Eliot Kennedy, an award-winning music producer, had recently established a home recording studio in North Anston, Sheffield, when the Spice Girls sought him out as an unsigned group. After their manager refused to provide Kennedy's contact information, the determined band located him through directory listings and a local studio referral, eventually asking to stay at his residence whilst working together.

During their time at Kennedy's house, the collaborative arrangement yielded several recordings that would become commercially significant, most notably the chart-topping single "Say You'll Be There," alongside other tracks that later appeared in major advertising campaigns. Kennedy has described the experience as a particularly enjoyable period in his career, characterising the small home studio environment as conducive to creativity and the development of a close working relationship between the producer and the emerging group.