digipak, came with a signed poster and included the single mix, and three club remixes of the track produced by Vasquez, D Mob, and Linslee Campbell. The third version was a cassette single, featuring the single mix, the B-side "Take Me Home", and the Junior's Main Pass remix. Following the physical release of the single, the group did a promotional tour across Europe for both, the song and their debut album Spice, set to be released at the beginning of November. During the last week of the month, they recorded two additional performances for Top of the Pops on 23 and 30 October, and visited France, Italy, Norway, and Sweden, where they did a series of interviews and appearances on television shows. The first week of November, the group did a televised performance in Germany, and a photo shoot for teen magazine Bravo. For the US release of the single, which occurred on 6 May 1997, the group did a week of promotion in North America. They made televised appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman, The Rosie O'Donnell Show and Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, and then traveled to Acapulco, Mexico, to perform on the television show Siempre en Domingo. Critical reception The song received mixed reviews from music critics; many of whom praised "Say You'll Be There" for its catchiness, while others were critical of its production. Alan Jones from Music Week wrote, "After a tinkly cocktail bar piano intro, it moves through a Zapp-like phase right into Eternal territory. It's somewhat more sophisticated than Wannabe and is likely to further their career, though some who liked the quirkiness of the first hit may pass." Dele Fadele of NME dubbed it as a "monstrously catchy tune", and lauded it as "state-of-the-art pop music for '96". Time magazine's Christopher John Farley was mixed on the track, although he called the song's groove "penetrating", he believed that it resembled too close to the work of Earth, Wind and Fire. Richmond Times-Dispatch critic Melissa Ruggieri, considered the song "a harmless, mid-tempo foot-tapper" that was made for Top 40 radio. Edna Gundersen of the USA Today dismissed the group's debut as "assembly-line dance-pop", but singled out "Say You'll Be There" as one of the album's highlights. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution writer Steve Dollar criticized the song, describing it as "pure confection more sugar really than spice", he also noted influences of