Break It Off

Infobox Single
Name = Break It Off


Artist = Rihanna featuring Sean Paul
Album = A Girl like Me and The Trinity (Limited Edition)
Released = December 2006 (U.S. and Canada)
February 19, 2007 (Digital)
Recorded = 2006 (2 Hard Studios, Kingston, Jamaica)
Format = Digital download
Genre = Pop, dancehall
Length = 3:33
Label = Def Jam, Atlantic
Writer = Sean Paul, Rihanna, D. Bennett, K. Ford
Producer = Don Corleon
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist = Rihanna
Type = singles
Last single = "We Ride"
(2006)
This single = "Break It Off"
(2006)
Next single = "Roll It"
(2007)Extra chronology 2
Artist = Sean Paul singles
Type = singles
Last single = "(When You Gonna) Give It up to Me"
(2006)
This single = "Break It Off"
(2006)
Next single = "Give It to You"
(2007)

"Break It Off" is a song written by Barbadian pop singer-songwriter Rihanna and reggae artist Sean Paul. The song is the fourth and final single from Rihanna's second album "A Girl like Me" and was released only in the United States, Canada, and select European territories. The song was performed during the "Rockin' New Years Eve '07" television special on January 1, 2007 at Times Square in New York City. Rihanna has previously stated that she is very proud of the song. In the song Rihanna sings only the chorus and one verse, while Sean Paul sings all rest of the song.

The song uses the dancehall riddim "High Altitude". To this day, this is the only single that Rihanna has had a hand in writing, although she has co-written a few tracks on her first two albums.

Promotion

"Break It Off" was performed in many different places and arenas all over the world. She performed it for New Year's Eve 2007 and in lots of concerts such as BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend and Live Earth. It is performed for only one minute and a half at concerts as a medley because Sean Paul performs more words than Rihanna.

Chart performance

"Break It Off" was released as a digital download on online stores including the U.S. iTunes Store on February 19 2007 and reached a peak of number two. It debuted at number eight on the U.S. Hot Digital Songs chart, selling 75,316 downloads. This release to the digital market prompted the song to jump from number fifty-two to number ten in one week on the Billboard Hot 100. [Katie Hasty, [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003552292 "Mims Puts The 'Hot' In The Hot 100 At No. 1"] , Billboard.com, March 1, 2007] In Latin America, the song just managed to chart in the Peru Top 100 at number ninety-two. [ [http://americatop100.com/english/peru/index.htm http://americatop100.com/english/peru/index.htm] "Americatop100.com"]

It reached a peak of number twenty-one on the United World Chart and remained on the chart for only four weeks. [ [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week13-2007.htm Global Track Chart ] ]

Music video

"Break It Off" is one of the few songs in many years to reach the "Billboard" Top 10 without a music video.

A video for the song was expected to premiere sometime in December 2006. Unfortunately, both Def Jam Recordings and Atlantic Records said there will be no music video for the song. About that, Sean Paul stated:

Charts

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