Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way

"I Want It That Way" is a song by Backstreet Boys, released in 1999 as the lead single from their album Millennium. The ballad arrived during the peak of the late 1990s boy band era and became one of the group's defining releases, built around emotional lyrics, layered harmonies, and a polished pop sound. Its theme of love, distance, and emotional confusion connected widely with listeners, while the song's chorus and music video quickly became part of mainstream pop culture at the turn of the millennium.