I'll Never Break Your Heart

1995 single by Backstreet Boys

"I'll Never Break Your Heart" is a song by American boy band Backstreet Boys. The song was written by singer songwriters Eugene Wilde and Albert Manno and produced by Veit Renn and Timmy Allen. It was released in the United Kingdom on December 4, 1995, as the second single from their self titled debut album and was issued across the rest of Europe later the same month. It was later included on their US debut album and was released as their fourth US single in June 1998.

The song replaced "I'll Never Find Someone Like You" on the album, which was to be the group's first single. The group's label, Jive Records, had not committed to using the song for the group, and as a result, it was offered to singer Keith Martin, who accepted it and released it as a single on the Bad Boys soundtrack, and his own albums It's Long Overdue and All the Hits. Brian Littrell discovered this when he heard Martin's song play on the radio one day. "I'll Never Break Your Heart" was supposedly recorded over two weeks, because Littrell and AJ McLean, the two lead vocalists on the song, had colds. In an interview with Billboard, McLean stated that the song "was the longest recording for any single BSB record in Backstreet history", as they had to manually rewind the tape in order to add brand new vocals in the track while they were sick.

Pan European magazine Music & Media wrote that "with the up tempo, infectious 'We've Got It Goin' On' still in the Benelux, German and Swiss top 10, the Backstreet Boys slowed their crystal clear vocals down to make one of those smooth R&B ballads which are typically aimed for the US market." A reviewer from Music Week rated it four out of five, adding, "The soppiness factor is in to full effect on this romantic ballad, which displays the boys' vocal excellence. A November tour will help this become another top five hit." Chuck Arnold from People Magazine said that Backstreet Boys gave their "smoothest Boyz II Men impression" on this R&B ballad, adding that "they make you believe every word of their vow to do no harm."

The song was first released in the United Kingdom and Europe in December 1995, It first aired in December 1995 in Germany, France, and other nations in Western Europe.

The second video, directed by Bille Woodruff, was released to MTV in June 1998 for the US market. It has amassed more than 59 million views on YouTube as of September 2021.

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref. (Reference)United KingdomDecember 4, 199512 inch vinyl, CD, cassetteJiveEuropeDecember 13, 1995CD singleUnited StatesJune 30, 1998Rhythmic contemporary, contemporary hit radioJuly 21, 1998CD single