Bye Bye Bye

Infobox Single
Name = Bye Bye Bye


Artist = 'N Sync
from Album = No Strings Attached
Released = January 2000
Format = CD Single
Recorded = 1999
Genre = Pop
Length = 3:19
Label = JIVE
Writer = Kristian Lundin, Jake Schulze, Andreas Carlsson
Producer = Kristian Lundin and Jake Schulze
Last single = "Music Of My Heart"
(1999)
This single = "Bye Bye Bye"
(1999)
Next single = "It's Gonna Be Me"
(2000)"Bye Bye Bye" is the first single released from American boyband *NSYNC's second album, "No Strings Attached". Released in early 2000, it is a reference to the group's break from their manager Lou Pearlman and their record label, RCA Records.Fact|date=August 2008

The song was featured in "X2", Britney Spears' film debut "Crossroads" and in the first episode of Season 6 of Scrubs. The song was performed at the 2000 Kids' Choice Awards.

It was debuted at the 1999 Radio Music Awards

The song received 2 grammy nominations, "Record of the Year" and "Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal".

According to Simon Cowell's autobiography "I Don't Mean to Be Rude, But..." the song was originally going to be recorded by British boy band 5ive. However, during recording the band decided they did not like the song and left the studio.Fact|date=July 2007

"Bye Bye Bye" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at #42, the week of January 29, 2000, reaching the Top 10 by the week of March 4. The song remained in the Top 10 of the Hot 100 singles chart through May 20, 2000, for 12 weeks. The single peaked at #4 in April 2000 for two consecutive weeks.

The song was the most added pop single to radio all time, being added to over 200 radio stations in the first week alone. The record was previously held by rivals the Backstreet Boys. [http://www.allbusiness.com/retail/retailers-electronics-appliance-retailing-radio/6088401-1.html]

The song was a bigger hit internationally, reaching the top of the Australia and New Zealand singles chart and #3 on the UK Singles Chart.

The song and video also won the group 3 Video Music Awards at the 2000 MTV VMA's. (Best Pop Video, Best Choreography in a Video and Viewer's Choice) The video won the most VMA's that year.

The song won a Radio Music Radio award in 2000, for best song of the year.

Rolling Stone listed "Bye Bye Bye" as the 17th most annoying song. [http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/02/the-20-most-annoying-songs/]

This song was voted the number 1 Boyband/girlband song on U Choose 40 on C4 in New Zealand [http://admin.c4tv.co.nz/LineUp/UChoose40/UChoose40Results/tabid/177/Default.aspx]

Bye Bye Bye won 3 Teen Choice Awards in 2000. (Choice Single, Choice Music Video, and Song of the Summer)

Won MuchMusic Video Music Award (Favorite International Group for "Bye Bye Bye")

2001 : Won Blockbuster Entertainment Award (category Favorite Single for "Bye Bye Bye")

Music video

The video, directed by Wayne Isham, features 'N Sync as puppets controlled by an evil puppetress (Kim Smith). She cuts the strings first on Fatone and Kirkpatrick, and they run over the top of a speeding train, then hide among the passengers to escape her. She cuts Timberlake loose next, and he out-runs her trained dogs through a warehouse, eventually ecaping into the pouring rain. Then Bass and Chasez are cut loose and fall into a red sports car. They speed away from her, while being chased by her silver BMW. All this is interspersed with shots of the band dancing in a rotating, zero-gravity box.

The video premiered on MTV's "Making the Video" and features the same actress as appears in "It's Gonna Be Me".

The video was #60 on MuchMusic's 100 Best Videos.

It holds the record for longest streak of being #1 on TRL with 25 straight days at the top spot.

Chart positions

Song information

Track Listings

#"Bye Bye Bye""
#"Could It Be You"

Remixes and other versions

*Bye Bye Bye [Album Version] 3:20
*Bye Bye Bye [Instrumental] 3:23
*Bye Bye Bye [Riprock 'N' Alex G. Club Remix] 4:53
*Bye Bye Bye [Teddy Riley's Club Remix] 5:29
*Bye Bye Bye [Teddy Riley Mix] 3:40
*Bye Bye Bye [Timbaland Remix] 4:47
*Bye Bye Bye [Rap Remix] 4:49
*Not in July [Parody by Andrew Sims] 4:03
*Bye Bye Bye [Cover by Further Seems Forever] 3:25
*Cry Cry Cry (from "Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck") 0:07