About Break My Stride

"Break My Stride" is a song performed by American recording artist Matthew Wilder. It was released in 1983 as the lead single from his debut album, I Don't Speak the Language, and became a major hit single for him in 1983 and 1984. 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 in 1997 and Christina Aguilera with Lil' Kim in 2003 (particularly the line, "I got to keep on movin'"). In 2009 it was interpolated by Matisyahu in the song "Jerusalem". Matthew Wilder (born Matthew Weiner; January 24, 1953) is an American musician, singer, and record producer. In early 1984, his single "Break My Stride" hit #2 on the Cash Box chart and #5 on the Billboard Hot 100.