"Break Up with Him" | ||||
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Single by Old Dominion | ||||
from the album Meat and Candy | ||||
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Format | Digital download | |||
Recorded | 2014–15 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:28 | |||
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Producer(s) | Shane McAnally | |||
Old Dominion singles chronology | ||||
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"Break Up with Him" is a song by American country music group Old Dominion. Originally released as the second single off their self-titled EP on ReeSmack in January 2015, the band later signed with RCA Nashville on February 2015 and re-released the song on May 11 as the lead single from their debut album Meat and Candy. The song garnered positive reviews from critics praising the production and lyrical content.
"Break Up with Him" peaked at number one on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, giving the band their first number-one country hit. It also charted at numbers 3 and 44 on the Hot Country Songs and Hot 100 charts respectively. The song was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and has sold 719,000 copies in the United States as of May 2016. It received similar chart success in Canada, peaking at number 3 on the Country chart and number 53 on the Canadian Hot 100. It was certified Platinum by Music Canada, denoting sales of over 80,000 units in that country.
The accompanying music video for the song, directed by Steve Condon, pays homage to the 1985 sci-fi film Back to the Future.
Before the song was released as the second single from the band's debut EP, it gained popularity after receiving airplay on the satellite Sirius XM Radio's "The Highway" channel in late 2014. The band released the song on the independent label ReeSmack to radio on January 20, 2015. The band became signed to RCA Nashville in late February 2015, and the song was re-released on May 11, 2015 as an RCA single release. All five members of the band wrote the song, and Shane McAnally produced it.