English or brilliant error? Swedish producers created Hitband’s greatest success
The group Backstreet Boys It is one of the main attractions of the Festival The citywhich occurs in Interlagos AutodromeIn San Paolo6, 7, 12, 13 and 14 September. American Boyband is the main attraction of the 13th, on a Saturday, and will sing successes like Everyone, AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME AND I want it in this way.
The last song, released in 1999 on the album MillenniumIt is one of the main shots of the group, but his letter does not make sense. And this is intentional. In a video published in the band’s profile in InstagramThe five members of the group He revealed the story behind the composition.
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The song was written by Swedish producers Andreas Carlsson AND Max Martinwho had composed successes like All (Backstreet’s Back)of the backstreet boys e … baby once againFrom Britney Spears. Despite their undeniable talent for the musical composition, their English was terrible.
“They were Swedes, English was not their first language,” he said Howie D In the video. With this, the original version of the letter of I want it in this way It didn’t make much sense. The two initial rooms of the song speak of a love relationship, but the information presented is confused and contradictory. Check:
You are my fire (you are my fire)/ The only desire (the only desire)/ Believe when I say (believe me when I say)/ I want it in this way (I want it to be so). But we are two worlds later (but we are two separate worlds)/ I can’t reach your heart (I can’t reach your heart)/ When you say (when you say)/ That I want it in this way (which I want it to be so).
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Despite this small problem, the five members loved the song. The label, however, feared that the lack of meaning hindered the success of the song. They therefore asked the group to compose a new version of I want it in this way. But this time, one who made sense.
“It was not our idea, it was from the label. We loved the song as it was, but they forced us to make a new version,” he said Nick Carter. “Clive Calder [empresário do ramo musical] I wanted a version that made sense instead of a more ambiguous and free version, “he explained Kevin Richardson. “We made this version and had a total sense, but did not sound as well as the previous one,” he said.
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The alternative version of the song was recorded, but everyone agreed on the fact that the original letter was better. “Sometimes the lack of meaning works!” Aj mcclean. Although at the time it had not been officially launched, the alternative composition was leaked on the Internet. In 2025, however, the Backstreet Boys officially released the “Verso” version on digital platforms. Take a look at the first two rooms:
I’m completely yours (I’m completely yours)/ I feel so deeply (I feel intensely)/ You are my first thought every day (you are my first thought every day)/ And I want it in this way (and I want it to be so). My life is for you (my life is for you)/ And I love you (and I love you)/ I love you more every day (I love you more every day)/ And I want it in this way (and I want it to be so).
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