Break Free (song)

"Break Free"
"Break Free"
Single by Ariana Grande featuring Zedd
from the album My Everything
B-side	"Break Your Heart Right Back"
Released	July 3, 2014
Recorded	2013;
Studio	Conway Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California); Zedd1 Studio; (Santa Monica, California);
Genre	Electro house; synth-pop; EDM;
Length	3:34
Label	Republic
Songwriter(s)	Anton Zaslavski; Max Martin; Savan Kotecha;
Producer(s)	Zedd; Max Martin;
Ariana Grande singles chronology
Zedd singles chronology
Music video
	"Break Free" on YouTube

"Break Free" is a song by American singer Ariana Grande, featuring Russian-German music producer Zedd. It was released by Republic Records on July 3, 2014 as the second single from Grande's second studio album, My Everything (2014). It was written by Savan Kotecha and its producers Zedd and Max Martin. Musically, the song explores EDM and electro genres, a musical departure for Grande, whose discography is primarily composed of pop and R&B.

"Break Free" peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Grande's third consecutive top-ten from My Everything after "Problem" and "Bang Bang", and her fourth overall. Similarly, "Break Free" hit number three on the Australian ARIA Charts, and number five on the Canadian Hot 100 and the New Zealand Singles Chart. Overall, the song attained top-ten peaks in multiple countries including Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, and Sweden, as well as reaching the top twenty in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland, Scotland, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

The song has been certified quintiple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and has sold over 1.9 million copies in the United States as of 2020, making it Grande's seventh single to have sold over a million. Its music video was directed by Chris Marrs Piliero and pays homage to science fiction films, and has received over 1.2 billion views on YouTube as of 2024. "Break Free" also marked a milestone in Grande's career, as it entered the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 the same week "Problem" and "Bang Bang" were charting. Consequently, she became the second lead female artist in chart history to simultaneously hold three positions in the top ten on the Hot 100 after Adele.

^ Corner, Lewis (August 13, 2014). "'Break Free' Single Review". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
^ Cite error: The named reference Pitchfork was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Leight, Elias (August 17, 2018). "Ariana Grande's Sweetener Proves That Trap Is the New Pop". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 4, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2019.

[1] Corner, Lewis (August 13, 2014). "'Break Free' Single Review". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved March 20, 2015.

[Pitchfork-2] Cite error: The named reference Pitchfork was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] Leight, Elias (August 17, 2018). "Ariana Grande's Sweetener Proves That Trap Is the New Pop". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 4, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2019.

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