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"Break It Off"
Single by Sean Paul and Rihanna from the album A Girl like Me and The Trinity (Limited Edition)
Released	December 2006 (U.S., Canada) February 19, 2007 (digital)
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2 Hard Studios, Kingston, Jamaica
Genre	Pop, dancehall
Length	3:33
Label	Def Jam
Writer	Sean Paul, Rihanna, D. Bennett, K. Ford
Producer	Don Corleon
Rihanna singles chronology
"We Ride" (2006)	"Break It Off" (2006)	"Umbrella" (2007)
Sean Paul singles chronology
"(When You Gonna) Give It up to Me" (2006) "Break It Off" (2006) "Give It to You" (with Eve) (2007)

"Break It Off" is a pop song written by Barbadian singer Rihanna and Reggae Superstar Sean Paul. The song is the fourth and final single from Rihanna's second album A Girl like Me. The song was performed during the Rockin' New Years Eve '07 television special on January 1, 2007 at Times Square in New York City. Rihanna has previously stated that she is very proud of the song.

"Break It Off" is featured on the Now That's What I Call Music! 24 compilation album. This is Rihanna's fourth entry in the U.S. top ten, and Sean Paul's seventh.

The song uses the dancehall riddim "High Altitude".

"Break It off" is one of the few songs in many years to reach the Billboard Top 10 without a music video.

A video for the song was expected to premiere sometime in December 2006. Unfortunately, both Def Jam and Atlantic Records said there will be no music video for the song. About that, Sean Paul stated:

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"Break It Off" was released as a digital download on online stores including the U.S. iTunes Store on February 19, 2007 and reached a peak of number two. It debuted at number eight on the U.S. Hot Digital Songs chart, selling 75,316 downloads. This release to the digital market prompted the song to jump from number 52 to number 10 in one week on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It soon reached its peak at #9.^[2] The digital sales are currently over 375,000 downloads.^{[citation needed]}

In Latin America, the song only chart in the Peru Top 100 and just managed to peak at #92.^[3]

It reached so far at number 21 in United World Chart and stayed for only four weeks.^[4]

1. ^ "Sean Paul Explains Reason for No 'Break It Off' Video", Letssingit.com, April 20, 2007.
2. ^ Katie Hasty, "Mims Puts The 'Hot' In The Hot 100 At No. 1", Billboard.com, March 1, 2007.
3. ^ http://americatop100.com/english/peru/index.htm Americatop100.com
4. ^ http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week13-2007.htm
5. ^ http://americatop100.com/english/peru/index.htm Americatop100.com
6. ^ Russian Single Chart. Retrieved April 6, 2007
7. ^ Euro 200
8. ^ [1]

• iTunes single release date confirmation

• Rihanna- Break it Off on iTunes