Blowin' Me Up (with Her Love)

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"Blowin' Me Up (with Her Love)"

Single by JC Chasez
from the album Schizophrenic
Released	February 25, 2003 2004
Format	CD single
Recorded	2003
Genre	R&B/Dance pop
Length	4:50
Label	Jive Records
Writer(s)	Dallas Austin, JC Chasez
Producer(s)	Dallas Austin
Chart positions
#14 (UK Singles Chart) #35 (U.S. Hot 100)
JC Chasez singles chronology
	"Blowin' Me Up (with Her Love)" (2003)	"Some Girls (Dance with Women)" (2004)

"Blowin' Me Up (with Her Love)" is the first solo single by JC Chasez and was released in the U.S. in February 2003. He is the second member from 'N Sync to pursue his career as a solo artist. The song was later featured on the soundtrack for the 2002 drama film Drumline. It was released in the UK a year later in February 2004, where it was grouped together with "Some Girls (Dance with Women)" as a double A Side, and reached number 13.

1 Music video
2 Formats and track listings
3 Charts
4 External links

[edit] Music video

The music video for "Blowin' Me Up (with Her Love)" was directed by Bryan Barber and shot in 2002. JC approached Barber after seeing his video for OutKast's "The Whole World." "It's totally different from what he's done with *NSYNC," the director said. "He wanted to go left of center and that's what we did. We had some fun and presented JC in a whole new way." Aside from 'funky choreography,' sets built from auto wreckage and a post-apocalyptic wardrobe, the video features a lot of drummers. "Other than that, there's nothing to do with [the movie]" - Barber said.

Chasez and Tara Reid in the video for "Blowin' Me Up" (2002).

The video appears to be set in some sort of 80s flashback. It's a post-apocalyptic world. The plot revolves around a sexually-frustrated JC pursuing his love interest through a monster truck rally, a germ-filled diner, and, for extra excitement, a parking lot. Tara Reid struts and overacts as JC tries to seduce her. Lovelorn JC sings and rubs up on her, only to be ignored. Just when we think all hope is lost, Tara has an inexplicable change of heart and straddles JC on the diner's counter. JC celebrates his newfound love with a cliched drag race.

"Blowin' Me Up" was featured in the movie Drumline, so we get the standard distracting movie clips scattered throughout. The video also features a well-choreographed dance routine by JC and several backup dancers, taking place in a car junkyard. Dallas Austin, who produced the single, also appears in the video, driving a monster truck and smashing cars. Austin is also the executive producer of the movie Drumline and its soundtrack, which features Chasez's first solo single.

[edit] Formats and track listings

US CD/12" single

"Blowin' Me Up (with Her Love)" [Radio Edit] – 4:21
"Blowin' Me Up (with Her Love)" [Instrumental] – 4:49

[edit] Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak
Canadian Singles Chart	24
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	35 (2)
U.S. Top 40 Mainstream	14
U.S. Top 40 Tracks	17
Chart (2004)	Peak
Irish Singles Chart	20*
UK Official Singles Charts	13*

The small digit between brackets represents the amount of weeks the song stayed at that position.
*: "Blowin' Me Up/Some Girls"