English composer Anne Dudley. The song is constructed in a verse-chorus form, with an instrumental interlude before the bridge and the third chorus. It uses the sequence of Em–Bm–C–G as a chord progression during the verses and the chorus. The song employs Spanish production, including the sounds of castanets and guitars, a flamenco rhythm, and Spanish lyrics–"hasta mañana". Tom Ewing from the e-zine Freaky Trigger described it as "wistful music", while Alexis Petridis of The Guardian said that the song has a "note of melancholy" around it. The lyrics of the song are about past experiences or memories. Talking about them, Bunton explained that in the song's concept, every experience is "like a little dream". She mentioned that the Spice Girls purposely left it "a bit open ended", as in the outcome is not clear if the narrator went back "to reality" or "back to normal"; and added that "it really makes you think–and we try to provoke thought with all our songs". Ewing believed the song encapsulates a very specific moment that he described as "memories of summer love fading at the edges", although he said lyrically, it "does nothing unexpected, and it never makes a move when there's a cheesier one available". El Hunt of NME also remarked on the lyrical content, commenting that it seemed "cribbed from motivational fridge magnets". Release and promotion In February 1998, the Spice Girls embarked on the Spiceworld Tour covering Europe and North America, in support of their second studio album. On 22 April 1998, Smash Hits magazine reported the release of the album's fourth single for 25 May, a double A-side consisting of "Viva Forever" with "Never Give Up on the Good Times", a disco influenced track from Spiceworld that was written by the group with Stannard and Rowe. The release date was later postponed. On 26 May, the group traveled back to the United Kingdom after their tour performance in Helsinki, Finland. The next day, their lawyer, Andrew Thompson, told the rest of the members that Halliwell decided to leave the group. That day, the group were scheduled to appeared on The National Lottery Live, where they performed "Viva Forever" and "Spice Up Your Life" without Halliwell, the excuse being that she was ill. Speculation in the press grew, with reports of a midweek row on the plane back from Helsinki, and rumours of a power struggle with Brown as