I Want It That Way
- Key
- A major
- Camelot
- 11B
- BPM
- 99.0
Key confidence low · relative F# minor (11A) · BPM confidence medium · double-time 197.9 · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13
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As of 2026-10-28, "I Want It That Way" by Backstreet Boys has charted in 40 markets across 4 platforms, peaking at #3 (SI) on the Rotation chart. Measured from the full recording, it runs at 99.0 BPM.
- Markets
- 40
- First seen
- 2026-07-20
- Latest chart date
- 2026-10-28
- Peak
- #3 si
Started in 2 markets, now in 40.
Momentum
This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.
Why it's here
The song's central guitar arpeggio, written at the tail end of the sessions, was inspired by Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters." [1] It topped the UK Singles Chart, becoming the group's only number-one single there. [2] The track drew three Grammy nominations, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year. [3]
In culture
Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.
- Covered A Perfect Circlesource
- Covered Allistersource
- Written by Andreas Carlssonsource
- Remixed by Backstreet Boys, I Want It That Way (7una "happy hardcore?" remix)source
- Covered CJ Crew feat. Fellanysource
- Covered Dynamite Boysource
- Covered Fanmailsource
- Covered Glee Castsource
- Covered Hullabahoossource
- Covered Jackasssource
- Remixed by Marlon Caro feat. Franklin Torres, I Want It That Way (Salsa Version)source
- Written by Max Martinsource
- Covered Ryan Adamssource
- Covered Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukeboxsource
- Sampled by Super Mash Bros., Siri Cruisesource
- Covered UMC feat. From Fall to Springsource
- Covered University of Virginia Hullabahoossource
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- United Statesus · shazam · 5 cities#46#19#46
- El Salvadorsv · deezer#35#35#35
- Philippinesph · deezer#44#27#44
- Saudi Arabiasa · deezer#88#53#88
- Sloveniasi · deezer#45#3#45
- Thailandth · deezer#54#32#54
- Venezuelave · deezer#52#23#52
- New Zealandnz · shazam#110#96#110
Worldwide feeds · not markets
A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- World feedworld · shazam#190#135#190
City pickups
City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.
- us 5 cities · best #19 houston
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Editions
No published edition carries this song yet. Every edition it appears in will be listed here and stay listed: an edition is immutable, so a citation to one never rots.
Identity
- ISRC
- USJI19910614
- Slug
- backstreet-boys__i-want-it-that-way
- Sources
- applemusic, deezer, shazam, spotify
The cross-platform join key, via Deezer.
Crude v0 identity: slug(artist)__slug(title).
Every source whose chart has ever carried this song.
What moved this week, and why.
The records that climbed, what broke in one place first, what came back. One email on Friday, assembled from the week's charts, with a pressing when there is one.
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