Shape of My Heart
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| "Shape Of My Heart" | ||
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| Single by The Backstreet Boys | ||
| From the album Black & Blue | ||
| Released | 2000 | |
| Format | CD single | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 3:52 | |
| Label | Jive | |
| Writers | Max Martin Rami Lisa Miskovsky |
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| Producers | Max Martin Rami |
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| Video director | Matthew Rolston | |
| Certification | Gold | |
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| Backstreet Boys single chronology | ||
| "The One" (1999) |
"Shape Of My Heart" (2000) |
"The Call" (2000) |
"Shape Of My Heart" was the first single from the American pop band Backstreet Boys's album "Black & Blue". Released in October 2000, the song debuted at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was played on 170 out of 171 of the Top 40 stations in the U.S. breaking the record for 'most radio station adds' in debut week. It held the #1 spot on the Billboard Top 40 Mainstream, Hot 100 Airplay and Hot 100 Singles Sales chart for a combined 16 weeks. On MTV's Total Request Live it broke their own record of longest running #1 song which was held by "Larger Than Life".
On the 2000s Around The World In 100 Hours "Black & Blue" promo trip Backstreet Boys sang an acapella version of the song every continent they landed on.
In Canada "Shape Of My Heart" made its biggest impact. There it broked the record for most weeks at #1 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary (AC) chart with an amazing stay of 14 weeks. On the Canadian (CHR) chart it holds the record for highest-ever debut at #3, shattering the previous record of #10 set by U2 and went on to stay at #1 for 6 weeks, also breaking the record for longest stay at #1. It also broke the record for 'most first-day spins' on CHR Radio, as measured by BDS, who compile Canadian Radio charts based on detected spins, or plays, on Radio stations across Canada. In 2000, the Backstreet Boys held the #1 position on the (CHR) and (AC) charts a combined 19 weeks. It spent six weeks at the top of the Canadian Singles Chart.
