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Break My Stride

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Reggae

Break My Stride is a Reggae act. They run in the same orbit as Atlantis Is Calling, Hot Stuff, That Don't Impress Me Much, I Just Called to Say I Love You and I Can See Clearly Now, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Puff Daddy, Aaron Carter and Matisyahu, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 8 connections around Break My Stride and forward to Puff Daddy. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

"Break My Stride" is a song performed by American recording artist Matthew Wilder. It was released in August 1983 by Private-I as the lead single from his debut album, I Don't Speak the Language (1983), and became a major worldwide hit single for him in late 1983 and spring 1984, reaching numbers five and two on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100. Wilder co-wrote the song with Greg Prestopino, and it was produced by Peter Bunetta, Rick Chudacoff and Bill Elliot.

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Break My StridePuff DaddyAaron CarterMatisyahuAtlantis Is CallingHot StuffThat Don't Impress M…I Just Called to Say…I Can See Clearly Now

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Break My Stride connections

Break My Stride shares an orbit with Atlantis Is Calling, Hot Stuff, That Don't Impress Me Much and I Just Called to Say I Love You, went on to shape Puff Daddy, Aaron Carter and Matisyahu. 8 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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