Bigger (Backstreet Boys song) explained

Bigger
Cover:Bigger BSB.png
Type:single
Artist:Backstreet Boys
Album:This Is Us
Released:November 29, 2009
Recorded:January–February 2009
Studio:Maratone Studios
(Stockholm)
Conway Recording Studios
(Los Angeles)
Genre:Pop, dance-pop
Length:3:15
Label:Jive
Producer:Max Martin
Prev Title:Straight Through My Heart
Prev Year:2009
Next Title:Don't Turn Out the Lights
Next Year:2011

"Bigger" is a song by American boy band Backstreet Boys. It was released on November 29, 2009, as the second single from their seventh studio album, This Is Us (2009). The song was co-written and produced by collaborator and producer Max Martin. The band stated that the song was one of their best cuts since "I Want It That Way", a song written and produced by Martin for the band in 1998. This was also the last standard Backstreet Boys single to be released as a quartet before Kevin Richardson returned to the group in 2012.

Background and composition

"Bigger" was written by Max Martin, Johan Schuster and Tiffany Amber, while produced by Martin and Shellback. It was recorded by Al Clay at Conway Studios in Los Angeles, California, and by Martin and Shellback at Maratone Studios in Stockholm, Sweden. It was mixed at Mixstar Studios by Serban Ghenea. Audio engineering was done by John Hanes, while assisted by Tim Roberts. Shellback played the guitar, bass guitar and drums, and Martin played the keyboards.[1] When asked about the track, AJ McLean said:

"We met with him while we were touring the last record just to see if he was even interested. Obviously he's busy with Pink and Kelly Clarkson and people like that. He sent us a track called 'Bigger' and we loved it - it's like the new 'I Want It That Way'. He's one of the reasons why we've had the hits that we've had."[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Frank Borin, was filmed in Tokyo, Japan.[3] During a mini-tour there to promote their album This Is Us. It premiered worldwide at the official Backstreet Boys website.[4]

Track listing

  1. "Bigger" - 3:15
  1. "Bigger" — 3:15
  2. "Straight Through My Heart" (Dave Aude Club) — 6:39
  1. "Bigger" — 3:15
  2. "Straight Through My Heart" (Jason Nevins Mixshow Remix) — 5:35
  3. "On Without You" — 3:36
  4. "Bigger" (Video) — 3:22
  1. "Bigger" — 3:17
  2. "Bigger (Instrumental)" — 3:16

Notes and References

  1. This Is Us liner notes. Jive Records (2009)
  2. Web site: Music - Interview - Backstreet Boys. Martin. Laura. July 27, 2009. Digital Spy. February 27, 2011.
  3. Web site: Backstreet Boys - Bigger - EP (File) at Discogs . Discogs.com . 2009-11-29 . 2012-01-16.
  4. Web site: Bigger Music Video Premiers!. Matt. October 30, 2009. February 27, 2011.
  5. Web site: Bigger - Single by Backstreet Boys - Download on iTunes . Apple Store . November 20, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121111204038/https://itunes.apple.com/be/album/bigger-single/id340083608 . 2012-11-11 .
  6. Web site: Bigger - Single by Backstreet Boys - Download on iTunes. Apple Store. January 8, 2010.
  7. Web site: Bigger - EP by Backstreet Boys - Download on iTunes. Apple Store. November 20, 2009.
  8. https://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=pt-BR&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.billboard-japan.com%2F&sl=ja&tl=en&history_state0= Japan Hot 100