Bag It Up

{{Short description|2000 single by Geri Halliwell}} {{About|the Geri Halliwell song|the song by Oasis|Dig Out Your Soul|the song by Blackstreet with the chorus 'bag it up'|No Diggity}} {{Use British English|date=February 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox song | name = Bag It Up | cover = Bagitup-ukcd1.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Geri Halliwell | album = Schizophonic | B-side = * "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" * "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" | released = {{start date|2000|3|13|df=y}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2000/Music-Week-2000-03-11.pdf|title=New Releases – For Week Starting March 13, 2000: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=27|date=11 March 2000|access-date=2 August 2021}}</ref> | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Disco<ref name= "O'Brien 2018">{{cite web|last= O'Brien|first=Jon|title= The Spice Girls’ 20 Best Solo Singles, Ranked|website= Billboard|date= 14 September 2018|url= https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/the-spice-girls-20-best-solo-singles-ranked-8475079/|accessdate=12 February 2026|quote=And then there’s ["Bag It Up"] itself, a full-throttle tongue-in-cheek disco number...}}</ref>  | length = 3:46 | label = EMI | writer = * Geri Halliwell * Andy Watkins * Paul Wilson | producer = Absolute | prev_title = Lift Me Up | prev_year = 1999 | next_title = It's Raining Men | next_year = 2001 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|PruP58FuYmM|"Bag It Up"}}}} }}

"'''Bag It Up'''" is a song recorded by British singer and songwriter Geri Halliwell for her debut solo album ''Schizophonic'' (1999). It was written by Halliwell, Andy Watkins, Paul Wilson and produced by Absolute. It was released as the fourth and final single from ''Schizophonic'' on 13 March 2000, by EMI Records, and topped the UK Singles Chart, becoming Halliwell's third consecutive number-one single in the UK.

==Composition== The backing vocals for the song were provided by Tracy Ackerman and Pepsi & Shirlie, formerly of Wham!.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pepsi and Shirlie facts: Wham! singers' ages, husbands, children and songs revealed |url=https://www.smoothradio.com/news/music/pepsi-shirlie-age-husbands-children-songs/ |access-date=3 August 2024 |website=Smooth |language=en}}</ref>

==Chart performance== "Bag It Up" sold 106,000 copies in its first week, becoming Halliwell's third consecutive solo number one on the UK Singles Chart.<ref name="sales">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/number-1-today-in-2000-geri-halliwell-beats-blink-182-to-the-top__8648/|title=Number 1 today in 2000: Geri Halliwell beats Blink 182 to the top|last=Myers|first=Justin|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=19 March 2020|access-date=19 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="uk"/> It has sold over 266,000 copies and has been certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry.<ref name="bpi"/>

==Music video== The music video to "Bag It Up" was filmed in January 2000 and was directed by Dawn Shadforth. The video for "Bag It Up" is based around a humorous and raunchy nature. It begins with an advert promoting the male-behaviour-altering "Girl Powder". Girl Powder, administered in small doses, transforms any male into an obedient domestic servant and also a sex slave. The video starts with a domestic scene. Geri and her shirtless 'boyfriend' (played by Aiden Turner) are sitting down in a living room watching television when an advert comes on for Girl Powder, which declares that it is "Heaven in a box". Halliwell is seen doing all the housework and cooking for her 'boyfriend'. She then goes to the kitchen to make him coffee, when really she is preparing the Girl Powder drink. Once her boyfriend drinks it, his hair becomes pink and he has been transformed into a subservient male. The action then moves to the "Girl Powder" factory, where Geri has been transformed into a catsuit-clad superheroine boss, controlling (along with other females in white lab coats) a factory operated by many pink-haired men. The next time Geri and her boyfriend are seen, the roles have been reversed. Geri is now the one in control, with the semi-clad sex slave pandering to her every whim, even acting as a human table. We then return to the factory, where Geri eventually strips the oiled-up dancers down to hot pants, bunny ears and high-heeled ankle boots. Eventually they end up pole-dancing, acting as bunny boys and parodying Playboy Bunnygirls, this time with the male as the sex object. We then see Geri parading the bunny boys on a leash at the end of the video, exhorting female listeners to "Treat him like a lady" and declaring "Who's wearing the trousers now?". The video ends with a white background and Geri's symbol as the TV switches off.

==Live performances== To promote the single, Halliwell performed the song on ''Top of the Pops'', ''Pepsi Chart'', ''CD:UK'', ''Live & Kicking'', ''Party in the Park'' and 2000 BRIT Awards.

The performance at the 2000 BRIT Awards was raunchy and controversial, with Halliwell emerging from a pair of giant inflatable legs, accompanied by a troupe of pink-haired male dancers. During the song, the dancers stripped down to pink hotpants while Halliwell unbuttoned her shirt before walking over the kneeling dancers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalfm.com/brits/photos/through-the-years/20/|title=20 Things You Never Expected To See at the BRIT Awards|work=Capital FM}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2010/feb/16/brit-awards-30|title=The Brit awards at 30 - The best and worst performances|work=The Guardian|date=16 February 2010 }}</ref> According to herself, terrorist David Copeland{{Broken anchor|date=28 January 2025|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=1999 London nail bombings#Perpetrator|reason= The anchor (David Copeland) has been deleted.}} planned to kill her during her performance at the awards show due to her "loving the gays", as well as her friendship with singer George Michael, who was also gay.<ref>{{cite web|last=Furdyk|first=Brent|url=https://etcanada.com/news/724193/geri-halliwell-recalls-terrifying-assassination-attempt-because-she-was-friends-with-george-michael/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211211325/https://etcanada.com/news/724193/geri-halliwell-recalls-terrifying-assassination-attempt-because-she-was-friends-with-george-michael/|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 December 2020|title=Geri Halliwell Recalls Terrifying Assassination Attempt Because She Was Friends With George Michael|date=11 December 2020|accessdate=13 January 2022|work=Entertainment Tonight Canada}}</ref>

==Track listings== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} '''UK CD1'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Bag It Up|year=2000|type=UK CD1 liner notes|publisher=EMI Records|id=CDEMS 560, 7243 8 88379 0 3}}</ref> # "Bag It Up" # "These Boots Are Made for Walking" # "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" # "Bag It Up" {{small|(video)}}

'''UK CD2'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Bag It Up|year=2000|type=UK CD2 liner notes|publisher=EMI Records|id=CDEM 560, 7243 8 88399 2 1}}</ref> # "Bag It Up" # "Bag It Up" {{small|(D-Bop's Chocolate vocal edit)}} # "Bag It Up" {{small|(Trouser Enthusiasts' edit)}} # "Bag It Up" {{small|(Yomanda edit)}} {{col-2}} '''UK and New Zealand cassette single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Bag It Up|year=2000|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=EMI Records|id=TCEM 560, 7 24388 83794 1}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Bag It Up|year=2000|type=New Zealand cassette single sleeve|publisher=EMI Records|id=8837941}}</ref> # "Bag It Up" # "These Boots Are Made for Walking" # "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps"

'''European CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Bag It Up|year=2000|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=EMI Records|id=7243 8 88385 0 4}}</ref> # "Bag It Up" # "These Boots Are Made for Walking" # "Bag It Up" {{small|(video)}} {{col-end}}

==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col"|Chart (2000) !scope="col"|Peak<br/>position |- !scope="row"|Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-04-01.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=17|issue=14|page=11|date=1 April 2000|access-date=22 November 2020}}</ref> |9 |- {{single chart|Germany|79|artist=Geri Halliwell|song=Bag It Up|songid=4208|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2017}} |- !scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2998747#page/n29/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Sætin 21 til 40 (6.4– 13.4 2000)|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=30|date=7 April 2000|access-date=6 October 2019}}</ref> |22 |- {{single chart|Ireland2|6|song=Bag It Up|rowheader=true|access-date=4 July 2018}} |- {{single chart|Italy|13|artist=Geri Halliwell|song=Bag It Up|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2017}} |- !scope="row"|Italy Airplay (''Music & Media'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-04-15.pdf|title=Major Market Airplay: Italy|magazine=Music & Media|volume=17|issue=16|page=21|date=15 April 2000}}</ref> |7 |- {{single chart|Dutch100|62|artist=Geri Halliwell|song=Bag It Up|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2017}} |- {{single chart|New Zealand|18|artist=Geri Halliwell|song=Bag It Up|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2017}} |- {{single chart|Scotland|1|date=20000325|rowheader=true|access-date=4 July 2018}} |- {{single chart|Sweden|53|artist=Geri Halliwell|song=Bag It Up|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2017}} |- {{single chart|Switzerland|66|artist=Geri Halliwell|song=Bag It Up|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2017}} |- {{single chart|UK|1|date=20000325|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2017|refname="uk"}} |} {{col-2}}

===Year-end chart=== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col"|Chart (2000) !scope="col"|Position |- !scope="row"|Ireland (IRMA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/2fm/charts/top100_2000.html|title=Top 100 of 2000|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040602112628/http://www.rte.ie/2fm/charts/top100_2000.html|archive-date=2 June 2004|access-date=16 March 2022}}</ref> |88 |- !scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Best Sellers of 2000: Singles Top 100|magazine=Music Week|location=London, England|page=25|date=20 January 2001}}</ref> |42 |} {{col-end}}

==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Geri Halliwell|title=Bag It Up|award=Silver|relyear=1999|certyear=2000|id=689-3522-1|salesamount=266,000|salesref=<ref name="sales"/>|refname="bpi"}} |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:1999 songs Category:2000 singles Category:EMI Records singles Category:Geri Halliwell songs Category:Number-one singles in Scotland Category:Song recordings produced by Absolute (production team) Category:Songs written by Andy Watkins Category:Songs written by Geri Halliwell Category:Songs written by Paul Wilson (songwriter) Category:UK singles chart number-one singles