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.