The Spice Girls

Today in class we talked about the Spice Girls, who were of course a huge pop phenomenon from the late 1990s.  Here they are performing (well, miming!) their hit song "Who do you think you are?" at the Brit Awards ceremony in 1997.   If you want to sing along, you'll find the lyrics below... :-)



The race is on to get out of the bottom,
The top is high so your roots are forgotten,
Giving is good as long as you're getting,
What's driving you it's ambition and betting,
(I said-a) who do you think you are? (Do you think you are)
Some kind of superstar,
You have got to swing it, shake it, move it, make it,
who do you think you are?
Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it,
show me how good you are,
Swing it, shake it, move it, make it,
who do you think you are?
Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it,
show how good you are.

You're swelling out in the wrong direction,
you've got the bug, superstar you've been bitten,
Your trumpet's blowing for far too long,
playing the snake of the ladder, but you're wrong

I said who do you think you are?
(who do you think you are)
Some kind of superstar,
You have got to swing it, shake it, move it, make it,
who do you think you are?
Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it,
show me how good you are,
Swing it, shake it, move it, make it,
who do you think you are?
Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it,
show how good you are.

You have got to reach on up, never lose your soul,
You have got to reach on up, never lose control

I said who do you think you are?
(I said who)do u think you aree, (do u think you are)
Some kind of superstar,
You have got to swing it, shake it, move it, make it,
who do you think you are?
Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it,
show how good you are,
Swing it, shake it, move it, make it,
who do you think you are?
Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it,
show how good you are.

Swing it, shake it, move it, make it,
(who do you think you are?)
Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it
show how good you are,

(repeat verse five times)