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[ Backstreet Boys – “I Want It That Way” (1999 – Video) ] “I Want It That Way” is a song by American vocal group Backstreet Boys, released in 1999 as the lead single from their 3rd studio album, Millennium (1999). It became the band’s signature song, and commercially it reached the number-one spot in more than 25 countries. The music video, directed by Wayne Isham, was filmed at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). |
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Weird – very hard to understand, I really can’t find a single reason why this song should be censored, banned, forbidden, by China’s Ministry of Culture : )
According to Wikipedia, “I Want It That Way” faced Chinese censorship – On August 19, 2011, China’s Ministry of Culture released a list of 100 songs, including the then twelve-year-old “I Want It That Way”, that were required to be removed from the Internet. This purge occurred because the Ministry claimed that these songs had been released without first being subjected to a mandatory screening process by Ministry officials as per official government policy. Media sites were given until September 15. 2011 to delete the named songs or face unspecified penalties. The Chinese government claims that such measures are necessary for national security purposes.