Editing 2 Become 1 (section)

===Critical response===
The song was generally well received by music critics. Brian Grosz from Albumism described it as "a smooth [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] jam".<ref>{{cite web|first= Brian |last= Grosz |title= The Spice Girls' Debut Album 'Spice' Turns 20: Anniversary Retrospective |publisher= Albumism |date= 1 November 2016 |access-date= 17 November 2020 |url= https://www.albumism.com/features/tribute-celebrating-20-years-of-spice-girls-debut-album-spice}}</ref> [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of [[AllMusic]] called it a "perfect [[Adult contemporary music|adult contemporary]] confection".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|title=Spice : Review|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r245691|pure_url=yes}}|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=24 July 2010}}</ref> In a review of the group's 2007 compilation album, ''[[Greatest Hits (Spice Girls album)|Greatest Hits]]'', Talia Kraines of [[BBC Music]] called it "shimmering", adding that "only a cold heart could fail to love their first festive #1".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kraines|first=Talia|title=Spice Girls Greatest Hits Review|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/jn9x|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=12 November 2007|access-date=24 July 2010}}</ref> [[Larry Flick]] of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine said that "they are surprisingly adept at weaving warm and romantic imagery over a sweet melody", adding that "[Everyone] will delight in the track's arrangement of soft harmonies and delicate acoustic guitar riffs".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Flick|first=Larry|date=5 July 1997|title=Reviews & Previews: Singles: Pop: 2 Become 1|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=109|issue=27|page=80|issn=0006-2510|author-link=Larry Flick}}</ref> [[Greg Kot]] of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' said that their first album "is a compendium of slick secondhand urban pop encompassing [...] [[G-funk]] synths on '[[Say You'll Be There]]' [...] and [[Babyface (musician)|Babyface]]'s guitar and strings balladry on '2 Become 1'".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kot|first=Greg|author-link=Greg Kot|title=Fluffed up Spice Girls' Feminist Stance Overwhelmed by Studio Gloss|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/11208459.html?dids=11208459:11208459&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+09%2C+1997&author=Greg+Kot%2C+Tribune+Rock+Critic.&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=FLUFFED+UP++SPICE+GIRLS%27+FEMINIST+STANCE+OVERWHELMED+BY+STUDIO+GLOSS&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104202644/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/11208459.html?dids=11208459:11208459&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+09,+1997&author=Greg+Kot,+Tribune+Rock+Critic.&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=FLUFFED+UP++SPICE+GIRLS'+FEMINIST+STANCE+OVERWHELMED+BY+STUDIO+GLOSS&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 January 2013|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=9 March 1997|access-date=26 July 2010}}</ref> [[Digital Spy]]'s Nick Levine noted that the group's slower songs were "probably their strongest suit", and thought that the song "manages to combine every element of the perfect Christmas ballad–a touch of elegance, a hint of romance, a soupcon of sexiness and a generous sprinkling of sparkle–and still finds time for a coy safe sex message".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Levine |first=Nick |title=Spice Girls Greatest Hits Review |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/albumreviews/a79868/spice-girls-greatest-hits.html |work=[[Digital Spy]] |date=12 November 2007 |access-date=24 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611012139/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/albumreviews/a79868/spice-girls-greatest-hits.html |archive-date=11 June 2011 }}</ref> Whitney Pastorek of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' said that it is "too slow, and the lyrics appear to have been written by a safe-sex-loving unicorn", adding that "it's almost impossible to identify the individual Spice Girls by their voices here, so airbrushed are the proceedings".<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Pastorek|first=Whitney|title=Chart Flashback|url=https://ew.com/music/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=12 October 2006|access-date=24 July 2010|archive-date=19 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019041104/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1533782,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A reviewer from ''[[Music Week]]'' rated the song five out of five, adding, "No turkey this as Spice Girls virtually guarantee a third chart topper and look a strong bet for the Christmas number one with a seasonally lush ballad. Anticipate much smooching 'neath the mistletoe."<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-11-30.pdf |title= Reviews: Singles |magazine= [[Music Week]] |date= 30 November 1996 |page= 20 |access-date= 6 October 2021}}</ref> ''[[Time magazine|Time]]'' magazine's [[Christopher John Farley]] called it a "slumberous ballad [...] [that] seem[s] designed to amuse, titillate, ingratiate".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Farley|first=Christopher John|author-link=Christopher John Farley|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,985864-2,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011132749/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,985864-2,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 October 2011|title=Music: New Girls on the Block|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=3 February 1997|access-date=26 July 2010}}</ref> In a review of the group's debut album ''Spice'', Dev Sherlock of [[Yahoo! Music Radio]] called it a "glossy ballad that would do [[Mariah Carey]] proud".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sherlock |first=Dev |title=Album Review: Spice |url=http://uk.music.yahoo.com/read/review/12062573 |work=[[Yahoo! Music Radio]] |date=4 February 1997 |access-date=24 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718134159/http://uk.music.yahoo.com/read/review/12062573 |archive-date=18 July 2011 }}</ref> 
[[File:Victoriaandemmaonpoleslv.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Victoria Beckham]] and [[Emma Bunton]] in [[Las Vegas Strip|Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]], on 11 December 2007, performing "2 Become 1".]]