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Breakfast at Tiffany's (song)

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"Breakfast at Tiffany's"
SinglebyDeep Blue Something
from the album11th SongandHome
ReleasedJuly 11, 1995(1995-07-11)
Length4:16
Label
Songwriter(s)Todd Pipes
Producer(s)David Castell
Deep Blue Somethingsingles chronology
"Breakfast at Tiffany's"
(1995) 		"Halo"
(1996)
Music video
"Breakfast at Tiffany's"onYouTube

"Breakfast at Tiffany's"is a song by Americanalternative rockbandDeep Blue Something.Originally appearing on their 1993 album11th Song,it was later re-recorded and released on their 1995 albumHome.Released as a single in July 1995 byInterscopeand Rainmaker, the song was the band's only hit in the United States,[1]peaking at number five on the USBillboardHot 100in January 1996. Outside the United States, "Breakfast at Tiffany's" topped theUK Singles Chartand peaked within the top ten on the charts of Australia,Flanders,Canada, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, and Sweden.

Todd Pipes said in aQmagazine article about the promotion of "Breakfast at Tiffany's", "As the song had 'breakfast' in the title, radio stations thought it would be genius to have us on at breakfast time. We'd be up 'til 3 am and they'd wonder why we were pissed off playing at 6 am."[2]Follow-up singles failed to match the success of "Breakfast at Tiffany's", hence the reason for the band's classification as aone-hit wonder.

Inspiration and composition[edit]

"Breakfast at Tiffany's" is sung from the point of view of a man whose girlfriend is on the verge of breaking up with him because the two have nothing in common. Desperate to find something, the man brings up theAudrey HepburnfilmBreakfast at Tiffany's,and his girlfriend recalls that they "both kinda liked it." He argues that this should serve as enough motivation for them to work out their problems based on the notion that love will always find a way to make things work.

The filmRoman Holidayinspired the lyrics of the song, but songwriter Todd Pipes thought that one of Hepburn's other films would make a better song title.[3]

Critical reception[edit]

Brian Wahlert called "Breakfast at Tiffany's" "a cute, catchy song that should fit in well onadult contemporary,Top-40andalternative radio"with memorable melody that makes it" a perfect single, along with the mildly repetitive, conversational lyrics of the chorus and the bright, acoustic guitar ".[4]However, Tom Sinclair ofEntertainment Weeklywas unimpressed. He called it "possibly the year's most innocuous single, 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' is distressingly prosaic pop from a wimpy-sounding Texas quartet"; he added that it lacked any "musical piquancy".[5]TheHouston Presslisted the song as the second worst by an artist fromTexas,afterVanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby".[6]Kevin Courtney fromIrish Timessaid, "Deep Blue Something are responsible for the tawdry" Breakfast in Tiffany's "single, and their album is home to much of the same style of overblown, rainswept sentiment."[7]British magazineMusic Weekgave the song top score with five out of five, naming it Single of the Week, writing, "Radio-friendly rock at its best from the Texan trio. A mighty, bright chorus, quirky lyrics and some great guitar work should enable it to come close in the UK to matching its Top Five placing Stateside."[8]VH1andBlenderranked the song number six on their list of the "50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs Ever".[9]

Music video[edit]

The accompanying music video for "Breakfast at Tiffany's" features the band members arriving to a breakfast table and being served by butlers, beside the curb in front ofTiffany & Co.inMidtown Manhattan.At the end of the video a young woman dressed in a similar style to Holly Golightly's (Audrey Hepburn) from the beginning of the film, except dressed in white rather than black, walks past on the sidewalk, and takes off her sunglasses. The band is also seen performing the song in a field, and on the bed of a flatbed truck in NYC.

Track listings[edit]

  • US cassette single[10]
A1. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (LP version) – 4:11
A2. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (Crunch mix) – 4:11
B1. "A Water Prayer" (LP version) – 3:20
B2. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (LP version) – 4:11
  1. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" – 4:16
  2. "A Water Prayer" – 3:19
  3. "Sun" – 4:15
  • UK cassette single and European CD single[14][15]
  1. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" – 4:16
  2. "A Water Prayer" – 3:19

Charts[edit]

Certifications[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[50] Gold 35,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[51] Platinum 80,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[52] Gold 45,000‡
Germany (BVMI)[53] Gold 250,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[54] 2× Platinum 1,200,000‡

^Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history[edit]

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States July 11, 1995 Contemporary hit radio
[55]
Japan June 21, 1996 CD
[56]
United Kingdom June 24, 1996
  • CD
  • cassette
  • Interscope
  • Rainmaker
 [57]
September 9, 1996 (re-release) [58]

Other uses[edit]

References[edit]

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External links[edit]

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