Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely
Backstreet Boys
2000
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 | Recent carryover
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 was on Millennium in 1999 before its 2000 annual appearance.
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 2000.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.
The song was inspired by the feelings of loneliness and loss, particularly after the death of the group's manager's son.
Evidence scope: Attributed owner-supplied note; NOT independently verified songwriter testimony
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 2000.html, position 69
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 2000.html
Supplied annual selection, not independently corroborated.
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