‘NSync’s Joey Fatone and Lance Bass gave Us exclusive behind-the-scenes details about recording their 2000 hit ‘Bye Bye Bye’
More than 20 years after its release, “Bye Bye Bye” remains one of ‘NSync’s most successful songs — but not everyone in the group was sure it would be a hit.
“Of course when you’re hearing it in the studio, you’re hearing everything raw or you’re not hearing it completely mixed,” Fatone, 46, says in the latest episode of “Anatomy of a Song,” taking a walk down memory lane with fellow band member Lance Bass and Backstreet Boys singer AJ McLean. “Then when you hear it on the radio … it just sounds better.”
“The first time I heard that demo, I knew it was something,” he admits, taking the opposite stance of Fatone. “It was the first time in the studio that as I was live singing a song, I knew that this was going to be a single.”Bass recalls previously passing on a song that ultimately went to the British group 5ive — “When the Lights Go Out” — because “it just didn’t feel like us.” When ‘NSync first heard “Bye Bye Bye,” however, they immediately loved it.
As a peer in the field of ‘90s boy bands — and a fan of ‘NSync — McLean recognizes the success of the single and its music video. “In my opinion, as a fan, that song, that video, that choreography … is their Backstreet’s Back,” he tells Us, referencing his own band’s 1997 hit before demonstrating their dance moves. “Everybody knows this move. That’s a staple, throughout history.
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