| Breakout | |
| Cover: | Foo Fighters Breakout CD1.jpg |
| Caption: | A variant of standard artwork |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Foo Fighters |
| Album: | There Is Nothing Left to Lose and Me, Myself & Irene soundtrack |
| Released: | September 18, 2000 |
| Recorded: | March–June 1999 November 23, 1999 (live) |
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| Length: | 3:21 3:39 (live) |
| Label: | Roswell, RCA |
| Producer: | Foo Fighters and Adam Kasper Emma Lyne and Sam Cunningham (live) |
| Prev Title: | Generator |
| Prev Year: | 2000 |
| Next Title: | Next Year |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
"Breakout" is a song by Foo Fighters. It is the second track and fourth single from their third album There Is Nothing Left to Lose.
The single was released as a two disc set in the UK and Europe, and also had separate releases in the Netherlands, Australia and Japan.[1] Promotional singles were also released in the US for radio play.[1]
The song appeared as a playable track in Lego Rock Band.
The video was directed by The Malloys, and served as a tie-in to the song's appearance in the film Me, Myself & Irene. It mainly features Dave Grohl playing a character who has a "multiple personality" disorder (just like Charlie Baileygates/Hank, Jim Carrey's character in the film) while taking his girlfriend to see the movie at a drive-in. In addition to Grohl's mom, Ginny, as the woman who flips him off while he is driving, the video also features some of the actors from the Me, Myself & Irene including Traylor Howard, who played Charlie's ex-wife Layla, and Tony Cox, who played the limo driver, along with Anthony Anderson, who played Jamal Baileygates & Jerod Mixon who played Shonté Jr. Baileygates. The MTV series Making the Video documented the making of the music video.
A live version recorded on November 23, 1999, at the Barrowlands for the BBC Radio 1's Rock Show programme was released as a B-side to the CD versions of the "Generator" single.
Two live versions were released on the Everywhere but Home DVD, recorded in Toronto and Reykjavík.
A live version filmed at Hyde Park on June 17, 2006, was released on the Live at Hyde Park DVD.
A live version filmed at Wembley Stadium on June 7, 2008, was released on the Live at Wembley Stadium DVD.