Breakin' (song)
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{{Infobox song
| name = Breakin'
| cover = Breakin'.PNG
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = The Music
| album = Welcome to the North
| released = 10 January 2005
| recorded = 2003–2004
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Alternative rock
| label = Virgin Records
| writer = The Music
| producer = Brendan O'Brien
| prev_title = 'Freedom Fighters'
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = 'Strength in Numbers'
| next_year = 2008
}}
"Breakin'" is a song from The Music's second album, Welcome to the North. It was also the second single from that album, released in the UK and elsewhere in Europe as a single in early January 2005 and in Japan in early March 2005 as an EP. It peaked at the #20 position in the British charts and on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart.
Track listings
=In the UK=
- Single released 10 January 2005 by Virgin Records
- CD1 VSCDT1894
- "Breakin'"
- "Middle of Nowhere" (demo)
- CD2 VSCDX1894
- "Breakin'"
- "Bleed From Within" (Live at Liverpool Academy)
- "Bleed From Within" (Thin White Duke mix)
- 7" VS1894
- "Breakin'"
- "Freedom Fighters" (Jo Whiley "Live Lounge" Session version)
=In Japan=
- EP released 9 March 2005 by Toshiba-EMI
- CD VJCP-61102
- "Breakin'"
- "The People" (Nick McCabe remix)
- "Welcome to the North" (live)
- "The People" (live)
- "Freedom Fighters" (live)
- "Bleed From Within" (live)
- "Breakin'" (video)
=In Australia=
In other media
The song was featured in "Kanes and Abel's", an episode of the American television series Veronica Mars.{{cite web|url=http://veronicamusic.blogspot.com/2005/04/episode-1-17-kanes-and-abels.html|title=The Music of Veronica Mars: Episode 1-17: "Kanes and Abel's"|work=Mars Investigations: The (In)Complete Guide to Veronica Mars|accessdate=21 January 2015}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Chart performance for "Breakin'" !Chart (2005) !Peak |
| scope="row"| Australia (ARIA){{cite Ryan|page=197}}
| align="center"| 63 |
|---|
| {{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|20|artist=The Music|rowheader=true|accessdate=7 August 2017}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|20|artist=The Music|rowheader=true|accessdate=7 August 2017}} |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050308231910/http://www.themusic.co.uk/go/news/default/188/ Article detailing the release of the single]
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Category:The Music (band) songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Brendan O'Brien (record producer)