The original music video received four VMA nominations, winning Viewer's Choice. The song has been widely covered and parodied by a range of artists, including other boy bands such as JLS and One Direction, while its music video, directed by Wayne Isham, received famous parodies, including Blink-182 in their music video for " All the Small Things", Big Time Rush in their music videos for " Like Nobody's Around" and "Worldwide", and The Wanted in their video for " Walks Like Rihanna". In the United States, the song peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for eight non-consecutive weeks, while it topped the Adult and Mainstream Top 40 charts.
"I Want It That Way" is the Backstreet Boys’ signature song, and commercially it reached the number-one spot in more than 25 countries, including Austria, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In 2021, "I Want It That Way" was placed at number 240 on the revised list of Rolling Stone's " 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". The song was nominated for three Grammy Awards, including Song and Record of the Year, and has been included in lists by Blender, MTV, Rolling Stone and VH1. The pop ballad tells of a romantic relationship strained by matters of emotional or physical distance.Ĭritically, the song was met with positive reception, with many critics commending its catchiness, also calling it the pop ballad of the year. It was written by Max Martin and Andreas Carlsson, while Martin and Kristian Lundin produced it. It was released on April 12, 1999, as the lead single from their third studio album, Millennium. Showing off their own heartthrob Nick Carter and his silly '90s bowl cut, BSB is taking the month of May for itself, calling it "As Long as You Love May." I Want It That Way" is a song by American boy band Backstreet Boys. The boy band, who is still working and promoting its latest album In A World Like This, has invented their own meme playing off their breakthrough hit " As Long as You Love Me." Yesterday, Timberlake's photo circa 2000 was making huge waves around Tumblr, Twitter and other social media sites with the infamous phrase "It's Gonna Be May" (meant to mock his odd singing voice in NSYNC's No Strings Attached classic " It's Gonna Be Me").īut, just like back in the day, Backstreet Boys aren't about to get left behind.
But now, BSB is trying to claim the whole spring month for themselves with their own May themed meme. Today, as we all know, is May 1, meaning yesterday (April 30), the Internet was filled to the brim with Justin Timberlake "It's Gonna Be May" memes.
It might seem like it's been years since the battle of boy band supremacy was fought between Backstreet Boys and NSYNC, but now it seems like a certain meme has sparked competition between to '90s superstars yet again.
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