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Break Away (from That Boy)

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B-side
  
"Hey-O-Daddy-O"

Length
  
2:25

Genre
  
Pop rock

Label
  
Hickory 1290

Released
  
January 1965 (US) February 1965 (UK)

Writer(s)
  
Louis "Dean" Mathis, Marcus F. Mathis

"Break Away (from That Boy)" is a song written by Louis "Dean" Mathis and Marcus F. Mathis and performed by The Newbeats. It reached #7 in Australia, #15 in Canada, and #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1965. The song was also released in the United Kingdom as a single, but it did not chart. The song was featured on their 1965 album, Big Beat Sounds by The Newbeats.

The song was produced by Wesley Rose. The single's B-side, "Hey-O-Daddy-O", reached #118 on the US Billboard chart.

The song was re-released in 1970 as the B-side to the group's single, "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)".

References

Break Away (from That Boy) Wikipedia