<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing this file? See media help . </Td> </Tr> <P> "I Want It That Way" was written by Andreas Carlsson and Max Martin, while Martin and Kristian Lundin produced the track . The midtempo ballad finds the guys gushing expressions of romantic affection . The acoustic - guitar arpeggio riff, which forms the song's intro and reiterates throughout the verses, was written at the very end of the recording sessions and was, according to Carlsson, inspired by "Nothing Else Matters" by Metallica . </P> <P> The song is written in the key of A major . At approximately the 2 minute, 25 seconds point of the song, the key modulates to B major . Their vocals span from E to B. An alternate version of the song with different lyrics was written and recorded by the band in January 1999 . The version was included in some early demo presses of the album . In the alternate version, the song has the opposite message ("I love it when I hear you say, I want it that way"). The alternative lyrics were written by Martin and Carlsson in collaboration with Mutt Lange . </P> <P> The alternate version was leaked on the internet via Napster and other methods in the early 2000s, and was also played infrequently on some radio stations . According to then - member of the Boys' backing band, Tommy Smith, the album version is the "original version"; the alternate version was recorded because the chorus of the album version did not make sense . In an interview with HitQuarters, Andreas Carlsson confessed that the song was a play with words . According to him, "When Max came up with the original idea for the song, it already had the line' you are my fire, the one desire' . We tried a million different variations on the second verse, and finally we had to go back to what was sounding so great,' you are my fire, the one desire' . And then we changed it to' am I your fire, your one desire', which made absolutely no sense in combination with the chorus - but everybody loved it! ." </P>

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