Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Backstreet Boys song)

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"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
Don't Breaking My Heart (BSB).jpg
Single by Backstreet Boys
from the album DNA
ReleasedMay 17, 2018 (2018-05-17)
Genre EDM-pop [1]
Length3:35 (album version)
3:50 (music video)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Stuart Crichton
  • Jamie Hartman
Backstreet Boys singles chronology
"God, Your Mama, and Me"
(2017)
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
(2018)
"Chances"
(2018)
Music video
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" on YouTube

"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" is a song by American vocal group Backstreet Boys. The song was released on May 17, 2018 [2] as the lead single to their ninth studio album DNA (their eighth in the US). [3] The single peaked at number 63 on the Billboard Hot 100, which is their first song as lead artist on the chart since "Inconsolable" in 2007, and their highest-charted single since "Incomplete" in 2005. The song received a Grammy Nomination for “Best Pop Duo/Group” for the 2019 ceremony, their first nomination since "Shape of My Heart" at the 2002 ceremony.

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Commercial performance

"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" debuted on May 17, 2018, and in its first week ranked 22nd in digital sales. [4] The song was deemed by many in the media as a comeback song for the band as it represented their first time charting on the Billboard Hot 100, Mainstream Top 40, and Adult Contemporary charts since "Inconsolable". [5] It was also their highest-charting single on the Adult Top 40 with a peak of number 9, surpassing the number 11 peak of "I Want It That Way" in 1999. [6] In regards to airplay the song reached number 38 on the Radio Songs chart, the band's first time on that chart since "Incomplete". [7]

Track listing

Digital download [8]
No.TitleLength
1."Don't Go Breaking My Heart"3:35
The Remixes – EP
No.TitleLength
1."Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Dave Audé Remix)"3:39
2."Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Luca Schreiner Remix)"3:19
3."Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Arkadi Remix)"3:28
4."Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Quarterhead Remix)"3:16

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [27] Gold35,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [28] Gold20,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png
Canada (Music Canada) [29] Gold40,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
United StatesMay 17, 2018 Hot adult contemporary RCA [30]
May 22, 2018 Contemporary hit radio [31]

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