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"Girlfriend" is a song by American boy band NSYNC. It was released on March 12, 2002 as the third and final single from their third studio album Celebrity.
Two music videos exist for the single. The first was created for the album version, and features only the band. The original album version of the video was released in January 2002. The music video featured the band dancing on cars, singing to girls and a drag race, which was won by Justin Timberlake.

The Neptunes Remix featured scenes of Nelly spliced between shots of the pre-existing video. He is shown rapping next to Timberlake during both of his rap verses, as well as interacting with female models in the backseat of the car throughout this version of the video. Scenes of Timberlake initiating the drag race in the interlude, which is shown in the original video, are heavily omitted in the Neptunes Remix to accommodate for Nelly's rap verse, which his second rap verse replaces.

Both video versions were directed by Marc Klasfeld. The album version video debuted on TRL on January 3, 2002, while the Neptunes Remix debuted on March 12, 2002.

When originally announced as a single, the intention was for the album version of the track to be released along with a video and released to television. However, just weeks before the release, the group announced that the song would be re-recorded for its single release, with remix production by The Neptunes, and would feature two all-new verses with rapper Nelly. Unlike previous NSYNC releases, the single version, which was named "The Neptunes Remix" for classification purposes, possessed a heavy hip hop influence. It was released on March 12, 2002 as an enhanced CD.

In 2015, Billboard's Jason Lipshutz ranked it tenth on the list "Top 20 Essential Boy Band Songs," writing, "straddling the lines of pop, R&B and hip-hop, the song could have been the precursor to the boy band's stylistic shift, but instead proved to be the starting point for Justin Timberlake's solo career.

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