Larger than Life (Backstreet Boys song)

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"Larger Than Life"
Single by Backstreet Boys
from the album Millennium
Released	1999
Format	CD, 7", 12", cassette
Recorded	1999
Genre	Pop/Dance
Length	3:50
Label	Jive
Writer(s)	Brian Littrell Max Martin Kristian Lundin Rami Yacoub
Producer(s)	Max Martin Rami
Chart positions
#3 (Australia) #1 (Canada) #5 (UK) #25 (U.S.) #1 (Indonesia)
Backstreet Boys singles chronology
"I Want It That Way" (1999)	"Larger Than Life" (1999)	"Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely" (2000)

"Larger Than Life" was the second single released from the 1999 Backstreet Boys album, Millennium. It was written by "Brian Littrell, Max Martin and Kristian Lundin, and is mainly a tribute to the group's fans. The song broke the record for longest running #1 on MTV's Total Request Live. Longtime friend, Brian McAndrew, was featured in the song with a guitar solo.

[edit] Music video

The song's video was a big-budget production directed by Joseph Kahn, who also directed the band's "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" video, which bears a number of similarities to this video. It takes place in a futuristic space setting, and includes elaborate special effects and animation, as well as a break-down with a dance number. The video reportedly was so expensive that it went over budget. This was supposedly the reason that Howie Dorough's scenes were not particularly elaborate. The video holds a Guinness World Record for the 5th most expensive music video with estimated production costs of over US$2,100,000.