Composition
"Spice Up Your Life" is an uptempo dance-pop song, with influences of Latin rhythms such as salsa and samba. It is written in the key of F minor, with a time signature set on common time (4/4), and moves at a fast tempo of 126 beats per minute.
The song is constructed in a verse-pre-chorus-chorus form, with a bridge before the third and fourth chorus, and uses a simple chord progression of Fm–C7. It opens with an introduction, which consists of the repeated use of the word la. The first verse follows, the lyrics are an international rally cry, targeted to a global market, as Melanie Chisholm described it: "We always wanted to do a carnival tune and write a song for the world." After the first verse, the group sings the pre-chorus and the chorus. The same pattern occurs, leading to the second chorus. A spoken bridge, in which the girls mention different dance styles,—flamenco, lambada, hip-hop, foxtrot, polka and salsa—precedes the third chorus. The group closes the song repeating the chorus for a fourth time.
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