“But the song, especially the chorus, is reflective of my mindset of where I was in my life, and how I needed to bolster my own defiance against all of that frustration.” “To correlate specifically to my frustration with a record label is not completely accurate,” says Wilder. Before the release of 1983’s I Don’t Speak the Language, the album that houses “Break My Stride,” Arista head Clive Davis voiced his skepticism at the lead single’s hit potential. After stints in the folk duo Matthew & Peter and as a backup singer for Rickie Lee Jones and Bette Midler, he began the ‘80s by signing a solo deal with Arista Records. The format of the TikTok prank does hinge on the sheer ridiculousness of the first verse (“Not to get overly heady about it, but it was an exercise in Dada,” says Wilder of his free-associative lyrics), but the chorus and overall theme of the song have more specific significance to Wilder. But let’s look at it at face value: Everybody was having a bit of a laugh, taking the lyrics and sending it to their friends, and with all of these non-sequiturs - it was a bit of a joke.” “I could get prophetic about the song itself, saying how deep-rooted it is in its message, and how it connects with people. Wilder, who says he was only “peripherally aware” of TikTok before his brother sent him a Google alert about the “Break My Stride” meme, is enthusiastic about the song’s longevity, but remains realistic about the circumstances of its recent explosion: “ getting all of this information about peoples’ enthusiasm for the song,” he says, “that they were genuinely into the song and it wasn’t just some sort of passing fancy - what can I say? I didn’t see it coming, and I’m really bowled over.” Multiple users in the above video describe Wilder’s song as their “favorite,” or something to that effect, which has surprised and delighted the 67-year-old singer/composer/producer. “Break My Stride” isn’t the first unshakably dated-sounding song to become a meme - but unlike say, Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up,” the subject of many an unwanted troll (AKA “RickRoll”), it seems oddly fawned over by teens. Then, the recognition usually hits around the time of the song’s much-more-familiar chorus: 50), buoyed by a TikTok format that involves users texting the song’s (relatively obscure) opening lyrics to unaware friends, and seeing how long it takes for them to realize they’re being pranked:Īnd you said you had to get your laundry cleaned In the past month, the song’s broken into Spotify’s Top 200 and Apple Music’s Top 100 charts, and also broke Billboard‘s Digital Song Sales chart for the first time (at No. 5 peak, was the only Top 10 hit of his career. The latest song to get a massive jolt from TikTok is Matthew Wilder’s 1983 bouncey, reggae-inflected pop-rock hit “Break My Stride,” which at its No. It’s not uncommon for time-honored classics to also have stints as TikTok phenomena - see the mashup between Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You” and Soulja Boy’s “Crank That” that took off a few months ago - but decades-old one-hit wonders are another story. Other TikTok favorites by young, virtually unknown artists soon joined it on the charts, including Y2K and bbno$’ “Lalala,” Arizona Zervas’ “Roxanne,” and Tones and I’s “Dance Monkey.” Most notably, the video-sharing platform was credited with boosting Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” into the Hot 100, where it soon began a record-breaking run of dominance. By now, anyone with so much as a pinky on the pulse of popular music knows that TikTok is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to breaking new music. Sad Comment by suki~ur mom~m8:yes~bored af She tells him ooh love no ones ever gonna hurt you love im gonna give you one of my love Comment by suki~ur mom~m8:yes~bored af She tells him ooh love no ones ever gonna hurt you love im gonna give you all the my love nobody matters like you Comment by User 234316949Īnyone find a non looped? Comment by suki~ur mom~m8:yes~bored af Oooh love.my love 🖤🖤💜 Comment by Romeesa 💫Īghh why is it repeating Comment by Bagas Bastian This was 👍! Comment by 💗Janjona💗💎 cool 💜 Its so cute of the song💗💗💗 Comment by Hamzeh Mhd Sweed Rockabye baby slowed - tiktok song & music mashup compilation dance challenge 2021

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