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"Incomplete" is a song by American vocal group Backstreet Boys from their fifth studio album, Never Gone (2005). The power ballad[1] was released on April 11, 2005, as the group's first single since they decided to reunite after a two-year hiatus. It was written by Dan Muckala, Lindy Robbins, and Jess Cates, and it was produced by Muckala with Kevin Richardson on piano. According to Billboard magazine's Chuck Taylor, the song is an "emotion-packed, grown-up tome about relationship struggle and strife."[2]
"Incomplete" | ||||
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Single by Backstreet Boys | ||||
from the album Never Gone | ||||
B-side |
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Released | April 11, 2005 | |||
Recorded | 2004 | |||
Studio | Westlake Recording (Hollywood, California) | |||
Length | 3:59 | |||
Label | Jive | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Dan Muckala | |||
Backstreet Boys singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Incomplete" on YouTube |
"Incomplete" marked a stylistic change for the band, with member AJ McLean saying that the band wanted to break away from the image they had attained during the 1990s and early 2000s.[3] The song was a commercial success, peaking at number 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and earning a gold certification for selling over half a million copies in the US. It also reached the top 10 in several European countries. It debuted at number one in Australia, becoming the group's only number-one hit and receiving a double-platinum sales certification in 2020.
Chuck Taylor from Billboard magazine compared the band's vocals to those of Bryan Adams and Blessid Union of Souls, going on to say that the song would be refreshing to hear on the radio "like crisp white sheets."[2] British columnist James Masterton wrote that "Incomplete" proved that the band had not lost their talent following their hiatus, going on to call the track's production "bombastic."[4]
Directed by Joseph Kahn, the music video for "Incomplete" sets the band in an arid desert environment and features each of the band members in a different element or force of nature: Brian Littrell, water; Nick Carter, fire; Howie Dorough, rain; Kevin Richardson, snow; and AJ McLean, the Sun.
UK CD1[5]
UK CD2; European and Australian maxi-CD single[6][7][8]
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European CD single[8]
Japanese CD single[9]
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Personnel are lifted from the Never Gone liner notes.[10]
Weekly charts |
Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[65] | 2× Platinum | 140,000‡ |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[66] | Gold | 30,000‡ |
Italy | — | 25,000[67] |
United States (RIAA)[68] | Gold | 500,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United States | April 11, 2005 | Contemporary hit radio | Jive | [69] |
May 2, 2005 | Hot adult contemporary radio | [70] | ||
Japan | May 25, 2005 | CD | [28] | |
Denmark | May 30, 2005 | [71] | ||
Australia | June 13, 2005 | [72] | ||
United Kingdom | June 27, 2005 | [73] |
In 2017, international symphonic metal supergroup Exit Eden covered "Incomplete" as the 3rd track of their debut album entitled Rhapsodies in Black.[74]
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