▁▁ ▁" Sp ider web s " ▁was ▁written ▁by ▁G wen ▁Stef ani ▁and ▁Tony ▁K anal . ▁The ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁songs ▁on ▁T rag ic ▁Kingdom , ▁including ▁" Sp ider web s ", ▁did ▁not ▁receive ▁co - writing ▁cred its ▁from ▁Eric ▁Stef ani , ▁which ▁was ▁unusual ▁for ▁No ▁Dou bt ▁as ▁Eric ▁had ▁written ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁group ' s ▁songs ▁prior ▁to ▁his ▁departure ▁due ▁to ▁cre ative ▁differences ▁in ▁early ▁ 1 9 9 5 . ▁Due ▁to ▁this , ▁the ▁remaining ▁band ▁members ▁took ▁up ▁song writing ▁which ▁made ▁the ▁songs ▁they ▁created ▁more ▁int imate ▁and ▁personal . ▁" Sp ider web s " ▁was ▁developed ▁differently ▁in ▁comparison ▁to ▁previous ▁single ▁" Just ▁a ▁Girl ". ▁" Just ▁a ▁Girl " ▁was ▁initially ▁created ▁by ▁G wen ▁Stef ani ▁and ▁Tom ▁Dum ont ▁on ▁a ▁t ape ▁rec order , ▁which ▁was ▁habit ual ▁for ▁the ▁group ; ▁Stef ani ▁and ▁Dum ont ▁or ▁Stef ani ▁and ▁K anal ▁would ▁work ▁together ▁on ▁a ▁rec order ▁towards ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁production . ▁However , ▁for ▁" Sp ider web s ", ▁K anal ▁collabor ated ▁with ▁Dum ont ▁and ▁asked ▁him ▁to ▁learn ▁the ▁track ▁and ▁develop ▁guitar ▁parts ▁to ▁what ▁K anal ▁and ▁Stef ani ▁had ▁initi ated . ▁ ▁The ▁entire ▁group ▁was ▁highly ▁satisfied ▁with ▁how ▁" Sp ider web s " ▁turned ▁out . ▁Dum ont ▁remarked : ▁" I ▁just ▁remember ▁taking ▁that ▁c ass ette