Millennium Comes Early
Everyone watch out!
For Backstreet Boys fans everywhere, Millennium will hit early...May 18th to be exact.
I Want It That Way
Full-lenght Real Audio
Version 1 or Version 2
It will be the first single of the new Backstreet Boys album. The song was scheduled to premiere on the radio on April 12, but a station in california aired it in the first days of April and the other stations soon followed. (JIVE was maaaaad about this.) It's a song in the lines of Quit Playin' Games (With My Heart) and As Long As You Love Me, written by the same guy, Max Martin. The video shot was scheduled for April 4-5, it's mostly going to be a stage performance. We should be able to see it on April 23, but in some places in UK, they've started playing it on April 10. (JIVE will still be mad!)
IWITW Video Imformation
This video was filmed in Los Angeles on April 1 '99. Directed by Wayne Isham who's recently also directed "The Hardest Thing" for 98 Degrees and Ricky Martin's new video, "Livin' La Vida Loca."
100 BSB crazy fans are included in this video along with a kinda Aremegeddon feel to the whole thing. The video was shot in a hanger at LAX (Los Angeles International Airport) until early in the morning - 4:30am. Most the the filming took place in front of blue screens. The basic theme is "Backstreet VS Armegeddon". The video will apparently include shots of the BSB in different locations around the world:
Nick: To save himself from falling down a waterfall, he swigs on a vine
Brian: Fights some galdiators
Kevin: Gets in his jeep to drive to the beach, and ends up in ancient Eygpt
Howie: Ends up running with the bulls in Spain
AJ: Is in a palace of some sort
Possible Shots from the Making of the IWITW Video
Millennium
"With pre-release sales of Millennium at almost two millions with two months to go, the boys are guaranteed a debut on the Billboard at the #1 position. Analysts say the BSB have broken the barrier down in American music. Growing up, and leaving those other 'boybands' in their dust, the Backstreet Boys are on the road to becoming music legends."
"Industry analysts are already predicting that it will be the best selling recording of 1999 in the US and produce multiple award nominations."
Songs On The CD
(This is the track listing for the United States. Knowing the Boys' habits, I'm probably not wrong when I say it'll be different for some countries.)
TRACK 1: Larger Than Life
Song about the fans
Written by Brian
Lyrics
TRACK 2: I Want It That Way
First single and released in April
Mid-tempo
Lyrics
TRACK 3: Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely
Ballad
All the BSB sing solo on that song
Written by Max Martin & BSB
Sound Sample
Lyrics
TRACK 4: It's Gotta Be You
Lyrics
TRACK 5: I Need You Tonight
Ballad
Also known as Heaven In Your Eyes
Solo by Nick, the others do background vocal
Produced by Robert Mutt Lang
Written by Nick's friend, Andrew Fromm
Sound Sample
Lyrics
TRACK 6: Don't Want You Back
Mid-tempo to uptempo
Sound Sample
Lyrics
TRACK 7: Don't Wanna Lose You Now
Lyrics
TRACK 8: The One
Uptempo
Also called I'll Be The One
Sound Sample
Lyrics
TRACK 9: Back To Your Heart
Ballad
Written by Kevin
Produced by Gary Baker
Might be the song Kevin performed on A Night Out With The Backstreet Boys
Lyrics
TRACK 10: Spanish Eyes
Written by Andrew Fromm (author of I Need You Tonight)
The song was meant for Nick but might includes solo from the other guys
Soft romantic ballad
Talks about how a guy fell in love with a girl through her eyes
Lyrics
TRACK 11: No One Else Comes Close
Lyrics
TRACK 12: The Perfect Fan
Ballad
Written by Brian Littrell & Tommy Smith
Song about Brian's mom
Includes a choir (the one from Brian's high school)
Music played by an orchestra
Lyrics
CD Jacket Pictures
In Nick's "THANKS", he lists a numbered code. Christina Calogero was the first to decode Nick's secret message. She used the telephone-lettering convention to convert his message.
5483-5433-86-843-3855378-367-843-388873-47-722723
"LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST FOR THE FUTURE IS SCARCE."
Other Songs
(Songs that were supposed to be on the CD but aren't, or are on the CD but with a name so different that we can't make the connection.)
My Heart Stays With You
Ballad
Written by Full Force
Solo by Howie, the others do background vocals
Who Do You Love
Ballad
Has been performed here and there for over two years
Was supposed to be on Backstreet's Back
Sound Sample
Touch Of Your Hand
Sounds like a gospel song
Written by Brian
Sound Sample *might be some other song*
Treat Me Right
Written by Howie & Foxxy Brown
Uptempo, maybe even rap
Howie sings
Foxxy Brown has a rap part on it
Sound Sample
Sacred Trust
Duet with the Bee Gees
Mid-tempo
Where Can We Go From Here
It's sure that it won't be on the album. Brian's trying to find a place for it in a soundtrack or on as a b-side on a CD single.
Ballad
Written by Brian & Tommy Smith
By My Side
It's sure that it won't be on the new album. It will probably not be on any upcoming album either.
Written by Nick & Kevin
Was performed unplugged on MTV Euro once
Sound Sample
Tender Love
It's sure that it's not gonna be on the album, even though AJ promised it
Said to be written by AJ
Might also by a remake of the Force MD's song
Sound Sample
Imformation from RainbowLove's Backstreet Boys Webpage, CD jacket/cover pictures from Backstreet.Net, IWITW video shots from WHODAMAN Inc (no address yet), I Want It That Way video imformation from the BSB beat
