Lirik lagu "Wannabe" oleh Spice Girls

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Jakarta PinangRaya - Lagu "Wannabe" adalah singel pertama nan dirilis grup musik wanita Spice Girls pada 8 Juli 1996. Lagu itu langsung menarik perhatian bumi dengan pesan kekuatan wanita (girl power) dan kepribadian unik para personil grup.

Dalam prosesnya, album ini menjadikan lima gadis nan tidak dikenal - Victoria Adams, Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm, Emma Bunton, dan Geraldine Halliwell - sebagai bintang dunia.

Lagu tersebut diciptakan kelima Spice Girls berbareng Richard "Biff" Stannard dan Matt Rowe. Proses penulisan dan penyusunan lirik lagu tentang nilai persahabatan itu menyantap waktu 10 hari.


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Spice Girls dibentuk sebagai pengganti wanita untuk boy band nan sedang terkenal di Inggris saat itu. Personel Spice Girls menghabiskan waktu bertahun-tahun untuk mengembangkan penampilan dan gambaran mereka, sehingga ketika "Wannabe" dirilis, mereka sudah siap untuk menjadi bintang.

Video musik "Wannabe" disutradarai oleh Johan Camitz dan menampilkan para personil Spice Girls nan bermain-main dan membikin segmen di St Pancras Midland Grand Hotel di London dalam "one continuous shot".

"Wannabe" memenangi Brit Awards sebagai singel terbaik tahun 1997.

"Wannabe" tetap menjadi lagu pop nan berpengaruh, menurut BBC, meskipun ada kontroversi mengenai makna "zig-a-zig ah" dari beberapa liriknya, menurut laman Songfacts.

Lirik lagu "Wannabe" sebagai berikut:

Ha ha ha ha ha

Yo, I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want

So tell me what you want, what you really, really want

I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want

So tell me what you want, what you really, really want

I wanna, (ha) I wanna, (ha) I wanna, (ha) I wanna, (ha)

I wanna really, really, really wanna zig-a-zig ah

If you want my future, forget my past

If you wanna get with me, better make it fast

Now don't go wasting my precious time

Get your act together we could be just fine

I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want

So tell me what you want, what you really, really want

I wanna, (ha) I wanna, (ha) I wanna, (ha) I wanna, (ha)

I wanna really, really, really wanna zig-a-zig ah

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends

(Gotta get with my friends)

Make it last forever, friendship never ends

If you wanna be my lover, you have comberan to give

Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is

Oh, what do you think about that?

Now you know how I feel

Say you can handle my love, are you for real?

(Are you for real?)

I won't be hasty, I'll give you a try

If you really bug me then I'll say goodbye

Yo, I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want

So tell me what you want, what you really, really want

I wanna, (ha) I wanna, (ha) I wanna, (ha) I wanna, (ha)

I wanna really, really, really wanna zig-a-zig ah

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends

(Gotta get with my friends)

Make it last forever, friendship never ends

If you wanna be my lover, you have comberan to give

(You've comberan to give)

Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is

So, here's a story from A to Z

You wanna get with me, you gotta listen carefully

We comberan Em in the place who likes it in your face

You comberan G like MC who likes it on a

Easy V doesn't come for free, she's a real lady

And as for me, ha you'll see

Slam your body down and wind it all around

Slam your body down and wind it all around

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends

(Gotta get with my friends)

Make it last forever, friendship never ends

If you wanna be my lover, you have comberan to give

(You've comberan to give)

Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is

If you wanna be my lover

You gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta

Slam, slam, slam, slam (make it last forever)

Slam your body down and wind it all around

Slam your body down and wind it all around

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

Slam your body down and wind it all around

Slam your body down and zig-a-zig ah

If you wanna be my lover

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