Break My Stride

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“Break My Stride”
Single by Matthew Wilder from the album I Don't Speak the Language
A-side	Break My Stride
B-side	Break My Stride (Instrumental)
Released	1983
Format	7" vinyl; 12" vinyl
Genre	Pop
Length	03:02
Label	Private I
Writer(s)	Matthew Wilder, Greg Prestopino
Matthew Wilder singles chronology
Break My Stride The Kid's American

"Break My Stride" was a major hit single for Matthew Wilder in 1983 and 1984.

Included on his 1983 album I Don't Speak the Language, the single went to #5 on the U.S. Hot 100 and to #4 in the UK in January 1984. On the U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40 chart, the song went all the way to #3, and on the U.S. Cashbox charts, Wilder's single didn't break stride until the #2 position, where it remained for two weeks, in early February. A remix version appeared on the Dance charts.

Though "Break My Stride" was Matthew Wilder's only UK hit, he also reached the U.S. Top 40 with his next two singles, "The Kid's American" (#28 on the ARC chart) and "Bouncing Off The Walls" (#39 ARC), before turning to behind-the-scenes work on other artists' recordings.

In 1997 the Wilder song reached a new audience when it was sampled for the hit Puff Daddy track "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down".

[edit] Song was covered by

• Herreys ("Det finns ingenting som hindrar mig")
• Unique II ("Break My Stride", 1996)
• Natusha ("Moviendo la cintura")
• El Simbolo ("No te preocupes", 1996)
• The chorus was later interpolated for the Puff Daddy song "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" in 1997.
• Max-A-Million ("Break My Stride", 1998)
• AC Rock ("Break My Stride", 1999) a capella version
• Mumsdollar ("Break My Stride", 2002)
• Legend Has It ("Break My Stride", (2003?))
• Lil' Kim used the last line of the chorus as the last line of her verse for the girl power anthem, "Can't Hold Us Down" by Christina Aguilera.
• Blue Lagoon ("Break My Stride", 2004)
• P-nuckle ("Stride") Voted best Reggae act in 2006 used the chorus lyrics of Break My Stride in the own version called "Stride".
• Matisyahu used the chorus lyrics of Break My Stride as the bridge in his single "Jerusalem".
• Goldenchyld (*Got to keep on moviing*) 2007

[edit] Chart positions (Matthew Wilder version)

Year	Singles	N	Cashbox	ARC	UK	Billboard
1983, 1984	Break My Stride	1	2	3	4	5