Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)

"Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)"
Single by Backstreet Boys
from the album 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)
  • Max Martin
  • Kristian Lundin
Backstreet Boys singles chronology
"Get Down (You're the One for Me)"
(1996) 		"Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)"
(1996) 		"Anywhere for You"
(1997)
Backstreet Boys US singles chronology
"We've Got It Goin' On"
(1995) 		"Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)"
(1997) 		"As Long as You Love Me"
(1997)
Music video
"Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)" on YouTube

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]

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" (PDF). Music & Media. 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". Billboard. 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. Archived from the original on 2014-01-31. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
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