Breakeven
- Key
- Bb major
- Camelot
- 6B
- BPM
- 94.2
Key confidence high · relative G minor (6A) · BPM confidence medium · double-time 188.5 · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13
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As of 2026-10-26, "Breakeven" by The Script has charted in 8 markets across 4 platforms, peaking at #21 (TH) on the Rotation chart. Measured from the full recording, it reads Bb major (6B) at 94.2 BPM.
- Markets
- 8
- First seen
- 2026-06-17
- Latest chart date
- 2026-10-26
- Peak
- #21 th
Started in 1 market, now in 8.
Momentum
This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.
Why it's here
The chorus line "What am I supposed to do when the best part of me was always you?" was inspired by a line from the 2003 film Love Actually, according to co-writer Danny O'Donoghue. [1] The band performed the song as a support act for U2 on their 360° Tour at Croke Park, and on US television on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. [2] Its music video, filmed at Dublin's Great South Wall and featuring a listener cast via an FM104 competition, ranked number 2 on VH1's Top 40 Videos of 2010. [3]
In culture
Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.
- Written by Andrew Framptonsource
- Covered Bossa Nova All-Star Ensemblesource
- Covered Cornell University Class Notessource
- Written by Danny O’Donoghuesource
- Covered Ivar Oosterloosource
- Covered Kidz Bopsource
- Covered Lofi Fruits Music & Chill Fruits Musicsource
- Written by Mark Sheehansource
- Covered Pitch Slappedsource
- Covered Samantha Jadesource
- Covered Sameko Sabasource
- Covered Six Appealsource
- Written by Steve Kipnersource
- Covered stories feat. Tiny Habitssource
- Covered Taylor Austin Dyesource
- Covered Tyler Wardsource
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- Philippinesph · spotify#173#71#173
- Australiaau · shazam spotify · 1 city#200#27#200
- Bhutanbt · applemusic#63#63—
- Latvialv · deezer#89#89—
- New Zealandnz · spotify#180#155#180
- Irelandie · spotify#194#166#194
- United Kingdomgb · spotify#192#167#192
- Thailandth · deezer#21#21—
City pickups
City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.
- au 1 city · best #27 adelaide
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Editions
No published edition carries this song yet. Every edition it appears in will be listed here and stay listed: an edition is immutable, so a citation to one never rots.
Identity
- ISRC
- GBARL0800147
- Slug
- the-script__breakeven
- Sources
- applemusic, deezer, shazam, spotify
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