Say You'll Be There Say You'll Be There "Say You'll Be There" is a song by English girl group the Spice Girls from their debut studio album, "Spice" (1996). It was co-written by the Spice Girls with Jonathan Buck and Eliot Kennedy. Production duo Absolute incorporated a mix of pop and R&B into the song, which includes a harmonica solo, played by Judd Lander. The lyrics—which describe the things the group went through together and how they were always there for each other—received mixed reviews from critics, who described them as "confusing" and felt that the R&B-infused production was a "bid for street cred".
Say You'll Be There Spice, after the group, because it had never been used before. Together, they composed two songs in the session: "Love Thing" and "Say You'll Be There". Paul Wilson and Andy Watkins—the songwriters and production duo known as Absolute—produced the song and recorded it for the most part at Olympic Studios in Barnes, London. At first, discussions were made about what song the group would release as their second single; originally it was going to be "Love Thing", but in the end they decided to go with "Say You'll Be There". In December 1996, while charting across Europe, "Say You'll Be