Breaking Us in Two

"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"
Single by Joe Jackson
from the album Night and Day
B-side"Target"
Released13 August 1982
Recorded1982
GenreSophisti-pop[1]
Length4:35 (album version) 3:45 (single version)
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Joe Jackson
Producer(s)Joe Jackson, David Kershenbaum
Joe Jackson singles chronology
"Steppin' Out"
(1982)		 "Breaking Us in Two"
(1982)		 "Another World"
(1982)
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.

Chart history

References
  1. "Volume 4 - Joe Jackson, Joe Jackson Band | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  2. Gimarc, George (1997). Post Punk Diary: 1980–1982. Macmillan. p. 300. ISBN 9780312169688.
  3. "MTV Adds & Rotation". Billboard. Vol. 95, no. 7. 19 February 1983. p. 41. ISSN 0006-2510.
  4. Billboard Hot 100, Week of March 19, 1983 – Billboard.com. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
  5. "Top Single Picks". Billboard. January 15, 1983. p. 51. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  6. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1983-04-23. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  7. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Breaking Us in Two". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  8. "charts.org.nz - Joe Jackson - Breaking Us In Two". Charts.nz. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  9. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  10. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 117.
  11. "Talent Almanac 1984: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 95, no. 52. December 24, 1983. p. TA-18.



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