as the official lead single from Forever. Released as a double A-side single, it debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart and became the Spice Girls' ninth number-one single in the United Kingdom. It also peaked in the top 10 in nine other countries. "Tell Me Why", "Weekend Love", and "If You Wanna Have Some Fun" were released as promotional singles in November 2000. "Tell Me Why" had several commissioned remixes, only one of which was commercially released as a bonus track seven years later on the deluxe edition of Greatest Hits. An official promotional montage video was released for "If You Wanna Have Some Fun" in November 2000. Promotion The Spice Girls performed "Holler" and "Let Love Lead the Way" at the 2000 MTV Europe Music Awards, Top of the Pops, the National Lottery show and CD:UK, as well as appearing for interviews on Live & Kicking and TFI Friday. During the album's promotion, the group divided to cover more ground. Melanie Brown promoted Forever and her solo album Hot in the UK and Japan, while Melanie Chisholm was in the middle of her European tour. Emma Bunton and Victoria Beckham promoted Forever in the United States by appearing on Showbiz Today, The Daily Show, Entertainment Tonight, and attending the VH1 Vogue Fashion Awards. Archived footage of Bunton and Beckham's appearance at the VH1 Vogue Fashion Awards was used in the film Zoolander. Melanie Brown hinted at a possible tour to promote Forever in October 2000. She said, "We're going to tour next year and everything will be hunky dory." She also stated that tour would be global including dates in America as well. The tour was cancelled due to their solo projects. The Spice Girls did not heavily promote Forever as much as their previous albums, and the promotional campaign was ceased in December 2000 as the group went on an indefinite hiatus. The following month, Emma Bunton officially stated that "the record seems to have come to a natural end. I want to concentrate on solo projects and there is no time to release a single now. All our individual projects are scheduled and we wouldn't have time for any promotion." Critical reception Forever received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 45, based on