Hit_and_Run_(Breathe_Carolina_song)

Hit and Run (Breathe Carolina song)

Hit and Run (Breathe Carolina song)

2012 single by Breathe Carolina


"Hit and Run" is a song by American electronic music group Breathe Carolina. It was released on May 22, 2012 as the second single from the reloaded version of their third studio album Hell Is What You Make It.[1]

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Background and composition

The song was written by David Schmitt, Kyle Even, Eric Armenta, Joshua Aragon, Luis Bonet, and Lindy Robbins while production was handled by Ian Kirkpatrick and Matt Squire. The track runs at 124 BPM and is in the key of F-sharp minor.[2] Band member Kyle Even said that the song was one of his favorites from the album. Even said that the song is about, "wanting things to stay the same, but wanting them to be different, too."[3]

The band released the cover art for "Hit and Run" on May 16, 2012.[4] They first performed the song live on May 19, 2012.[5] The song premiered on Alternative Press on May 21, 2012 and was released digitally the following day.[1] A lyric video was released that same day.[6] A remix to the song was released in July 2012 that was included in the reloaded version of Hell Is What You Make It.[7] The song sold 20,000 digital downloads in its first week.[8]

Reception

MTV's David Greenwald said, "'Hit and Run' goes all T-Pain-meets-Skrillex on us, smoothing out the duo's vocals with auto-tune and adding rave-ready bass to Breathe Carolina's beat arsenal."[9]

Music video

The band released a music video teaser for "Hit and Run" on June 8.[10] It was officially released on June 13, 2012 and was directed by Travis Kopach.[11] Speaking about the music video, Kyle Even said, "The whole idea behind the video was that we live in this black and white world, but there was one girl who knew what color was and she shows us that it's ok to be different. It starts a contagious array and now the whole world is in color."[3]

Track listing

Digital download
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Release history

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References

  1. "Premiere: Breathe Carolina, "Hit And Run"". Alternative Press. May 21, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  2. "Key and BPM of Hit and Run by Breathe Carolina". Musicstax.com. June 1, 2012. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  3. Emily Laurence (July 14, 2012). "17 Minutes With Breathe Carolina". Seventeen. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  4. Tori Thomas (May 19, 2012). "Breathe Carolina Perform "Hit and Run" For the First Time Live". underthegunreview.net. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  5. Bryne Yancey (May 22, 2012). "Breathe Carolina release "Hit And Run" lyric video". Alternative Press. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  6. Katie Hasty (July 9, 2012). "Song of the Day Exclusive: Breathe Carolina's "Hit and Run" Wideboys remix". Uproxx. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  7. @davidlovesitalways (June 12, 2012). "Let's go!" via Instagram.
  8. David Greenwald (May 22, 2012). "New Video: Breathe Carolina, 'Hit and Run (Lyric Video)'". MTV. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  9. Michele Bird (June 8, 2012). "Breathe Carolina release "Hit And Run" teaser video". Alternative Press. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  10. "Breathe Carolina - Hit and Run". IMVDb.com. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  11. "European Hit Radio Top 40". Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  12. "Top 40/Mainstream - Future Releases". All Access Mediabase. Archived from the original on May 25, 2012. Retrieved December 25, 2022.

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