"Breaking Up the Girl" is a 2001 alternative rock song written, recorded and produced by Garbage for their third studio album Beautiful Garbage.
In North America, "Breaking Up the Girl" was serviced to alternative radio as the second single to be lifted from the album. The single release coincided with Rolling Stone publishing their critics' Albums of the Year list, on which Beautiful Garbage was ranked the sixth best release of 2001. "Breaking Up the Girl" was licensed out as the theme tune to Is It College Yet?, the final episode of their long-running animated series Daria, which premiered on MTV as a TV movie in January 2002.
"Breaking Up the Girl" was subsequently released internationally in April 2002, where it supported the band's UK and European tour. The single reached the top forty in both Australia and United Kingdom.
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