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Broke Away

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Format
  
CD, cassette, 7", 12"

Label
  
PolyGram

Genre
  
Pop

Released
  
27th November 1989 (UK)

Writer(s)
  
Clark/Cunningham/Mitchell/Pellow

"Broke Away" (1989)
  
"Hold Back the River" (1990)

"Broke Away" was the second single from Wet Wet Wet's third studio album, Holding Back the River. It was released on 27 November 1989, entering the charts at number 39 the following Sunday. It peaked four weeks later at number 19.

Title lyric: Took away all of our chains and said they broke away.

Track listings

CD:

  1. "Broke Away"
  2. "You've Had It" (Louis Silas mix)
  3. "Sweet Surrender" (Ben Liebrand mix)

MC:

  1. "Broke Away"
  2. "You've Had It"

7":

  1. "Broke Away"
  2. "You've Had It"

12":

  1. "Broke Away"
  2. "You've Had It"
  3. "And Now for Something Completely Different"

12" (1990 Calendar Pack):

  1. "Broke Away"
  2. "You've Had It" (Louis Silas mix)
  3. "Sweet Surrender" (Ben Liebrand mix)

References

Broke Away Wikipedia
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