Break the Rules (Charli XCX song)

"Break the Rules" is a song by English singer Charli XCX from her second studio album, Sucker (2014). It was released on 19 August 2014 as the album's second single. Cosmopolitan listed "Break the Rules" at number five on its 2014 best songs list.[1] The song was used in trailers for the 2015 film Goosebumps.[2] The song was also used in a 2016 Dish Network commercial and as the theme song of season 7 of Vietnam's Next Top Model. It is also used in both trailers for 2020 film, My Spy.

"Break the Rules"
Single by Charli XCX
from the album Sucker
Released19 August 2014 (2014-08-19)
Recorded2014
Genre
Length3:24
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Charli XCX singles chronology
"Boom Clap"
(2014)		 "Break the Rules"
(2014)		 "Doing It"
(2015)
Music video
"Break the Rules" on YouTube

Composition

"Break the Rules" is an electronic rock and alternative rock song,[3][4] set against a "propulsive" synth-pop groove.[5] The song is written in the key of E♭ major in common time with a tempo of 124 beats per minute. "Break the Rules" follows a chord progression of C5–B♭5–A♭5–E♭5–F5, and Charli's vocals span from B♭3 to C5.[6]

Music video

The music video for "Break the Rules" was directed by Marc Klasfeld and premiered on 25 August 2014.[7][8] The video was filmed at Birmingham High School while class was in session, so the lyrics "getting high and getting wrecked" had to be muted during playbacks.[9] According to Charli, the video draws inspiration from films such as Carrie (1976), The Craft (1996) and Jawbreaker (1999).[8][10] It features a cameo from actress Rose McGowan, the star of Jawbreaker, as a school chaperone.[8]

Track listings
  • Digital download[11]
  1. "Break the Rules" – 3:23
  • Digital download – Remixes[12]
  1. "Break the Rules" (Tiësto Remix) – 4:25
  2. "Break the Rules" (ODESZA Remix) – 4:00
  3. "Break the Rules" (Broods Remix) – 2:52
  • German CD single[13]
  1. "Break the Rules" – 3:23
  2. "Break the Rules" (Tiësto Remix) – 4:25
  • Australian CD single – Schoolies Edition[14]
  1. "Break the Rules" – 3:23
  2. "Break the Rules" (Tiësto Remix) – 4:25
  3. "Break the Rules" (ODESZA Remix) – 4:00
  4. "Break the Rules" (Broods Remix) – 2:52
  5. "Boom Clap" – 2:49

Credits and personnel

Credits for "Break the Rules" are adapted from CD liner notes[15][16]

Recording locations
  • Recorded at Rokstone Studios, London
  • Recorded at Westlake Audio, Los Angeles
  • Mixed at Hot Rock Studios
Personnel

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[42] Platinum 70,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[43] Gold 40,000
Germany (BVMI)[44] Gold 200,000
United States (RIAA)[45] Gold 500,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Canada 19 August 2014 Digital download Atlantic [46]
United States [47]
United Kingdom 22 September 2014 Contemporary hit radio
[48]
Australia 10 October 2014 Digital download Atlantic [49]
Ireland
  • Asylum
  • Atlantic
 [50]
United Kingdom 12 October 2014 [51]
Finland 17 October 2014 Atlantic [52]
Norway [53]
Sweden [54]
France 27 October 2014 [55]
Ireland 31 October 2014 Digital download (remixes)
  • Asylum
  • Atlantic
 [56]
United Kingdom 2 November 2014 [57]
France 3 November 2014 Atlantic [58]
Australia 21 November 2014
Warner [14][59]
United States 24 November 2014 Digital download (remixes) Atlantic [60]
Germany 16 January 2015 CD single Warner [13]
gollark: What if marriage, but with arbitrary targets and forming an arbitrary digraph, and also it's transferable?
gollark: What's the going rate of marriages on the marriage market these days?
gollark: Finally a forward-thinking government which commoditized marriage!
gollark: Idea: fake marriages by sending fake witnesses.
gollark: https://www.theregister.com/2020/10/30/companies_house_xss_silliness/

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