Break It Off

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This article documents a current single.
Information is likely to change as the song remains on the charts.

"Break It Off"

Single by Rihanna featuring Sean Paul
from the album A Girl Like Me
Released	November 2006 (U.S. Canada) January 2007 (UK) February 19th 2007 (iTunes)
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2 Hard Studios, Kingston, Jamaica
Genre	Pop–Dancehall
Length	3:33 (Album Edit)
Label	Def Jam
Writer(s)	Sean Paul Rihanna D. Bennett K. Ford
Producer(s)	Don Corleon
Chart positions
#1 (Malaysia) #2 (iTunes) #8 (Portugal) #9 (U.S.) #14 (Poland) #29 (Canada BDS) #64 (Russia)
Rihanna singles chronology
"We Ride" (2006)	"Break It Off" (2006)	"Umbrella" (2007)
Sean Paul singles chronology
"(When You Gonna) Give It up to Me" (2006)	"Break It Off" (2006)	"TBA"

"Break It Off" is a song written by Barbados/Reggae singer Rihanna and Reggae Superstar Sean Paul. The song is the fourth and final single from Rihanna's sophomore album A Girl Like Me. The song was performed during the Rockin' New Years Eve '07 television special on January 1, 2007 at Times Square in New York City. Rihanna has previously stated that she is very proud of the song.

"Break It Off" was released as a digital download on online stores including the U.S. iTunes Store on February 19, 2007 and reached a peak of number two. It debuted at number eight on the U.S. Hot Digital Songs chart, selling 75,316 downloads. This release to the digital market prompted the song to jump from number 52 to number 10 in one week on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.^[1] The digital sales are currently at 252,265 downloads.

"Break It Off" is featured on the Now That's What I Call Music! 24 compilation album. This is Rihanna's fourth entry in the U.S. top ten, and Sean Paul's seventh.

In Latin America the song only chart in the Peru Top 100 and just managed to peak at #92.^[2]

The song uses the dancehall riddim High Altitude.

1 Music video
2 Charts
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Music video

A video for the song was expected to premiere sometime in December 2006. Unfortunately, both Def Jam and Atlantic Records said there will be no music video for the song.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	9
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	6
ARC Weekly Top 40	9
Canadian BDS Airplay Chart	29
Peru Top 100^[3]	92
Poland Charts	14
Portuguese Singles Chart	8
United World Chart	21