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...only to No. 69 on Billboard's U.S. chart. But Germany fell for the song, and bsb fever swept Europe. The Boys had an edge that bands like Boyzone didn't, and Europeans - well, teenage girls at least - loved it. By mid-'97, America wanted some bsb too, and Quit Playing Games was their breakthrough, Martin's first...
...Cheiron's decision to close at the end of 2000 was a surprise, at least to outsiders. A post on the studio's website said, "It's time to quit while we're ahead," leaving plenty of room for speculation about what really doomed the hit factory. Martin's music has reportedly made him a multimillionaire (he refuses to discuss his wealth). Maybe a clash of egos caused the rift. Or maybe Martin had chewed and spit out all the bubble-gum pop he had in him. Fiction, he says, but typically he didn't quash the talk...
...also happened to have a good voice and caught the ear of Cheiron's Denniz PoP, who shifted Crichlow's focus to song-writing. The hits soon followed. With PoP and Max Martin, Crichlow penned the Backstreet Boys' We've Got It Goin' On, while he and Martin wrote Quit Playin' Games...
...Anyway, we did the song "We Got It Goin' On," which became a big hit for the Backstreet Boys in Europe. It was "Quit Playing Games," which I wrote with Herbie Crichlow, that broke them in America. We had wanted a hit in America, but some of the early acts didn't really work, so we felt that it was impossible for Europeans. Ace of Base and Roxette were one thing, but that sort of just happened by itself. It wasn't a smart marketing plan that made that happen. They were just amazing songs that no one could stop...
...draw as produce a result), and struggling India was expected to put up only modest resistance. Indeed, Indian cricket has been as subject to the bribery malaise as its politics, with the former captain of the national team and one of its star batsmen having been forced to quit last year after being found guilty of fixing games for bookmakers...