I Want It That Way

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pop ballad single song

"I Want It That Way" is a 1999 pop ballad by the Backstreet Boys that became one of their signature hits and a defining song of late-1990s boy band pop.

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I Want It That Way canonical 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf pop ballad ⓘ
single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Millennium NERFINISHED ⓘ
artist Backstreet Boys NERFINISHED ⓘ
certificationAustralia Platinum ⓘ
certificationCanada Platinum ⓘ
certificationUK Platinum ⓘ
certificationUS Platinum ⓘ
chartPositionAustralianARIAChart 1 ⓘ
chartPositionCanadianSinglesChart 1 ⓘ
chartPositionEuropeanHot100 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 6 ⓘ
chronologyNextTitle Larger Than Life NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologyNextYear 1999 ⓘ
chronologyPreviousTitle All I Have to Give NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologyPreviousYear 1998 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
describedAs defining song of late-1990s boy band pop ⓘ
format CD single ⓘ
cassette single ⓘ
digital download ⓘ
genre pop ⓘ
pop ballad ⓘ
hasChorusLyric I want it that way NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMusicVideo I Want It That Way music video ⓘ
includedInList Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
isSignatureSongOf Backstreet Boys NERFINISHED ⓘ
label Jive Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadSingleFrom Millennium NERFINISHED ⓘ
length 3:33 ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Wayne Isham NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicVideoLocation Los Angeles International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
nominatedFor Grammy Award for Record of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grammy Award for Song of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Millennium NERFINISHED ⓘ
performer Backstreet Boys NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Kristian Lundin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Max Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ
publisher Zomba Music Publishers NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1998 ⓘ
releaseDate 1999-04-12 ⓘ
releaseType lead single ⓘ
tempo slow-to-mid tempo ⓘ
vocalStyle boy band harmonies ⓘ
writer Andreas Carlsson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Max Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Backstreet Boys → notableWork → I Want It That Way ⓘ
Max Martin → notableWork → I Want It That Way ⓘ