The final version is usually listed as the "Radio" or "Video Version".ĬantStopThePop described it as "a throwback to the gentle halcyon days of our youth, where the boys next door crooning sincerely about ‘feelings’ was all it took to make us go weak at the knees." They added that "it’s yet another example of Max Martin’s ability to compose a song that sounds distinctly ‘90s and yet has a timeless, nursery rhyme-like simplicity to it. It has different instrumentation and mixing, as well as a slightly different structure, very similar to their previous US single, "Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)". This early version subsequently became the version released as a single to radio and video. This allegedly annoyed writer and producer Max Martin. The mistake was corrected in the second pressing of the US debut album released in 1998. The song was a last-minute addition to the album, as Clive Calder, then-chairman of Zomba, heard the song and called Jive Records president Barry Weiss, who then contacted the band's manager, Johnny Wright.ĭue to an error on the part of someone in the production chain, an early mix of "As Long As You Love Me" was included on Backstreet's Back and the 1997 US Backstreet Boys album.
However, he had been infected with strep throat and was subsequently replaced with Littrell, whose vocals were featured on the album and single. In an interview with Billboard, AJ McLean noted that he was initially meant to sing the song's bridge, while Brian Littrell and Nick Carter would both sing the verses.
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