Say You'll Be There Culture Club's "Karma Chameleon". The lyrics, according to Brown are about relationships, and to be there for each other. That it does not matter to say merely that you love them, the only thing that they care is that their lover give his promise that he will be there for them whenever they need him. In "Say You'll Be There", the group exuded a brash confidence that was attractive to their teenage and young adult fans. The Spice Girls decide to be friends, not lovers, the clear message is that the relationship can be channelled and controlled by the girl,
Say You'll Be There end of October 1996, the single had sold 750,000 copies, receiving a platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). The song had sold 961,000 copies in the UK as of October 2016. "Say You'll Be There" was commercially successful in Europe. On 16 November 1996 it reached the top of the Eurochart Hot 100 for two weeks, and had a similar performance across the continent, topping the singles chart in Finland, and peaking inside the top 10 in Austria, Belgium (both the Flemish and Walloon charts), Denmark, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. In New Zealand,