Breaking Up (song)

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"Breaking Up"
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Single by Eskimo Joe
from the album Black Fingernails, Red Wine
ReleasedJune 2007 (2007-06)
Studio The Grove
Length3:23
Label Warner, Mushroom
Songwriter(s) Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Kavyen Temperley
Producer(s) Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe singles chronology
"New York"
(2007)
"Breaking Up"
(2007)
"London Bombs"
(2007)

"Breaking Up" is a song by Australian alternative rock band Eskimo Joe, released in June 2007 as the fourth single from their third studio album, Black Fingernails, Red Wine (2006). "Breaking Up" peaked at number 83 on the Australian Singles Chart.

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Music video

The music video for the single was filmed at Bar Beach in Newcastle. The video features Kavyen Temperley and a girl who is played by Teresa Palmer spending the night at the beach. The other two members Joel and Stu do not appear in the video. [1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Eskimo Joe.

CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Breaking Up"3:25
2."New York" (Wood(Roch) remix)4:32
3."Breaking Up" (acoustic)3:14
4."Black Fingernails, Red Wine" (acoustic with strings)3:57

Charts

Chart (2007)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [2] 83

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel(s)CatalogueRef.
AustraliaJune 2007 CD 5144220122

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