Song · Rilo Kiley
“Breakin' Up” by Rilo Kiley
From the album Under the Blacklight (2007)
“Breakin' Up” by Rilo Kiley appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2022 and 2025. It was first released in 2007 on the album Under the Blacklight. Its best result is #713 on the 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,049 indie & aaa song of all time.
"Breakin' Up" comes from Under the Blacklight, Rilo Kiley's fourth studio album and their last, which arrived in the UK on August 20, 2007 and a day later in the US on Warner Bros. It marked the band regrouping after a stretch of side projects, Jenny Lewis having put out Rabbit Fur Coat and Blake Sennett Sun, Sun, Sun with the Elected.
Lewis and Sennett wrote "Breakin' Up" together. Jason Lader produced it with the band and recorded it, and Adam Hawkins mixed it. The album itself came in a purple-tinted jewel case that recalls a blacklight, and after several tracks leaked early, the band streamed the whole thing on their MySpace page before the official release.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 901 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2025 | 713 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
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