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Backstreet Boys identify “biggest piece of crap” in their catalogue of songs
By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 23 January 2019
Every member of every band has a song in their repertoire that they don’t like. For the Backstreet Boys, they are almost unanimous in their choice.
In a video to promote their new album ‘DNA’, which is out this week, four of the five members picked ‘If You Want It To Be Good Girl (Get Yourself A Bad Boy)’ as the track they really hate. It’s from their 1997 second album ‘Backstreet’s Back’.
It’s “horrible”, says Kevin Richardson. While, AJ Maclean adds: “That song should’ve never been recorded. It is the biggest piece of crap”.
Not everyone’s so certain though. “I don’t really have a song that I don’t like”, reckons Nick Carter. And the song his bandmates hate so much is seemingly one that many fans love too. Brian Litrell has a theory about this: “You know why the fans love that song? Because Nick is singing the whole dang thing”. Which might also explain why Carter won’t diss it.
‘If You Want It To Be Good Girl (Get Yourself A Bad Boy)’ was written and produced by Robert ‘Mutt’ Lange. It was the only song he contributed to that album, but despite the distaste for it among the group, he did get invited back to their party once more. He co-wrote ‘It’s Gotta Be You’, on their next album ‘Millennium’, with Max Martin.
It’s not clear whether he knew how much they hated his first effort when he was given that second gig. For his part, Lange has not yet commented on being awarded the Backstreet Boys prize for creating “the biggest piece of crap”.
Speaking of awards though, elsewhere in the video things turn to, well, DNA, and the Backstreet Boys reveal who the “biggest DNA nerd” in the group is. They’re all unanimous again, picking Nick Carter. He’s apparently done one of those things where you send off a cotton bud you’ve spat on and get back a list of countries that may or may not have something to do with your heritage, you see. What a fucking nerd.
