Break 4 Love

"Break 4 Love" is a song written, produced and recorded by Vaughan Mason, the principal member of house music group Raze, the song's original credited performer. The song, the group's only significant U.S. hit, featured vocals by Keith Thompson and sexual sound samples by Erique Dial. The single peaked at number 28 in the UK Singles Chart and it topped the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1988. It 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)" which featured Lady J and The Secretary of Entertainment produced by Erique Dial climbed to number 30 in the UK in early 1990. The song's drum loop is a reworking of the beat from "Today, Tomorrow and Forever", a 1987 song by The Castle Beat.

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.

Samples

There have been several songs and remixes which have sampled the drum loop of "Break 4 Love":

• "Melt Down" - Quartz (1989)
• "If Only I Could" - Sydney Youngblood (1989)
• "No Hip Hop" - Age Pee feat. Shipra (1989)
• "Once in a Lifetime (Twice in a Lifetime)" (Dakeyne Remix) - Talking Heads (1989)
• "Planet E" (Dakeyne Remix) - KC Flightt (1989)
• "Atm-Oz-Fear" - The Atmosphere feat. Mae B (1989)
• "3 a.m. Eternal" (Break For Love Mix) - The KLF (1989)
• "Another Day in Paradise" - Jam Tronik (1990)
• "Get on the Raze" - Jam Tronik (1990)
• "Nothing Compares 2 U" - Chyp-Notic (1990)
• "It's on You" - MC Sar & the Real McCoy (1990)
• "Again 4 Love" - FU Krew (1990)
• "Right Now" - Lil' Kim feat. Carl Thomas (2000)

Versions

Original 1988–1989 versions

• Break 4 Love (Drop The Panties) – a.k.a. Caught in the Act Mix – spoken vocals by Vaughan Mason
• Break 4 Love (Radio Vocals) – a.k.a. English Mix, English Version, Vaughan Mason 12" Mix – sung vocals by Keith Thompson
• Break 4 Love (Instrumental)
• Break 4 Love (Spanish Fly) – spoken vocals by Jeanette Fraginals
• Break 4 Love (Spanish Mix) – similar to Spanish Fly, but no break
• Break 4 Love (French Mix)
• Break 4 Love (Italian Mix)

All of these versions run approximately 5:25 and feature sexual vocalization samples by Erique Dial. A 3:18 edit of the English Mix was used as the 7" single version.

Track listing

Original Grove Street 12" single

1. "Break 4 Love (Drop the Panties)"
2. "Break 4 Love (Instrumental)"
3. "Break 4 Love (Spanish Fly)"
4. "Break 4 Love (Radio Vocals)"

The Collaboration version

"Break 4 Love"
Single by Peter Rauhofer + Pet Shop Boys = The Collaboration
Released	November 20, 2001 (U.S.)
Format	12"
Recorded	2001
Genre	Dance
Label	Star 69
Writer(s)	Vaughan Mason
Producer(s)	Peter Rauhofer, Pet Shop Boys
Peter Rauhofer singles chronology
"Do It Properly" (1999) "Break 4 Love" (2001)
Pet Shop Boys singles chronology "You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk" (2000) "Break 4 Love" (2001) "Home and Dry" (2002)

"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 U.S. bonus disc of the Pet Shop Boys album Release and a B-Side to CD2 of their single, "Home and Dry".

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.

Track listing

U.S. 12" single: Star 69

1. "Break 4 Love (USA Club Mix)"
2. "Break 4 Love (Friburn & Urik Tribal Mix)"
3. "Break 4 Love (Mike Monday's Kit Kat Dub)"
4. "Break 4 Love (The Classic Mix)"

U.S. CD single Part 1: Star 69 (CD12172)"

1. "Break 4 Love (UK Radio Mix)"
2. "Break 4 Love (US Radio Mix)"
3. "Break 4 Love (Classic Radio Mix)"
4. "Break 4 Love (Friburn & Urik Tribal Mix)"
5. "Break 4 Love (USA Club Mix)"
6. "Break 4 Love (Mike Monday Kit Kat Dub)"
7. "Break 4 Love (Classic Club Mix)"
8. "Break 4 Love (Ralphie's Dub For Love)"

U.S. CD single Part 2: Star 69 (CD12192)"

1. "Break 4 Love (Laroz & Amdursky Mix)"
2. "Break 4 Love (Friburn & Urik Hi-Pass Mix)"
3. "Break 4 Love (Michael Moog Club Mix)"
4. "Break 4 Love (Richard Morel's Pink Noize Club Mix)"
5. "Break 4 Love (Sunshi Moriwaki's 2 Step Remix)"
6. "Break 4 Love (Michael Moog Dub)"

Chart positions