at the same time took its toll and within a couple on weeks, exhaustion set in". For the album, the Spice Girls worked with the same songwriting teams and producers from their debut studio album, Spice (1996). But during the recording of the Spiceworld tracks, the group was so busy with the filming schedule that the quality of their musical contributions became more erratic and piecemeal. Andy Watkins, of the production duo Absolute, co-writers of "Who Do You Think You Are" (from the band's previous album) remembered: "We'd sit there literally all day long and quite often we wouldn't even get them at all." Eliot Kennedy, who co-wrote "Say You'll Be There" with the group, worked on a couple of backing tracks for Spiceworld, but decided not to get involved in the album after hearing from the other teams about the complications of the recording schedule. Writing and inspiration "Viva Forever" was one of the last songs the group wrote for Spiceworld. It was written at the end of the summer of 1997, after the filming for the Spice World movie had finished. Originally entitled "Obrigado", which means "thank you" in Portuguese, it was later renamed. The song was written by the Spice Girls with the songwriting team Richard "Biff" Stannard and Matt Rowe. They later confirmed that the lyrics were mainly penned by Geri Halliwell. The inspiration for the song's theme came from the idea of a summer romance during a holiday vacation on the Costa Brava or Costa del Sol in the Spanish Mediterranean, and the people the group met during those holidays. Emma Bunton commented about the songwriting process: When we sat down to write it, we were talking about holiday romances, so that's what came out in the studio. I don't think I've ever had a real holiday romance, but I've met people I'll never forget. You meet so many different people and have nice or weird or romantic experiences with them, and you never forget them, do you? Composition and lyrics Musically, "Viva Forever" is a pop ballad with R&B influences, and Spanish-style elements. It is written in the key of E minor, with a time signature set in common time, and moves at a slow tempo of 84 beats per minute. The song starts with an instrumental introduction that includes keyboards, an acoustic guitar played by John Themis, and a string section arranged by