Breaking Up the Girl

"Breaking Up the Girl"
Single by Garbage
from the album Beautiful Garbage
B-side
  • "Candy Says"
  • "Happiness Pt.2"
  • "Confidence"
ReleasedNovember 19, 2001
RecordedApril 2000–May 2001
StudioSmart Studios (Madison, Wisconsin, US)
Length3:33
Label
Songwriter(s)Garbage
Producer(s)Garbage
Garbage singles chronology
"Cherry Lips"
(2002) 		"Breaking Up the Girl"
(2001) 		"Shut Your Mouth"
(2002)
Music video
"Breaking Up The Girl" on YouTube

"Breaking Up the Girl" is a 2001 alternative rock song written, recorded and produced by the band Garbage for their third studio album Beautiful Garbage. In North America, it was serviced to alternative radio as the second single from the album.[1]

The song was licensed out as the theme tune to the television film Is It College Yet? (2002), which served as the series finale of the long-running animated series Daria.[1] "Breaking Up the Girl" was subsequently released internationally in April 2002, where it supported the band's UK and European tour. The single reached the top forty in Australia[2] and the United Kingdom.[3]

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