Music Video
The video, directed by Wayne Isham and choreographed by Darrin Dewitt Henson, features *NSYNC as puppets controlled by an evil puppetress (played by Kim Smith). She cuts the strings first on Joey and Chris, and they run over the top of a speeding train, then hide among the passengers to escape her. She cuts Justin loose next, and he outruns her trained dogs through a warehouse, eventually escaping into the pouring rain. Then Lance and JC are cut loose and fall into a red Dodge Viper RT/10. They speed away from her, while being chased by her silver BMW Z3. All this is interspersed with shots of the band dancing in a blue box with a fixed camera, making them appear as though they are on different planes of gravity. The video edit of the song also adds a few cuts where Timberlake lands in the warehouse, and when Lance and JC start the car chase, and adds an additional final chorus.
The video premiered on MTV's "Making the Video" and features the same actress as appears in "It's Gonna Be Me". It originally held the record for longest streak of being #1 on TRL with 25 straight days at the top spot, until another one of their videos (I Drive Myself Crazy) made it to 26 straight days at #1. The video was #60 on MuchMusic's 100 Best Videos. The video debut on TRL January 24, 2000.
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