Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) Lyrics
Baby, oh-oh
[Verse 1: Brian]
Even in my heart, I see
You're not being true to me
Deep within my soul, I feel
Nothing's like it used to be
[Pre-Chorus: Brian]
Sometimes I wish I could turn back time
Impossible as it may seem
But I wish I could so bad, baby
[Chorus: Brian & All]
Quit playing games with my heart
Quit playing games with my heart (With my heart)
Before you tear us apart (My heart)
Quit playing games with my heart
I should have known from the start
You know you have got to stop (From my heart)
You are tearing us apart (My heart)
Quit playing games with my heart
[Verse 2: Nick]
I live my life the way
To keep you coming back to me
Everything I do is for you
So what is it that you can't see
Sometimes I wish I could turn back time
Impossible as it may seem
But I wish I could so bad, baby
You better …
[Chorus: Brian & All]
Quit playing games with my heart
Quit playing games with my heart (With my heart)
Before you tear us apart (My heart)
Quit playing games with my heart
I should have known from the start
You know you have got to stop (From my heart)
You are tearing us apart (My heart)
Quit playing games
[Bridge: AJ, AJ & Kevin]
Baby, baby!
The love that we had was so strong
Don't leave me hanging here forever
Oh baby, baby, this is not right
Let's stop this tonight
[Interlude: Brian & All]
Baby, oh-oh, quit playing games
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na, baby
Na na na na na na
Sometimes I wish I could turn back time
Impossible as it may seem
But I wish I could so bad, baby
[Chorus: Brian & All]
Quit playing games with my heart
Quit playing games with my heart (With my heart)
Before you tear us apart (My heart)
Quit playing games with my heart
I should have known from the start
You know you have got to stop (From my heart)
You are tearing us apart (My heart)
Quit playing games with my heart
[Outro: Brian & All]
Quit playing games with my heart
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na, baby
Na na na na na na
Quit playing games with my heart
Na na na na na na
With my heart
Na na na na na, baby
My heart, my heart
About
“Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)” is the breakthrough single from the Backstreet Boys‘ self-titled debut LP.
The single was not the label’s first choice for their U.S. debut. It still went on to reach #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it their most successful single on the chart at the time.
All of the background vocals on the song (aside from AJ McLean’s harmony) are sung by BSB members Brian Littrell and Kevin Richardson, who decided to finish the song in the studio while the rest of the group were out to lunch.
Q&A
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We spent 2 hours and 15 minutes from 3:30 in the morning, Stockholm Sweden. We were in a
place called Sharon Studios, perfectly quiet. We were there in the summertime. And in Sweden in the summertime, you’re so far north that it doesn’t ever get dark. We’re doing “Quit Playing Games With My Heart” and I was like “Man, this song is like so cheesy I don’t know if it’s ever gonna be anything. Like we spent two and a half hours recording and it’s basically Kevin and I recording the whole song and then they spliced Nick on the second verse after we cut the video. So when we cut the video in Orlando, Nick was singing he was actually Panama and singing karaoke to my voice on the second verse.
Brian Littrell via Youtube
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