Yeah I'm yours completely I feel so deeply You're my first thought every day And I want it that way My life is for you And I adore you I love you more every day And I want it that way No goodbyes Ain't nothing but a heartache No more lies Ain't nothing but a mistake That is why I love it when I hear you say I want it that way My heart is on fire Such a strong desire Yes, I know it's too late But I want it that way No goodbyes Ain't nothing but a heartache No more lies Ain't nothing but a mistake That is why I love it when I hear you say I want it that way I gave you my heart, baby, right from the start And that's the way it will always be, yeah No matter the distance, I want you to know That deep down inside of me You are my fire The one desire You are (you are, you are, you are) Don't wanna hear you say Ain't nothing but a heartache (yeah, yeah, yeah) Ain't nothing but a mistake (I wanna hear you say) I love it when I hear you say (oh, yeah) You want it that way No goodbyes Ain't nothing but a heartache No more lies Ain't nothing but a mistake That is why I love it when I hear you say (I wanna hear you say) I want it that way No goodbyes Ain't nothing but a heartache Ain't nothing but a mistake That is why I love it when I hear you say (love it when I hear you say) I want it that way 'Cause I want it that way
Yeah I'm yours completely I feel so deeply You're my first thought every day And I want it that way My life is for you And I adore you I love you more every day And I want it that way No goodbyes Ain't nothing but a heartache No more lies Ain't nothing but a mistake That is why I love it when I hear you say I want it that way My heart is on fire Such a strong desire Yes, I know it's too late But I want it that way No goodbyes Ain't nothing but a heartache No more lies Ain't nothing but a mistake That is why I love it when I hear you say I want it that way I gave you my heart, baby, right from the start And that's the way it will always be, yeah No matter the distance, I want you to know That deep down inside of me You are my fire The one desire You are (you are, you are, you are) Don't wanna hear you say Ain't nothing but a heartache (yeah, yeah, yeah) Ain't nothing but a mistake (I wanna hear you say) I love it when I hear you say (oh, yeah) You want it that way No goodbyes Ain't nothing but a heartache No more lies Ain't nothing but a mistake That is why I love it when I hear you say (I wanna hear you say) I want it that way No goodbyes Ain't nothing but a heartache Ain't nothing but a mistake That is why I love it when I hear you say (love it when I hear you say) I want it that way 'Cause I want it that way
A canção foi escrita por Max Martin e Andreas Carlsson, com produção de Max Martin e Kristian Lundin, e lançada como primeiro single do álbum *Millennium* em 12 de abril de 1999.
Apesar de ter ficado em sexto lugar na Billboard Hot 100, o single liderou as paradas Adult Contemporary e Mainstream Top 40 nos Estados Unidos, permanecendo no topo da Adult Contemporary por oito semanas consecutivas no verão de 1999.
O videoclipe dirigido por Wayne Isham rendeu quatro indicações ao MTV Video Music Awards e venceu a categoria Viewer's Choice; em 2021, tornou‑se o primeiro clipe dos Backstreet Boys a alcançar um bilhão de visualizações no YouTube.
Uma versão alternativa com letra oposta, escrita em colaboração com o produtor Robert John “Mutt” Lange, foi gravada em janeiro de 1999, vazou via Napster nos anos 2000 e só foi oficialmente incluída em *Millennium 2.0* em 2025.
A música foi indicada a três Grammy Awards, incluindo as categorias Song e Record of the Year, e continua aparecendo em listas de melhores canções, como a posição 240 na lista revisada de *Rolling Stone* “500 Greatest Songs of All Time”.
O refrão foi amplamente parodiado, destacando‑se a versão de Blink‑182 em “All the Small Things”, enquanto boy bands como JLS e One Direction fizeram covers, consolidando o tema como um ícone cultural da era pop.
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