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The Backstreet Boys — from left, Brian Littrell, AJ McLean, Howie Dorough, Kevin Richardson and Nick Carter — perform at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in March.
Can someone tell us why we love this song?
“As someone who has written music for 25 years now, you’re just lucky if you put your finger on that emotion that you know millions of people are going to feel.”
In a scene on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” last season, detective Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg) asks a witness if she recognizes any men in a police lineup. The witness says no, because she was hiding when the crime took place. But, she adds, “I heard him, he was singing along to the music at the bar . . . I think it was that song, ‘I Want It That Way.”
“Backstreet Boys, I’m familiar,” Jake says gravely, and turns to the lineup. “Number one, could you please sing the opening to ‘I Want It That Way’?”
The very confused suspect starts singing, and the others join in, one by one. Jake is so delighted with the singalong (he even contributes with “Tell me whyeee!”) that he’s completely distracted when the witness hears the fifth man sing and pipes up: “It was number five. Number five killed my brother.” Jake jumps. “Oh my God, I forgot about that part!”
The scene is hilarious but also very believable. Whatever situation you’re in, it’s likely that the person standing next to you will know some — if not all — of the lyrics to “I Want It That Way,” the iconic Backstreet Boys smash that celebrates its 20th anniversary this month. Just test it! Walk up to someone and say, “You are . . . my fire.” They might look at you like you’re crazy, but they will almost certainly know the next line: “The one . . . desire.”
Even after two decades, the hit continues to endure, with countless cover versions, karaoke nights and the recent Doritos Super Bowl commercial starring Chance the Rapper. Last month at the iHeartMusic Awards, BSB sang a new track — and then, of course, followed it up with “I Want It That Way,” which sent the crowd into a frenzy. What is it about this song?
“The fact that it continues to capture people 20 years after it was written, in a way that none of my other songs have done, is just astonishing,” said songwriter An-dreas Carlsson, who has also co-written hits for ‘N Sync (“Bye Bye Bye,” “It’s Gonna Be Me”), Celine Dion (“That’s the Way It Is,” “I’m Alive”), Katy Perry (“Waking Up in Vegas”) and many more. He acknowledged there’s just something different about how “I Want It That Way” strikes a nerve with listeners.
“The magic behind any song that stands the test of time is not that it’s just clever . . . it actually promoves emotions and it makes you feel something,” Carlsson said. For “I Want It That Way,” he pinpoints the classic opening guitar riff, the “mellow but a little bit haunting” verses and the positive chorus “that opens up like the sun is coming out.”
“It just has a special feeling to it,” he added.
Carlsson vividly remembers the morning in 1998 that Swedish pop phenom Max Martin walked into his apartment with an idea for a track called “I Want It That Way”; the two songwriters coincidentally lived in the same building in Stockholm and would occasionally collaborate. Martin, whose launch to fame included writing Britney Spears’s earliest hits, played Carlsson a simple demo with the chorus and a few lyrics, including “You are my fire / the one desire.” (“Like poetry, Swedish style,” Carlsson said.)（本文较长，完整阅读请获取免费完整版报纸）
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