Spice Girls have shared a new music video for their classic hit single Stop.
Originally released on March 9, 1998, the track was the third to be lifted from their second album ‘Spiceworld’ and peaked at No. 2 in the UK.
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the group has unveiled an alternate visual featuring previously-unseen footage from the original shoot.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of 'Stop' we're excited to share an alternative video from our original shoot 25 years ago!
— Spice Girls (@spicegirls) March 9, 2023#Stop25https://t.co/BLUBVhZv02 pic.twitter.com/oOtyKIUcf0
Last year, Spice Girls celebrated 25 years of their second album with an expanded reissue, featuring the original record along with bonus tracks and B-Sides, plus previously unreleased live recordings from the Virgin Records archive.
“The ‘Spiceworld’ era was such a fun time for us,” they said in a statement. “We’d just had a number one album with Spice, we were travelling all over the world and meeting our amazing fans, we released our second album AND we had our very own movie!
“Who would’ve thought it? It’s crazy to think that 25 years have passed.”
Included on the set is Step To Me, the track originally recorded for the five-piece’s Pepsi campaign, along with a new remix of ‘Viva Forever’ from John Themis.
Closing the set – which clocks in at 25 tracks – is a 15-minute megamix of Spice Girls classics called the ‘Spice Girls Party Mix’.
‘Spiceworld 25’ is available now.
