Break It Off

Vorlage:Infobox Single "Break It Off" is a pop song written by Barbadian singer Rihanna and reggae artist Sean Paul. The song is the fourth and final single from Rihanna's second album A Girl like Me and was released only in the United States, Canada, and select European territories. The song was performed during the Rockin' New Years Eve '07 television special on January 1, 2007 at Times Square in New York City. Rihanna has previously stated that she is very proud of the song.

The song uses the dancehall riddim "High Altitude".

Music video

"Break It Off" is one of the few songs in many years to reach the Billboard Top 10 without a music video.

A video for the song was expected to premiere sometime in December 2006. Unfortunately, both Def Jam Recordings and Atlantic Records said there will be no music video for the song. About that, Sean Paul stated:

Chart positions

"Break It Off" was released as a digital download on online stores including the U.S. iTunes Store on February 19 2007 and reached a peak of number two. It debuted at number eight on the U.S. Hot Digital Songs chart, selling 75,316 downloads. This release to the digital market prompted the song to jump from number fifty-two to number ten in one week on the Billboard Hot 100. The digital sales are currently over 375,000Vorlage:Fact.

In Latin America, the song just managed to chart in the Peru Top 100 at number ninety-two.

It reached a peak of number twenty-one on the United World Chart and remained on the chart for only four weeks.

Chart (2007)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	9
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	6
ARC Weekly Top 40	9
Bestest Hot 50	18
Canadian BDS Airplay Chart	29
Croatian Airplay Chart	56
Peru Top 100	92
Portuguese Singles Chart	8
Israeli Charts	1
As 40 da Cidade FM (Portugal)	1
Russian Singles Chart	25
Canadian Hot 100	19
United World Chart	21
Euro 200	160
Romanian Top 100	60

References

• iTunes single release date confirmation