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“Breakin'” by The Music

From the album Welcome to the North (2004)

“Breakin'” by The Music appears on 15 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 2004 and 2005. It was first released in 2004 on the album Welcome to the North. Its best result is #46 on the WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #107 alternative song of 2004.

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2004–2005years charted

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"Breakin'" comes off Welcome to the North, the second album from the Music, and it went out as the record's second single in January 2005, with Japan getting it as an EP that March. It's the English band at full stride: a churning, groove-heavy stomp where the guitars spiral and the drums keep pushing the whole thing toward the dance floor.

Stuart Coleman, Robert Harvey, Phil Jordan and Adam Nutter share the writing credit. It reached number 20 on the UK Singles Chart and matched that on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart.

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
2004	71	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2004	107
2004	79	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 2004	91
2004	87	WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2004	100
2004	46	WFNX Boston, MA	WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2004	100
2004	69	CD101 Columbus, OH	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2004	101
2004	79	Y100 Philadelphia, PA	Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2004	99
2004	95	The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2004	99
2004	75	102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany)	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2004	103
2004	93	WHTG Monmouth-Ocean, NJ	G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2004	106
2004	77	99X Atlanta, GA	99X Essential 99 of 2004	99
2004	208 (tie)	WBER Rochester, NY	WBER Listener Countdown 2004	227
2005	95	CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON	CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2005	102
2005	80 (tie)	WBER Rochester, NY	WBER Listener Countdown 2005	230
2005	64	CRNC 90.1 Niagara / Toronto, ON	CRNC Top 90.1 Songs of 2005	91
2005	223	ModernRock.com Online	ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005	400

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