This I Promise You
2000 single by NSYNC
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"This I Promise You" is a ballad recorded by American boy band NSYNC. It was released in September 2000 as the third and final single in the United States and the fourth and final single in Europe from their third studio album, No Strings Attached (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.
- "I Thought She Knew"
- "Yo te Voy a Amar"
- The Treehouse (North Hollywood, California)
- Westlake Recording Studios (West Hollywood, California)[1]
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| Released | September 19, 2000 | |||
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| Label | Jive | |||
| Songwriter | Richard Marx | |||
| Producer | Richard Marx | |||
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| "This I Promise You" on YouTube | ||||
A Spanish language version of the song, titled "Yo te Voy a Amar", was recorded at the same time for Spanish-speaking countries.
Background
Richard Marx was asked by A&R executive David Novik if he had any songs that he could give to NSYNC. He specifically requested a ballad.[2] Initially, the song "This I Promise You" was written with a three-person girl group in mind. Marx quickly finished the song writing the harmonies specifically for NSYNC.[2]
Marx would later record the song twice, first for the Japanese release of his 2000 album Days in Avalon similar to the NSYNC version from their album No Strings Attached, and again as a rock song for the European version of his 2010 Stories to Tell album. Marx would later use the Days in Avalon version of "This I Promise You" for his 2014 Now and Forever: The Ballads album as a duet with singer Sabrina.[citation needed]
Commercial performance
"This I Promise You" was NSYNC's fifth top-ten single in the U.S., reaching number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the autumn of 2000. In addition, the song spent 13 weeks at number one on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, the group's first and only song to do so.[3] Internationally, the song reached number twenty-one on the UK Singles Chart.
Music video
Background
The music video was shot at Redwood National Park and San Francisco's Embarcadero in 2000 by Dave Meyers. During the video shoot, Justin Timberlake and Joey Fatone ended up exploring Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary without paying for tickets. Both members were eventually caught when they reached Al Capone's cell, and let off with a warning.[4]
It debuted on an episode of Total Request Live on October 27, 2000.
Synopsis
The video shows the group members clad in turtlenecks singing in the Redwood National and State Parks, with different shots of different love relationships shown in bubbles floating around the forest. Footage of the San Francisco skyline appears at different intervals and at the key change towards the end of the song, the video pans to the members of NSYNC sitting at a table of an outdoor restaurant along the Embarcadero while eating and singing.
The music video on YouTube has received over 300 million views as of May 2024.[5]
Cover versions
A Spanish language version of the song, titled "Yo te Voy a Amar" was recorded at the same time and released in the Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America and Spain.
Irish Westlife lead singer Shane Filan included his version of the song on his third solo album Love Always in 2017. This served as a buzz single which was first released online and later released with a music video exclusively available in Europe. He dedicated this song to his wife Gillian Walsh.[6]
Track listing
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Europe
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Credits and personnel
- Personnel[1]
- Richard Marx – songwriter, producer, arranger
- David Cole – recording engineer, mixing engineer
- Adam Barber – vocal recording
- Cesar Ramirez – assistant engineer
- Ok Hee Kim – assistant engineer
- Toby Dearborn – assistant engineer
- Jeffrey CJ Vanston – drum and keyboard programming
- Michael Thompson – guitar
- Chaz Harper – mastering
Charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[45] | Platinum | 80,000‡ |
| New Zealand (RMNZ)[46] | Gold | 15,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA)[47] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
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Release history
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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| United States | September 19, 2000 | Contemporary hit radio | Jive | [48] |
| United Kingdom | November 20, 2000 |
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