Viva Forever the tour, the girls sang the radio edit of the song instead of the album version. Melanie Chisholm also sang "Spice Girls forever" rather than the original lyrics "viva forever" near the end of the song. "Viva Forever" was the group's last performance on television as a quintet, on "Top of the Pops", which was recorded on 21 May 1998, and broadcast on 5 June 1998. The show's producer, Chris Cowey, said that they originally intended to broadcast the performance in July but they pushed it given Halliwell's departure from the group. It was also the first song they performed
Say You'll Be There had sold 900,000 copies by December 1997, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It peaked at number two on the Mainstream Top 40, and had crossover success, reaching number three on the Rhythmic Top 40 chart, number nine on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart, and number 12 on the Latin Pop Airplay chart. In June 2018, "Say You'll Be There" surpassed 1 million sales in UK, becoming their third million selling single in their home country. The music video for "Say You'll Be There" was directed by Vaughan Arnell, produced by Adam Saward