Breakfast in America (song)

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“Breakfast in America”
Single by Supertramp from the album Breakfast in America
Released	June 1979
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	2:38
Label	A&M
Writer(s)	Rick Davies/Roger Hodgson
Producer	Supertramp, Peter Henderson
Supertramp singles chronology
"The Logical Song" (1979) "Breakast in America" (1979) "Goodbye Stranger" (1979)

"Breakfast in America" is the title track from Supertramp's 1979 album Breakfast in America. The song was a minor hit on the singles charts in the US but is a staple of classic rock radio. The song's lyrics tell about a person who has never been to America.

In 2004 and 2006, Gym Class Heroes remade this song with Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy and entitled it "Cupid's Chokehold/Breakfast In America[1]", borrowing heavily from Roger Hodgson’s famous chorus “Take a look at my girlfriend, She's the only one I got. Not much of a girlfriend, Never seem to get a lot" & “ba ba da da". In April of 2008 ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) honoured Hodgson for the song.