| "Break My Stride" | ||||
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| Single by Matthew Wilder | ||||
| from the album I Don't Speak the Language | ||||
| B-side | "Break My Stride (instrumental)" | |||
| Released | July 1, 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
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| Length | 3:04 | |||
| Label | Private-I | |||
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"Break My Stride" is a song performed by American recording artist Matthew Wilder. It was released in August 1983 as the lead single from his debut album, I Don't Speak the Language, and became a major worldwide hit single for him in late 1983 and spring 1984, reaching number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Cash Box Top 100.
The song has been covered by many artists throughout the years, including Unique II in 1996 and Blue Lagoon in 2004 (whose versions both charted highly in various places) and, in interpolations, Puff Daddy with his 1997 hit "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" and Aaron Carter on the song "Stride (Jump on the Fizzy)" from his 2001 album Oh Aaron. In 2009, it was interpolated by Matisyahu in the song "Jerusalem".
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- ^ Lyons, Patrick (February 18, 2020). "The TikTok Revival of Matthew Wilder's 1983 Hit 'Break My Stride' Is Just the Latest Turn in His Unpredictable Career". Billboard. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (November 15, 2022). "Puff Daddy - "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" (Featuring Mase)". The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music. New York: Hachette Book Group. p. 227.