"Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us" is a dance-pop

Dance-pop

Dance-pop is dance-oriented pop music that originated in the early 1980s. Developing from post-disco, it is generally up-tempo music intended for clubs with the intention of being danceable or merely dancey...

 song by American music duo Ollie & Jerry

Ollie & Jerry

Ollie & Jerry was an American dance-pop duo active in the 1980s, consisting of drummer Ollie E. Brown and R&B singer Jerry Knight.Despite releasing no studio albums under their own name, they are still widely known for their hit single "Breakin'.....

. Released in 1984 as a single from the soundtrack to the film Breakin'

Breakin'

Breakin', released as Breakdance: The Movie in some countries, is a 1984 breakdancing-themed film directed by Joel Silberg. The film setting was inspired by a German documentary entitled Breakin' and Enterin set in the Los Angeles multi-racial hip hop club Radiotron, based out of Macarthur Park in...

, the song reached No. 9 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 and No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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. It is the theme song to the film Breakin'. The Drum was played with a Roland TR-808

Roland TR-808

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.

Music video

The music video features footage from the movie Breakin as well as numerous street break dancing performances. Jean-Claude Van Damme

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg , professionally known as Jean-Claude Van Damme, is a Belgian martial artist and actor, best known for his martial arts action films, the most successful of which include Bloodsport , Kickboxer , Double Impact , Universal Soldier , Hard Target , Timecop ,...

, who was an extra in the film, can be seen dancing in the background at one point.

Charts

Chart (1984)	Peak position
U.S. 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...	9
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...	1
UK Singles Chart	5
New Zealand Singles Chart	7
Dutch Top 40	27

Track listing

12" Single

1. Breakin' ... There's No Stopping Us (Club Mix) 6:51
2. Breakin' ... There's No Stopping Us (Instrumental) 5:33

Cover versions

• 1998: Ice-T
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• 2000: Ilanda
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   featuring Joanne
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• 2003: Chaka Khan
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