''One Hour of Girl Power'' (also known as ''Spice—the Official Video—Vol. 1'') is a VHS production by the

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released in the spring of 1997. It shows various performances and all the music videos filmed until that point, as well as behind the scenes of the videos. On

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, a five-minute abridged version of the video was released as a bonus track with the ''

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'' album.

Summary

''One Hour of Girl Power'' shows private footage of the pre-fame Spice Girls arriving at a hotel in the

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in 1995, where they are seen running through the corridors in their robes and playing around by the pool (briefly singing the then yet to be released 'Love Thing' a cappella). Included on the video are the promotional video clips for their debut single, "

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", as well as those for the following singles, "

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", "

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", "

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" and "

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". The videos are interspersed with behind the scenes footage of the making of the videos, and a running commentary by the band. The video for "Who Do You Think You Are" appears in an alternate version, interspersed with behind the scenes footage featuring the 'Sugar Lumps', a Spice Girls spoof group made up of British celebrities

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and actress Llewella Gideon. The complete Sugar Lumps version was made to promote

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(Who Do You Think You Are was the Comic Relief single for 1997). Footage of the girls on promotional tours in America,

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and the UK make up the rest of the documentary portion of the video. The presentation concludes with an edited version of the Spice Girls' classic performance at the

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, presented by

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Sales

The video was very successful at the time of its release, selling almost 500,000 copies in the UK between April and June to become the best-selling pop video in the UK ever. The video peaked at number one on the

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, and was the fifth best-selling video of 1997. It was also successful in many other countries such as Japan and the US. In the US, the video was the 20th best-selling video of 1998.

Track listing

Notes *

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performance.

Certifications

References

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