`  == Inconsistency with ``Goodbye`` ==  From the entry:  After Halliwell left, the girls wrote a few songs about her on their album Forever, notably ``Goodbye``, ``Let Love Lead the Way`` and ``Tell Me Why``  Meanwhile, in the Spice Girls entry:  Whilst on tour in America the group continued to record new material and they released the new song ``Goodbye`` at Christmas 1998. Written before her departure, the song was nevertheless seen as a tribute to Geri and when it topped the British chart it became their third consecutive Christmas number one   1 January 2007`