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Composition and Lyrics: No Strings Attached Billboard Hot 100 Now That's What I Call Music! 5

The song "It's Gonna Be Me" by NSYNC was their only #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It topped the charts for two weeks in 2000. The music video featured animated plastic doll versions of the band members trying to get the attention of a girl in a toy store so she would buy them.

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Composition and Lyrics: No Strings Attached Billboard Hot 100 Now That's What I Call Music! 5

The song "It's Gonna Be Me" by NSYNC was their only #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It topped the charts for two weeks in 2000. The music video featured animated plastic doll versions of the band members trying to get the attention of a girl in a toy store so she would buy them.

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It's Gonna Be Me" is a song by American boy band NSYNC.

It was released in June 2000 as the


second single in the United Statesand third in Europe from their second studio album No Strings
Attached. The song was NSYNC's only Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit, making it their highest-
charting single. It topped the chart for two consecutive weeks and has been certified Gold by
the RIAA. The song serves as the opening track of the 2000 compilation album Now That's What I
Call Music! 5.

Contents
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 1Composition and lyrics


 2Music video
 3In popular culture
 4Track listings and formats
 5Credits and personnel
 6Charts
o 6.1Weekly charts
o 6.2Year-end charts
 7References
 8External links

Composition and lyrics[edit]


The lyrics are addressed to a woman who apparently had bad experiences in previous relationships.
The man who shows interest in her assures the woman that he is nothing like her past lovers, and
that he is prepared to wait for her. When she is ready to love someone again, he maintains that "It's
gonna be me".[2] It is written in the key of C minor.[3]

Music video[edit]
The music video was directed by Wayne Isham. It was shot from April 27–28, 2000. The video
debuted on MTV's TRL on May 23, 2000. It was released on MTV's "Making the Video". Joji Tani,
known by Screaming Mad George, provided make-up work for the video.
The video begins in a large toy store, with "Bye Bye Bye" playing in the background. Each group
member is an animated plastic doll version of themselves in a box similar to their album cover. They
punch through the plastic front of their boxes and try to attract the attention of the girl shopping (Kim
Smith, who also appears as the puppeteer in "Bye Bye Bye") so that they can be bought. Army men
abseil down from a higher shelf, destroy their boxes, and laugh at them when they are purchased.
Next, the boys spot a set of Barbie-like dolls and go hang out with them. The Barbies drop a net on
them, and again tease them when they are bought and NSYNC is not. Finally, the group gets back
to their shelf and does a dance for the shopping girl. She buys them, and upon scanning, each doll
becomes the real-life version of each group member. All of this is interspersed with the band in a
color-lit room singing and dancing with the lights changing colors.
The video was released on the group YouTube's Vevo channel on October 24, 2009. As of January
2018, the video has received over 68 million views.[4]

In popular culture[edit]
Following the release of the video, dolls like those portrayed by the band were created, with strings
attached as a reference to the group's smash hit video "Bye Bye Bye".
Throughout the song, Justin Timberlake pronounces the word "me" such that it sounds more like
"May." This oddity has led to an internet craze in which memes of Timberlake's face above the
inscription "It's Gonna Be May!" are shared on the internet by numerous users every 30 April
(including President Barack Obama and Timberlake himself).[5][6][7] Views on YouTube also garner five
times as many daily views on April 30 as they do in mid-April, seven times as many searches, and
23% more views on all *NSYNC music videos.[7] When asked about why he pronounced "me" in that
manner, he replied producer Martin had asked him to sing the word in that way, as he probably
wanted Timberlake to sound like he was from Tennessee.[8]
In 2016, Fall Out Boy created a follow-up music video for their song "Irresistible" featuring Demi
Lovato, which is also directed by Isham and featured cameos from Chris Kirkpatrickas a toy factory
worker and Joey Fatone as a toy store employee.

Track listings and formats[edit]


U.S. single 1 limited edition

1. "It's Gonna Be Me" (Single Version) – 3:11


2. "It's Gonna Be Me" (Maurice Joshua Radio Mix) – 4:11
U.S. single 2

1. "It's Gonna Be Me" (Single Version) – 3:11


2. "It's Gonna Be Me" (Jack D. Elliot Remix Radio Edit) – 3:49
3. "It's Gonna Be Me" (Digital Black-N-Groove Club Mix) – 8:07
4. "It's Gonna Be Me" (Jazzy Jim's Remix) – 3:49
5. "It's Gonna Be Me" (Azza's Groove Mix) – 3:46
6. "It's Gonna Be Me" (Jack D. Elliot Club Mix) – 6:04
7. "It's Gonna Be Me" (Digital Black-N-Dub) – 5:15
U.S. vinyl

1. "It's Gonna Be Me" (Digital Black-N-Groove Club Mix) – 8:05


2. "It's Gonna Be Me" (Radio Edit) – 3:11
3. "Bye Bye Bye" (Riprock & Alex G Club Remix) – 4:53
International single

1. "It's Gonna Be Me" (Single Version) – 3:11


2. "It's Gonna Be Me" (Instrumental) – 3:13
3. "This Is Where the Party's At" (previously unreleased version) – 3:42
4. "Bye Bye Bye" (Teddy Riley Mix) – 3:40

Credits and personnel[edit]


Recording[9]

 Recorded at Cheiron Studios, Stockholm, Sweden and Battery Studios, NYC


Personnel[9]

 Max Martin – songwriter


 Rami – songwriter, producer
 Andreas Carlsson – songwriter
 Chris Trevett – recording engineer
 Charles McCrorey – assistant engineer
 John Amatiello – Pro Tools engineer
 Justin Timberlake – human beat box
 Chaz Harper – mastering

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