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Released
  
1988

Recorded
  
1987

Writer(s)
  
Vaughan Mason

Format
  
12-inch single

Genre
  
House

Label
  
Groove Street RecordsColumbiaCBS Records44 08164 (U.S.)

"Break 4 Love" is a song written, produced and recorded by Vaughan Mason, the principal member of house music group Raze, the song's original credited performer. The song, the group's only significant US hit, featured vocals by Keith Thompson, Bobby Coleman, and sexual sound samples by Erique Dial. The single peaked at number 28 in the UK Singles Chart and it topped the US Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1988. It is still considered a classic of the early house music genre.

Contents

The song has been remixed, re-recorded and reissued on several different independent dance music labels, the most significant of which, "All 4 Love (Break 4 Love 1990)" which featured Lady J and The Secretary of Entertainment produced & co written by Erique Dial climbed to number 30 in the UK in early 1990.

"Break 4 Love" interpolated the 1987 song "Today, Tomorrow and Forever" by The Castle Beat.

The sample interpolated of what sounds like a woman having an orgasm is in fact that of actress Lorna Patterson from the 1980 movie Airplane!, when her character Randy is crying to Dr. Rumack (Leslie Nielsen) that she's 26 and never been married.

The song can be heard in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, on the in-game radio station SF-UR, which also features other house music songs by different artists.

Samples

There have been several songs and remixes which have sampled the drum loop of "Break 4 Love":

  • "Meltdown" - Quartz (1989)
  • "If Only I Could" - Sydney Youngblood (1989)
  • "No Hip Hop" - Age Pee featuring Shipra (1989)
  • "Once in a Lifetime (Twice in a Lifetime)" (Dakeyne Remix) - Talking Heads (1989)
  • "Planet E" (Dakeyne Remix) - KC Flightt (1989)
  • "Atm-Oz-Fear" - The Atmosphere featuring Mae B (1989)
  • "3 a.m. Eternal" (Break For Love Mix) - The KLF (1989)
  • "Another Day in Paradise" (The Sidney Mix) - Jam Tronik (1989)
  • "Get on the Raze" - Jam Tronik (1989)
  • "2000 Miles" & "Save Me" - Blue System (1990)
  • "Nothing Compares 2 U" - Chyp-Notic (1990)
  • "It's on You" - MC Sar & the Real McCoy (1990)
  • "Again 4 Love" - FU Crew (1990)
  • "Right Now" - Lil' Kim featuring Carl Thomas (2000)
  • "Break 4 Love" (Classic Radio Mix) - Peter Rauhofer and Pet Shop Boys (The Collaboration) (2001)

    • Original 1988–1989 versions

  • "Break 4 Love" (Drop The Panties) – a.k.a. Caught in the Act Mix – spoken vocals by Vaughan Mason
  • "Break 4 Love" (Radio Vocals) – a.k.a. English Mix, English Version, Vaughan Mason 12" Mix – sung vocals by Keith Thompson
  • "Break 4 Love" (Instrumental)
  • "Break 4 Love" (Spanish Fly) – spoken vocals by Jeanette Fraginals
  • "Break 4 Love" (Spanish Mix) – similar to Spanish Fly, but no break
  • "Break 4 Love" (French Mix)
  • "Break 4 Love" (Italian Mix)

    • All of these versions run approximately 5:25 and feature sexual vocalization samples by Erique Dial. A 3:18 edit of the English Mix was used as the 7" single version.

    Original Grove Street 12" single

    1. "Break 4 Love" (Drop the Panties)
    2. "Break 4 Love" (Instrumental)
    3. "Break 4 Love" (Spanish Fly)
    4. "Break 4 Love" (Radio Vocals)

    The Collaboration version

    "Break 4 Love" was covered by Peter Rauhofer and Pet Shop Boys, released under the name "Peter Rauhofer + Pet Shop Boys = The Collaboration". The single was not released in the United Kingdom and did not chart there. The song can be found on the US bonus disc of the Pet Shop Boys album Release and as a B-side to CD2 of their single, "Home and Dry".

    The single did not chart on the US Billboard Hot 100, but it peaked at number one on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, and peaked at number 51 on the US Hot Singles Sales chart.

    US 12" single: Star 69

    1. "Break 4 Love" (USA Club Mix)
    2. "Break 4 Love" (Friburn and Urik Tribal Mix)
    3. "Break 4 Love" (Mike Monday's Kit Kat Dub)
    4. "Break 4 Love" (The Classic Mix)

    US CD single Part 1: Star 69 (CD12172)"

    1. "Break 4 Love" (UK Radio Mix)
    2. "Break 4 Love" (US Radio Mix)
    3. "Break 4 Love" (Classic Radio Mix)
    4. "Break 4 Love" (Friburn and Urik Tribal Mix)
    5. "Break 4 Love" (USA Club Mix)
    6. "Break 4 Love" (Mike Monday Kit Kat Dub)
    7. "Break 4 Love" (Classic Club Mix)
    8. "Break 4 Love" (Ralphie's Dub For Love)

    US CD single Part 2: Star 69 (CD12192)"

    1. "Break 4 Love" (Laroz and Amdursky Mix)
    2. "Break 4 Love" (Friburn and Urik Hi-Pass Mix)
    3. "Break 4 Love" (Michael Moog Club Mix)
    4. "Break 4 Love" (Richard Morel's Pink Noize Club Mix)
    5. "Break 4 Love" (Sunshi Moriwaki's 2 Step Remix)
    6. "Break 4 Love" (Michael Moog Dub)

    References

    Break 4 Love Wikipedia
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