Breakin' (song)

"Breakin'"
Single by the Music
from the album Welcome to the North
Released10 January 2005
GenreAlternative rock
Length3:58
LabelVirgin Records
SongwriterThe Music
ProducerBrendan O'Brien
The Music singles chronology
"'Freedom Fighters'"
(2004)
"Breakin'"
(2005)
"'Strength in Numbers'"
(2008)

"Breakin'" is a song by English rock band the Music, from their second studio album, Welcome to the North. It was 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 number 20 on both the UK Singles Chart and on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart.

Track listings

In the UK

  1. "Breakin'"
  2. "Middle of Nowhere" (demo)
  • CD2 VSCDX1894
  1. "Breakin'"
  2. "Bleed From Within" (Live at Liverpool Academy)
  3. "Bleed From Within" (Thin White Duke mix)
  • 7" VS1894
  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

  • EP released by EMI
  • CD 7243 8 70592 2 1
  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

References

  1. ↑ "The Music of Veronica Mars: Episode 1-17: "Kanes and Abel's"". Mars Investigations: The (In)Complete Guide to Veronica Mars. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 197.
  3. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart on 16/1/2005 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "Official Singles Chart on 16/1/2005 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "The Music Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Most-Played Modern Rock Songs of 2005" (PDF). Airplay Monitor. Vol. 13, no. 50. 16 December 2005. p. 52. Retrieved 1 April 2026.