Break the Man
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| "Break the Man" | ||||
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| Single by Tears for Fears | ||||
| from the album The Tipping Point | ||||
| Released | 13 January 2022 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3:55 | |||
| Label | Concord | |||
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"Break the Man" is a song by the English pop rock band Tears for Fears from their 2022 album The Tipping Point. It was released as the third single from the album on 13 January 2022.[1]
In 2020, Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal began writing new songs for a new album, which included "No Small Thing", "The Tipping Point" and "Long, Long, Long Time". "Break the Man" is the first song by the band to not be written or co-written by Orzabal, with writing credits being given to Smith and Charlton Pettus.[2]
Composition and lyrics
According to Smith, "Break the Man" is a song about patriarchy and strong women.[3] According to Smith:
It's really a song about a strong female, but it's more about trying to break the patriarchy, I felt like a lot of the problems we were having here as a country even worldwide to a certain degree came obviously from male dominance, and its a song about a female who is strong enough to break the man.
— Curt Smith on the meaning of the song's lyrics.[4]