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“The Call” was the second single from Backstreet Boys' fourth album Black & Blue. Pop production from Max Martin helped the boy band continue to set the standard for pop music in the early 2000s along with artists like Britney Spears and ‘NSYNC.
The lyrics are a cautionary tale about getting ca...
[Intro: AJ & Girl]
"Hello"
"Hi, it's me. Wassup baby?
I'm sorry, listen, I'm gonna be late tonight
So, don't stay up and wait for me, okay?"
"Where are you?"
"W-Wait? Say that again?"
"Hello?"
"You're really dropping out. I think my battery must be low
Listen, if you can hear me, we're going to a place nearby, alright? Gotta go!"
[Verse 1: AJ with All]
Let me tell you the story
'Bout the call that changed my destiny
Me and my boys went out just to end up in misery
Was about to go home
When there she was, standing in front of me
And said, "Hi, I got a little place nearby, wanna go?"
I should've said, "No, someone's waiting for me"
But I called my girl up and said
[Chorus: All]
"Listen, baby, I'm sorry
Just wanna tell ya don't worry
I will be late, don't stay up and wait for me"
"Say again? You're dropping out, my battery is low
Just so you know, we're going to a place nearby
Gotta go!"
[Verse 2: Nick with Howie]
Now two years gone, nothing's been won
I can't take it back, what's done is done
One of her friends found out
That she wasn't my only one
And it eats me from inside
That she's not by my side
Just because I made that call and lied
[Chorus: All]
"Listen, baby, I'm sorry
Just wanna tell ya don't worry
I will be late, don't stay up and wait for me"
"Say again? You're dropping out, my battery is low
Just so you know, we're going to a place nearby
Gotta go!"
[Interlude: All]
Listen baby I'm sorry (hello?)
Listen baby I'm sorry (hello?)
Gotta go
[Break: All]
Oh (oh-oh-oh)
Oh (oh-oh-oh)
Oh (oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
Oh (oh-oh-oh)
Oh (oh-oh-oh)
[Reprise: Nick with Howie, AJ]
Let me tell you the story
'Bout the call that changed my destiny
Me and my boys went out just to end up in misery
Was about to go home
When there she was, standing in front of me
And said, "Hi, I got a little place nearby"
Gotta go, oh-oh-oh!
[Chorus: All & AJ]
"Listen, baby, I'm sorry
Just wanna tell ya don't worry
I will be late, don't stay up and wait for me"
"Say again? You're dropping out, my battery is low
Just so you know, we're going to a place nearby
Gotta go!"
"Listen, baby, I'm sorry (I'm sorry)
Just wanna tell ya don't worry (don't worry)
I will be late, don't stay up and wait for me"
"Say again? You're dropping out, my battery is low
Just so you know, we're going to a place nearby
We're going to a place nearby
Gotta go!"
The Call was written by Max Martin & Rami.
The Call was produced by Rami & Max Martin.
Backstreet Boys released The Call on Tue Feb 06 2001.
In a 2017 interview with Billboard, AJ spoke on how Howie’s fart became a bass sound on “The Call:”
So when we were in the studio with Max making the song “The Call,” Howie [Dorough] was in the booth and we were doing that vocal break down, [sings] ‘dun dun dun, dun dun dun dun.’ Max gave Howie his...