"Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)" | ||||
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Single by Backstreet Boys | ||||
from the album Backstreet Boys (international and US) | ||||
B-side |
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Released | October 14, 1996 | |||
Recorded | June 1995[1] August 1996 (re-recording) | |||
Studio | Cheiron (Stockholm, Sweden), Battery (London, UK)[2] | |||
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Length | 3:52 | |||
Label | Jive | |||
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Backstreet Boys singles chronology | ||||
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Backstreet Boys US singles chronology | ||||
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Alternate cover | ||||
Audio sample | ||||
A sample from "Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)" | ||||
Music video | ||||
"Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)" on YouTube |
"Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)" is a song by American boy band Backstreet Boys, released in October 1996 as the fourth single from their international debut album (1996). It reached No. 1 in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Lithuania, Switzerland, No. 2 in the United Kingdom, and No. 7 in the Netherlands. The song was later included on the band's debut US album and was released as its second single in June 1997, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart that September, making it their most successful single on the chart. It sold 2 million copies in the US.[3] Rolling Stone ranked the song at No. 26 on their list of the "75 Greatest Boy Band Songs of All Time" in 2020.[4]