Bye Bye Bye by *NSYNC
Released on Tue, January 11, 2000
"Bye Bye Bye" is a song by American boy band NSYNC from their second studio album, ''No Strings Attached (NSYNC album)|No Strings Attached''. It was released on January 17, 2000, as the lead single from the album. The song was written and produced by Kristian Lundin and Jake Schulze, with additional writing by Andreas Carlsson. Its lyrics describe the end of a romantic relationship; it was reported to also reference the group's separation from their manager Lou Pearlman and their record label RCA Records.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bella |first1=Timothy |title=Lou Pearlman was a disgraced mogul who defrauded '90s boy bands. Then came the $300 million Ponzi scheme. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/03/13/lou-pearlman-was-disgraced-mogul-who-defrauded-s-boy-bands-then-came-million-ponzi-scheme/ |access-date=3 August 2024 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=13 March 2019|quote=“It was a big f-you to Lou Pearlman every time we did it,” Bass told The Post. “You felt like an artist for the first time, without anyone’s hands in it for the first time.”}}</ref> "Bye Bye Bye" is widely considered to be the group's List of signature songs|signature song.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McIntyre |first=Hugh |title=NSYNC's 'Bye Bye Bye' Surges More Than 800% In Sales |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2024/08/12/nsyncs-bye-bye-bye-surges-more-than-800-in-sales/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815012235/https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2024/08/12/nsyncs-bye-bye-bye-surges-more-than-800-in-sales/ |archive-date=August 15, 2024 |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>