As Long as You Love Me (Backstreet Boys song)

"As Long as You Love Me"
The band is seen staring at the birds-eye view camera above them on a staircase. The song's title and artist are displayed above them.
Single by Backstreet Boys
from the album Backstreet's Back and Backstreet Boys (US)
B-side"Every Time I Close My Eyes"
ReleasedSeptember 29, 1997 (1997-09-29)
Studio
  • Parc, Orlando (Florida, U.S.)
  • Cheiron (Stockholm, Sweden)
Length
  • 3:40 (album version)
  • 3:32 (radio version)
LabelJive
Songwriter(s)Max Martin
Producer(s)
Backstreet Boys singles chronology
"Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"
(1997) 		"As Long as You Love Me"
(1997) 		"All I Have to Give"
(1998)
Backstreet Boys US singles chronology
"Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)"
(1997) 		"As Long as You Love Me"
(1997) 		"Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"
(1998)
Music video
"As Long as You Love Me" on YouTube

"As Long as You Love Me" is a song by American boy band Backstreet Boys, from the group's eponymous debut studio album in the United States, Backstreet Boys (1997), and their second studio album worldwide, Backstreet's Back (1997). The song was written by Max Martin, who produced it with Kristian Lundin, and lyrically describes the reciprocity of a relationship. "As Long as You Love Me" was released by Jive Records as the second single from both albums in the United Kingdom on September 29, 1997, and in the United States on October 7, 1997. The song received positive reviews from music critics, who praised the production.

"As Long as You Love Me" topped the charts in Lithuania, New Zealand, the Philippines, and Romania and peaked at number two in Australia and Austria, number three in Canada and the United Kingdom, number four in Switzerland and Sweden, and number five in the Netherlands and Norway. An accompanying music video was directed by British director Nigel Dick and depicts the Backstreet Boys performing an audition for six women.