It spent 56 weeks on the US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart, peaking at #4. It was never released as a commercial single in the US but became an MTV staple and radio airplay hit.
The song is their biggest selling single in the UK and the 13th biggest selling boyband single of the 1990s in the UK, selling 430,000 copies. Moreover, he manages to make it look like the easiest thing in the world, when it most certainly is not." The final version is usually listed as the "Radio" or "Video Version".ĬantStopThePop described it as "a throwback to the gentle halcyon days of our youth, where the boys next door crooning sincerely about ‘feelings’ was all it took to make us go weak at the knees." They added that "it’s yet another example of Max Martin’s ability to compose a song that sounds distinctly ‘90s and yet has a timeless, nursery rhyme-like simplicity to it. It has different instrumentation and mixing, as well as a slightly different structure, very similar to their previous US single, "Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)". This early version subsequently became the version released as a single to radio and video. This allegedly annoyed writer and producer Max Martin. The mistake was corrected in the second pressing of the US debut album released in 1998. The song was a last-minute addition to the album, as Clive Calder, then-chairman of Zomba, heard the song and called Jive Records president Barry Weiss, who then contacted the band's manager, Johnny Wright.ĭue to an error on the part of someone in the production chain, an early mix of "As Long As You Love Me" was included on Backstreet's Back and the 1997 US Backstreet Boys album. However, he had been infected with strep throat and was subsequently replaced with Littrell, whose vocals were featured on the album and single. Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your site's styles (CSS).In an interview with Billboard, AJ McLean noted that he was initially meant to sing the song's bridge, while Brian Littrell and Nick Carter would both sing the verses. Get the embed code Backstreet Boys - Hits-chapter One Album Lyrics1.All I Have to Give2.As Long as You Love (Backstreet's Back) 5.I Want It That Way6.Larger Than Life7.Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely8.The OneBackstreet Boys Lyrics provided by What you did and where you're comin' from I've tried to hide it so that no one knowsīut I guess it shows when you look into my eyes I don't care who you are, where you're fromĭon't care what you did as long as you love meĮvery little thing that you have said and doneĭoesn't really matter if you're on the run
Although loneliness has always been a friend of mineĪnd how you got me blind is still a mysteryĭon't care what is written in your history
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