"(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You" is a song by American boy band
NSYNC. It was released as the third single from
their self-titled debut album in the U.S. While some of the previous singles were released in Europe, this one was not, and subsequently only charted in Australia and the US, reaching number 46 and number eight respectively. The single included a live version of
Christopher Cross song "
Sailing", as well as a limited edition postcard. Some versions of the single included the track's video. The radio version of this song was featured on both their first and third compilation albums: Greatest Hits (2005) and The Essential *NSYNC (2014).
Music video
The video was directed by
Lionel C. Martin.[1] The video shows the band performing around one single
microphone, while showing footage of the mother and son, from birth to old age, including childhood memories, going to war, and coming home. All the footage of the mother and son was in black and white, whereas most of the footage of *NSYNC is in full color.
In 1999,
country music band
Alabama recorded the song with a backing vocal from NSYNC, and released it as a single from their eighteenth studio album, Twentieth Century. This version peaked at number three on the BillboardHot Country Songs chart and at number 29 on the
Billboard Hot 100. The song is the only Hot Country Songs chart entry for NSYNC.[18] This was also Alabama's final top 10 hit on the Billboard country charts until 2011, when they topped the chart as featured on
Brad Paisley's "
Old Alabama". The song was later included as the
B-side to Alabama's next single, "Small Stuff".[18]
Weekly charts
Weekly chart performance for "God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You" by Alabama
