Breakin' (song)

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"Breakin'"
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Single by The Music
from the album Welcome to the North
Released10 January 2005
Recorded2003–2004
Genre Alternative rock
Length3 min 58 sec
Label Virgin Records
Songwriter(s) The Music
Producer(s) Brendan O'Brien
The Music singles chronology
"'Freedom Fighters'"
(2004)
"Breakin'"
(2005)
"'Strength in Numbers'"
(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.

Contents

Track listings

In the UK

  1. "Breakin'"
  2. "Middle of Nowhere" (demo)
  1. "Breakin'"
  2. "Bleed From Within" (Live at Liverpool Academy)
  3. "Bleed From Within" (Thin White Duke mix)
  1. "Breakin'"
  2. "Freedom Fighters" (Jo Whiley "Live Lounge" Session version)

In Japan

  1. "Breakin'"
  2. "The People" (Nick McCabe remix)
  3. "Welcome to the North" (live)
  4. "The People" (live)
  5. "Freedom Fighters" (live)
  6. "Bleed From Within" (live)
  7. "Breakin'" (video)

In Australia

  1. "Breakin"
  2. "Middle of Nowhere" (Demo)
  3. "Freedom Fighters" (John Digweed & Nick Muir Remix)
  4. "Bleed From Within" (Live at Liverpool Academy)
  5. "The People" (Nick McCabe Remix)

In other media

The song was featured in "Kanes and Abel's", an episode of the American television series Veronica Mars . [1]

Charts

Chart performance for "Breakin'"
Chart (2005)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [2] 63
UK Singles (OCC) [3] 20
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [4] 20

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