Viva Forever Viva Forever "Viva Forever" is a song recorded by English girl group the Spice Girls for their second album, "Spiceworld" (1997). It was written by the group with Matt Rowe and Richard Stannard, whilst produced by the latter two. The song was released on 20 July 1998 in the United Kingdom and received critical acclaim. The song also charted fairly well becoming the band's seventh UK number one single gaining a Platinum certification whilst also topping the charts in New Zealand. The single was a commercial success despite poor promotion. An accompanying music video directed by Steve Box was released
Viva Forever by David Sinclair, it was confirmed by the co-writers/producers of the song Matthew Rowe & Richard Stannard that Geri Halliwell was the main songwriter of "Viva Forever". In late March, the single was first reported as "Never Give Up on the Good Times"/"Viva Forever". "Smash Hits"<nowiki>'</nowiki> famous "Bandwatch" section provided a close watch on the status of the single, and the first piece of news it gave was that one of the songs was to have a cartoon-based video. Originally, the single was going to be released on 11 May 1998. Soon after, it was pushed back, in this first