Song · Jack Johnson
“Breakdown” by Jack Johnson
From the album In Between Dreams (2005)
“Breakdown” by Jack Johnson appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2005 and 2018. It was first released in 2005 on the album In Between Dreams. Its best result is #96 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #747 alternative song of 2005.
"Breakdown" is track eleven on In Between Dreams, the third Jack Johnson album, which landed in February 2005, but it got its start elsewhere, on the soundtrack to A Brokedown Melody. Johnson has said he wrote it on a train ride between Paris and the French surf spot Hossegor, and he shares the credit with Dan Nakamura and Paul Huston, the duo who also turned it into a peppier remix for their Handsome Boy Modeling School album White People in 2004.
The album take keeps it homespun: Johnson on guitar and vocals, Merlo Podlewski on bass, Adam Topol on drums and percussion, with Mario Caldato Jr. producing and mixing alongside Robert Carranza. It went out as a single that September, with a video of Johnson surfing in Pichilemu, Chile, and got as high as 73 in the UK.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 96 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 | 101 |
| 2005 | 360 | ModernRock.com Online | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 | 400 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 881 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
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