Breakdance (song)

"Breakdance"
Single by Irene Cara
from the album What a Feelin'
B-side	"Cue Me Up" "You Were Made for Me"
Released	March 1984
Recorded	1983
Genre	Post-disco synth-pop
Length	3:02 (single edit) 3:26 (album version) 4:24 (dub/instrumental) 5:24 (extended remix) 6:01 (long version)
Label	Network Geffen Epic
Songwriter(s)	Giorgio Moroder Irene Cara Bunny Hull
Producer(s)	Giorgio Moroder
Irene Cara singles chronology
"The Dream (Hold On to Your Dream)" (1983) "Breakdance" (1984) "You Were Made for Me" (1984)
Audio video
"Irene Cara - Breakdance (Radio Edit)" on YouTube

"Breakdance" is a song written by Giorgio Moroder, Bunny Hull, and the song's performer, Irene Cara. Moroder's obsession with the dance hit "Rockit" by Herbie Hancock fueled his composition of the music, and Cara was inspired by the street performers she saw growing up in the South Bronx to write lyrics about what was then called breakdancing. Released in March 1984, it was the third single that originated on her What a Feelin' LP and her first to make the top ten in the US since the album's title track went to number one almost a year earlier. "Breakdance" also charted in several other countries and had a dance remix that was also well received.