Breakaway music

Breakaway music is a modern U.S. Naval tradition used to motivate sailors upon the conclusion of underway replenishment UNREP, although using breakaway music is at the discretion of the Captain, and not all commands use it. When the two ships involved in the UNREP conclude their transfer of fuels and stores and commence their breakaway, a song (usually selected by the Captain, but sometimes picked by the OOD or Navigation Officer) is played over the 1MC. Breakaway music may sometimes be related to the name of the ship, such as the "Theme from Star Trek" (USS Enterprise) or "Kansas City Lights" (USS Kansas City).

Popular breakaway songs

• "Start Me Up" by The Rolling Stones (USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69) 1990-1993
• "On the Road Again" by Willie Nelson
• "Cheeseburger in Paradise" by Jimmy Buffett
• "Rock and Roll" by Led Zeppelin
• "Hells Bells" by AC/DC
• "Takin' Care of Business" by Bachman–Turner Overdrive
• "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot
• "Life in the Fast Lane" by The Eagles
• "Little Deuce Coupe" by The Beach Boys
• "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor
• "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne
• "I Feel Good" by James Brown
• "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)"
• "Ride of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner
• The William Tell Overture
• "Panama" by Van Halen
• "Roam" by the B-52's"
• "Hot Rod Lincoln" by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen (USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72) 2000-2001
• "Born to Be Wild" by Steppenwolf
• "Top Gun Anthem" by Harold Faltermeyer
• "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley
• "Bad Company" by Bad Company (USS Forrestal, USS Arctic)
• "Theme from The Final Countdown" (USS Nimitz)
• "The Hustle" (USS Kalamazoo (AOR-6))
• "Theme from Star Wars" (USS Constellation)
• "Born in the U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen (USS Caron)
• "1000 Miles Away" by The Hoodoo Gurus (HMAS Canberra)
• "Harold's Super Service" by Merle Haggard (USS Mispillion AO 105 w/Capt. Harold Barker, 1972)
• "California" by Joni Mitchell (USS Mispillion AO 105, upon revceiving orders to return to U.S.A. late 1972)

• "The Pipeline" by The Ventures (USS John Rodgers DD983)
• "Bad to the Bone" by George Thorogood and the Destroyers (USS Conolly DD-979)
• "Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown By Jim Croce (USS Jesse L. Brown FF-1089)

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