BREAK MY STRIDE FREE

In 1996, Austrian duo Unique II had its most successful hit by covering 'Break My Stride'. West Germany ( Official German Charts) Ĭzech Republic ( Singles Digitál Top 100) Though 'Break My Stride' was Wilder's only UK hit, he also reached the US pop chart with his next two singles, 'The Kid's American' (#33) and 'Bouncing Off the Walls' (#52), before turning to behind-the-scenes work on other artists' recordings. On the US Cash Box chart, Wilder's single reached the number two position, where it remained for two weeks in early February.Ī remix version reached the top 20 on the dance chart, and the song additionally hit the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart, staying there for four weeks. Included on his 1983 album, I Don't Speak the Language, the single went to number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number four in the UK in January/February 1984. 'Break My Stride' (Remix / Club Version) - 5:10.'Break My Stride' (instrumental) - 3:05.John Gilston – Simmons drum programming.Matthew Wilder – lead and backing vocals, Prophet-5.Isgro released 'Break My Stride' off his new record label, Private-I, and created the illusion that it was a massive hit, prompting other radio stations to start playing the song, and propelling Wilder's single into the top 5 of the US Billboard charts. Wilder managed to connect with record promoter Joe Isgro, who had a history of doing legally questionable things to promote and chart certain songs.

BREAK MY STRIDE FREE

Since Arista had not paid Wilder for any of the songs, he was free to shop them around. However, Davis did not see potential in the song or any of the others, and his label let Wilder go. They threw a party after the recording, and had the music production team sing the chorus, which can be heard at the end of the song. There are lyrics in there that are indirectly referring to the circumstances that were governing my life at that point,' said Wilder. 'My relationship with Clive Davis was precisely the impetus for my writing the song. Poor and near the end of a frustrating period with the record label, he recorded 'Break My Stride' on his own dime in the early hours of the morning at the studio of producer Spencer Proffer. Looks like Matthew's brand new stride won't be broken any time soon.Industry executive Clive Davis signed Wilder to Arista Records in 1981 or 1982, but Wilder was not getting the results he or the producers wanted with finding the style of music that worked for him. The video sharing app has led to modern songs such as Roddy Ricch's The Box and Roxanne by Arizona Zervas entering the charts for the first time, but now it has revived an 80s classic's popularity nearly four decades on from its original release. So far this week, the song has been played a further 910,000 times ( boosted by a new lyric video). until now!īreak My Stride re-entered the Official Singles Chart Top 100 for the first time in nearly 36 years last Friday at Number 100 and has been streamed over 1.6 million times over the last fortnight. The follow-up The Kid's American topped out at Number 93 and the New Yorker didn't see the charts again. Why is this happening? We have no idea, but it's great.īreak My Stride reached Number 4 in 1984 Matthew's only UK Top 40 single. Users play the song over a video of the hilarious text message trails, overlaying their video reactions and sometimes dancing along too. Some people however don't know the song at all, and have no idea what their friend is talking about when they say ' Last night I had the strangest dream, I sailed away to China.' Break My Stride, a one-hit wonder released by Matthew Wilder in the 1980s, is back in the Official UK Charts thanks to a new viral challenge on social media app Tik Tok.Ĭalled the #BreakMyStrideChallenge, Tik Tok users are texting the song's lyrics to friends, wondering if the friend will catch on to knowing the song once the words to the famous chorus are messaged to them.

Break my stride