Break 4 Love
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| Single by Raze | |||||
| Released | December 1987 | ||||
| Format | 12" | ||||
| Genre | Dance, House | ||||
| Label | Groove Street Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Vaughan Mason | ||||
| Producer | Vaughan Mason | ||||
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"Break 4 Love" is a song written, produced and recorded by the house music group Raze. The song, Raze's only significant hit, featured vocals by Keith Thompson. The single peaked at number 28 in the UK Singles Chart and it topped the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1988 and is still considered a classic of the early house music genre.
The song has been remixed, re-recorded and reissued on several different independent dance music labels, the most significant of which, "All 4 Love (Break 4 Love 1990)", climbed to number 30 in the UK in early 1990.
The song can be heard in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, on the in-game radio station SF-UR, which also features other house music songs by different artists.
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[edit] Original Groove Street 12" single
- "Break 4 Love" (Drop the Panties) — vocals by Vaughan Mason
- "Break 4 Love" (Instrumental)
- "Break 4 Love" (Spanish Fly) — vocals by Jeanette Fraginals
- "Break 4 Love" (Radio Vocals) — vocals by Keith Thompson
[edit] The Collaboration version
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| Single by Peter Rauhofer + Pet Shop Boys = The Collaboration from the album Release |
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| Released |  2002 |
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| Format | 12" | ||||
| Recorded | 2002 | ||||
| Genre | Dance | ||||
| Label | Star 69 | ||||
| Writer(s) | Vaughan Mason | ||||
| Producer | Peter Rauhofer, Pet Shop Boys | ||||
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"Break 4 Love" was covered by Peter Rauhofer and Pet Shop Boys, released under the name "Peter Rauhofer + Pet Shop Boys = The Collaboration". The single was not released in the United Kingdom and did not chart there. The song can be found on the USA bonus disc of Release.
The single did not chart on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, but it peaked at number one on the Hot Dance Club Play chart and peaked at number 51 on the U.S. Hot Singles Sales chart.
[edit] Track listing
[edit] U.S. 12" single: Star 69
- "Break 4 Love" (USA Club Mix)
- "Break 4 Love" (Friburn & Urik Tribal Mix)
- "Break 4 Love" (Mike Monday's Kit Kat Dub)
- "Break 4 Love" (The Classic Mix)
| Preceded by "Spy in the House of Love" by Was (Not Was) |
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single (Raze version) November 12, 1988 |
Succeeded by "Just Wanna Dance" / "Weekend" by The Todd Terry Project |
| Preceded by "It Began in Afrika" by The Chemical Brothers |
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single (The Collaboration version) November 10, 2001 |
Succeeded by "Impressive Instant" by Madonna |
