NSYNC - THIS I PROMISE YOU

THIS I PROMISE YOU

NSYNC

SONGWRITER: RICHARD MARX

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: NO STRINGS ATTACHED

LABEL: JIVE RECORDS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1999

 

           NSYNC(/ɛnˈsɪŋk/,/ɪn-/; also stylized as *NSYNC or 'N Sync) was an American boy band formed in Orlando, Florida, in 1995 and launched in Germany by BMG Ariola Munich. NSYNC consisted of Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone, and Lance Bass. Their self-titled debut album was successfully released to European countries in 1997, and later debuted in the U.S. market with the single "I Want You Back".

       After heavily publicized legal battles with their former manager Lou Pearlman and former record label Bertelsmann Music Group, the group's second album, No Strings Attached(2000), sold over one million copies in one day and 2.4 million copies in one week, which was a record for over fifteen years. NSYNC's first two studio albums were both certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Celebrity(2001) debuted with 1.8 million copies in its first week in the US. Singles such as "Bye Bye Bye", "This I Promise You", "Girlfriend", "Pop" and "It's Gonna Be Me" reached the top 10 in several international charts, with the last being a US Billboard Hot 100 number one. In addition to a host of Grammy Award nominations, NSYNC performed at the World Series, the Super Bowl and the Olympic Games, and sang or recorded with Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Britney Spears, Phil Collins, Celine Dion, Aerosmith, Nelly, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Mary J. Blige, country music band Alabama, and Gloria Estefan. The group received eight Grammy Award nominations.

       NSYNC last recorded new material in 2002. The five members have reunited a couple of times, including at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards and to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The band completed five nationwide concert tours and has sold over 70 million records, becoming one of the best-selling boy bands in history. Rolling Stone recognized their instant success as one of the Top 25 Teen Idol Breakout Moments of all time. Justin Timberlake went on to become a ten-time Grammy Award winner throughout his solo career.

       "This I Promise You" is a ballad by the American boy band NSYNC. It was released in November 2000 as the third and final single in the United States and the fourth and final single in Europe from their second studio album, No Strings Attached, in 2000. The song is included on all three of the band's compilation albums: Greatest Hits (2005), The Collection(2010), and The Essential *NSYNC(2014). The single reached number five on the US Billboard Hot 100.

         A Spanish language version of the song, titled "Yo te Voy a Amar" was recorded at the same time and released in Spanish-speaking countries such as Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Ecuador, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Spain.

Ooh, ooh

 

When the visions around you

Bring tears to your eyes

And all that surrounds you

Are secrets and lies

I'll be your strength

I'll give you hope

Keeping your faith when it's gone

The one you should call

Standing here all along

 

And I will take

You in my arms

And hold you right where you belong

Till the day my life is through

This I promise you

This I promise you

 

I've loved you forever, in lifetimes before

And I promise you never, will you hurt anymore

I give you my word, I give you my heart (I give you my heart)

This is a battle we've won

And with this vow forever has now begun

 

Just close your eyes (close your eyes)

Each loving day (each loving day)

And know this feeling won't go away (no)

Till the day my life is through

This I promise you

This I promise you

 

Oh, over and over I fall (over and over I fall)

When I hear you call

Without you in my life, baby

I just wouldn't be living at all

 

And I will take (I will take you in my arms)

You in my arms

And hold you right where you belong (right where you belong)

Till the day my life is through

This I promise you, babe

 

Just close your eyes, each loving day (each loving day)

And know this feeling won't go away (no)

Every word I say is true

This I promise you

 

Every word I say is true, this I promise you

Ooh, I promise you.