Ranked #24 on Billboard's list of the Best Music Videos Since 2000.
The song was inspired by Timberlake's former relationship with singer Britney Spears. Justin Timberlake sung about Britney Spears cheated on him with another guy. Ironicly, years later he cheated on his own girlfriend and future wife, Jessica Biel.
"Cry Me a River" is an R&B song about a brokenhearted man who moves on from his last girlfriend, who had cheated on him with another man.
The song earned several lists of best of the year and the decade (2000s).
Rolling Stone included it on their 500 Greatest Songs of All Time at 484.