Breaking Us in Two
1982 single by Joe Jackson / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Breaking Us in Two" is a song by British musician Joe Jackson. It was the third of three charting singles from his 1982 LP, Night and Day.
"Breaking Us in Two" | ||||
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Single by Joe Jackson | ||||
from the album Night and Day | ||||
B-side | "Target" | |||
Released | 13 August 1982 | |||
Recorded | 1982 | |||
Studio | Blue Rock, New York City | |||
Genre | Sophisti-pop[1] | |||
Length | 4:35 (album version) 3:45 (single version) | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Songwriter(s) | Joe Jackson | |||
Producer(s) | Joe Jackson, David Kershenbaum | |||
Joe Jackson singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Breaking Us in Two" on YouTube | ||||
The single was released in the UK on 13 August 1982, backed with a song called "El Blanco", which was simply Jackson's song "Target" sung in Spanish. In the US, the B-side was the regular English version of "Target".[2] The single began to get radio airplay in late 1982 and early 1983, especially in the US where the music video was in medium rotation on MTV in early February.[3] The single had become a hit in the US, reaching number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of March 19, 1983.[4] Later, it reached number 40 in Canada. It also charted in the UK and Australia. It was a bigger Adult Contemporary hit, reaching number eight in the U.S. and number 12 in Canada.
Billboard said it was "jazzy and precise [and] similar in tone to the top 10 'Steppin' Out'."[5]
The music video was filmed on location in and around the Oakworth railway station in England.