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Breakin' Away (other)
Breakin' Away may refer to: * ''Breakin' Away'' (album), a 1981 album by Al Jarreau * "Breakin' Away" (Joe Fagin song), a song performed by Joe Fagin for the TV comedy-drama ''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'' * "Breakin' Away" (song), a 1995 song by Kim Wilde See also * Breaking Away (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breakin' Away (album)
''Breakin' Away'' is an album by Al Jarreau, released on June 30, 1981, through the Warner Bros. Records label. To quote AllMusic, "''Breakin' Away'' became the standard bearer of the L.A. pop and R&B sound." The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA. Chart performance ''Breakin' Away'' remains Al Jarreau's most popular album. It spent two years on the ''Billboard'' 200 and peaked at #9.Whitburn, Joel. ''The Billboard Book of Top Pop Albums 1955-1985'', Record Research Inc., 1985, p. 183, 495. The album also hit #1 on both the Jazz and R&B charts. Four single releases made the charts: " We're in This Love Together", "Breakin' Away", "Teach Me Tonight", and "Roof Garden", the latter being only released in The Netherlands, Belgium and France. At the Grammy Awards in 1982 the album was given the prize for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male, while " (Round, Round, Round) Blue Rondo à la Turk" received the award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male. The album was also nominated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breakin' Away (Joe Fagin Song)
"Breakin' Away" / "That's Livin' Alright" is a double A-side single by English singer Joe Fagin. The songs were produced and arranged by David Mackay. Mackay co-wrote "Breakin' Away" with Ian La Frenais, and "That's Livin' Alright" with Ken Ashby. They wrote the songs as the opening and closing theme music for ''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'', an English television comedy-drama that premiered in 1983. Ian La Frenais co-wrote ''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'' with Dick Clement. "That's Livin' Alright" peaked at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1984. Later that year, Friends Records (Netherlands) and Mariann Grammofon (Sweden) reissued the song as an A-side 7" single titled "That's Living Alright". For England's national football team's 2006 FIFA World Cup campaign, Fagin performed "That's England Alright", a variation of "That's Livin' Alright" produced by Clive Langer Clive Langer (born 19 June 1954) is an English record producer and songwriter, active from the mid-1970s onwards. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breakin' Away (song)
"Breakin' Away" is a song by British singer Kim Wilde, released in September 1995 as the first single from her ninth album, '' Now & Forever'' (1995). Wilde had initially made her name in the 1980s as the highest-selling British female soloist of that decade. She had also earned some degree of success in the early 1990s. "Breakin' Away" was released both in its original form and as several different extended remixes on the 12" and CD-single formats. On the CD-single and cassette single, a song called "Staying with My Baby" was also included. This track was somewhat exclusive as it was only included on the Japanese issue of the ''Now & Forever'' album. Critical reception Larry Flick from ''Billboard'' commented, "It has been awhile since the seemingly ageless Kim Wilde delivered a single as good as her U.K. single, "Breakin' Away". Under the production guidance of brother Ricki Wilde and the ever-fab Serious Rope, she is the picture of sweet, girlish charm, gleefully romping thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |