"Break Away" is a song written by Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle

Gallagher and Lyle

Gallagher and Lyle was the Scottish pairing of singer-songwriters Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle.-Career:They joined forces in 1959, initially as members of the local Largs based band, The Bluefrets. They began writing original material for the band and also wrote "Mr Heartbreak's Here Instead"...

 and first recorded by Art Garfunkel

Art Garfunkel

Arthur Ira "Art" Garfunkel is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and actor, best known as being a member of the folk duo Simon & Garfunkel...

 for his 1975 album Breakaway

Breakaway (Art Garfunkel album)

Breakaway is the second solo album by Art Garfunkel. It was released in 1975 on Columbia Records. It was produced by Richard Perry who has produced albums for other artists such as Carly Simon. It includes three Top 40 singles: "I Only Have Eyes For You" , "Break Away" and the Simon And...

. Gallagher and Lyle released their own version on their 1976 album, also titled Breakaway

Breakaway (Gallagher and Lyle album)

Breakaway is a studio album by Scottish duo Gallagher and Lyle.- Track listing :# "Breakaway" – 4:05# "Stay Young" – 3:41# "I Wanna Stay With You" – 3:00# "Heart on My Sleeve" – 3:23# "Fifteen Summers" – 4:08# "Sign of the Times" – 3:41...

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"Break Away", with backing vocals by David Crosby

David Crosby

David Van Cortlandt Crosby is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of three bands: The Byrds, Crosby, Stills & Nash , and CPR...

 and Graham Nash

Graham Nash

Graham William Nash, OBE is an English singer-songwriter known for his light tenor vocals and for his songwriting contributions with the British pop group The Hollies, and with the folk-rock band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Nash is a photography collector and a published photographer...

, was the second single release from Garfunkel's album. The song peaked at number thirty-nine on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 and, in February 1976, went to number one on the Easy Listening chart for one week.