That makes no sense given the lyrics.
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"Slam your body down and wind it all around, ha, ha, ha"
(Oh wait that's about sex, nvm...)
Its not supposed to be rational
One of Wannabe's co-writers revealed that it was inspired by a saying on set: 'Shit and cigars.' Apparently, the Spice Girls shared a recording studio in Shoreditch with a famous musician and decided to give said celebrity this nickname.
Why? Well the anonymous co-writer told The Sun: "There was this one eighties pop dude who hated us for encroaching on what he considered 'his turf' which was boy bands and girl bands.
"This guy had this nasty habit of taking a dump in the shared khazi while smoking a cigar, so we took to referring to him as 'Shit and Cigars'."
So 'zig-a-zig-ah' might sound like nonsense, but in fact the girls were using it as a statement against the sexist figureheads in the music industry.
"I really, really, really wanna shit and cigars".. 🙄
Duran Duran recorded in that studio, and are the only ones that I can think of that individually could be referred to as "This one 80's pop dude" that recorded there.
Published 20 April 2023
That's true, the information is sadly outdated by now