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)
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)
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 by Jive Records 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 highest-charting single on the chart. It sold 2 million copies in the US.[3] The music video for the song was directed by Kai Sehr and filmed in Florida. In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked "Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)" at No. 26 in their list of the "75 Greatest Boy Band Songs of All Time".[4]

  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. ^ "Backstreet Boys - Biography". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 24, 2018. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  4. ^ "75 Greatest Boy Band Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. July 24, 2020. Retrieved July 28, 2020.