From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Breakout (Miley Cyrus song)
Breakout (Miley Cyrus song)
"Breakout" cussed her role with Bliss magazine: "My vocals are ac-
tually on Breakout. I thought, ’Yes, I’m singing on a Mi-
Song by Miley Cyrus from the album Breakout ley single’."[3] Cyrus said naming the album Breakout was
Released July 22, 2008[1] influenced by the song as it was "one of [her] favorite
songs" on the album; this was because the song is fem-
Format Digital download
inine but has appeals to different age groups: "Moms,
Recorded March 2008; Annetenna Studios dads, sisters, brothers can, you know, relate to it. And it’s
(Los Angeles, California)[2] basically because you just want to go out and have fun
Genre Pop rock, teen pop with your friends and sometimes, you know, go out danc-
ing and let loose once in a while."[5]
Length 3:26
Label Hollywood Composition
Writer Ted Bruner, Trey Vittetoe, Gina Schock "Breakout" is a dance-pop song with a strong use of pop
Producer Scott Cutler, Anne Preven rock elements,[6] lasting three minutes and twenty-six
seconds.[1] Written in the key of G major, it follows the
Breakout track listing
chord progression G5—Dsus—Csus2—Dsus,[7] beginning
"Breakout
Breakout" "7 Things"
with a fast beat, composed of chiming electric guitar and
(1) (2) drums and later progressing to "the snares skip and the
keyboards shimmer".[8] In the view of Chris William of
Entertainment Weekly, "Breakout"’s lyrics are "a harangue
Breakout"
"Breakout is a pop song by American recording artist
against life’s cruelest inequities", drawing attention to
Miley Cyrus. It was released to Radio Disney as promotion
the opening verse, "Every week’s the same/Stuck in
for Cyrus’ second album of the same name. It was orig-
school’s so lame/My parents say that I’m lazy/Getting up
inally recorded by American pop singer Katy Perry as a
at 8 a.m.’s crazy/Tired of bein’ told what to do/So un-
demo track for her debut album One of the Boys but due
fair, so uncool,"[9] though adding that the song was a sign
to not being included in the album, the song was passed
that the "little girl isn’t growing up".[9] However, Mikael
on to Cyrus. "Breakout" is a dance-pop whose instrumen-
Wood of The Los Angeles Times said the song was indeed
tation includes keyboard, guitar, and drums while lyrics
about growing up fast, referencing the lines "It feels so
discuss growing up and being carefree.
good to let go" and "Wish it would never end"[10] and
Contemporary critics received "Breakout" very well,
Jodi Rosen of Rolling Stone also believed "she’s venting
appreciating its lyrical content. Digital downloads began
the frustrations of a teen who’s too grown-up to submit
immediately after the Breakout’s release on July 22, 2008,
to her parents, teachers or anyone else" with the lines
and led to commercial success in Australia, Canada, and
"tired of bein’ told what to do".[11]
the United States; its highest international peak was at
number forty-five on the Canadian Hot 100. Cyrus per-
formed the song in several venues; her first, in the 2008 Critical reception
Disney Channel Games was used as a promotional music
"Breakout" received generally positive responses from
video and on her first world tour, the Wonder World
contemporary critics, with Chris William, writing for En-
Tour, it was the opening number.
tertainment Weekly stating that Gina Schock left influ-
ences from The Go-Go’s’ 1982 hit single "Vacation" with
Development "just the right amount of maturing".[9] Mikael Wood of
The Los Angeles Times called the song "a slightly tougher,
"Breakout" was written by Ted Bruner, Trey Vittetoe and
more guitar-based sound than last year’s Meet Miley
Gina Schock of the Go-Go’s. It was first recorded by Amer-
Cyrus",[10] while Bill Lamb of About.com said the song
ican pop singer Katy Perry, recording the track as a demo
was one of the "top tracks on Breakout"[12] and Heather
for her debut album One of the Boys,[3] though it was never
Phares of Allmusic said the song’s "school girl rebellion"
fully executed for the album and was passed to Cyrus, on
was "designed to present the feisty, carefree Miley".[13]
whose version Perry sings backing vocals, soon after a
leaked version of Katy Perry on the Internet.[4] Perry dis-
1
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Live performances
Cyrus performing "Breakout" as the opening number of the
Wonder World Tour.
Cyrus premiered "Breakout" at the opening of the 2008
Cyrus breaking out of a crystal-ice dome to perform "Breakout" Disney Channel Games, held on May 4, 2008 at Walt Dis-
in the Wonder World Tour. ney World in Orlando, Florida, as part of Disney Channel’s
summer-season activities.[21][22] During performance, a
According to Sarah Rodman of The Boston Globe, recording of which was aired as a promotional music
"Breakout" is "pure pop realm with the Go-Go’s-style video on the Disney Channel, Cyrus was dressed in a
fizz"[8] and Jody Rosen of Rolling Stone called the song "a short, sequined black dress with a red tee shirt and black
more self-possessed [...] sophisticated pop record under leggings underneath.[22] On May 17, she performed the
her own name".[11] Ash Dosanjh of Yahoo! Music said, song at the 2008 Zootopia[23] and, on July 25, in New York
"You can forgive Cyrus’s lack of poetic profundity be- City, at the Rockefeller Center, which was broadcast by
cause this is a dancefloor smash complete with ecstatic The Today Show.[24] On June 7, 2009, Cyrus performed the
beats pummelling throughout."[14] Along with "7 song at twentieth annual A Time for Heroes Celebrity
Things", Robert Christgau called the song "one of the Carnival, an outdoor carnival supporting the Elizabeth
best of Breakout".[15] Ben Ratliff wrote for The New York Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.[25]
Times that "Breakout" "appeals to both age groups", "Breakout" was on the set list of Cyrus’s 2009 Wonder
adding, "it’s a girls-only call to fun, but it hints at a deca- World Tour, her first world tour. Cyrus performed the
dent, school-free future."[16] However, Sal Cinquemani of song as the opening number number at each venue while
Slant Magazine described "Breakout" as a "noxious Avril wearing a black leather tank top and hot pants and a
Lavigne knockoff— an anti-education screed filled with white fur vest.[26] The performances began with Cyrus
declarations".[17] trapped in a huge, crystal-like ice dome which emerged
from the bottom of the stage.[26] As she breaks out of
Chart performance the cocoon, Cyrus begins to sing "Breakout", gradually
switching from slow to upbeat tempo and, towards the
As it was not released as a single, "Breakout" received end of the performances, she and the backup dancers
exclusive airplay on Radio Disney, thus its chart appear- perform on movable scaffolding.[26] Melinda M. Thomp-
ances consisted mainly of digital downloads.[18] On the son of The Oregonian reported that, in the September 14
week ending August 9, 2008, "Breakout" debuted and concert in Portland, Oregon, at the Rose Garden Arena,
peaked at number fifty-six in the Billboard Hot 100 where drew a large response, bringing "screaming teens to their
it spent seven consecutive weeks.[18] In the same week, feet as she hit the stage ready to party".[26] Lael Loewen-
"Breakout" was placed at number twenty-seven on Hot stein of Variety stated that the performance in the
Digital Songs[18][19] and entered the Canadian Hot 100 September 22 concert in Los Angeles, California, at the
at number forty-five, where it peaked,[18][19] spending Staples Center, touched "on the theme of self-reinven-
three consecutive weeks on that chart.[18] "Breakout" al- tion", a theme which Loewenstein thought was to "an-
so debuted and peaked at number ninety-four in the Aus- nounce her image reboot".[27] She later performed the
tralian Singles Chart.[20] song at the Rock in Rio concerts in Lisbon, Portugal and
Madrid, Spain.[28][29]
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Chart (2008) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[20] 94
Canadian Hot 100[18] 45
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[18] 56
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