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Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)

Backstreet Boys / Backstreet Boys

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Backstreet Boys

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Album

Backstreet Boys

Release date

May 6, 1996

Duration

3:53

Genres

Pop

Label

Jive

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Songwriters / credits

Herbie Crichlow, Max Martin

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"Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)" (originally styled as "Quit Playin' 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 was written by Max Martin and Herbie Crichlow, and produced by Martin with Kristian Lundin. The song reached No. 1 in five European countries and No. 2 in the United Kingdom, topping the Eurochart Hot 100 for a single week. It was later included on the band's debut US album and was released as its second single in April 1997, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart that September, making it their highest-charting single on the chart. It sold two million copies in the US.

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