# Breakaway

Breakaway or Break Away may refer to:

## Film, television and radio

* Breakaway (1955 film), a British film
* Breakaway (1966 film), an American short film by Bruce Conner
* Breakaway (1990 film), an Australian film featuring Deborah Kara Unger
* Breakaway, a 1996 American film featuring Tonya Harding
* Breakaway, a 2003 film starring Dean Cain
* Breakaway (2011 film), a Canadian film
* "Breakaway" (Space: 1999), the opening episode of the British TV series Space: 1999
* Breakaway, a 1980 English TV series written by Francis Durbridge
* Breakaway PPV, a Canadian pay-per-view television provider
* Breakaway (radio programme), a British travel programme on BBC Radio 4
* Breakaway, a 2021 American sports documentary produced for ESPN's 30 for 30 series

## Sports

* Breakaway (cycling), a cycling term for a single rider or group of riders detaching from the peloton to advance their position in front of it
* Breakaway (ice hockey), a situation in which there are no defenders (except for the goaltender) between an attacking player and the goal
* Breakaway (rugby union) or flanker, a position in rugby union
* Breakaway rim, a type of basketball hoop
* Breakaway roping, a rodeo event

## Video gaming

* Breakaway (2010 video game), a soccer video game
* Breakaway (cancelled video game), a cancelled video game produced by Amazon Game Studios
* BreakAway Games, an American video game developer

## Music

* The Breakaways, an English female vocal trio
* Breakaway music, a U.S. Naval tradition

### Albums

* Breakaway (Art Garfunkel album), 1975, and the title song, "Break Away" (see below)
* Breakaway (First Choice album), 1980
* Breakaway (Gallagher and Lyle album), 1976, and the title song (see below)
* Breakaway (Kelly Clarkson album), 2004, and the title song (see below)
* Breakaway (Kim Appleby album), 1993
* Breakaway (Kris Kristofferson album), a 1974 duet album by Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge
* Breakaway, a 1991 release by the Pasadena Roof Orchestra

### Songs

* "Breakaway", by The Springfields, 1961
* "Break Away" (Art Garfunkel song), also recorded by its writers, Gallagher and Lyle
* "Break Away" (The Beach Boys song), 1969
* "Breakaway" (Big Pig song), 1988
* "Breakaway" (Donna Summer song), 1989
* "Break Away" (Gail Davies song), 1985
* "Breakaway" (Irma Thomas song), notably covered by Tracey Ullman
* "Break Away" (Ivy Quainoo song), covered in 2013 by Celine Dion as "Breakaway"
* "Breakaway" (Kelly Clarkson song), 2004
* "Break Away (from That Boy)", a 1965 song by The Newbeats
* "Breakaway", by Alan Parsons, from the album Try Anything Once
* "Breakaway", by Basement Jaxx, from the album Rooty
* "Breakaway", by Bruce Springsteen, from the album The Promise
* "Breakaway", by Candlebox, from the album Happy Pills
* "Breakaway", by The Cars, from the album Why Can't I Have You
* "Breakaway", by Con Conrad, Archie Gottler, and Sidney D. Mitchell, originally from the film Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
* "Breakaway", by George Ezra, from the album Wanted on Voyage
* "Break Away", by Gotthard, from the album Need to Believe
* "Break Away", by Staind, from the album The Illusion of Progress
* "Break Away", by Sturm und Drang, from the album Rock 'n Roll Children
* "Break Away", by Subdigitals, used in the end credits of the show Code Lyoko
* "Breakaway", by Tinchy Stryder, from the album Star in the Hood
* "Break Away", by Tokio Hotel, from the album Scream
* "Breakaway", by Tori Amos, from the album Native Invader
* "Breakaway", by ZZ Top, from the album Antenna

## Other uses

* Breakaway (biscuit), a chocolate bar produced by Nestlé
* Breakaway friction, or stiction, the threshold of force required to overcome static cohesion
* Breakaway (FIRST), the game in the 2010 FIRST Robotics Competition
* A break away!, an 1891 painting by Australian artist Tom Roberts
* Breakaway (dance), a 1920s dance style
* Break Away (organization), nonprofit organization that promotes the development of quality alternative break programs
* Breakaway Airport, an airport located in Cedar Park, Texas
* Breakaway (Transformers), a fictional character in the Transformers universe
* Breakaway, Queensland, a suburb of Mount Isa, Australia
* Breakaway object, a type of theatrical property
** Breakaway vase, a vase that is fake