Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)

Quit Playing Games (with My Heart) is a pop/R&B song by American boy band Backstreet Boys. It was released as the single on October 14, 1996. It was also recorded in June 1995.[3] It is from their debut international studio album. It was also later released on their debut US studio album. It reached number 1 in Austria,[4] Czechia,[5] Germany,[6] Lithuania[7] and Switzerland.[8] It also reached number 2 in the United Kingdom[9] and the United States' Billboard Hot 100.[10] Also, it reached number 7 in the Netherlands.[11] Because of this song reaching number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, it makes it their most successful on that billboard. It also sold 2 million copies in the US.[12]

"Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)"
Single by Backstreet Boys
from Backstreet Boys (international and US)"
B-side
  • "Lay Down Beside Me"
  • "Give Me Your Heart"
  • "Christmas Time"
  • "Anywhere for You"
  • "Don't Leave Me"
  • "Nobody but You"
  • "Backstreet Boys Present... (Album Medley)"
ReleasedOctober 14, 1996 (1996-10-14)
RecordedJune 1995[1]
August 1996 (re-recording)
StudioCheiron (Stockholm, Sweden), Battery (London, UK)[2]
Genre
Length3:52
LabelJive
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Backstreet Boys singles chronology
""Get Down (You're the One for Me)"
(1996)
Quit Playing Games (with My Heart) ""Anywhere for You"
(1997)


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"Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)" at YouTube

References

  1. Golden, Anna Louise (September 15, 2015). Backstreet Boys: They've Got It Goin' On!. St. Martin's Publishing. ISBN 9781250098207.
  2. "Backstreet Boys – Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) (1997, CD)". Discogs. August 29, 1997.
  3. Golden, Anna Louise (2015-09-15). Backstreet Boys: They've Got It Goin' On!. St. Martin's Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-250-09820-7.
  4. Hung, Steffen. "Backstreet Boys - Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  5. "Top National Sellers". Music & Media. https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1997/MM-1997-01-18.pdf. Retrieved 2 January 2023. 
  6. "Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  7. "M-1 TOP 40". 2015-04-02. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2023-01-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. "M-1 TOP 40". 2015-04-02. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2023-01-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. "Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  10. "Backstreet Boys" (in en-US). Billboard. https://www.billboard.com/artist/backstreet-boys/. Retrieved 2023-01-03. 
  11. Hung, Steffen. "Backstreet Boys - Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  12. "Backstreet Boys Biography | Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. 2018-06-24. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/backstreet-boys/biography. Retrieved 2023-01-03.