"Breakout" is a single from British pop act Swing Out Sister

Swing Out Sister

Swing Out Sister are a British "sophisti-pop" group best known worldwide for their 1986 song "Breakout". Other hits include "Surrender", "Twilight World", "Waiting Game" and a remake of "Am I the Same Girl?" Though album sales in the U.S. and Europe have levelled off since the early 1990s, the...

's debut album It's Better to Travel.

The single reached the number four position in the UK in 1986, and rose to number six pop and number one adult contemporary in the U.S. in 1987 . The song also resulted in a Grammy Award

Grammy Award

A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

 nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group.

The single was written and performed while the group was still a trio. It would become one of their biggest hits, and the song most closely associated with the act. In the U.S., "Breakout" remains a staple of adult contemporary and smooth jazz

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 radio station playlists.

Perhaps owing to the song's continued popularity in Japan, a remix of "Breakout" by Orange Lounge was featured in Konami

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's 2006 release in the Bemani

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 series, Beatmania IIDX DistorteD

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"Breakout" is currently featured in a SoftBank Mobile ad featuring Cameron Diaz

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. It is also featured on the soundtrack

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 of the video game Grand Theft Auto IV

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Music video

The music video for "Breakout" features lead singer Corinne Drewery

Corinne Drewery

Corinne Drewery is the lead singer of the pop music band, Swing Out Sister.-Early life:Drewery grew up in Nottingham and the Lincolnshire village of Authorpe and went to South Reston Primary School, then Monks' Dyke High School and King Edward VI Grammar School in nearby Louth, then Lincoln College...

 as a fashion designer, who with the assistance of the other two band members designs and makes her own dress, and later makes a successful debut modelling it. It was directed by Nick Willing

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Remixes

German 7" Single

1. "Breakout" (Album Version/7" Version) - (3:46)

   Also available from the CD album "It's Better To Travel".

2. "Dirty Money" - (3:36)

UK 12" Single

1. "Breakout" (N.A.D. Mix)

   As featured on the 1992 Japanese 'Special Edition' CD Album "Swing Out Singles".

2. "Breakout" (A New Rockin' Version)

   Taken from the CD release of "It's Better To Travel", featured on both the Japanese CD Albums "Another Non-Stop Sister" & "Swing 3".

3. "Breakout" (Horny Version)

   As featured on the Japanese CD Album "Another Non-Stop Sister".

US 12" Promo Single

1. "Breakout" (Extended Re-Mix)
2. "Breakout" (Hornamental)
3. "Breakout" (Carnival Mix)

   As featured on the VERY 'Limited Edition' Japanese CD "Remixes and Others" from the "Splendid Collection".

4. "Breakout" (7" Re-Mix)

Charts

Chart (1986/1987)	Peak Position
New Zealand Singles Chart	4
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	6
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Single Sales	4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay Hot 100 Airplay The Hot 100 Airplay chart is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It measures radio airplay, and is one of the three component charts, along with the Hot Singles Sales and the Hot Digital Songs charts, that determine the chart positions of singles on the Billboard...	5
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...	1