2 Become 1 third chart-topper and their first Christmas number-one single in the UK. It sold 209,000 copies in the first three days of release and 462,000 in the first week, becoming the tenth best-selling single of the year. "2 Become 1" sold 1.14 million copies in total, giving the Spice Girls their second and final million-selling single in the UK.Despite being released during the final two weeks of 1996, "2 Become 1" was the 5th best seller of the year. In Ireland, "2 Become 1" was the group's second number-one single, and their first to debut at the top of the Irish
Say You'll Be There in the delectably frothy girl-group melody". Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic, in a review of their debut album "Spice", said that "what is surprising is how the sultry soul of 'Say You'll Be There' is more than just a guilty pleasure". In a review of the group's 2007 compilation album "Greatest Hits", "NME" said that it is a "fine song in any age". In July 2017, "Billboard" named the song number 25 on their list of the 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time. "Say You'll Be There" was released in the UK on 14 October 1996 once the