"Something Like You"
Song by NSYNC
from the album Celebrity
ReleasedJuly 24, 2001 (2001-07-24)
Genre
Length4:14
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Justin Timberlake
  • Robbie Buchanan
  • Robin Wiley

"Something Like You" is a 2001 song by NSYNC, co-produced and co-written by Justin Timberlake and group vocal coach Robin Wiley for the album Celebrity.

Production

"I said, 'We have to get him to do it.' I mean, that's the other thing that he's famous for — besides his incredible voice, he's killer on the harp. Somehow the record company got a hold of him and it just worked out. He came in and it definitely was a surreal moment. I was sitting at the board, and he's sitting in the booth playing the part."

Timberlake on enlisting Wonder, MTV.com[1]

Stevie Wonder played harmonica on the track.[2] Timberlake and Wiley enlisted Wonder after writing the harmonica part.[3] during recording Timberlake informed Wonder that he was playing the final note flat.[4]

Critical reception

EW wrote the song was a "the squishy ballad with drooling-puppy harmonies and lyrics", and gave it a D-rating.[5] Variety deemed it "so-so".[6] Billboard felt the "slushy" song had an "eyeroll-worthy lyric" and "corny harmonica riff", though positively compared it to the Boyz II Men hit "4 Seasons of Loneliness".[7] ABC suggested that Wonder was actively choosing to contribute to "studio-produced pop" whereas other may have declined.[8] Daily Collegian was also surprised that Wonder contributed to the track.[9] Slant Magazine felt that in comparison with Boyz II Men, the song was "watered-down pop than classic soul", and a sign of the "classic hit-making formula" of old rather than the new experimental pop direction the band was exploring.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "'NSYNC Seek to Impress with Skills, Not Sales". MTV.
  2. ↑ "Interviews". nsynchasitall.tripod.com. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  3. ↑ Archive-Teri-vanHorn. "'NSYNC Seek To Impress With Skills, Not Sales". MTV News. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  4. ↑ VIBE; VIBE (2013-01-14). "Read VIBE's Feb 2003 Justin Timberlake Cover Story". VIBE.com. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  5. ↑ "Celebrity". EW.com. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  6. ↑ Gallo, Phil (2001-07-26). "'N Sync". Variety. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  7. ↑ "*NSYNC's 'Celebrity' at 20: All the Tracks Ranked From Worst to Best". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  8. ↑ "'N Sync Releases 'Celebrity'". ABC News. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  9. ↑ Roberts, Jackie. "'Celebrity' by 'NSYNC". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  10. ↑ Cinquemani, Sal (23 July 2001). "Review: NSYNC, Celebrity". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
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