POSH
SPICE has blocked a remix of the single that wrecked her chances of topping the
charts last year. Truesteppers' revamped version of Spiller's Groovejet, mixed
with Victoria Beckham's vocals from Out Of Your Mind was due out September 17
— the same day as Posh's own single, Not Such An Innocent Girl. But lawyers
from her record label Virgin banned it. So now Truesteppers are asking rival
Spice Girl GERI HALLIWELL to copy Posh's vocal for the single. The row erupted
when furious Posh heard about Truesteppers' plan to feature her voice on their
new release. She immediately got Virgin to fire off a letter to the BMG record
company, who were planning to release the track. BMG owned the rights to her
vocals but Victoria had retained the right to veto any remixes. So Virgin
threatened to take out an an injunction against BMG if the track was released.
Groovejet, which originally featured Sophie Ellis-Bextor, went to No 1 in the
charts last summer — and prevented Posh's Out Of Your Mind from hitting top
spot. The idea of making Groovejet II was the brainchild of Johnny L, musical
mastermind behind dance act Truesteppers. There has been a huge demand from DJs
and it has been played on Radio 1. It is already a huge club hit in Ibiza and
Ayia Napa where 100 bootleg white label copies have been distributed. BMG have
now agreed not to release the track — but Truesteppers are determined to put
it out in another form. So a number of female vocalists, including Geri, have
been approached. Victoria fell out with Truesteppers after they said her singing
voice was not very strong. Her spokesman said last night: "It's a Virgin
Records issue and Victoria has left them to sort it out.". Meanwhile, Posh
has recorded a sizzling dance routine to Not Such An Innocent Girl for
Saturday's ITV show cd:uk..