Break Anotha
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| Single by Blake Lewis | ||||
| from the album A.D.D. (Audio Day Dream) | ||||
| Released | October 30, 2007 (U.S. radio) November 13, 2007 (U.S. digital) |
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Radio single Digital download |
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| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock, funk, electronic, hip hop | |||
| Length | 3:09 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Writer(s) | Blake Lewis, Louis Biancaniello, Ryan Tedder, Sam Watters | |||
| Producer(s) | Blake Lewis, Ryan Tedder | |||
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"Break Anotha" is the official debut single of Blake Lewis, the runner-up on the sixth season of American Idol. Being the leadoff single from A.D.D. (Audio Day Dream), it was first leaked on October 29, 2007 via phone to fans who had signed up at BlakeLewisComingSoon.com. The single began to impact the radio on October 30 and was premiered on 106.1 KISS FM in Seattle. It was released on iTunes Store on November 13 and officially went for adds on November 20.
The song was co-written by Lewis, Louis Biancaniello, Ryan Tedder (OneRepublic), Sam Watters and produced by Lewis and Tedder.
Lewis described the song as "funk/soul-inspired" and is influenced by certain musicians:
His friends have also involved in the production of the song:
The video of "Break Anotha", which was directed by Sanji, premiered on December 6 on Yahoo! Music. Nonetheless, during an interview of Lewis with Jared Cotter on The Sauce of Fuse TV on December 5, a sneak peek of the video has been aired on the show. It was shot against a green screen and "has an interesting concept behind it", which in Lewis' words, "when you open Rorschach inkblot tests, how they have two different sides" and like "ink and water, and different effects behind me that come in".
The single received generally favorable reviews from fans and critics:
"Break Anotha" has garnered reviews from Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The Detroit News and Boston Herald as well. While the reviewers got a vibe of Justin Timberlake from it, they all predicted that "Break Anotha" will be a successful single.The Detroit News even went further, writing that Lewis, with "one of the most exciting singles of the year", "will blow Sparks [Jordin Sparks, winner on the sixth season of American Idol] out of the water, if not in first week sales then in three months' time". However this prediction proved highly incorrect, since as of February 2008 (a full three months after the song's release) "Break Anotha" failed to enter the Hot 100, and failed to reach 100,000 in digital sales, while Sparks' first single "Tattoo" reached the top ten of the Hot 100 and has sold over 1,900,000 in digital sales to date.
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