Thinking of You (I Drive Myself Crazy)

"Thinking of You (I Drive Myself Crazy)"
Single by 'N Sync
from the album The Winter Album
Released February 22, 1999
Format CD Single
Recorded 1998
Genre Pop
Length 4:00
Label RCA
Writer(s) Rick Nowels, Allan Rich, Ellen Shipley
Producer Veit Renn
'N Sync singles chronology
"Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays"
(1998)
"Thinking of You (I Drive Myself Crazy)"
(1999)
"Music of My Heart"
(1999)

Thinking of You (I Drive Myself Crazy) is the third and final single from American boyband 'N Sync's seasonal studio album, The Winter Album. The song made its first appearance on the American and British versions of the band's self-titled debut album. The single did not perform as well on the charts, selling less than 150,000 copies. The song is notable as being one of the few songs where someone other than Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez sang lead vocals - Chris Kirkpatrick sings the first verse in the U.S. version, while in the European version, Chasez sang Kirkpatrick's part.

Contents

Music video

The video, directed by Tim Story[1], shows the boys in an asylum. The viewer gets to see each man's torment as he remembers the girl who put him there. Each *NSYNCer came up with his own storyline. A flashback shows Kirkpatrick ignoring his girlfriend as he talks on the cell phone, so she gets up and leaves. He sees visions of his girlfriend walking past him. Timberlake's flashback shows him trying to give a necklace to a girl, but she returns it and leaves and embraces another guy. Chasez sees the girl who cheated on him on TV, on a show reminiscent of The Jerry Springer Show. Lance Bass reminisces to a scene where he is plucking the petals off a flower. His girlfriend sidles up to him, pulls a few petals off, but then leaves him. Joey Fatone is with his girlfriend, when another girl walks by and kisses him. His girlfriend slaps him and then leaves. In the asylum, Fatone continually slaps himself in the face with a flyswatter. The scenes in the asylum gradually get more frenetic, with their normal expressions changing to crazed expressions, Chasez attacking the TV and being restrained, Bass ripping up flowers and Fatone running around in a Superman costume. At the end the five are released, and the girls are shown being brought to the asylum instead, as the group run off to freedom. The video debuted on TRL April 1, 1999. The version of the video featured on 'N The Mix is adjusted to feature the American version of the song, which is included on the American version of *NSYNC.

Tracklisting

  1. "Thinking Of You (I Drive Myself Crazy)" [Radio Edit] - 4:00
  2. "Thinking Of You (I Drive Myself Crazy)" [Riprock And Alex G's Crazy Driving Dub Mix] - 4:00
  3. "Thinking Of You (I Drive Myself Crazy)" [Riprock And Alex G's Remix] - 3:26
  4. "Thinking Of You (I Drive Myself Crazy)" [U.S. Version] - 4:00
  5. "Thinking Of You (I Drive Myself Crazy)" [Riprock And Alex G's Smooth Haze Remix] - 3:46

Charts

Chart (1999) Peak
position
Dutch Singles Chart 15

References

  1. ^ http://mvdbase.com/video.php?id=19869 Music Video Database for "I Drive Myself Crazy"