Drowning (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Drowning


Artist = The Backstreet Boys
from Album =
Released = October 16, 2001
Genre = Pop/Piano Pop
Length = 4:28
Label = Jive/Zomba
Writer =
Producer =
Certification = .7 million
Chart position =
* #4 UK
* #11 Germany
* #28 US
Last single = "More Than That"
(2001)
This single = "Drowning"
(2001)
Next single = "Incomplete"
(2005)

"Drowning" is the single by the Backstreet Boys from their compilation album "". The song was initially recorded for the "Black & Blue" album and features Kevin Richardson on piano.This was their last song before a four-year-hiatus from 2001 - 2005. The song did moderately well in the international charts, peaking at #3 in Sweden and #5 in Norway. The song also did exceptionally well on TRL, and the video for it was retired on February 26, 2002.

Track listing

Standard
#Drowning
#Back To Your Heart
#Shape Of My Heart video (on enhanced CDs)

UK part 1
# Drowning (Radio Edit)
# Drowning (Dezrok Radio Mix)
# Drowning (Rizzo & Harris Radio Mix)

UK part 2
# Drowning (Radio Edit)
# Everybody (Backstreet's Back) (Sharp London Vocal Mix)
# I Want It That Way (Morales Club Version)

Remixes vinyl
#. Drowning (Dezrock Club Mix) - 10:20
#. Drowning (Dezrock Radio Mix) - 4:07
#. Drowning (Rizzo & Harris Club Mix) - 7:56
#. Drowning (Rizzo & Harris Radio Mix) - 4:06

Music video

Official version

The official music video was directed by Paul Boyd. It featured the five Boys gathered around some monuments and an old building which resembles a church.

The video is notable for its frequent used of the contre-jour technique, which puts the subject directly against the source of light, thus giving a clear, dark outline of the figure. In the video, the Boys are often seen as dark figures dancing and singing against a beautiful background.

Wet version

Before the final video was produced, a different concept was in production. The concept was eventually abandoned and the official video was produced instead. One of the preliminary cuts of this original video was leaked to the public.

It features the band dressed in black outfits which can be seen in the photograph which is on the CD single cover. The video was shot mainly using green screen to place the band on an arid salt flat. The sun is initially shining, but dark clouds quickly fill the sky in the first chorus, and it begins to rain in the second verse. A flood of water fills the area and the storm continues to get worse. At the key change, and at the end of the song, the band is hit with a large waves. Through the rest of the video they simply sing in a shallow depth of water.