Break Machine Explained

Break Machine was an American rap act, fronted by Keith Rodgers and produced by Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo, the team behind the Village People.

Career

Keith Rodgers was a musician and presenter of a rap radio show on the New York station WHBI 105.9. In 1981, he recorded a single, "Searching Rap" under the name 'Bon Rock'. This brought him to the attention of Morali and Belolo, the French producers, who were looking for new styles after the decline of disco. In 1983, together with Fred Zarr, they released "Street Dance", which was an international hit and one of the earliest mainstream breakthroughs for hip hop.

"Street Dance" peaked at #3 on the UK Singles Chart in March 1984,^[1] and was the 39th best-selling single of that year. It hit #1 in Sweden and Norway.^[2] In Germany, it was the 78th best-selling single of 1984.^[3] It charted #11 in Italy. "Street Dance" saw its strongest chart performance in Norway, where it was

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for five weeks. In France, the song reached #1 for two weeks, selling over a million copies and becoming the 86th best-selling single of all time according to a list released in 2004 by the Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique^[4]

Subsequent singles "Break Dance Party" and "Are You Ready?" both reached the UK chart, peaking at number 9 and number 27 respectively.^[5] Their album, Break Machine, reached number 17 in the UK Albums Chart.^[5]

Discography

Singles

Year	Song	Peak chart positions
		AUS [6]	DEN [7]	FIN [8]	GER [9]	IRE [10]	NL [11]	NOR [12]	SWE [13]	UK	US [14]
1983	"Street Dance"	21	3	6	12	11	7	1	1	3	105
1984	"Break Dance Party"	73	4	11	―	13	―	3	6	9	―
	"Are You Ready?"	—	―	―	―	―	―	―	―	27	―
1988	"Tomorrow"	―	―	―	―	―	―	―	―	―	―
1993	"Now I Want You Back"	—	―	―	―	―	―	―	―	―	―
1998	"Sounds to Me"	—	―	―	―	―	―	―	―	―	―
2006	"A New Beginning"	—	―	―	―	―	―	―	―	―	―
2008	"I Want to Thank You"	―	―	―	―	―	―	―	―	―	―
2011	"Young Love"	―	―	―	―	―	―	―	―	―	―
	"I'll Be Standing Here"	―	―	―	―	―	―	―	―	―	―
2013	"Realize"	—	―	―	―	―	―	―	―	―	―
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

External links

• Discography at Discogs.

Notes and References

1. Web site: BREAK MACHINE - full Official Chart History. Official Charts Company. 14 September 2019.
2. Web site: Break Machine - Street Dance. swedishcharts.com.
3. Web site: Top 100 Single Charts 1984.
4. Web site: France's best sellers of all time! [Archive&#93; - Moopy<!-- Bot generated title -->].
5. Book: Roberts, David. 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited. London. 1-904994-10-5. 77.
6. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian)

   . David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 45.

7. Web site: Danish Chart Archive - Singles 1979 - ____ (B.T./IFPI DK). 2020-10-01. UKMIX Forums. en.
8. Web site: Timo. 13 August 2015. Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1960: Artistit BRA - BÅG. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160309063055/http://suomenlistalevyt.blogspot.com/2015/08/bra-bag.html . March 9, 2016 . 2020-10-01. Sisältää hitin.
9. Web site: Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts. 2020-10-01. www.offiziellecharts.de.
10. Web site: The Irish Charts - All there is to know. 2020-10-01. irishcharts.ie.
11. Web site: Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl. 2020-10-01. dutchcharts.nl.
12. Web site: norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal. 2020-10-01. norwegiancharts.com.
13. Web site: swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal. 2020-10-01. swedishcharts.com.
14. Web site: Break Machine Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography . 23 September 2020 . Music VF.