Let Love Lead the Way

Infobox Single
Name = Let Love Lead the Way


Artist = Spice Girls
Album = Forever
A-side = "Holler"
Released = 23 October 2000 (UK)
Format = CD single
Recorded = 2000
Genre = Pop
Length = 4:57 (Album Version)
4:15 (Radio Edit)
Label = Virgin
Writer = Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, Rodney Jerkins, LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III, Harvey Mason, Jr.
Producer = Darkchild, Harvey Mason, Jr.
Certification = Silver (BPI)
Last single = "Goodbye"
(1998)
This single = "Holler"/"Let Love Lead the Way"
(2000)
Next single = "If You Wanna Have Some Fun"
(2001)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = single

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Lower caption = Australian CD single cover Audiosample
Upper caption = Audio sample
Name = Let Love Lead the Way
Audio file = LetLoveLeadTheWaySample.ogg

"Let Love Lead the Way" is a song by the Spice Girls, released as a double-A side single with "Holler" as the final single from the Spice Girls' third album "Forever", released in 2000.

The single was released internationally as a double A-side single with "Holler" (except for Canada, where it was counted separately from "Holler"). However the single was not released in the United States. The song peaked at number one in the United Kingdom, becoming the group's ninth number-one single. It also managed to clinch the number-one spot in Brazil and went top ten in eleven different countries.

The song was included on the group's "Greatest Hits" album. However, Geri Halliwell's vocals were not added to the "Greatest Hits" version of this song.

U.S. release

Confusion was set among fans when Emma Bunton spoke to MTV about the lead single from their forthcoming album. She stated that "Let Love Lead the Way" would be released as a single within the U.S., however this statement was made months before the official single and album release. The album was still receiving touch ups from producers and mixers at the time the statement was made.

It is speculated that the Spice Girls had absolutely no intention of releasing "Let Love Lead the Way" in the U.S. Instead, plans were to move forward with the song "Weekend Love" as the second single in the U.S. and Asia. It is thought that the UK would receive "If You Wanna Have Some Fun" and the rest of the world receive "Tell Me Why". "Weekend Love", "If You Wanna Have Some Fun", and "Tell Me Why" were to all see international and U.S. releases at different times.

Asia success

The Spice Girls are the only act in the history of the "MTV Asia Hitlist" that had all their released singles top the chart. This record was proven by "Let Love Lead the Way" which was their last official single in Asia. The song received a large amount of airplay immediately after "Holler" topped the chart in 2000. Since the song was set to be released in early 2001, the song was dominating radio airplay before it was officially allowed to chart. The song debuted at number eleven, falling short of tying their highest ever debut "Say You'll Be There" which charted at number ten on its first week. The song was fortunate to reach the top spot despite competition with Britney Spears' "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know" which was having a build-up in radio airplay when the girls were number one.

Music video

The video for "Let Love Lead the Way" is similar in concept to that of "Holler" where each of the girls portray one of the four elements. Though this time, Bunton switches elements with Melanie Chisholm, representing earth and wearing a green dress. She is shown reclining in a beautiful forest, underneath a large tree. Melanie Brown switches elements with Victoria Beckham and portrays the element air, dressed entirely in white and dancing in a white room with the canvas walls billowing outwards as if being blown by the wind, while white feathers continuously fall from the sky. Beckham is wearing a dark red dress, representing fire. She is slowly dancing in a barren desert at night, with bursts of fire flaring up behind her. Chisholm plays the part of water, dressed in predominantly blue clothes. She is standing on a blue platform as water cascades from the ceiling to the floor. Throughout the verses of the song, the girls sing in their own areas, before coming together in one of the rooms for the chorus. Towards the end of the song, each of the elements begin to mix together, such as water falling down in the fiery desert and wind blowing through the forest. The four girls are then seen singing together in the desert where all the elements are present plus a shower of sparks behind the girls. The song finishes with a slow-motion shot of each of the girls in their own areas, and then a final shot of each of them together in the white room.

Track listings and formats

;UK CD 2
#"Let Love Lead the Way" (Radio Edit) – 4:15
#"Holler" (Radio Edit) – 3:55
#"Holler" (MAW Tribal Vocal) - 7:10
#"Let Love Lead the Way" (Video)
#"Let Love Lead the Way" (4x30 sec Behind the Scenes Clips)

Charts

UK sales: 230,000