“Stop” is a song by the British pop group Spice Girls. It was written by the group members with Paul Wilson and Andy Watkins—the songwriters and production duo known as Absolute—at the same time as the group was filming scenes for their movie Spice World. “Stop” was produced by Wilson and Watkins for the group’s second album Spiceworld, which was released in November 1997.
“Stop” is an dance-pop song with influences of Motown’s blue-eyed soul, and features instrumentation from a guitar and a brass. The music video, directed by James Brown and filmed in Ireland, features the group in a traditional British 1950s working class street and showed them playing with young girls in various children’s games. The song received mostly positive reviews from music critics, with many of them complimenting the Motown influences and production. “Stop” was performed by the group in a number of live appearances in Europe and North America including their three tours.
Released as the album’s third…