Break It Off
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| Single by Rihanna featuring Sean Paul from the album A Girl like Me and The Trinity (Limited Edition) |
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| Released | December 2006 (U.S. and Canada)
February 19, 2007 (Digital) |
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| Format | Digital download | ||||
| Recorded | 2006 (2 Hard Studios, Kingston, Jamaica) | ||||
| Genre | Pop, dancehall | ||||
| Length | 3:33 | ||||
| Label | Def Jam, Atlantic | ||||
| Writer(s) | Sean Paul, Rihanna, D. Bennett, K. Ford | ||||
| Producer | Don Corleon | ||||
| Rihanna singles chronology | |||||
| "We Ride" (2006) |
"Break It Off" (2006) |
"Roll It" (2007) |
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| Sean Paul singles chronology | |||||
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"Break It Off" is a song written by Barbadian pop singer-songwriter Rihanna and reggae artist Sean Paul. The song is the fourth and final single from Rihanna's second album A Girl like Me and was released only in the United States, Canada, and select European territories. 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.
The song uses the dancehall riddim "High Altitude".
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[edit] Promotion
Break It Off was performed in many different places and arenas all over the world. She performed it for New Year's Eve 2007 and in lots of concerts such as BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend, Live Earth, e.t.c. It is performed for only 1 minute and a half at concerts as a medley because Sean Paul performs more words than Rihanna.
[edit] Chart performance
"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 fifty-two to number ten in one week on the Billboard Hot 100[1]. In Latin America, the song just managed to chart in the Peru Top 100 at number ninety-two.[2]
It reached a peak of number twenty-one on the United World Chart and remained on the chart for only four weeks.[3]
[edit] Music video
"Break It Off" is one of the few songs in many years to reach the Billboard Top 10 without a music video.
A video for the song was expected to premiere sometime in December 2006. Unfortunately, both Def Jam Recordings and Atlantic Records said there will be no music video for the song. About that, Sean Paul stated:
| “ | ... I'm saying to Atlantic, you strip dis pon my Europe album… Put it on there, write a re-relase. So, shoot a video for it, it bad. No we don't have no plans for that. That tune come out and reach a number nine on the Billboard charts. That means something to me, that shows me that I can have my own record label.[4] | ” |
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 9 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 6 |
| ARC Weekly Top 40 | 9 |
| The Chilean Top 100 Singles | 88 |
| Bestest Hot 50 | 18 |
| Canadian BDS Airplay Chart | 29 |
| Croatian Airplay Chart | 56 |
| Peru Top 100[5] | 92 |
| Portuguese Singles Chart | 8 |
| Israeli Singles Chart | 1 |
| Russian Singles Chart[6] | 25 |
| Canadian Hot 100 | 19 |
| United World Chart | 21 |
| Euro 200[7] | 160 |
| Romanian Top 100[8] | 27 |
[edit] References
- ^ Katie Hasty, "Mims Puts The 'Hot' In The Hot 100 At No. 1", Billboard.com, March 1, 2007
- ^ http://americatop100.com/english/peru/index.htm Americatop100.com
- ^ Global Track Chart
- ^ "Sean Paul Explains Reason for No 'Break It Off' Video", Letssingit.com, April 20, 2007
- ^ http://americatop100.com/english/peru/index.htm Americatop100.com
- ^ Russian Single Chart. Retrieved April 6, 2007
- ^ Euro 200
- ^ Romanian Top 100
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