Top 20 Backstreet Boys Songs of All Time!

19. “Madeleine”

Released in 2013 on In A World Like This, “Madeleine” is a sweet, uplifting song trying to tell someone their life is worth living. I loved hearing “Madeleine” live on tour since the group performed it acoustically. Fun fact: I named a character in my novel “Indigo Waters” Madeleine after this song since I wrote it the same summer the album came out.

18. “Just Want You To Know”

This was the second single  off the band’s 2005 critically-acclaimed album, Never Gone. The song was a pop-rockish fun song that had an even more awesome video as the group paid homage to 80s hair bands in it.

17. “I Still”

Lyrically and vocally, “I Still” (Never Gone) spotlights each member of the group nicely. A definite fan favorite!

16. “Get Another Boyfriend”

“Get Another Boyfriend” is about exactly what it sounds like. Kick your man to the curb! The song is on the Black & Blue album and although it wasn’t a single, the band often includes it in their tours.

15. “Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely”

This one definitely gets the award for longest song title on the list! It was the third single off their iconic Grammy-nominated hit album, Millennium, and was the last song they worked on with the late producer Denniz Pop.

14. “The One”

Now we have the 4th single off Millennium. This one was voted on by the fans to become a single beating out the bass-heavy “Don’t Want You Back”, which I think the band had secretly hoped would win. It’s impossible not to sing along to “The One”, which might be why it was chosen over the more agressive “Don’t Want You Back”.

13. “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”

The falsetto tune is off the band’s latest album DNA and was nominated for a Grammy, which also landed them back in the graces of the younger Top 40 crowd.

12. “Drowning”

This country-pop tune starts out exactly like O-Town‘s “All Or Nothing”. Both songs were released in 2001… so not sure what happened there, but it was a fun guessing game of which song it would be when one of them came on the radio! Many fans selected “Drowning” as a favorite of theirs, which came as a bit of a surprise. While the song doesn’t appear on a full-length album, it was the only new track released on their Chapter One: Greatest Hits album.

11. “Chances”

Another single off DNA, “Chances” is a great song that constantly gets stuck in my head. My only gripe is the bridge … Why did they make Howie go low and Kevin go high? Was it opposites day in the studio?

10. “Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)”

BSB’s first big hit in the US has to make the list, even if it’s for the video alone. Every boy band needs at least one video where they’re wet and shirtless … Or just wet in Nick’s case, haha.

9. “All I Have To Give”

The 4th single off the Boys’ first album (in America), “All I Have To Give” was the first song we really got to hear their individual voices on and find out just how well they harmonized together.

8. “Incomplete”

The breakout single off of 2005’s Never Gone album, which shocked radio listeners. So many people didn’t even know the edgier pop song was by BSB! Ah, such a great emotional song to scream all of your frustrations into.

7. “No Place”

The Backstreet Boys’ newest single, aside from their recent collab with Steve Aoki, received a ton of votes! With a great sentiment behind it and an adorable video that peeks into their family’s home lives, I’m not surprised so many fans voted for it.

6. “Shape Of My Heart”

The lead single off of Black & Blue, “Shape Of My Heart” brought on a maturer sound and a crescendoing chorus we ate up with a spoon.

5. “I Want It That Way”

Admittedly not my favorite BSB song, but arguably their most popular one, “I Want It That Way” is a pop classic that will never go away.

4. “Larger Than Life”

That opening beat, “bow-bow-bow-wow”, and AJ McLean manically laughing gets us hyped every time. Co-written by Brian Littrell as an ode to the fans, “Larger Than Life” will always hold a special place in our hearts.

3. “I’ll Never Break Your Heart”

The sweet ballad off the band’s 1997’s self-titled US debut made us swoon… and made the neighborhood shut their windows as we tried to hold out Brian’s high note with him.

2. “As Long As You Love Me”

“As Long As You Love Me” was really the turning point for me from “I like this group” to “OMG, can I marry all five of them?” That’s what 14-year-old’s dreams were made of! After all, they told me they didn’t care who I was, where I’m from, or what I did as long as I loved them… Hmm, was that subliminal messaging through music?

1. “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)”

The song that makes everyone want to get on the dancefloor and rock their body right, but also provoked the question from American fans, “Why is Backstreet back? Did they go somewhere?” While “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)” was a single on the group’s second album elsewhere, which made sense that they were “back” … with a new album. For the US, however, we only had the one album, that was re-released with “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)” on it. Anyway, even if most people didn’t understand it — we all fell in love with it and its Thriller-esque video. Time has proven that as long as there will be music, the Backstreet Boys will be coming back again. (Cheesy, I know… but I tied in the song lyric, so I had to do it!)

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