Which boy band recorded “The Call,” released as a single in 2001?

The Backstreet Boys recorded “The Call,” released as a single in 2001.

The song was written and produced by Max Martin and Rami Yacoub, with additional songwriting contributions from the group’s collaborators. It appeared on the album Black & Blue, the Backstreet Boys’ fourth international studio album.

“The Call” uses a dance-pop production and a prominent spoken telephone-message effect. Its lyrics describe a late-night phone conversation and the consequences of a relationship kept secret. The single charted internationally and became one of the group’s notable songs from the early 2000s.

It is sometimes mixed up with “Larger than Life” or “Shape of My Heart,” both also associated with the Backstreet Boys. “The Call” belongs specifically to the Black & Blue era and followed the group’s huge late-1990s commercial success.