Backstreet Boys

Released: May 18, 1999

Songwriter: Max Martin

Producer: Rami Max Martin

[Intro: AJ]
(Do-don't want you back)
Hey-yeah, oh-yeah

[Verse 1: AJ & Nick]
You hit me faster than a shark attack
You saw my picture on the Backstreet's Back, alright
And you were more than just a pretty face
But how you fooled me, I'm still amazed babe
But I should've known that I would be
Another victim of your sexuality
But now we're done and over with
(Do-don't want you back)

[Chorus: All]
Don't want you back
'Cause you're no good for me, I know
That's all I can say
Don't want you back
Forgive my honesty, but you gotta go
I-I don't want you back

[Verse 2: AJ]
You started going out with so-called friends
But I was blinded so I lost all common sense
But there were things that made me realize
(Realize, hey-yeah!)
Like all the hundred-, no, a thousand lies

[Chorus: All, Brian & AJ]
Don't want you back
'Cause you're no good for me, I know
That's all I can say
Don't want you back
Forgive my honesty, but you gotta go (yeah-hey!)
I-I don't want you back (back, no!)
I-I don't want you back (that's right)

[Bridge: Brian, Nick & All]
Baby, don't bother telling me your reasons why
Just let us sing this story 'bout you and I
Don't you back, that's all I know
(Don't want you back, don't want you back)
All I can say, don't want you back
You know you gotta go (oh-oh-oh!)

[Chorus: All, Nick & AJ]
Don't want you back
'Cause you're no good for me, I know
(Don't want you back)
That's all I can say (don't want you back)
Don't want you back
Forgive my honesty, but you gotta go
(Oh, gotta go, oh-oh-oh)
I-I don't want you back

[Outro: All, Brian & Nick]
Don't want you back, that's all I know
Back (oh-no), back
That's all I can say
Don't want you back (back, no!)
Don't want you back
You know you gotta go
I-I don't want you back

The Backstreet Boys are the most successful boy band in history, having sold over 130 million records worldwide, and with their first nine albums reaching the top 10 on the Billboard 200. Florida natives A. J. McLean, Howie Dorough, and Nick Carter, along with Kentucky transplant Kevin Richardson, were joined in a band once they attended Lou Pearlman’s auditions for a vocal group in 1992, with the group being completed by Kevin’s cousin Brian Litrell. Once took under the wing of Swedish producer Max Martin in 1995, the stage was set for global domination, attracting the lust of women and the anger of men. While the fad died down and Kevin even left for a while, the band never officially took a break or such.

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