| "Breakout" | ||||
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| Single by Swing Out Sister | ||||
| from the album It's Better to Travel | ||||
| B-side | "Dirty Money" | |||
| Released | 29 September 1986[1] | |||
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| Length | 3:48 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Paul Staveley O'Duffy | |||
| Swing Out Sister singles chronology | ||||
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"Breakout" is a song by British band Swing Out Sister. It was released in September 1986 as the second single from their debut album It's Better to Travel. Written and performed while the group was still a trio, it became one of their biggest hits, reaching the number four in the United Kingdom; in the US, it rose in 1987 to number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. The song was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group at the 30th Annual Grammy Awards in 1988.[5]
- ^ "New Singles". Music Week. 27 September 1986. p. 31.
- ^ Soto, Alfred. "The Bluffer's Guide – Sophisti-Pop > Swing Out Sister – "Breakout" (1987)". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- ^ Gibbs, Ryan (15 November 2022). "An introduction to Sophisti-pop". In Between Drafts. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ Phares, Heather. Swing Out Sister - 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Swing Out Sister (2001) Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
- ^ "1987 Grammy Winners". Grammy Awards. Retrieved 22 January 2024.