However, one singer and songwriter stood out to become one of the most emotionally enduring heavyweights of the decade. His 1982 hit was recently named one of the Top Breakup Songs of All Time by Billboard Magazine, proving its worth during a time where turning on the radio meant hearing a masterclass in heartbreak.
It ranked at No. 47 on the list. It landed squarely between Lizzo's 2017 smash "Truth Hurts" at 48 and The Supremes' 1966 hit, "You Keep Me Hanging On," at 46.
The song hailed from Jackson's 1982 LP Night and Day. It was released in January 1983 and peaked at No. 18 on the Billboard Top 100 in March.
What made the song, and the entire Night and Day album, so interesting was Jackson's choice to ban guitars from the studio completely, according to Songfacts. Instead, he used pianos, synthesizers, and heavy percussion to build the music. "Breaking Us in Two" gets its unforgettable sound from a beautifully played piano instead of a guitar solo.
Jackson explained to the magazine Classic Pop, "By the time I got to Night And Day, I was just doing my own thing, not really caring about what anyone else was doing. They were absolutely what I wanted to do at the time, but I think they were just a little bit contrived in terms of being the right sound for the time. There’s a fine line here – I wouldn’t say they were phoney or anything, but, yeah, that’s the most I was influenced by the general vibe at the time."
"I believed MTV was beginning to have a negative effect on music," he said in the book. "I'm well aware that refusing to make videos accomplishes nothing whatsoever except, how should I put this, to make my next record less successful. It damaged my career, and it never fully recovered."
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