Break in the Weather

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"Break in the Weather"
CD single cover
Single by Jenny Morris
from the album Honeychild
B-side"Lenny"
Released9 September 1991 (1991-09-09)[1]
Length4:28
LabelEastWest
Songwriter(s)
  • Jenny Morris
  • Tam Morris
Producer(s)Nick Launay
Jenny Morris singles chronology
"Piece of My Heart"
(1990)
"Break in the Weather"
(1991)
"I've Had You"
(1991)
Music video
"Break in the Weather" on YouTube

"Break in the Weather" is a song by New Zealand musician Jenny Morris. It was released in September 1991 the lead single from her third studio album, Honeychild (1991). The song became Morris's highest-peaking single in Australia, reaching number two for a week, behind "Rush" by Big Audio Dynamite II.[2] In her native New Zealand, the song made it to number five, making it her second-most-successful single, after 1989's "She Has to Be Loved".

Track listings[edit]

Australian maxi-CD single[3]

  1. "Break in the Weather" (edited 7-inch) – 4:28
  2. "Lenny" – 4:38
  3. "Break in the Weather" (extended) – 5:49
  4. "She Has to Be Loved" (12-inch Bridgeman Mix) – 6:24

German 7-inch single[4]

A. "Break in the Weather" (edited 7-inch) – 3:36
B. "Lenny" – 4:38

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[5] 2
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[3] 5

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1991) Position
Australia (ARIA)[6] 52

Certifications[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[6] Gold 35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "New Release Summary – Product Available from: 09/09/91 > Singles (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 85)". ARIA. Retrieved 16 April 2018 – via Imgur.
  2. ^ "Single Top 50 27/10/1991". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Jenny Morris – Break in the Weather". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  4. ^ Break in the Weather (German 7-inch single vinyl disc). Jenny Morris. EastWest Records. 1991. YZ 649, 9031-75685-7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ "Jenny Morris – Break in the Weather". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  6. ^ a b Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 193.