"Breakout" is a single from the Foo Fighters third album There Is Nothing Left to Lose. It was released on two main discs in 2000. It was featured in the movie Me, Myself & Irene, and its music video features Dave Grohl as someone suffering from a "multiple personality" disorder (similar to Jim Carrey's character in 'he movie) and Traylor Howard, who also starred in the movie, as his girlfriend. It also features Tony Cox.
The song heard in the beginning of the video is "Generator", another song off of There Is Nothing Left to Lose.
This song was featured on the MTV series Making the Video.
The song according to Grohl refers to acne breakouts caused by stressful dates.
"Breakout" was a single from British jazz-pop/sophisti-pop act Swing Out Sister's debut album It's Better to Travel.
The single reached the number four position in the UK in 1986, and rose to number six pop and number one adult contemporary in the US in 1987. The song also resulted in a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance By Group or Duo.
The single was written and performed while Swing Out Sister was still a trio. It would become one of their biggest hits, and the song most closely associated with the act. In the USA, "Breakout" remains a staple of adult contemporary and smooth jazz radio station playlists. The music video for "Breakout" features lead singer Corinne Drewery as a fashion designer, with the assistance of the other two band members, who designs and makes her own dress, and later makes a successful debut modelling it.
Perhaps owing to the song's continued popularity in Japan, a remix of "Breakout" by Orange Lounge was featured in Konami's 2006 release in the Bemani series, Beatmania IIDX DistorteD.
"Breakout" is used for a television advertisement of the 〓SoftBank (old Vodafone Japan) now. Cameron Diaz appears in it.
