| "Breakfast at Tiffany's" | ||||
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| Single by Deep Blue Something | ||||
| from the album Home | ||||
| Released | July 1995 | |||
| Format | CD single | |||
| Recorded | 1994 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, jangle pop | |||
| Length | 4:16 | |||
| Label | Interscope | |||
| Writer(s) | Todd Pipes | |||
| Producer | David Castell | |||
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"Breakfast at Tiffany's" is the title of a song recorded by American rock band Deep Blue Something. Originally appearing on the album 11th Song, it was later released in 1994 on their album Home. It was the band's biggest and most enduring hit,[1] and quickly moved to the top of the charts.[2]
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Sung from the point of view of a man who is on the verge of breaking up with his girlfriend, on the basis that the two have nothing in common. Desperate to find something, the singer remembers that they both like the Audrey Hepburn film Breakfast at Tiffany's, and argues that this should serve as enough motivation for them to work out their problems.
The film Roman Holiday inspired the lyrics of the song, but the song-writer Todd Pipes thought that one of Hepburn's other films would make a better song title.[3]
In 1996, the song reached number five in the United States and number one in the United Kingdom.
Todd Pipes said in a Q magazine about the promotion "Breakfast at Tiffany's", "As the song had 'breakfast' in the title, radio stations thought it would be genius to have us on at breakfast time. We'd be up till 3am and they'd wonder why we were pissed off playing at 6am."[4]
| End of year chart (1996) | Position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5] | 39 |
Brian Wahlert called Breakfast at Tiffany's "a cute, catchy song that should fit in well on adult contemporary, Top-40 and alternative radio" with memorable melody that makes it "a perfect single, along with the mildly repetitive, conversational lyrics of the chorus and the bright, acoustic guitar."[2]
In 2010, the song appeared in a Saturday Night Live skit, with four friends (played by Will Forte, Jason Sudeikis, Bill Hader and Ryan Phillippe) talking during the verses and singing the choruses.[1] In August 2011, it was voted into fifth place by fans on Quietdrive's upcoming cover album, "Your Record, Our Spin".[6]
The music video features the band members arriving to a breakfast table and being served by butlers, beside the curb in front of Tiffany's in Midtown Manhattan, NYC. At the end of the video an Audrey Hepburn lookalike walks past on the sidewalk, and takes off her sunglasses.
| Preceded by "Ready or Not" by The Fugees |
UK Singles Chart number-one single September 29, 1996 |
Succeeded by "Setting Sun" by The Chemical Brothers featuring Noel Gallagher |
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