From the Ask Billboard section for December 8, '99...

Question: Hi Keith,

Do you know what single Backstreet Boys will release next? I have heard rumors that it will be a ballad called "Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely" and that it will be issued commercially. Do you know if this is true?

Amy Bonaria
bhank5@worldnet.att.net

Answer: Hi Amy,

The next cut that will be promoted from the Boys' "Millennium" opus will indeed be "Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely." The accompanying video clip will make its MTV debut on Dec. 31.

There is no word on whether "Lonely" will surface as a commercially available single. The album's first two radio-only singles, "I Want It That Way" and "Larger Than Life," peaked at No. 6 and No. 25, respectively, on The Billboard Hot 100.

"Millennium" spent ten weeks at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 earlier this year. The set has sold 7.5 million units, according to SoundScan.