Melanie B - Hot Track-by-track


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Feel So Good
That's probably one of the most poppy songs on the album. I worked in Minneapolis for two weeks and got to spend Jimmy Jam's 40th birthday with him and sing with the cake alongside Janet Jackson!

Tell Me
This was produced by Rodney Jerkins who's done 70 per cent of the Spice Girls album. It's a very truthful, very honest account of what I've been through the last two years. On this album and particularly on this single I've expressed how I feel and how I think, and I think it's very disrespectful if I say, 'This song's about that person and that song's about that person.' I don't want to lower myself and be like that.

Hell No
This was written with Sisqo in LA. It was fantastic fun working with him, he's a ball of talent, energy and genius! We had a right laugh and Phoenix was there with me, singing and bopping along, which was brilliant. The song's from a girl's point of view, about sadness, being left and ditched!

Lullaby
I co-wrote this with Biff who co-wrote Wannabe with us. We were in Ireland for a week and I had a fantastic time, it was brilliant to have a chance to work with the people I'd worked with on the first Spice album. The song's about my daughter, saying that she's the best thing that's ever happened to me.

Hotter
I co-wrote this with Sisqo, it's a very upbeat, powerful song about a girl saying she doesn't care if you've got money or style or class, cos it's more about the person inside. So you could drive a Bentley and be the worst kind of guy to me, it's what they give off as a person that counts.

Step Inside
That was done with my boyfriend Max here in London. He sent me a track about a year ago and finally I got back to him and said I'd love to do it. He produced it, wrote it, played all the instruments on it and got a full orchestra in which I was very amazed by.

ABC 123
Written by Teddy Riley. We worked with him in Virginia for two weeks in the middle of nowhere, with him and his fantastic team. That was the first time I stepped out to do the solo project and I did three songs with him. That was 14 months ago.

I Believe
Written by me and Teddy Riley. He did all the beats and production himself, and it's a bit indie and funk/poppy! I love it!

I Want You Back
Written by Missy Elliot, this was the first time I'd even considered doing anything by myself. I was on tour with the Spice Girls when she called me up and said 'Melanie, I've got a song for you, will you come and record it with me?'. I checked it with the girls and within a month I was out there, I recorded it in a day, did the video, then came back. She's a genius.

Pack Your Shit
It's about a love affair - I get cheated on, cos he's fancying my friends that come round the flat. It's a heavy song and it's very hard to sing cos there's a lot of high notes and I don't do high notes very well, but somehow I did them!

Feel Me Now
That is supposed to be me being sexy! When I recorded it I lay down on the floor, lit candles and had a little bit of wine cos the verses are just flowing and gushing with whatever I'm thinking. It still makes me cringe a little when I listen back to it!

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