The last great pop single of the millennium

Back - Index - Submissions - - What is RSS? Date: Dec 20, 2099 Source: Entertainment Weekly Submitted By: Suzanne Caldwell From the Article: The Best and Worst of 99 -- Music by David Browne Best: #3 "I Want It That Way" Backstreet Boys (Jive, single) Their Millennium album had such a surfeit of smarmy ooze that its running time felt like a thousand years, but this glistening single was a marvel of seamless song craft and studio polish. An unlike "Livin' La Vida Loca," it sounded better every time it aired on the radio (which was, needless to say, continuously). That hook of a chorus, that amusingly ambiguous refrain (you want it which way?), those intertwining vocal gulps and sighs--finally, here was something that made the all-consuming wimpiness of the boy-band brigade seem noble. The last great pop single of the actual millennium, "I Want It That Way" compensated for a year's worth of BSB and Britney Spears clones. Well, almost. Comment on this item. Next Item: Backstreet Boys Number One with Web Users Prev Item: Billboard's Most Popular Recordings: 1999