| The verses feel overstuffed and ordinary, and the chorus isn't nearly as satisfying | |
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| Later, it climbed to number three, before peaking at number two, becoming their highest-charting single, alongside "" which also peaked at number two , until "" surpassed them, in 2005, reaching number-one | It was also their second number-one single, after "" 1996 |
Instead, you get the group rebuffing the song's recurring refrain entirely, declaring that they hope their beloved never makes the titular declaration.
24| The Backstreet Boys gave Teigen an answer that made everything more confusing for many | And perhaps most importantly: Do you have any clue what "That Way" is? The song was also listed at the top of many lists that included the band's best songs |
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| Songs as popular as "I Want It That Way" don't usually traffic in ambiguities | In an interview with , confessed that the song was a play with words |
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of picked the song as a highlight on Millennium, calling it an "infectious song that will be enough to satisfy anyone craving more, more, more".