The third single from JJ’s Night and Day, and with no end to Night in sight.
Kronomyth 5.3: Breaking us in woo.
Breaking Us In Two, or Doctor Wu 2 to you. I’d write more, but a spider crept into my computer keyboard five minutes ago and it’s freaking me out. One of those fleshy-looking greenish-brown guys. I’m pretty sure he’s hiding under the space bar right now. If he was smart, he’d creep underneath the “z” key and catch some zzzzzzzs. There, got him. “Breaking Us In Two” was also released in an edited version without the synthesizer solo in the middle. He’d have wanted me to tell you that.
The flip side was either Target or its Spanish-language counterpart, El Blanco. If memory serves, Joe Jackson recorded Spanish-language versions of several songs from Night and Day. The 12-inch single also included an extended version of T.V. Age in which Joe Jackson dusts off his alto saxophone for some extra late-night soloing. No spiders were harmed in the recording of either song, so far as I know.
Original 7-inch single version
A1. Breaking Us in Two (Joe Jackson) (4:57)
B1. Target (Joe Jackson) (4:00)
Promotional 7-inch single version
A1. Breaking Us in Two (edited version) (Joe Jackson) (3:48)
B1. Breaking Us in Two (album version) (Joe Jackson) (4:57)
Original 7-inch single version (UK)
A1. Breaking Us in Two (Joe Jackson) (4:57)
B1. El Blanco (Joe Jackson) (4:02)
12-inch single version
A1. Breaking Us in Two (Joe Jackson) (4:57)
B1. El Blanco (Joe Jackson) (4:02)
B2. T.V. Age (extended version) (Joe Jackson/Steve Tatler) (5:56)
Back-to-back hits 7-inch single version
A1. Steppin’ Out (Joe Jackson) (3:43)
B1. Breaking Us in Two (Joe Jackson) (4:57)
The Plastic
Released on 7-inch single in December 1982 in the UK (A&M, AMS-8247), the US (A&M, AM-2510) and Europe (A&M, AMS-9227) with picture sleeve. Also released as promotional 7-inch single in 1982 in the US (A&M, AM-2510) with picture sleeve. Reached #18 on the US charts (charted on January 15, 1983 for 16 weeks) and #59 on the UK charts (charted on March 12, 1983 for 4 weeks).
- Re-issued on 7-inch and 12-inch single in February 1983 in the UK (A&M, AM/AMX-101) with picture sleeve.
- Re-packaged with “Steppin’ Out” on back-to-back hits 7-inch single in the US (A&M Collectables, 75021 8637 7).
