Drowning
Backstreet Boys
2001
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: 2001
Release: 2001Source 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 2001 release history of Drowning. 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 2001.html, 2001.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Backstreet Boys - original release timeline
The artist timeline explicitly dates We've Got It Goin' On to 1995, Quit Playing Games to 1996, Everybody and As Long as You Love Me to 1997, Drowning to 2001, Incomplete to 2005, Inconsolable to 2007 and Don't Go Breaking My Heart to 2018. It also documents formation in Orlando in 1993 and the later group albums. Only year precision is used; regional day differences are not treated as exact worldwide first dates.
The Hits - Chapter One - recording-specific original single fields
Drowning retains its original 2001 single date, independently confirmed by the artist's timeline. Quit Playing Games retains its original 1996 single field. Everybody Extended Version and More Than That Radio Mix are explicitly named; inherited years of unrelated anthology tracks are not used.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
The overwhelming feeling of being in love
Evidence scope: Attributed owner-supplied note; NOT independently verified songwriter testimony
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 2001.html, position 33
Original annotation, retained with an explicit unverified label
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual recording candidate, not an audio fingerprint or pressing-level verification.
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
Supplied annual selection; independent annual corroboration remains open
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Owner-supplied 2001.html
Supplied annual selection, not independently corroborated.
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