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Breakin' Away (song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Breakin' Away
| cover = Breakin away - Kim Wilde.jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Kim Wilde
| album = Now & Forever
| B-side = Staying with my Baby
| released = 25 September 1995
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop
| length = 3:36
| label = MCA
| writer = *Tracy Ackerman
*M. Percy
*T. Lever
| producer = *Ricki Wilde
*Serious Rope
| prev_title = Kids in America 1994
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = This I Swear
| next_year = 1996
| misc =
}}
"'Breakin' Away'" is the first single from Kim Wilde's 1995 album 'Now & Forever'. 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 through the track's plush retro-disco arrangement." Pan-European magazine 'Music & Media' wrote that "this fast-moving dance track introduces us to an up-to-date Kim Wilde. She lets the world know that "we've got to move forward" and that's exactly what she's doing with this single, which should be welcomed by dance and EHR stations." A reviewer from 'Music Week' noted, "Anyone else on vocals and this marshmallow pop could pass unnoticed, but the massive past success of Wilde should see her getting a chart slot." James Hamilton from the magazine's 'RM' Dance Update deemed it as a "breezily harmonized romping chunky strider sorta Madonna meets Manhattan Transfer".
Track listing
; CD single, Europe (1995)
#"Breakin' Away" (Radio Mix) 3:35
#"Breakin' Away" (Original 12" Mix) 6:29
#"Breakin' Away" (Matt Darey Vocal Mix) 6:15
#"Staying with My Baby" (Radio Mix) 4:28
Charts
References
Category:Kim Wilde songs
Category:1995 songs
Category:Songs written by Tracy Ackerman
Category:Songs written by Mike Percy (musician)
Category:Songs written by Tim Lever
Category:MCA Records singles
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