The Spice Girls ballad “Headlines” has failed to make headlines. According to the Mirror, the single entered the charts at 124 and has barely made it to #20.
George Ergatoudis, Radio 1’s Head Of Music, told the Mirror:
“The opinion of the Radio 1 playlist team is that the song isn’t strong enough.
“Clearly there’s a huge number of Spice Girls fans out there – look at the tickets they have sold. But Headlines is very disappointing. “The song simply isn’t strong enough.. it would have been a B-side in their heyday.
“They wanted it to be a surefire No.1 on downloads alone but it has failed to connect with the public.”
However, the girls and their management have made it very clear that their focus is on their tour and the disappointing single won’t cause them to lose hope.

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