Break My Stride

"Break My Stride" is a song performed by American recording artist Matthew Wilder. It was released in August 1983 by Private-I as the lead single from his debut album, I Don't Speak the Language (1983), and became a major worldwide hit single for him in late 1983 and spring 1984, reaching numbers five and two on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100. Wilder co-wrote the song with Greg Prestopino, and it was produced by Peter Bunetta, Rick Chudacoff and Bill Elliot. The song has been covered by many artists throughout the years, including Unique II in 1996 and Blue Lagoon in 2004 (whose versions both charted highly in various countries) and, in interpolations, Puff Daddy with his 1997 hit "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" and Aaron Carter on the song "Stride (Jump on the Fizzy)" from his 2001 album Oh Aaron. In 2009, it was interpolated by Matisyahu in the song "Jerusalem".