Spice Girls star Melanie C has said the 30th anniversary of the band's debut single Wannabe - which fell on Wednesday - was a "very emotional day".
The report indicates that spice Girls star Melanie C has stated the 30th anniversary of the band’s debut single Wannabe – which fell on Wednesday – was a “very emotional day”.
It further notes that the singer formerly known as Sporty Spice recalled that seeing the song in shops had been “so exciting, because it was everything we dreamed of”.
The track went on to become one of the defining singles of the 1990s, selling more than 8 million copies worldwide, and launching the band’s Girl Power agenda.
“We knew exactly what we wanted to achieve but nobody imagined the scale [of what] we went on to do,” stated the star, whose real name is Melanie Chisholm.
“We were told that we couldn’t, and we wouldn’t. But we did.”
The 52-year-old was speaking at the Nordoff And Robbins Silver Clef Awards at the Royal Albert Hall, where she was honoured with the global impact award.
The Spice Girls celebrated Wannabe’s 30th birthday with separate posts on social media earlier this week.
Victoria Beckham stated the song had “forever changed our lives”, while Geri Horner wrote: “Thank you to my beautiful spice sisters.”
“It was a very emotional day yesterday,” Chisolm stated on the red carpet. “We’re all in touch obviously, all of the girls, we’re so grateful and respectful of each other.”
She also recalled Wannabe’s nail-biting first week on the charts. After 48 hours, it was expected to enter the Top 40 at number six. When the chart was finally published, it had raced up to number three.
“We were just on cloud nine,” stated Chishom.
“Then it went to number one the next week – but we were in Japan, because we’d released the album in Japan before anywhere else.
“I remember we had record performances and send them back to Top Of The Pops [and] we were so frustrated because we wanted to get into that studio.
“Luckily it stayed there long enough that, on the third week, we got into the studio. And then it went on to spend seven weeks [at number one], so we had nothing to worry about, really.
