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| "Potential Breakup Song" | ||||
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| Single by Aly & AJ | ||||
| from the album Insomniatic | ||||
| B-side | "Careful with Words" | |||
| Released | May 12, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
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| Length | 3:39 | |||
| Label | Hollywood | |||
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| Potential Breakup Song on YouTube | ||||
"Potential Breakup Song" is a song co-written and performed by pop rock duo Aly & AJ and is the first single from their third studio album, Insomniatic. It was released on June 26, 2007, going on to top many video countdowns, and becoming Aly & AJ's most successful single to date. In November 2020, the song saw a resurgence in popularity due to its widespread use on the app TikTok, receiving over 26 million viewers for the month.
The song was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales over 1,000,000 copies. Time magazine ranked "Potential Breakup Song" the ninth best song of 2007.[2][3] The song received generally positive reviews from other music critics as well, many praising its lyrical content and its maturity, as well as the "adventurous" synth-based production.
In December 2020, the duo released a re-recording of the song with explicit lyrics.
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Timewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Tyrangiel, Josh; "The Best Top 10 Lists of the Year"; "The 10 Best Songs"; Time magazine; December 24, 2007; Page 39.
- ^ Tyrangiel, Josh (December 9, 2007). "Time magazine's Top 10 Songs of 2007 at". Time.com. Archived from the original on December 12, 2007. Retrieved October 3, 2011.