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{{short description|1998 single by NSYNC}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox song
| name       = (God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You
| cover      = Gmhsalmtoy.jpg
| alt        = Members of NSYNC huddling each other in front of a white background. The song's title is displayed below.
| type       = single
| artist     = [[NSYNC]]
| album      = [[NSYNC (album)|'N Sync]]
| B-side     = [[Sailing (Christopher Cross song)|Sailing (live version)]]
| released   = {{start date|1998|10|27}}
| recorded   = 1997
| studio     =
| genre      =
* [[Pop music|Pop]]
* [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]
* [[Gospel music|gospel]]
| length     =
* 4:43 (album version)
* 4:04 (radio version)
| label      = [[RCA Records|RCA]]
| writer     =
* [[Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers|Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers]]
| producer   =
* Carl Sturken
* Evan Rogers
| prev_title = [[U Drive Me Crazy]]
| prev_year  = 1998
| next_title = [[Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays]]
| next_year  = 1999
| misc       = {{External music video|{{YouTube|-fxh7jAJR8U|"(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You"|link=no}}}}
}}
"'''(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 [[NSYNC (album)|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 (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 (NSYNC album)|Greatest Hits]]'' (2005) and ''[[The Essential *NSYNC]]'' (2014).
==Music video==
The video was directed by [[Lionel C. Martin]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.mtv.com/news/1432558/n-syncs-new-video-features-high-school-reunion-einstein-appearance/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220717193258/https://www.mtv.com/news/1432558/n-syncs-new-video-features-high-school-reunion-einstein-appearance/ |url-status= dead |archive-date= July 17, 2022 |title='N Sync's New Video Features High School Reunion, Einstein Appearance|date=November 18, 1998 |website=MTV News|access-date=July 17, 2022}}</ref> The video shows the band performing around one single [[microphone]], while showing footage of the mother and son, including childhood memories, going to serve in [[World War II]], and coming home.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Golden |first1=Anna Louise |title='N Sync: Tearing Up Our Hearts |publisher=St. Martin's Publishing Group |isbn=9781466873926 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OYSBAwAAQBAJ}}</ref> All the footage of the mother and son was in black and white, whereas most of the footage of *NSYNC is in full color.
==Track listings==
'''US promo CD single'''
# "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You" (remix)
# "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You" (Sturken & Rogers remix edit)
# "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You" (album version)
# "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You" (suggested callout hook)
'''US CD maxi-single'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=199351|title=N Sync (God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time On You US Promo CD single (CD5 / 5") (199351)|website=Eil.com}}</ref>
# "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You" (remix)
# "[[Sailing (Christopher Cross song)|Sailing]]" (live version)
# "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You" (video)
# "Interview" (video)
==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Weekly chart performance for "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You"
! scope="col"| Chart (1998–1999)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{Single chart|Australia|46|artist='N SYNC|song=(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time On You|rowheader=true}}
|-
!scope="row"|Canada ([[Canadian Singles Chart|Nielsen SoundScan]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/n-sync/chart-history/cns/|title='N Sync Chart History (Canadian Digital Songs)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=March 13, 2023}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|9|chartid=7495|rowheader=true|access-date=March 13, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|4|chartid=8166|rowheader=true|access-date=March 13, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|8|artist=N Sync|rowheader=true|access-date=April 26, 2017}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|2|artist=N Sync|rowheader=true|access-date=April 26, 2017}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|30|artist=N Sync|rowheader=true|access-date=April 26, 2017}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|5|artist=N Sync|rowheader=true|access-date=April 26, 2017}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardrhythmic|9|artist=N Sync|rowheader=true|access-date=March 13, 2023}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Year-end chart performance for "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You"
! scope="col"| Chart (1999)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9952&type=2&interval=24&PHPSESSID=4lb2f3212lul9fv87af0br49o5|title=Top Singles - Volume 70, No. 8, December 13, 1999|work=RPM|date=December 13, 1999|access-date=November 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310215749/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9952&type=2&interval=24&PHPSESSID=4lb2f3212lul9fv87af0br49o5|archive-date=March 10, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|72
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1999 |title=Billboard Top 100 - 1999 |access-date=August 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709044506/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1999 |archive-date=July 9, 2009 }}</ref>
|align="center"|45
|-
!scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ|title=1999 The Year in Music|magazine=Billboard|volume=111|issue=52|page=YE-99|date=December 25, 1999|access-date=October 6, 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|4
|}
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==Release history==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Release history and formats for "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You"
! scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date
! scope="col"| Format
! scope="col"| Label
! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! scope="row"| United States
| October 27, 1998
| {{hlist|[[Contemporary hit radio]]|[[rhythmic contemporary|rhythmic contemporary radio]]}}
| [[Jive Records|Jive]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1998/RR-1998-10-23.pdf|title=Records & Radio|page=51|date=1998-10-23|website=Worldradiohistory.com|access-date=15 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| United States
| February 9, 1999
| [[CD single]]
| Jive
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Must-Spent-Little-SINGLE-ENHANCED/dp/B00000I56E|title = God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You SINGLE|website=Amazon.com}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|Canada
|February 16, 1999
|[[Enhanced CD]]
|[[RCA Records|RCA]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicReleases1999/feb99.html|title=Album Releases: February 1999|publisher=[[Jam!]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000829104141/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicReleases1999/feb99.html|archive-date=August 29, 2000|access-date=June 12, 2022}}</ref>
|}
==Alabama version==
{{Infobox song
| name       = God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You
| cover      = Alabama.godmusthavespentalittlemoretimeonyou.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Alabama (band)|Alabama]] featuring [[*NSYNC]]
| album      = [[Twentieth Century (Alabama album)|Twentieth Century]]
| B-side     = "[[Sad Lookin' Moon]]"<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2008|page=20|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref>
| released   = April 26, 1999
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Country music|Country]]
| length     = 4:38
| label      = [[RCA Records Nashville|RCA Nashville]]
| writer     =
* Carl Sturken
* Evan Rogers
| producer   =
* [[Don Cook]]
* Alabama
| chronology = [[Alabama (American band)|Alabama]]
| prev_title = [[Keepin' Up]]
| prev_year  = 1998
| next_title = [[Small Stuff]]
| next_year  = 1999
}}
In 1999, [[country music]] band [[Alabama (band)|Alabama]] recorded the song with a backing vocal from NSYNC, and released it as a single from their eighteenth studio album, ''[[Twentieth Century (Alabama album)|Twentieth Century]]''. This version peaked at number three on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs]] chart and at number 29 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. The song is the only Hot Country Songs chart entry for NSYNC.<ref name="whitburn"/> 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 [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] to Alabama's next single, "Small Stuff".<ref name="whitburn"/>
===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Weekly chart performance for "God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You" by Alabama
!scope="col"|Chart (1999)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Canadacountry|1|chartid=8415|publishdate=August 23, 1999|rowheader=true|access-date=July 7, 2013}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|29|artist=Alabama|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|3|artist=Alabama|rowheader=true}}
|}
===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Year-end chart performance for "God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You" by Alabama
!scope="col"|Chart (1999)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
! scope="row" | Canada Country Tracks (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9956&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1999|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=December 13, 1999|access-date=July 7, 2013}}</ref>
| align="center" | 8
|-
! scope="row" | US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]<ref name=autogenerated1 />
| align="center" | 100
|-
! scope="row" | US [[Hot Country Songs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1999/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1999: Country Songs | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | date=1999| access-date=August 25, 2012}}</ref>
| align="center" | 14
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{youTube|-fxh7jAJR8U|"(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You" Official music video}}
{{'N Sync}}
{{Alabama (band) 1990-2002 singles}}
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[[Category:1998 songs]]
[[Category:1998 singles]]
[[Category:1999 singles]]
[[Category:NSYNC songs]]
[[Category:Alabama (American band) songs]]
[[Category:Music videos directed by Lionel C. Martin]]
[[Category:Pop ballads]]
[[Category:RCA Records singles]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Don Cook]]
[[Category:Songs written by Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers]]
[[Category:1990s ballads]]
[[Category:Contemporary R&B ballads]]
[[Category:Black-and-white music videos]]
[[Category:Vocal collaborations]]