Bye Bye Bye

"Bye Bye Bye"
The five band members are facing towards the center, in front of a black background. The song's title is above them.
Single by NSYNC
from the album No Strings Attached and Deadpool & Wolverine
B-side"Could It Be You"
ReleasedJanuary 17, 2000 (2000-01-17)
Recorded1999
Studio
  • Battery (New York City, U.S.)
  • Cheiron (Stockholm, Sweden)
  • Cove City Sound (Orlando, Florida, U.S.)
Genre
Length3:20
LabelJive
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Lundin
  • Schulze
NSYNC singles chronology
"Music of My Heart"
(1999)
"Bye Bye Bye"
(2000)
"It's Gonna Be Me"
(2000)
Music video
"Bye Bye Bye" on YouTube

"Bye Bye Bye" is a song by American boy band NSYNC from their third studio album, No Strings Attached. It was released on January 17, 2000, as the lead single from the album. The song was written and produced by Kristian Lundin and Jake Schulze, with additional writing by Andreas Carlsson. Its lyrics describe the end of a romantic relationship; it was reported to also reference the group's separation from their manager Lou Pearlman and their record label RCA Records.[1] "Bye Bye Bye" is widely considered to be the group's signature song.[2]

"Bye Bye Bye" was a commercial success, peaking at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 and within the top 10 in almost every country in which it charted. The song received a Grammy nomination in 2001 for Record of the Year, but lost to U2's "Beautiful Day".

The song resurged in popularity in 2024 after it was featured in the film Deadpool & Wolverine.[3][4]

  1. ^ Bella, Timothy (March 13, 2019). "Lou Pearlman was a disgraced mogul who defrauded '90s boy bands. Then came the $300 million Ponzi scheme". Washington Post. Retrieved August 3, 2024. "It was a big f-you to Lou Pearlman every time we did it," Bass told The Post. "You felt like an artist for the first time, without anyone's hands in it for the first time."
  2. ^ McIntyre, Hugh. "NSYNC's 'Bye Bye Bye' Surges More Than 800% In Sales". Forbes. Archived from the original on August 15, 2024. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  3. ^ "'Deadpool and Wolverine' Box Office Success Spurs Massive Gains for *NSYNC, Madonna & Green Day Pop Classics". Billboard. July 31, 2024. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
  4. ^ Weiss, Josh (July 31, 2024). "NSYNC's 'Bye Bye Bye' Choreographer Darrin Henson Reacts To Dance's Resurgence In 'Deadpool & Wolverine'". Forbes. Retrieved August 2, 2024.