It was nominated for a Grammy for Record of the Year in 2000 (losing to Santana's "Smooth") and topped singles charts in 25 countries without topping the Billboard Hot 100 Chart (it topped the Adult Contemporary Chart and Top 40 Chart instead). Although Millennium spawned four singles, "I Want It That Way" was the lead single and considered the group's signature song. Millennium, the album on which this song appears, has sold over 13 million copies, and is considered the fourth biggest selling album of the SoundScan era. Intro: Boy bands dominated radio airwaves in the late 1990s, and by the numbers, the Backstreet Boys are the most significant boy band of all time, having sold a total of 130 million records. Beyond that, it's a masterclass in songwriting economics & effectiveness. I hated to admit it, hated it so much, but I loved this song. I remember very clearly seeing BSB perform this song on SNL. We were hilariously starstruck but we laughed it off as ironic starstruck and listened to The Cure all the way home.Īnd then later that spring, this song came along.
That was particularly hilarious because I was on assignment with my absolute goth-iest friend, and it was us, not the school cheerleaders, who got Justin Timberlake's signature. I did accidentally meet 'NSync while on assignment for the local metro paper (which I wrote for as a teen) in 1999.
I left my friends in the dust and I didn't fall for boy bands. Of course, unbeknownst to me, I was just buying into another marketable sect, but I righteously felt that my plaid pants and obsessions with third wave ska & The Smashing Pumpkins set me apart. As pure pop crept back to cultural relevancy in the late 90s, I rejected it outright. The primary manner in which I attempted to distinguish myself, however, was through my musical taste. Sure, I was in the marching band (duh) and an honors student, but I dressed super weird & was also an active member in the Students' Rights Forum.
I tried to be as much of a rebel as I could in high school. The mere mention of boy bands makes me feel like a scoffing teenager.
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