This song is about a man professing his love to this woman, letting her know he doesn’t care about her past as long as she loves him

“As Long As You Love Me” came in as this CD was being put to bed. Clive Calder called me and said, “Stop the presses!”
- Barry Weiss

The song was a last minute addition to the album. Clive Calder, then-chairman of Zomba, heard the song and called Jive Records president Barry Weiss, who contacted the band’s manager, Johnny Wright.

Barry calls me and says, “We have to stop everything. I’ve got the best pop record ever made.”
- Johnny Wright
I’m not even on that song. Nowhere, no backgrounds, nope. I was sick. Brian had to teach me the damn backgrounds at the video shoot ‘cause I didn’t know what the stupid words were.
- AJ
Backstreet Boy Brian Littrell met his future wife, Leighanne Littrell (Née Wallace), on the set of the music video for this song.