Break Away (Art Garfunkel song)

"Break Away"
"Break Away"
Single by Art Garfunkel
from the album Breakaway
B-side	"Disney Girls"
Released	December 1975
Genre	Pop, adult contemporary
Length	3:31
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle
Art Garfunkel singles chronology

"Break Away" (also known as "Breakaway") is a song written by Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle and first recorded by Art Garfunkel for his 1975 album Breakaway. Gallagher and Lyle released their own version on their 1976 album, also titled Breakaway.

"Break Away", with backing vocals by David Crosby and Graham Nash, was the second single release from Garfunkel's album. The song peaked at number thirty-nine on the Billboard Hot 100 and, in February 1976, went to number one on the Easy Listening chart for one week.^[1]

On the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart, "Break Away" reached number two.^[2] It was blocked from reaching the number-one position by Paul Simon's song, "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover".

Gallagher and Lyle, the writers of the song, released their version of "Breakaway" in late 1976, the title track of their Breakaway LP. It charted in the British Isles, reaching number 35 in the UK and number seven in Ireland.

Chart performance[]

Weekly singles charts[]

Art Garfunkel

Chart (1975–76)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[3]	39
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary^[4]	1
U.S. Cashbox Top 100 ^[5]	38
Canada RPM Top Singles^{[citation needed]}	28
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary^[2]	2

Gallagher & Lyle

Chart (1976)	Peak position
Ireland (IRMA)^[6]	7
UK	35

Chart (1983)	Peak position
Ireland (IRMA)^[7]	10

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1976)	Rank
Canada RPM Top Singles^[8]	191
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ^[9]	218
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary^[10]	38

References[]

^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Record Research. p. 99.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 978-0-89820-089-8
^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Record Research. p. 99.
^ "Cash Box Top 100 2/14/76". cashboxmagazine.com. 1976-02-14. Archived from the original on 2012-09-02. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Break Away". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography {{{artist}}}". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
^ "1976 Year End". Bullfrogspond.com. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
^ Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1976

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[1] Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Record Research. p. 99.

[collectionscanada1-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-11-02.

[3] Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 978-0-89820-089-8

[4] Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Record Research. p. 99.

[5] "Cash Box Top 100 2/14/76". cashboxmagazine.com. 1976-02-14. Archived from the original on 2012-09-02. Retrieved 2015-11-02.

[sc_Ireland2_-6] "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Break Away". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved March 14, 2019.

[sc_Ireland3_-7] "Irish-charts.com – Discography {{{artist}}}". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved March 22, 2020.

[8] "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2015-11-02.

[9] "1976 Year End". Bullfrogspond.com. Retrieved 2015-11-02.

[10] Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1976

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