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
Say You'll Be There There" became the focus of a controversy when Israeli soldier Idit Shechtman accused the group of copying her song "Bo Elai" (בוא אלי, "Come to Me"), a highly similar song released two years earlier in Israel. Shechtman hired lawyers and threatened to sue. A spokesman of the group later declared: "Where there's a hit, there's a writ. There's always someone who crawls out of the woodwork claiming to have written a hit song. We look forward to seeing her in court." "Say You'll Be There" is a midtempo dance-pop song, with influences from G-funk and R&B. It is written in