Scream If You Wanna Go Faster (song)

"Scream If You Wanna Go Faster"
Single by Geri Halliwell
from the album Scream If You Wanna Go Faster
B-side	"New Religion" "It's Raining Men" "Breaking Glass"
Released	30 July 2001
Format	CD Single, Cassette
Recorded	2001
Genre	Pop, Dance
Length	3:24 (Radio Edit) 3:41 (Album Version)
Label	EMI
Geri Halliwell singles chronology
"It's Raining Men" (2001) "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster" (2001) "Calling" (2001)
Alternative Cover

"Scream If You Wanna Go Faster" is a song by Geri Halliwell, released as the second song from her second solo album. It was released on 30 July 2001. The song was written by Halliwell on the day of her first recovery meeting for bulimia. She wrote it about: "the things I did to avoid staying still and deal with my seemings." It was Halliwell's most rock based song that was inspired by her listening to Led Zeppelin the previous summer as encouraged by close friend, Robbie Williams.

Chart performance

The song entered the UK charts in 8th place. The single sold 27,458 copies in its first week, but ended up only selling about 80,192 copies in the UK. Peaking at 8 on the UK charts, "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster" was the lowest-charting single of Halliwell's career at the time.

Music video

A music video was released in 2001, it was directed by Jim Canty and Jake-Sebastian Wynne, whoom previously directed the music video for "It's Raining Men".

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Brazil Hot 100	1
UK Singles Chart	8
Italian Singles Chart	9
Irish IRMA Singles Chart	17
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)	18
Singaporean Singles Chart	19
Belgian Singles Chart (Wallony)	20
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	40
Swiss Singles Chart	62
Dutch Singles Chart	66
German Singles Chart	67
Greek Singles Chart	77
Year-End Charts (2001)
UK Top 200 Singles of the Year	154

Tracklisting and formats

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster".

UK & Europe CD1
(Released 30 July 2001)

1. "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster" - 3:24
2. "New Religion" - 3:05
3. "Breaking Glass" - 3:37

UK & Europe CD2
(Released 30 July 2001)

1. "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster" [UK Single Version] - 3:24
2. "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster" [Sleaze Sisters Anthem Mix - Edit] - 4:58
3. "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster" [Rob Searle Remix - Edit] - 4:25
4. "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster" [Burnt Remix] - 7:07

European 2-Track CD Single (Version 1)
(Released 30 July 2001)

1. "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster" - 3:24
2. "New Religion" - 3:05

European 2-Track CD Single (Version 2)
(Released 30 July 2001)

1. "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster" - 3:24
2. "It's Raining Men" [Album Version] - 4:19

Australian CD Maxi
(Released 10 September 2001)

1. "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster" [Album Version] - 3:24
2. "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster" [In The Name Of Charlie Rapino] - 5:02
3. "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster" [Sleaze Sisters Anthem Mix] - 8:02
4. "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster" [Burnt Remix] - 7:07
5. "It's Raining Men" [Almighty Mix] - 8:12

Official versions

• Album Version
• Single Edit
• In The Name Of Charlie Rapino - 5:02
• Charlie Rapino Cut 1
• Charlie Rapino Cut 2
• Sleaze Sisters Anthem Mix - 8:02
• Sleaze Sisters Anthem Dub
• Sleaze Sisters Anthem Mix - Edit - 4:58
• Burnt Remix - 7:07
• Rob Searle Remix
• Rob Searle Remix - Edit - 4:25
• Rough diamond Mix

Notes

• The motorbike intro was cut from the album version to serve as the single mix. On promotional copies of the album this intro was a separate track named 'Dragsters'

• Rob Serle was drafted in to remix this track as Geri wished to gain significant club play