2 Become 1 2 Become 1 "2 Become 1" is a song by the English girl group the Spice Girls. Written by the group members, together with Matt Rowe and Richard Stannard during the group's first professional songwriting session, it was produced by Rowe and Stannard for the group's debut album "Spice" (1996). It was inspired by the special relationship that was developing between Geri Halliwell and Rowe during the writing session. "2 Become 1" is a pop ballad, that features instrumentation from a guitar, an electronic keyboard, and string instruments. The lyrics focus on the bonding of two lovers, and also address
British Hit Singles & Albums publication of this amalgamation ceased in 2006. A new version of the book published by Virgin and entitled "The Virgin Book of British Hit Singles", first published in November 2008. The first ten editions were compiled by Paul Gambaccini, Mike Read and brothers Tim Rice and Jonathan "Jo" Rice. Read left the team in the mid-1980s and the other editors resigned in 1996. Chart editor for many editions was David Roberts. "British Hit Singles & Albums" was generally considered to be the authoritative reference (and only) source for both the UK Singles Chart (since its inception in 1952) and the