Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)
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| Single by Backstreet Boys | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Backstreet Boys | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| B-side | "Lay Down Beside Me" "Give Me Your Heart" "Christmas Time" "Anywhere for You" "Don't Leave Me" "Nobody But You" "Backstreet Boys Present... (Album Medley)" |
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| Released | October 14, 1996 (UK) May 19, 1997 (US) |
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| Format | CD single | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Genre | Pop | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Jive Records | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)" is the fourth single from the Backstreet Boys' international album. It was recorded in June 1995 in , Sweden and released in 1996. It reached #1 in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, #2 in the United Kingdom, and #7 in the Netherlands. It was subsequently included on the band's debut US album, and was released as the first single in the summer of 1997. It reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it their most successful single on the chart (the #1 spot was occupied by "Mo Money Mo Problems" by The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Puff Daddy and Mase and "Honey" by Mariah Carey). It sold 2 million copies in the US.
The single was not the label's first choice as single from the US debut. They initially wanted to release the Mutt Lange-produced "If You Want It to Be Good Girl (Get Yourself a Badboy)", but the band argued against it, claiming it to be one of their worst songs. Jive president Barry Weiss claims that the serious contenders as first single also included "Anywhere for You" and "All I Have to Give". The band wanted to redo the music video, but the label refused, arguing that they planned to market to radio, and not video. The song ultimately succeeded without MTV support. All of the background vocals on the song, other than McLean's singing harmony with himself on the bridge, are those of Littrell and Kevin Richardson, who decided to finish up the song while the other members were having lunch. The song was unexpectedly offered to the band while recording "We've Got It Goin' On" in June 1995 in , Sweden. They accepted the offer when they completed that recording in only two days of their planned week-long session.
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