Problem with setting background image using JLabel - java

I trying to make mini game and this game have option to choose map. Diffrent chooice, choose diffrent map. Every choice have own map ( background image ). For background image I useing JLabel and method: setIcon().
My problem is that when I set image, all my components get hide. This is picuture: http://prntscr.com/qi5m8a ( You can see that only image can be seen ).
For map choose I use this structure, here is picture: http://prntscr.com/qi5n4c There is Play button with event like this:
private void jButton1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
if(mapOneRadioButton.isSelected())
{
this.dispose();
GameWindow game = new GameWindow();
game.setVisible(true);
game.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
backgroundLabelGameWin.setIcon(new javax.swing.ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/main/earthProject.gif")));
}else if(mapTwoRadioButton.isSelected())
{
}else if(mapTreeRadioButton.isSelected())
{
}else if(mapFourRadioButton.isSelected())
{
}else if(mapFiveRadioButton.isSelected())
{
}
}
I useing JPanel where I add JLabel for background image and I useing JLayeredPanel for rest of components.
My problem/question is, How can I change/set image without breaking order in my frame ?? I mean, I want to change/set image in background so all my components can be seen.
Please help me, I have no idea how to fix this.

For background image I useing JLabel and method: setIcon(). My problem is that when I set image, all my components get hide.
Two options:
add the components to the JLabel. Then the components will paint on top of the image. The restriction of this approach is that the components must fit inside the image, since the image is always painted at its actual size.
do custom painting of the image on a JPanel by overring the paintComponent(...) method of the panel and then invoke the Grapics.drawImage(...) method. Then add your components to the panel. See Background Panel for a class that provides this support. This provides more flexibility as you can scale the image to fill the panel.

It will be better if you change the background of the JPanel instead of using a JLabel for image. You can't directly change the background of a JPanel. But you can refer following link to do it
http://www.java2s.com/Code/Java/Swing-JFC/Panelwithbackgroundimage.htm

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I have almost completed it. So, I can't add a background using a JLabel because I will have to change a lot of code
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