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"Everybody"
Song

"(Backstreet's Back)'" is the first single from the Backstreet Boys' second international album Backstreet's Back in 1997, and third single from their debut US album in 1998. It is one of their signature songs. The US debut was originally released without the song, which references the band's return via their sophomore international album. However, once it was decided to release the single in the US, the album was re-released with "Everybody" included.

Zomba chairman Clive Calder suggested the song as a single, but Jive president Barry Weiss thought it would be weird to have a song called "Backstreet's Back" on the band's first US album. The band suggested it could just mean that they were back home. After Canadian markets began playing the song, US markets near the border began picking the song up. The band met with Weiss and asked that the song be added to the US album after the first million units had already been produced.[1]

Written by Max Martin and Denniz PoP, "Everybody" is one of the Backstreet Boys' most successful singles to date, reaching #4 in the US Billboard Hot 100, running 22 weeks, and #3 in the UK Singles Chart [2]. It is certified platinum in the United States with 2.1 million sales.

There are two versions of the song. The international album features the Album or 7" Version, which is the standard recording. The U.S. album features the extended version of the song which includes an extended breakdown section, but cuts the bridge. The music video for the song was cut to both versions of the song, with the extended video released to the U.S. market, and the standard video released everywhere else. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" was used on the 1998 Philippine TV commercial of Rexona.

Track listing

US

CD1
  1. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" (Radio Edit)
  2. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" (Matty's Radio Mix)
CD2
  1. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" (Radio Edit)
  2. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" (Extended Version)
  3. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" (Multiman Remix)
  4. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" (Matty's Radio Mix)
  5. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" (Sharp London Vocal Remix)
Vinyl
  1. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" (Extended Radio Mix)
  2. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" (Matty's Hip Hop Radio Remix)
  3. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" (Kano's Undercurrent Dub)
  4. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" (Sharp London Vocal Remix)
  5. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" (Sharp Trade Dub)

UK

CD1
  1. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" (7" Version) - 3:44
  2. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" (Extended Version) - 4:45
  3. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" (Multiman Remix) - 4:09
  4. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" (Matty's Remix) - 3:55
  5. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" (Max & Macario Club Mix) - 6:12
CD2
  1. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" (7" Version)- 3.44
  2. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" (Extended Version) - 4.45
  3. "Boys Will Be Boys" - 4.05

Kanada

  1. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" (7" Version) - 3:44
  2. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" (Extended Version) - 4:42
  3. "Anywhere for You" - 4:40
  4. "Boys Will Be Boys" - 4:05

Release history

Land Release Date Format
Europa June 30, 1997 (1997-06-30) Airplay
Europa July 14, 1997 (1997-07-14) CD Single
Vereinigte Staaten February 1998 (1998-02)[3] Airplay
Vereinigte Staaten March 31, 1998 (1998-03-31) CD Single

Music video

The Joseph Kahn-directed music video for "Everybody" plays as a parody of the horror film genre in the same light as Michael Jackson's Thriller.[1] It was filmed from June 16–18, 1997 in Los Angeles, California. It debuted outside the United States in July 1997.

The concept of the video came from the band itself.[4] The label did not get behind the concept of the band in costumes or the large budget requirements, and did not believe MTV would respect the video. The band ultimately had to put up its own money to shoot the video and had to fight with the label to get reimbursed once it was successful.[1]

The video ranked at #76 of "MuchMusic's 100 Best Videos."[citation needed]

The Backstreet Boys also performed this song at the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards.

Structure

File:BackstreetBoys Everybody video 2.jpg
The Boys, with Howie in front, as they prepare to leave the haunted house.

The video is bookended by scenes framing the context: When their bus breaks down, the band's driver (Antonio Fargas) insists that the group spend a night at a nearby haunted house while he gets help. The musical portion of the video plays as a dream sequence in which each band members appears as a different movie monster: Brian as a werewolf; Howie as Dracula; Nick as a mummy; A.J. as Erik, the Phantom of the Opera; and Kevin as Two-Face-like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The boys, as monsters, mainly appear in their own individual vignettes related to their character, while the band as a group appear in the foyer of the house dressed in centuries-old clothing, performing a dance routine with a group of additional dancers. Supermodel Josie Maran appeared as Howie's companion in his vignette. Following the song, the boys meet up in the foyer, each one having dreamed themselves as monsters. They resolve to leave, but are terrified by the sight of their driver standing at the front door with the appearance of Frankenstein's monster.

There are two cuts of the video; one for the US market, and one for the international market, each of which features the edit of the song released on the album for that market. The international video cuts from the opening bookend to the first verse. The bridge of the song is intact and the first half of the dance routine, a ballroom dance portion, is intercut with the vignettes under it. This leads into the second half of the dance portion during the final choruses of the song which are not intercut with the vignettes. In the US cut, the ballroom half of the dance routine and the beginning of the second half are used at the start of the song during the first rhythm-only breakdown, and is not intercut with the vignettes. The second breakdown, which replaces the bridge, is accompanied only by shots from the vignettes, along with some shots of Brian's Wolfman character doing some tumbling moves in the foyer and in the various vignettes. When the final choruses begin, the second half of the dance routine is shown again from the start, but is intercut with vignette scenes. Most of the remainder of the video is cut identically, other than several minor instances of alternate scenes or takes being used. The dance floor in the video was painted on June 17, 1997.

Charts

Other cover versions, parodies, and pop culture

  • In 2007, the song was performed by Westlife on their The Love Tour.
  • Howard Stern had a parody on his show titled "Every Homo (Backside's Back)", which was performed by his band, The Losers.
  • Snowball the Cockatoo, the first non-human animal conclusively demonstrated to be capable of beat induction, was first observed "dancing" to this song.
  • Electric Six quote the familiar line "Backstreet's back, alright" in the track "Jimmy Carter" on the 2005 album Señor Smoke.

References

  1. ^ a b c Interview with Backstreet Boys, management, and others from Entertainment Weekly 10th Anniversary Issue.
  2. ^ http://www.backstreetparadise.com/charts.html
  3. ^ http://www.djrhythms.com/db/lb/promoonly/m-radio-1998-02.htm
  4. ^ Backstreet Boys: All Access.
  5. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1998". Retrieved 2010-08-28.
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