"Bag It Up" is a song recorded by British singer and songwriter

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for her debut solo album '' Schizophonic'' (1999). It was written by Halliwell, Andy Watkins, Paul Wilson and produced by

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. It was released as the fourth and final single from ''Schizophonic'' on 13 March 2000, by

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, and topped the

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, 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

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Chart performance

"Bag It Up" sold 106,000 copies in its first week, becoming Halliwell's third consecutive solo number one on the

. It has sold over 266,000 copies and has been certified silver by the

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