Don't Turn Out the Lights

"Don't Turn Out the Lights"
Single by New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys
from the album NKOTBSB
Released	April 5, 2011
Recorded	Studio E, At Chalice Recording, Los Angeles, CA 2011
Genre	Pop
Length	3:31
Label	Sony, Legacy
Writer(s)	Jess Cates, Claude Kelly, Emanuel Kiriakou
Producer	Emanuel Kiriakou
New Kids on the Block singles chronology
"2 in the Morning" (2009) "Don't Turn Out the Lights" (2011) Backstreet Boys singles chronology "Bigger" (2009) "Don't Turn Out the Lights" (2011)

"Don't Turn Out the Lights" is a song by American recording artists New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys from their collaboration compilation album, NKOTBSB. The song was written by Jess Cates, Claude Kelly, and Emanuel Kiriakou and produced by Emanuel Kiriakou. A sneak preview of "Don't Turn Out the Lights" was played by Backstreet Boys members Brian Littrell and A.J. McLean on the Backstreet Boys Cruise 2010 and was leaked to the internet on April 1, 2011. On April 5, 2011, the song premiered on On Air With Ryan Seacrest and was released to iTunes in the US and Canada as the lead single from the album by Legacy Recordings. This is the first single the Backstreet Boys have released since their departure from Jive Records. The single debuted at number 14 on the US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart on April 14, 2011.^[1]

Track listing

• Digital download

1. "Don't Turn Out the Lights" – 3:31

• German CD single^[2]

1. "Don't Turn Out the Lights" – 3:33
2. "Don't Turn Out the Lights" (Instrumental) – 3:30

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles	14[1]
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)	46[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Trust, Gary (14 April 2011). "Weekly Chart Notes: Katy Perry, Beastie Boys, NKOTBSB". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/column/chartbeat/weekly-chart-notes-katy-perry-beastie-boys-1005134952.story?page=2#/column/chartbeat/weekly-chart-notes-katy-perry-beastie-boys-1005134952.story?page=2. Retrieved 16 April 2011. 
2. ^ "NKOTBSB - Don't Turn Out The Lights/Don't Turn Out The Lights (Instrumental)". Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH. http://www.sonymusic.de/Nkotbsb/Dont-Turn-Out-The-Lights-Dont-Turn-Out-The-Lights-Instrumental/P/2570689/B/88697959622. Retrieved 2 August 2011. 
3. ^ "canadian-hot-100". http://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100#/charts/canadian-hot-100?begin=41&order=position.