Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Backstreet Boys song)

"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
Single by Backstreet Boys
from the album DNA
ReleasedMay 17, 2018 (2018-05-17)
GenreEDM-pop[1]
Length3:35 (album version)
3:50 (music video)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Stuart Crichton
  • Jamie Hartman
Backstreet Boys singles chronology
"God, Your Mama, and Me"
(2017)
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
(2018)
"Chances"
(2018)
Music video
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" on YouTube

"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" is a song by American vocal group Backstreet Boys. The song was released on May 17, 2018[2] as the lead single to their ninth studio album DNA (their eighth in the US).[3] The single peaked at number 63 on the Billboard Hot 100, which is their first song as lead artist on the chart since "Inconsolable" in 2007, and their highest-charted single since "Incomplete" in 2005. The song received a Grammy Nomination for “Best Pop Duo/Group” for the 2019 ceremony, their first nomination since "Shape of My Heart" at the 2002 ceremony.

  1. ^ Dolan, Jon (7 February 2019). "Review: Backstreet's Back With Contemporary-Pop Magic on 'DNA'". rollingstone.com. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  2. ^ @backstreetboys (14 May 2018). "Excuse the dad joke but... we're back NEW BACKSTREET BOYS SINGLE "DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART" OUT MAY 17TH" (Tweet). Retrieved July 26, 2018 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Honeycutt, Shanté (May 14, 2018). "Backstreet Boys Announce New Single 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart'". Billboard. Retrieved July 26, 2018.