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 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