Breakfast in America is the title track from Supertramp's 1979 album Breakfast in America. The song was a minor hit on the singles charts in the US but is a staple of classic rock radio. The song's lyrics tell about a person who has never been to America. Recently, a portion of the chorus and Roger Hodgson's original lyric "Ba-ba-da-dow, Ba-ba-dow-ba-ba-dow-di-dow-di-dow" changed to "ba ba da da" has been used in the song "Cupid's Chokehold" by Gym Class Heroes, and is sung by Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Supertramp is a British progressive rock band that had a series of top-selling albums in the 1970s and 1980s. ... Breakfast in America is the sixth album by the band Supertramp, released in 1979. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A&M Records is an American record label, owned and operated by Universal Music Group. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Rick Davies, 2002 Rick Davies (born Richard Davies, 22 July 1944, Eastcott Hill, Swindon, Wiltshire, England) is a British musician, who is the founder and a member of the rock band Supertramp. ... Roger Hodgson (born Charles Roger Pomfret Hodgson, 21 March 1950, in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England) is a British vocalist and musician, and he was one of the founding members of the progressive rock group Supertramp. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Supertramp is a British progressive rock band that had a series of top-selling albums in the 1970s and 1980s. ... // A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... “Hot 100” redirects here. ... Supertramp is a British progressive rock band that had a series of top-selling albums in the 1970s and 1980s. ... The Logical Song is a hit single on Supertramps 1979 album Breakfast in America and was first recorded by old metal outfit Led Zeppelin. ... Goodbye Stranger is a song by Supertramp, which first appeared on the album Breakfast in America. ... Supertramp is a British progressive rock band that had a series of top-selling albums in the 1970s and 1980s. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Breakfast in America is the sixth album by the band Supertramp, released in 1979. ... Cupids Chokehold is a single performed by Gym Class Heroes, featuring Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy. ... Gym Class Heroes is a hip hop band from Geneva, New York. ... Patrick Stump, born Patrick Martin Stumph on April 27, 1984 in Glenview, Illinois, is an American musician, composer and producer. ... Fall Out Boy (commonly abbreviated as FOB) is an American band from Wilmette, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago) that formed in 2001. ...

History

Funny enough, 'Breakfast In America' had been around for eleven or twelve years. I wrote it in England when I was about nineteen. That's, in a way, why the lyric is so innocent (laughs) and we had a big tussle, Rick and I, about whether to put it, one, to put it on the album and two, whether I should re-do the lyric entirely. And I even tried and I just couldn't do it. The lyric is so much part of the song. Now we had a big tussle even about the title of the album. He didn't want the album title 'Breakfast In America' either. So I guess I won out on both counts, but it is what it is. It's funny. It's an innocent song written when I was seventeen or eighteen and I had to leave it the way it came out. I didn't even change one word.

—Roger Hodgson, in the studio with Redbeard for The Making of Breakfast in America (first aired in June 1990)