--- description: Adele showed that she knew how to spice up her life when she performed an impromptu cover of the Spice Girls' hit track. title: Watch Adele's Hilarious Cover of the Spice Girls image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6eefc26fda64b882/698896922dce0113639e95bf/adele-spice-girls-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Adele Covering the Spice Girls Is the Performance You Didn't Know You Needed  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 6, 2016 4:22 PM CUT  VERONA, ITALY - MAY 28: Adele performs at Arena di Verona (Photo by Francesco Prandoni/Getty Images) VERONA, ITALY - MAY 28: Adele performs at Arena di Verona (Photo by Francesco Prandoni/Getty Images)Francesco Prandoni—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 6, 2016 4:22 PM CUT [Adele](http://time.com/4155801/adele-story/ "undefined") might be a 10-time Grammy winner, but that doesn’t mean that she doesn’t have [fangirl moments](http://time.com/4317502/adele-says-lemonade-left-her-speechless/ "undefined") of her own. The 28-year-old singer took time during a show in the Netherlands to honor her favorite [girl gang, the Spice Girls](http://time.com/3554568/wannabe-spice-girls-catchiest-song/ "undefined"), by doing an impromptu cover of their hit track “Spice Up Your Life,” along with a short dance—much to the delight of her fans. > [](https://twitter.com/AdeleNowuk/status/738851224502571008) Concertgoers weren’t the only ones who were enchanted with her take on the song; her brief tribute also got the ultimate seal of approval by three of the OG Spice Girls, Emma (Baby) Bunton, Geri (Ginger) Horner, and Mel (Sporty) C., all of whom shared the video of Adele’s cover on Twitter. > [](https://twitter.com/GeriHalliwell/status/739141016616370177) This isn’t the first time that the “Hello” singer has revealed her love for the ’90s girl band; during [a clip for James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke](http://time.com/4261606/james-corden-carpool-karaoke-special/ "undefined"), Adele belted out an unforgettable rendition of “Wannabe” and told Corden that she identifies most with Ginger Spice. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4358400/adele-spice-girls-cover/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4358400/adele-spice-girls-cover/"},"headline":"Adele Covering the Spice Girls Is the Performance You Didn't Know You Needed","datePublished":"2016-06-06T16:22:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:59.998Z","description":"Spice up your life","url":"https://time.com/4358400/adele-spice-girls-cover/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Music","Spice Girls","Adele"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6eefc26fda64b882/698896922dce0113639e95bf/adele-spice-girls-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6eefc26fda64b882/698896922dce0113639e95bf/adele-spice-girls-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Adele Performs At Arena Di Verona, Verona","caption":"Adele Performs At Arena Di Verona, Verona","creditText":"Francesco Prandoni—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4358400/adele-spice-girls-cover/","name":"Adele Covering the Spice Girls Is the Performance You Didn't Know You Needed"}}]}] ```