Breakin' (song)
# Breakin' (song)

"Breakin'" is a song from The Music's second album, Welcome to the North. It was also the second single from that album, released in the UK and elsewhere in Europe as a single in early January 2005 and in Japan in early March 2005 as an EP. It peaked at the #20 position in the British charts and on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart.

## Track listings

### In the UK

* Single released 10 January 2005 by Virgin Records
* CD1 VSCDT1894
* "Breakin'"
* "Middle of Nowhere" (demo)
* CD2 VSCDX1894
* "Breakin'"
* "Bleed From Within" (Live at Liverpool Academy)
* "Bleed From Within" (Thin White Duke mix)
* 7" VS1894
* "Breakin'"
* "Freedom Fighters" (Jo Whiley "Live Lounge" Session version)

### In Japan

* EP released 9 March 2005 by Toshiba-EMI
* CD VJCP-61102
* "Breakin'"
* "The People" (Nick McCabe remix)
* "Welcome to the North" (live)
* "The People" (live)
* "Freedom Fighters" (live)
* "Bleed From Within" (live)
* "Breakin'" (video)

### In Australia

* EP released by EMI
* CD 7243 8 70592 2 1
* "Breakin"
* "Middle of Nowhere" (Demo)
* "Freedom Fighters" (John Digweed & Nick Muir Remix)
* "Bleed From Within" (Live at Liverpool Academy)
* "The People" (Nick McCabe Remix)

## In other media

The song was featured in "Kanes and Abel's", an episode of the American television series Veronica Mars.

## Charts

Chart performance for "Breakin'" :

| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Australia (ARIA) | 63 |
| UK Singles (OCC) | 20 |
| US Alternative Airplay (Billboard) | 20 |
