Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)

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"Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)"
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Single by Backstreet Boys
from the album Backstreet Boys (international and US)
B-side
  • "Lay Down Beside Me"
  • "Give Me Your Heart"
  • "Christmas Time"
  • "Anywhere for You"
  • "Don't Leave Me"
  • "Nobody but You"
  • "Backstreet Boys Present... (Album Medley)"
ReleasedOctober 14, 1996 (1996-10-14)
RecordedJune 1995 [1]
August 1996 (re-recording)
Studio Cheiron (Stockholm, Sweden), Battery (London, UK) [2]
Genre
Length3:52
Label Jive
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Backstreet Boyssingles chronology
"Get Down (You're the One for Me)"
(1996)
"Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)"
(1996)
"Anywhere for You"
(1997)
Backstreet Boys USsingles chronology
"We've Got It Goin' On"
(1995)
"Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)"
(1997)
"As Long as You Love Me"
(1997)

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [68] Gold35,000
Austria (IFPI Austria) [69] Gold25,000*
Germany (BVMI) [70] Platinum500,000^
Poland (ZPAV) [71] Gold10,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [72] Silver200,000
United States (RIAA) [73] Platinum1,200,000 [74]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
EuropeOctober 14, 1996
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
Jive [27]
United KingdomJanuary 6, 1997
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
[75]
United StatesApril 15, 1997 Contemporary hit radio [76]
JapanApril 23, 1997CD [77]
United StatesJune 10, 1997
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
[78]

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