"Incomplete" is a song by the Backstreet Boys from their album, Never Gone. The power ballad was released in April 2005 as the group's first single since they decided to reunite after a two-year hiatus. It was written by Dan Muckala, Lindy Robbins, and Jess Cates, and it was produced by Muckala with Kevin Richardson on piano. According to Billboard magazine's Chuck Taylor, the song is an "emotion-packed, grown-up tome about relationship struggle and strife."
"Incomplete" was a commercial success. It peaked at number thirteen on the US Billboard Hot 100, charting within the top 10 of thirteen countries and was later certified gold for selling over half a million copies. It additionally became a major hit in several European countries and debuted at number one in Australia, becoming the group's only number-one hit there and receiving a double-platinum sales certification in 2020.
Critical reception[]
Chuck Taylor from Billboard magazine compared the band's vocals to those of Bryan Adams and Blessid Union of Souls, going on to say that the song would be refreshing to hear on the radio "like crisp white sheets."
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Trivia[]
- The song has sold 250,000 units worldwide, which earned it gold certification.
- In the US, it was their last successful single of the 2000s, as the song still receives airplay on fewer adult contemporary radio stations in the United States and Canada.
- This song was also featured as a track on the 2005 compilation album "Now That's What I Call Music! 19 (U.S. Series)"
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