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"Break My Stride" is a song performed by American recording artist Matthew Wilder. It was released in August 1983 as the lead single from his debut album, I Don't Speak the Language , and became a major worldwide hit single for him in late 1983 and spring 1984, reaching number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Cash Box Top 100.
The lyrics then go on to describe the reaction of the public, which is joyfulness, with citizens dancing on the street while weapons and army equipment could be spotted on the ground. The song ends with the opening verse, which is "Last night I had the strangest dream, I'd never dreamed before.
Matthew Wilder (né Weiner; January 24, 1953) [1] is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. In early 1984, his single "Break My Stride" hit No. 2 on the Cash Box chart and No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Break My Stride" (Matthew Wilder, Greg Prestopino) - 3:04 "The Kid's American" (1983) (Wilder) - 4:36 "I Don't Speak the Language" (Wilder, Barbara Hyde) - 4:45 "Love Above the Ground Floor" (Wilder, Prestopino) - 4:13 "World of the Rich and Famous" (Wilder, Roscoe Beck) - 4:43 "Ladder of Lovers" (Wilder, Prestopino) - 4:04 "I Was There ...
In the early 2000s, English-born rapper Christian Troy joined the group, and Sheila Fernandez became the new singer. In 2003, they released a Best Of album, featuring remixes of "Break My Stride" and "Loveline". Unique II has become the most successful dance-pop band in Austria, and have received numerous awards, both nationally and worldwide.
The track's chorus is an interpolation of "Break My Stride", a top-five single by Matthew Wilder from 1983. The track also contains a sample of opening drums of Michael Jackson's 1979 single "Rock with You".
[19] According to The Phoenix, Osmond performs the song's lyrics with "grit." [37] Meanwhile, the singer is backed up by a macho-sounding choir repeatedly chanting "Be a man!", [13] [44] a call and response preceded by three chords intertwined with lyrics such as "you must be swift as the coursing river" and "with all the force of a great typhoon."