"Wannabe" is the debut single by British girl group the Spice Girls. The lyrics are about the value of friendship. The five Spice Girls helped come up with the words and craft the song. A "Wannabe" is a person who aspires to be someone else, generally a celebrity, and imitates that person. The phrase has very little to do with the song, but makes a catchy title Written and composed by the group members in collaboration with Matt Rowe and Richard "Biff" Stannard during the group's first professio