Broken Record

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"Broken Record"
A red background with a black street and the girl stands with a feet. The girl has got black hair, feet, shoes and the red floor
Single by Katy B
from the album On a Mission
B-side Broken Record (DJ Fresh Future Jungle Mix)
Released 25 March 2011 (2011-03-25)
(see release history)
Format Digital download
Recorded 2010
Genre 2-step, breakbeat
Length 3:19
Label Rinse / Columbia
Writer(s) Katy B, Geeneus, Zinc
Producer Geeneus, Zinc
Katy B singles chronology
"Lights On"
(2010)		 "Broken Record"
(2011)		 "Easy Please Me"
(2011)

"Broken Record" is a song performed by British recording artist Katy B and serves as the third single from her debut album, On a Mission. It was released in the United Kingdom on 25 March 2011 as a digital download. It charted at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart on 3 April 2011.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

Itunes Single
No. Title Length
1. "Broken Record"   3:19
2. "Broken Record" (DJ Fresh Future Jungle Mix) 2:58
Itunes Remixes EP
No. Title Length
1. "Broken Record" (Jacques Greene Remix) 5:04
2. "Broken Record" (Zinc Remix) 5:47
3. "Broken Record" (Todd Edwards' Angel Voice Remix) 5:15
4. "Broken Record" (Geeneus Funky Mix) 5:33
5. "Broken Record" (DJ Fresh Future Jungle Mix) 2:58

[edit] 12 VINYL

12 VINYL
No. Title Length
1. "Broken Record" (Album Version) 3:20
2. "Broken Record" (DJ Fresh Future Jungle Mix) 2:59

[edit] Critical reception

Robert Copsey of Digital Spy Blog gave the song a positive review stating:

You could be forgiven for thinking Katy B is a bit of a hard nut - after all, she's already collaborated with hardened artistes of the garage/dubstep world Magnetic Man and Ms Dynami-tee-hee, both of whom you'd be a fool to mess with after a round of Red Stripes. However, one listen to her latest chart botherer and such fears simply melt away.

"I would toss and turn at night with your voice in my head," she confesses over a thumping garage beat reminiscent of late-'90s pop combined with a bang-on-trend d&b bassline. While the melody remains as grimey as her previous offerings, her vulnerable and grief-stricken vocal immediately softens the song's sharper edges, culminating in an achingly sad but sonically uplifting ending that Robyn would be proud to call her own. Hard nut? You don't fool us, Katy. 4/5 stars.....[1]

[edit] Chart performance

On April 3, 2011 "Broken Record" entered the UK Singles Chart at number 8, making it Katy B's third Top 10 single in the UK. It also debuted on the Scottish Singles Chart at number 15.

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[2] 14
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[3] 8
UK Download (Official Charts Company)[4] 9
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[5] 15

[edit] Release history

Country Date Format
United Kingdom 27 March 2011 Digital download[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Robert Copsey. "Katy B: 'Broken Record'". Digital Spy. digitalspy.co.uk. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/singlesreviews/a310793/katy-b-broken-record.html. 
  2. ^ "Ultratop.be – Katy B – Broken Record" (in Dutch). Ultratip. ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  3. ^ "Archive Chart" UK Singles Chart. Official Charts Company.
  4. ^ "Archive Chart" UK Download Chart. Official Charts Company.
  5. ^ "Archive Chart". Scottish Singles Top 40. Official Charts Company.
  6. ^ "Broken Record by Katy B". iTunes. http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/broken-record/id420940023. 
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