Geri Halliwell countries, becoming the best-selling single by an all-female group of all time. It was followed by nine further number-one singles from their albums "Spice", "Spiceworld", and "Forever". Each member of the group received a nickname from the media. Halliwell was named "Ginger Spice". Other successful releases followed, including "Say You'll Be There" and "2 Become 1" from "Spice", and "Spice Up Your Life", "Too Much", and "Viva Forever" from "Spiceworld". On 31 May 1998, Halliwell announced that she had left the Spice Girls due to depression and differences between the group. The first official confirmation was an announcement to the
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