Now lets wait till 3000.

Hard to Believe this was 23 Years Ago 😲😳. Y2K all that Hype until September 11 2001.

This was exactly two weeks before my birthday. It's funny seeing the world before you even existed... :/

I remember how much fun this was. I was 16 when this happened. I remember all the hype surrounding this. Y2K lol. I miss the 90's though. Those were some of the best years I can remember. In the 90's everything was so much easier and carefree and people did seem a hell of lot happier than people are these days. Oh well. Peace Love Unity Respect.

I miss the 90s.. those years were the best years of my life

I would've gladly given the noble peace prize to anyone that would cut the power to the city and scare the shit out of everyone.

I was 17 when the ball dropped to 2000.... Had a GREAT party this night! I can not believe this was 10 years ago.... and now I'm 3 years from 30! Time FLIES by!

this brings back memories! i was in the crowd with my fam! what an awesome experience for a then 12 year old like myself!

I remember being there. It was amazing. We celebrated every Time Zone in the world for 24 hours!!! Every human-being, every country we cheered for! I miss those moments.

I will never forget this event... I was there in Times Square 10 years ago at the age of 40...this will be event that will take to my grave! By the way I lost my voice for about a week and a half after the ball drop of 2000!

was anyone in the crowd expecting times square to go dark all of a sudden?

“Ascent of Time” is the name of the music that plays before the ball drop starting at 1:09. I did some research a few weeks ago and contacted John’s Hopkins University Peabody Institute, where Ascent of Time was composed. I asked them if they could provide me a full quality recording of it. As a result, the university went into their archives where they had the recordings of it stored and they then uploaded the full quality version to their streaming website. You need permissions from the university to access it, but it is now there and preserved online. If you contact the university and inquire about it, they may give you permissions and you can listen to it. I’ve listened to the full quality version numerous times now and it is an absolutely amazing, breathtaking piece of music!

It felt awesome to be alive during the new millennium. Well to be fair, I was born in 96 and only four years old. And when you're four years old you probably didn't even car about New Year.

And so the year 2000 not only marked the beginning of the new millennium but a new era for humanity to grow, survive and propagate in the universe.

No smartphones. Life was still simple and grounded like in the good ol' 90's. Better time.

I wish I was there!! The next time something big like this will happen when it's 2099. But too bad I'd be dead.

A lot of the comments are old here but I’m now 61 and was 39 then and recently widowed. My friend made me go and it was amazing and I cried so hard.

Great Memories. I came all the way from Calgary to be there for 2000, and will never forget it! Happy New Year 2015!

I was there! we stood 7hrs in the freezing cold. It was history, it was insane. We got to times square at 6:50pm, were going through a large crowd of people, 5min later we turn around theres a tleast another 500 thousand people already behind us lol. I think 2 million total attended that year. We had ppl from all over the globe around us that came to nyc to see this event. Will never forget it. Wanna go back for 2020.

I was only 10 months old when this celebration happened..., born february 1999

I was 13 at the time and at my friends house watching it with his dad. Good times.

I wasn't born yet but 2000 was one of the biggest deals ever! Wish i was born in the 90s!

I remember watching this on TV! 7 going on 8, struggling to stay awake, and feeling so cool when I saw the ball drop. I was up past midnight, and I felt like a total badass. Too bad society went to hell in a handbasket shortly thereafter.

Song is actually called "Ascent of Time: Anthem for the New Millennium". My friend Charles composed it.

almost 12 hours...i remember that they closed times square at like 9 am....it was already packed by 2 pm...really a great experience...and afterwards...no one left until 2 am!

can't believe this was almost 17 years ago. wow seems like just yesterday I was watching this countdown on tv.

It's really hard to believe that it's now been 10 years since this event happened. As of 2010, the '90s are now 20 years ago. The '80s are now 30 years ago! The '70s are now 40 years ago! The '60s are now 50 years ago! :O

A time before I phones or Kardasians. I miss 2000.

I wish I was alive for this. This seems like a cool experience

And all those killed on 9/11, and all the American soldiers killed in Afghanistan and Iraq are still alive, for just that moment, just that solitary instant in time. Life is just.....sad, whenever you take the time to consider it.

I was 9 at that time and i've always thought the aliens would go down by 12mn lol

Man, I wish I can remember the 2000 celebrations and I was born in '92. Now 10 years later, we are still in the 4th millenium, 21st century, and a new decade. Boy time goes by pretty quick.

Am I the only one that feels like something bad is about to happen when it hits zero?

I was 16 good times

16 years ago!

happy new year. Wish life could be like this still

20 years later here we are..

i was 2 at this time and fuuuck i cant remember i was too little

It was the first weekend of the new millennium on January 1st 2000

I was eight weeks old when this happened. Literally a newborn. I can only imagine being in the crowd that night... 😆

In fact this video is just 144p and the audio low quality makes the ball drop 2000 way better

i watch videos like this just to feel connected to the 90's and early 2000s, wish i lived then

i was there!!! this was soo cool and i remember it was sooo cold too!!! we were by the mtv studios.

i was there. everybody thought the ball was gonna explode at midnight...but afterwards, everybody partied til at least 3 am on the square. no one wanted to leave.

Damn I was just a kid and missed out on one of the greatest partys of all time!!

I was 6 years old when this happened, and I remember watching this on TV!

The gate to 21st century , the final chapter of the 20th

year 2000 was the best time of my life. All the best happened in that year.

I was 4 and can faintly remember watching thie in my grandpas house. It would be cool to live to 2100 and say I can remember 2000.

that was not just celebrating a new year but a new decade a new century and a new millunium

1:08 - my favorite!

I love this! 💖 🥰 The new millennium happened 4 years before I was born!

Good job uploading this!!

It's hard to believe it's now been a decade ever since this happened! But now, we are in the 2nd decade of the 3rd millenium! Happy New Decade! We have finally made it through the terrible decade, the "00s!" =D

19years ago!!

damn.....and only a year later you could go from something as happy as this to as sad as 911......

Dramatism, happiness and eufory for the comes of the new millenium, 2000!!!!! HISTORICAL.

I hope they will a big celebration in time square like this in 2020

the good ole.days.....murica was the goat country back then.....

i was 12 when this happened ! i cant believe its been this long ! im gonna be 23 in a month !

My parents were took a video of me when I was 3 years old in 2009, I was watching this video on a computer for some reason. I just wanted to say HI. I’m 14 now and is 2020.

the best new years...i think it was kind of warm that night considering the time of year

imagine how big new years will be in year:1,000,000. people will be lit on fire.

woah!! this video is a memories. many years have passed by. i think this peoples also celebrates the new year 2011.

200 best year ever I was 7 and I was watching it on tv and now I am 18 best year ever

I was 48...Happy New Year!

Miss those years. When fear and hope where part of the collective mindset.

damn i was 13 time is passing by so fast

I miss the 90s

you posted this video on my best friend's birthday!

I was 3 months old. Too bad I didn't get to see it for myself.

The new millennium! This new year has the loudest noise out of any other ball drop I’ve been to.

i was 1 years old in 1999 and was turning 2 in 2000, i miss those days,

I vaguely remember this, I was 4.

the excitement in the air is palapable...even if its in 240p and over a decade old

I really wish they would have kept the Virgin Megastore in Times Square. It was the highlight of my trips to NY.

Whose watching this in 2020? 👍

holy shit thats alot of confetti, I wish i was working back then i woulda got paid alot to clean that shit up :P

I wish I was there...

5:46 shortly afterward, Fry accidentally fell into cryogenic preservation and Futurama started!

I cant freaking BELIEVE the hell we went thourgh just a year after this event on September 11th...

I was born in 98 and wish everyday that I was old enough for these celebrations. COVID has ruined our lives to no extent and the last 10 NYE celebrations before it have sucked ass so bad. Pray to god for a better celebration than this for 2030

I wasn't even born when this happened!!!!

New years of 2000 is the best beacuse they are celebrating A NEW DECADE AND A NEW CENTURY!!! :0

Wow the NEW MILLENIUM I was going on 1 years old

2000 was a big deal because it's a new decade

Anybody know what song was played after Kenny G's Millennium edition of Auld Lang Syne? I like the sound of it, but don't know what the song is. Can anybody help???

The best time!! Here in times square

I bet a year from now I'll watch this video at the same moment

I was 8 and remember it like it was yesterday

and now its 2011,wow time passes by so fast that its disturbing.

I wish with all my desire we could return to a earlier time. This day and age is fucking horrible.

I was 6 when this occurred. I thought the ball would explode as soon as the 2000 sign lit up, my dad was at his company backing up corporate servers and then awaiting for the clocks to reset to 0 or 12 midnight.

And a year later I would rate this video 9/11.

@Camohat100 1999 was when the economy was at it's highest. It stabilized somewhere in 2000 and went downhill in 2001.

it's been 14 years since 2000 wow!!!

but now, we say goodbye to the 2000s in 9 days!

I can't find the song "Ascent of time" :(

Does anyone have VHS recordings of NYE? It seems like some people would've wanted to record it in case something Y2K related did happen. I'd love to see a recording that includes the commercials that played. (I assume there were commercials leading up to the Ball dropping?)

i was 5 when this happend! i wish i kew more about what a "year" was back then lol. i DO remember parties!