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| "The Breakdown" | ||||
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| Single by Prince | ||||
| from the album Art Official Age | ||||
| Released | April 18, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2012 | |||
| Studio | Paisley Park, Chanhassen, Minnesota, US | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 4:04 | |||
| Label | ||||
| Songwriter(s) | Prince | |||
| Producer(s) | Prince | |||
| Prince singles chronology | ||||
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"Breakdown", also released as "The Breakdown", is a song by American musician Prince, released as a stand-alone digital single on April 18, 2014.[1] The song charted Billboard the week of May 10, 2014 on their R&B Digital Song Sales peaking at number 19[2] and on their R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales chart, peaking at number 49.[3]
It was made available on iTunes and Spotify just before midnight in Minneapolis, several hours after a press release announcing a major deal between Prince and Warner Bros. Records. It was made available on Amazon US on April 22, 2014, worldwide on iTunes on April 23, 2014, and worldwide on Amazon, Google Play, 7Digital and Qobuz on April 25, 2014.
The download page on iTunes reflects the new deal with Warner Bros. Records as it reads: "The copyright in this sound recording is owned by NPG Records under exclusive license to Warner Bros. Records, Inc."[4] "The Breakdown" became Prince's first release following the announcement of his reunion with Warner Bros., more than two decades after Prince scrawled the word "slave" on his face to protest his contract with the label. As part of the new partnership, Warner Bros. will release previously unheard material and a digitally remastered, deluxe 30th anniversary edition to the 1984 soundtrack album Purple Rain.
Five months later, "The Breakdown" was included as "Breakdown" on Prince's 37th studio album Art Official Age and can be considered the album's second single (after "Breakfast Can Wait").