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Spice Girls' Wannabe's filthy lyrics revealed and GROSS meaning behind 'zig-a-zig-ah'


Prepare to feel very old because today marks 23 years since the release of the Spice Girls’ debut single Wannabe.

If you didn’t wear your hair in bunches whilst sporting a pair of trackies and doing the none-too-flattering zig-a-zig-ah dance then you probably weren’t alive in 1996.

But for those of who were innocent school kids singing along to the lyrics at that time, you probably should have had your mouth washed out with soap because it turns out they had a filthy meaning.

An unnamed source who helped pen the track in a ‘cramped but hip’ little studio in London’s Shoreditch in 1995 has lifted the lid on what Mel B, Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, Victoria Beckham and Mel C were really trying to say.

The Spice Girls’ debut hit was truly filthy!

Spice Girls' 'Wannabe'
Because who didn’t do the dance move?

And it’s apparently all about how they like their sex.

The lyrics in question go, “So here’s a story from A to Z, you wanna get with me you gotta listen carefully/ We got Em in the place who likes it in your face/ We got G like MC who likes it on an… Easy V doesn’t come for free, she’s a real lady/ And as for me, ha you’ll see.”

According to the insider, the ‘G like MC’ part was about Geri and Mel C liking a bit of the old rumpy pumpy after taking ecstasy – although, of course, there is no evidence that either took drugs.

Victoria, Emma, Mel B, Geri and Mel C reportedly used the song to document their sexual preferences

Then there’s that famous ‘zig-ah-zig-ah’ line which apparently has a seriously gross background.

The source told the Daily Star how there was an 80s pop mogul who hated the group for encroaching on his ‘turf’ of girl and boy bands.

“This guy had this nasty habit of taking a dump in the shared khazi while smoking a cigar, so we took to referring to him as ‘Sh*t and Cigars,”” said the insider.

Mel B apparently wrote most of the lyrics

“During the recording this phrase was thrown around a lot and must have worked its way into Mel B’s subconscious who pretty much wrote all the lyrics.

“She may have considered ‘sh*t and cigars’ for a minute – but eventually settled on ‘zig-a-zig-ah’ instead.”

So there you have it.

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