I Want It That Way
Backstreet Boys
1999
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1999
Release: 1999Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The original recording is documented in the 1999 release history of Millennium. Only year precision is assigned; later singles, charts, remasters and live versions do not establish its first release.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1999.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Millennium - artist's original 1999 program
The original artist discography explicitly dates Millennium to 1999 and lists I Want It That Way, Larger Than Life and Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely. Current anniversary extras are not substituted.
Millennium - original Zomba audio program
The original 1999 recording program retains the pre-album I Want It That Way single and the original Larger Than Life and Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely tracks. Later annual appearances do not change their original year.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
Complicated relationships and communication
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1999.html, song-list position 7
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual identity reconciliation, not audio-fingerprint or exact-pressing verification. Version labels are catalog safeguards.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1999 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
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