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| Single by Backstreet Boys from the album Millennium |
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| Released | September 28, 1999 | ||||
| Format | CD, 7", 12", cassette | ||||
| Recorded | 1999 | ||||
| Genre | Pop/Dance | ||||
| Length | 3:50 | ||||
| Label | Jive | ||||
| Writer | Max Martin Kristian Lundin Brian Littrell |
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| Producer | Max Martin Kristian Lundin |
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"Larger Than Life" was the second single released from the Pop Music group Backstreet Boys 1999 album, Millennium. It was written by Max Martin, Kristian Lundin and Brian Littrell and is mainly a tribute to the group's fans. The song broke the record for longest running #1 on MTV's Total Request Live. Longtime friend, Brian McAndrew, was featured in the song with a guitar solo.
Music video
The song's video was a big-budget production directed by Joseph Kahn, who also directed the band's "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" video, which bears a number of similarities to this video. It takes place in a futuristic space setting, and includes elaborate special effects and animation, as well as a break-down with a dance number. The video reportedly was so expensive that it went over budget. This was supposedly the reason that Howie Dorough's scenes were not particularly elaborate. The video holds a Guinness World Record for the 5th most expensive music video with estimated production costs of over US$2,100,000.
Track listing
- Larger Than Life
- Larger Than Life [Video Mix]
- Larger Than Life [Video Mix-Instrumental]
- If You Knew What I Knew
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| Nick Carter · Howie Dorough · Brian Littrell · A. J. McLean Kevin Richardson |
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| Albums | Backstreet Boys · Backstreet's Back · Millennium · Black & Blue · Never Gone · Unbreakable |
| Other albums | Backstreet Boys (US) · The Hits: Chapter One |
| Singles | "We've Got It Goin' On" · "Get Down (You're the One for Me)" · "Anywhere for You" · "Quit Playin' Games (With My Heart)" · "As Long as You Love Me" · "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" · "I'll Never Break Your Heart" · "All I Have to Give" · "I Want It That Way" · "Larger Than Life" · "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" · "The One" · " Shape of My Heart" · "The Call" · "More Than That" · "Drowning" · "Incomplete" · "Just Want You to Know" · "I Still..." · "Crawling Back to You" · "Inconsolable" · "Helpless When She Smiles" · "Everything But Mine" |
| Related articles | Discography · Awards · Jive |
