Helpless When She Smiles

"Helpless When She Smiles"
Single by Backstreet Boys
from the album Unbreakable
Released	December 26, 2007 (2007-12-26)
Studio	Henson (Hollywood)
Length	4:04
Label	Jive
Songwriters	Brett James, Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo, Troy Verges
Producer	John Shanks
Backstreet Boys singles chronology
"Inconsolable" (2007) "Helpless When She Smiles" (2007) "Straight Through My Heart" (2009)
Music video
"Helpless When She Smiles" on YouTube

"Helpless When She Smiles" is the second single from American vocal group Backstreet Boys' sixth (fifth in the US) studio album, Unbreakable , which was released on October 30, 2007. The single, produced by John Shanks, was released on December 26, 2007. This song was leaked on the Internet back in May 2007 along with "Happily Never After" which never made the album.

The song was originally written in 2004 for Rascal Flatts, ^[1] and first recorded by Dutch singer Bastiaan Ragas in 2005, ^[2] then by German singer Mike Leon Grosch in 2006 before it was recorded by the Backstreet Boys.

Music video

The video for "Helpless When She Smiles" was in Joshua Tree National Park, California on November 13, 2007. It is directed by Bernard Gourley. The music video premiered on December 12 on Yahoo! Music. The video was filmed in color, but then stripped to appear black and white, depicting the group standing in a spacious corn field. It features helicopter shots, akin to previous Backstreet Boys video "More than That". The video peaked at #1 on Much More Music's Top 10 Countdown.

Track listing

UK CD1

1. "Helpless When She Smiles" (album version) – 4:04
2. "Helpless When She Smiles" (radio mix) – 4:04
3. "Trouble Is" – 3:33

UK CD2

1. "Helpless When She Smiles" (album version) – 4:04
2. "Helpless When She Smiles" (radio mix) – 4:04
3. "There's Us" – 4:10
4. "Trouble Is" – 3:33
5. "Nowhere to Go" – 2:48
6. "Satellite" – 3:28

Digital download

1. "Helpless When She Smiles" (radio mix) – 4:04
2. "Helpless When She Smiles" (rock remix) – 4:02
3. "Helpless When She Smiles" (Jason Nevins dub remix) – 7:09
4. "Helpless When She Smiles" (Jason Nevins radio mix) – 4:24
5. "Helpless When She Smiles" (Jason Nevins extended remix) – 7:38
6. "Helpless When She Smiles" (Jason Nevins underground club remix) – 7:23

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Germany (GfK) [3]	34
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade) [4]	7
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [5]	83
Romania (Romanian Top 100) [6]	70

Year-end charts

Chart (2008)	Position
Lithuania (M-1) [7]	64

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Russia	December 26, 2007	Contemporary hit radio	Sony BMG	[8]
Europe	January 11, 2008	CD	Jive	[3]

References

1. "Rascal Flatts demo CDs".
2. "Outragas - Bastiaan Ragas". All Music. Retrieved June 27, 2012.
3. "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
4. "Tipparade-lijst van week 5, 2008" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 . Retrieved April 7, 2023.
5. "Backstreet Boys – Helpless When She Smiles" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
6. "Romanian Top 100" Archived July 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Please see "Issue 22" of the year 2008
7. "LITHUANIA – Radio M-1 Top 100 of 2008". M-1. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
8. "Backstreet Boys — Helpless When She Smiles". TopHit . Retrieved April 7, 2023.