"Just Want You to Know" is a rock/pop song performed by the Backstreet Boys

Backstreet Boys

The Backstreet Boys are an American vocal group, formed in Orlando, Florida in 1993. The band originally consisted of A. J. McLean, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, Nick Carter and Kevin Richardson. They rose to fame with their debut international album, Backstreet Boys...

. It was released as the second single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 from the group's fifth studio album Never Gone

Never Gone

Never Gone was the eagerly awaited comeback album by US vocal group Backstreet Boys. Originally to be released in 2004, the release date was pushed back to June 14, 2005 for unknown reasons. The album varies musically from their previous albums, with a rock sound to the album...

(2005). The single performed moderately well hitting the top ten in the U.K and Spain and reaching the top twenty in Italy, Germany and Ireland and charted in the top 40 in most other charts.

Music video

The music video is a parody of a stereotypical 1980s glam metal

Glam metal

Glam metal is a subgenre of hard rock and heavy metal that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States, particularly on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip music scene...

 band named Sphynkter. The "Never Gone Videos" show the original video; then an additional video where they are Sphynkter and perform "Just Want You To Know" is shown. The video was directed by Marc Klasfield.

UK CD2

1. "Just Want You to Know" (Album Version) - 3:51
2. "I Want It That Way" (Live Version) - 4:18
3. "Show Me the Meaning" (Live Version) - 4:44

Japan

1. "Just Want You to Know" (Album Version)
2. "Just Want You to Know" (Instrumental)
3. "I Want It That Way" (Live Version)

Personnel

• Drums, Percussion - Shawn Pelton
• Engineer [Additional Pro Tools] - John Hanes
• Engineer [Assistant Additional Pro Tools] - Tim Roberts
• Engineer [Pro Tools Techs] - Christian Nilsson, Dan Chase
• Mixed By - Serban Ghenea
• Producer - Max Martin
  Max Martin
  Martin Karl Sandberg, known professionally as Max Martin, is a Swedish music producer and songwriter. Raised in Stenhamra, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, he broke through as a producer and songwriter in the mid to late 1990s after crafting a string of hits for pop artists like the Backstreet Boys,...
  
   and Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald
• Recorded By - Christian Nilsson, Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, Seth Waldmann
• Recorded By [Assistant] - Alan Mason
• Recorded At Maratone Studios, Stockholm, Sweden & Conway Studios, Hollywood, CA
• Written By - Max Martin
  Max Martin
  Martin Karl Sandberg, known professionally as Max Martin, is a Swedish music producer and songwriter. Raised in Stenhamra, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, he broke through as a producer and songwriter in the mid to late 1990s after crafting a string of hits for pop artists like the Backstreet Boys,...
  
  , Lukasz Gottwald

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Australia ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...  Singles Chart	22
Austrian Singles Chart	22
Dutch Singles Chart	27
European Hot 100 Singles	19
German Singles Chart	20
Irish Singles Chart	15
Italian Singles Chart	18
Spanish Singles Chart	7
Swedish Singles Chart	28
Swiss Singles Chart	29
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	8
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	70
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...	35
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	21