"(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You" is a song by American boy band
NSYNC
NSYNC (, ; also stylized as *NSYNC or 'N Sync) was an American boy band formed by Chris Kirkpatrick in Orlando, Florida, in 1995 and launched in Germany by BMG Ariola Munich. Their self-titled debut album was successfully released to European ...
. It was released as the third single from
their self-titled debut album in the U.S. While some of the previous singles were released in Europe, this one was not, and subsequently only charted in Australia and the U.S., reaching number 46 and number 8 respectively. The single included a live version of
Christopher Cross
Christopher Cross (born Christopher Charles Geppert; May 3, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter from San Antonio, Texas.
He won five Grammy Awards for his eponymous debut album released in 1979. The singles "Sailing" (1980), and "Arthur's T ...
song "
Sailing
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", as well as a limited edition postcard. Some versions of the single included the track's video. The radio version of this song was featured on both their first and third compilation albums: ''
Greatest Hits
A greatest hits album or best-of album is a type of compilation album that collects popular and commercially successful songs by a particular artist or band. While greatest hits albums are typically supported by the artist, they can also be crea ...
'' (2005) and ''
The Essential *NSYNC'' (2014).
Track listings
*America (1999)
;Version 1
# "God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You" (Remix)
# "Sailing" (Live Version)
# "God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You" (Video)
# "Interview" (Video)
;Version 2
# "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You" (Single Version)
# "
Sad Lookin' Moon"
Music video
The video was directed by
Lionel C. Martin
Lionel C. Martin is an American music video director, film director and VJ (media personality), VJ from Queens, Queens, New York. While he is known primarily as a music video director, he has also film director, directed the films ''Def Jam's How ...
.
The video shows the band performing around one single
microphone
A microphone, colloquially called a mic or mike (), is a transducer that converts sound into an electrical signal. Microphones are used in many applications such as telephones, hearing aids, public address systems for concert halls and public ...
, while showing footage of the mother and son, from birth to old age, including childhood memories, going to war, and coming home. All the footage of the mother and son was in black and white, whereas most of the footage of *NSYNC is in full color.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Alabama version
In 1999,
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
band
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...
recorded the song with a backing vocal from NSYNC, and released it as a single from their eighteenth studio album, ''
Twentieth Century
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January 1, 1901 (1901, MCMI), and ended on December 31, 2000 (2000, MM). The 20th century was dominated by significant events that defined the modern era: Spanish flu, Spanish flu pandemic, World War I and ...
''. This version peaked at number three on the ''
Billboard
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''
Hot Country Songs
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This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sal ...
chart and at number 29 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100. The song is the only Hot Country Songs chart entry for NSYNC.
This was also Alabama's final top 10 hit on the Billboard Country charts. The song was later included as the
B-side
The A-side and B-side are the two sides of phonograph records and cassettes; these terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings. The A-side usually features a recording that its artist, producer, or record compan ...
to Alabama's next single, "Small Stuff."
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
References
External links
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1998 singles
1999 singles
1998 songs
Alabama (American band) songs
Music videos directed by Lionel C. Martin
NSYNC songs
Pop ballads
RCA Records singles
Song recordings produced by Don Cook
Songs written by Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers
1990s ballads
Contemporary R&B ballads
Black-and-white music videos
Vocal collaborations