 “Actually, the more conventional your melody in terms of the interval patterns that you use; in terms of the rhythms that you use, the easier the song is to remember over the long term.What makes Wannabe work so well is that it isn’t a difficult song to sing, it has a conventional melody that repeats itself a lot, and it’s just relentless.”

Additionally, the book FutureHit DNA by Jay Frank says "Wannabe felt like it should have been a 3 1/2 to 4-minute pop song, just like every other hit at that time.To create that feeling, the producers cut the song at the knees.