Melanie C responds to accusation Spice Girls ‘stole’ their iconic ‘girl power’ mantra from another band
Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Pop star Melanie C has responded to accusations that Spice Girls stole their iconic “girl power” phrase from another band. The British pop group are widely credited with popularising the mantra in the mid-Nineties, today splitting opinion over whether it helped revive the feminist movement or if it was part of a cynical marketing campaign. However, what has been noted on several occasions is the fact that the Spice Girls did not coin the “girl power” phrase themselves. In a new Q&A with The Guardian, Melania C, aka Sporty Spice, was asked about the fact that the British punk band Shampoo used it for their debut album, Girl Power, along with the title track, with lyrics including: “I don’t wanna be a boy / I wanna be a girl / I wanna play with knives / I wanna play with guns / I …
