Helpless When She Smiles

Infobox Single
Name = Helpless When She Smiles


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Artist = Backstreet Boys
from Album = Unbreakable
Released = December 10, 2007 (CD format) January 11, 2008 (GER) January 15, 2008 (U.S. radio)
Recorded = 2006-2007
Genre = Pop, pop rock, piano pop
Length = 4:04
Label = Jive/Zomba
Writer = Brett Cornelius, Christopher Lindsey, Aimee Mayo, Thomas Verges
Producer = John Shanks
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "Inconsolable"
(2007)
This single = "Helpless When She Smiles"
(2008)
Next single = TBA

"Helpless When She Smiles" is the second single from the Backstreet Boys' 6th studio album "Unbreakable", which was released on October 30, 2007. The single, produced by John Shanks, was released on January 15, 2008. This song was leaked on the Internet back in May 2007 along with "Happily Never After" which never made the album.

Music video

The video for "Helpless When She Smiles" was filmed November 15 in Joshua Tree National Park, California. It is directed by Bernard Gourley.

The music video premiered on December 12 on Yahoo! Music.

The video was filmed in color, but then stripped to appear black and white, depicting the Boys standing in a spacious corn field. It features helicopter shots, and is only one of two Backstreet Boys videos to do so, the other one being More Than That.

The video peaked at #1 on Much More Music's Top 10 Countdown.

Track listing

#"Helpless When She Smiles" - Album Version - 4:04
#"Helpless When She Smiles" - Radio Mix 4:04
#"There's Us" - 4:10
#"Nowhere To Go" - 2:48
#"Satellite" - 3:29

Charts

In the United States, "Helpless When She Smiles" only managed to chart of the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks, peaking at 52. The single failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100.

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