
. The song became the eleventh UK number-one single with Melanie Chisholm
Melanie Chisholm
Melanie Jayne Chisholm is an English singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman professionally known simply as Melanie C . She is best known as one of the five members of the girl group Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed "Sporty Spice"...
as a songwriter. She held this record until Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
surpassed it in 2006 with "Sorry
Sorry (Madonna song)
"Sorry" is a song by American singer-songwriter Madonna from her tenth studio album Confessions on a Dance Floor. It was written and produced by Madonna and Stuart Price and released as the second single from the album on February 28, 2006. It later appeared on Celebration, her 2009 greatest hits...
".
Music video
The video, directed by Jake NavaJake Nava
Jake Nava was born on 17 August and grew up in northern London. He currently lives in eastern London.He graduated from the University of WestministerJake Nava is an English-born music video and film director.-Filmography:MUSIC VIDEOS...
, 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
Classical element
Many philosophies and worldviews have a set of classical elements believed to reflect the simplest essential parts and principles of which anything consists or upon which the constitution and fundamental powers of anything are based. Most frequently, classical elements refer to ancient beliefs...
. The first verse is sung by Brown, who represents fire
Fire (classical element)
Fire has been an important part of all cultures and religions from pre-history to modern day and was vital to the development of civilization. It has been regarded in many different contexts throughout history, but especially as a metaphysical constant of the world.-Greek and Roman tradition: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
Earth (classical element)
Earth, home and origin of humanity, has often been worshipped in its own right with its own unique spiritual tradition.-European tradition:Earth is one of the four classical elements in ancient Greek philosophy and science. It was commonly associated with qualities of heaviness, matter and the...
. Bunton is wearing a short blue dress with a white coat and is dancing in a blue room under water
Water (classical element)
Water is one of the elements in ancient Greek philosophy, in the Asian Indian system Panchamahabhuta, and in the Chinese cosmological and physiological system Wu Xing...
with reflections boucing off the walls. Finally Beckham, who embodies the element of air
Air (classical element)
Air is often seen as a universal power or pure substance. Its supposed fundamental importance to life can be seen in words such as aspire, inspire, perspire and spirit, all derived from the Latin spirare.-Greek and Roman tradition:...
, 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
Energy
In physics, energy is an indirectly observed quantity. It is often understood as the ability a physical system has to do work on other physical systems...
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
Brit Awards
The Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of "British", "Britain" or "Britannia", but subsequently became a backronym for British Record Industry Trust...
(but never broadcasted) and at the 2000 MTV Europe Music Awards
MTV Europe Music Awards
The MTV Europe Music Awards were established in 1994 by MTV Networks Europe to celebrate the most popular music videos in Europe. Originally beginning as an alternative to the American MTV Video Music Awards, the MTV Europe Music Awards is today a popular celebration of what MTV viewers consider...
.
The four members performed the song again on their reunion tour, the Return of the Spice Girls in 2007. Even though group member Geri Halliwell
Geri Halliwell
Geraldine Estelle "Geri" Halliwell is an English pop singer-songwriter, author and actress. After coming to international prominence in the late 1990s as Ginger Spice, a member of the girl group the Spice Girls, Halliwell launched her solo career in 1998 and released her album Schizophonic...
had returned to the group at this point, she does not take part in this song as with "Let Love Lead the Way
Let Love Lead the Way
"Let Love Lead the Way" is a song by the Spice Girls, released as a double-A side single with "Holler" as the final single from the Spice Girls' third album Forever, released in 2000. The single was released internationally as a double A-side single with "Holler"...
", 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.
Track listing and formats
UK CD 1/Australian CD single/South African CD single- "Holler" (radio edit) – 3:55
- "Let Love Lead the WayLet Love Lead the Way"Let Love Lead the Way" is a song by the Spice Girls, released as a double-A side single with "Holler" as the final single from the Spice Girls' third album Forever, released in 2000. The single was released internationally as a double A-side single with "Holler"...
" (radio edit) – 4:15 - "Holler" (MAW Remix) – 8:30
- "Holler" (video)
European CD single
- "Holler" (radio edit) – 3:55
- "Let Love Lead the Way" (radio edit) – 4:15
Japanese CD single
- "Holler" (radio edit) – 3:55
- "Let Love Lead the Way" (radio edit) – 4:15
- "Holler" (Video)
- "Let Love Lead the Way" (Video)
- "Let Love Lead the Way" (4x30 sec Behind the Scenes Clips)
UK 12" single
- A1: "Holler" (MAW Remix) – 8:30
- A2: "Holler" (MAW Spice Beats) – 3:12
- B1: "Holler" (MAW Tribal Vocal) – 7:10
- C1: "Holler" (MAW Dub) – 6:46
- C2: "Holler" (MAW Remix Instrumental) – 8:30
- D1: "Holler" (MAW Tribal Instrumental) – 7:15
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
1 |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
2 |
| Canada Singles Chart | 2 |
| Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... |
3 |
| FIMI Federation of the Italian Music Industry The Federation of the Italian Music Industry is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy.... Singles Chart |
3 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... Singles Chart |
2 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by... |
4 |
| Spanish Singles Chart | 5 |
| Finnish Singles Chart | 6 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 8 |
| Dutch Singles Chart Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting... |
15 |
| Swiss Singles Chart Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
15 |
| German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
17 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 24 |
| Belgian Singles Chart | 35 |
| French Singles Chart Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry... |
44 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs... |
31 |
| Country | Certification |
|---|---|
| Australia | Platinum |
| New Zealand | Gold |
| United Kingdom | Silver |