| In a World Like This | |
| Cover: | Backstreet Boys - In a World Like This (Official single cover).png |
| Border: | yes |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Backstreet Boys |
| Album: | In a World Like This |
| Released: | June 25, 2013[1] |
| Recorded: | March 2013[2] |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 3:40 |
| Prev Title: | It's Christmas Time Again |
| Prev Year: | 2012 |
| Next Title: | Show 'Em (What You're Made Of) |
| Next Year: | 2013 |
"In a World like This" is a song by American pop group Backstreet Boys from their ninth (eighth in the U.S.) studio album of the same name. It was released as the album's lead single on June 25, 2013, as a digital download and on July 3, 2013, on CD in Japan. The song was written by Kristian Lundin, Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, and Martin and Lundin produced it. This song was featured on the 2013 compilation album Hitzone 67.[3]
In April 2013, Nick Carter revealed that the group had recorded a song with Swedish producer Max Martin, who was responsible for some of the group's biggest hits, including "I Want It That Way," "Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)" and "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)." Carter called it a "beautiful song" and a "smash". He later described the group's relationship with Martin as "symbiotic" and said, "We've changed each other's lives. Everything seems right now. It just seems like the right fit. The right time for him because he's a really busy man, but what we created together from our hits... they're kind of like masterpieces in his mind. So he wanted to live up to that in a certain way. So that's why it took this long to maybe come back around. It was just the right time for both of us."
On June 18, 2013, Backstreet Boys announced that "In a World Like This" would be released as the first single from their upcoming eighth studio album on June 25. The track subsequently premiered on radio Z100 New York the same day, and was made available on YouTube.[1] [4]
The single did not enter the overall Billboard Hot 100 due to poor promotion of radio airplay, but it peaked No.18 on Hot Single Sales Chart.[5] The single was a hit in Asia. Continuing the success of their first single, "Straight Through My Heart" from This Is Us, it debuted at No. 13 on Oricon Singles Chart. In the second week it rose and peaked at No. 6,[6] No. 1 on Adult Contemporary Chart, and No. 3 on Airplay Chart. The single also charted at No. 63 on Oricon's Year-End Chart.[7] It was certificated Gold in Japan. The song topped the chart in Taiwan for four consecutive weeks and was the eighth-biggest Western artists' single for 2013.[8]
The music video for "In a World Like This" was filmed in Los Angeles.[9] [10] [11] The video was premiered on Good Morning America was made available to watch on Vevo shortly after that.[12]
The concept of the video is based on the song lyrics, which are about how love conquers all, and with real love, one can overcome anything. The video explores three well-known moments in American history: the first landing of the moon, the September 11 attacks, and the overturn of Prop 8.[13]
| Chart (2013 - 2015) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[17] | 20 |
| Brazil (Billboard Brasil Hot 100)[18] | 5 |
| Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100 Oficiální)[19] | 2 |
| Germany (Radio-Charts Deutschland Mainstream)[20] | 16 |
| Germany (Media Control Charts) | 100 |
| Japan (Billboard Japan Hot 100)[21] | 6 |
| Japan (Billboard Japan Hot 100 Airplay) | 6 |
| Japan (Billboard Japan Adult Contemporary)[22] | 1 |
| Japan (Billboard Japan Adult Contemporary Airplay)[23] | 2 |
| Japan (Billboard Japan Hot Top Airplay)[24] | 3 |
| Japan (Billboard Japan Hot Overseas)[25] | 2 |
| Japan (Billboard Japan International Weekly Charts) | 1 |
| Lebanon (The Official Lebanese Top 20) | 1 |
| Mexican Airplay Chart (Billboard International)[26] | 3 |
| South Korea (Gaon charts)[27] | 23 |
| Spain (Spanish Single Top 50) | 49 |
| Taiwan (Taiwan Top 10)[28] | 1 |
| UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[29] | 155 |
| US Hot Singles Sales (Billboard) | 18 |
| Charts (2013) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Japan (Billboard Japan Hot 100) | 63 | |
| Japan (Billboard Japan Hot Top Airplay)[30] | 25 | |
| Japan (Billboard Japan Adult Contemporary)[31] | 11 | |
| Taiwan (Hit FM Western Singles Chart) [32] | 8 |
| Region | Date | Format | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 June 2013 | Digital Download | BMG Rights Management | ||
| 30 June 2013 | ||||
| 3 July 2013 | CD single | |||
| [33] | 5 July 2013 | Contemporary hit radio | ||
| [34] | 22 July 2013 | Top 40/Mainstream radio | ||
| [35] | 16 August 2013 | Digital download | Leaplay Music/Neowiz Internet |