Background
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. 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. 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 2002 Philippine TV commercial of Rexona. In late August 2012, Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter revealed via Twitter that the group was recording the song in Spanish, and it might be featured in their eighth studio record for Latin markets.
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