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Break My Stride is een nummer van de Amerikaanse muzikant Matthew Wilder, uitgebracht als eerste single van zijn debuutalbum I Don't Speak the Language uit 1983. Op 31 oktober dat jaar werd de single eerst uitgebracht in Wilders thuisland de VS en Canada en in januari 1984 in Europa, Oceanië en Zuid-Afrika.

Het nummer is geschreven door Matthew Wilder en Greg Prestopino en werd door meerdere artiesten gecoverd, waaronder Unique II in 1996 en Blue Lagoon in 2004.

"Break My Stride" is a song performed by American recording artist Matthew Wilder. It was released in August 1983 as the lead single from his debut album, I Don't Speak the Language, and became a major worldwide hit single for him in late 1983 and spring 1984, reaching number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Cash Box Top 100.

The song has been covered by many artists throughout the years, including Unique II in 1996 and Blue Lagoon in 2004 (whose versions both charted highly in various places) and, in interpolations, Puff Daddy with his 1997 hit "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" and Aaron Carter on the song "Stride (Jump on the Fizzy)" from his 2001 album Oh Aaron. In 2009, it was interpolated by Matisyahu in the song "Jerusalem".