I'll Never Break Your Heart

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"I'll Never Break Your Heart"
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Artwork for early 1995–96 European release
Single by Backstreet Boys
from the album Backstreet Boys (international and US)
B-side "Roll with It"
ReleasedDecember 4, 1995 (1995-12-04) [1]
Studio Parc, Platinum Post (Orlando, Florida) [2]
Genre R&B
Length
  • 4:48 (LP version)
  • 4:25 (radio edit)
Label Jive
Songwriter(s) Eugene Wilde, Albert Manno
Producer(s) Veit Renn, Timmy Allen
Backstreet Boys singles chronology
"We've Got It Goin' On"
(1995)
"I'll Never Break Your Heart"
(1995)
"Get Down (You're the One for Me)"
(1996)
Backstreet Boys USsingles chronology
"Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"
(1998)
"I'll Never Break Your Heart"
(1998)
"All I Have to Give"
(1998)

Credits and personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [54] Platinum70,000
Germany (BVMI) [55] Gold250,000^

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

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United KingdomDecember 4, 1995
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
Jive [1]
EuropeDecember 13, 1995CD single [9]
February 12, 1996 Maxi-CD single
United Kingdom (re-release)November 4, 1996
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
[10]
United StatesJune 30, 1998 [11]
July 21, 1998CD single [12]

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