{{distinguish|text=the song "Break the Chain" used by the One Billion Rising movement}} {{Infobox song | name = Break the Chain | cover = Break the Chain.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Tourbillon | album = | released = {{Start date|2008|03|26}} | recorded = 2008 | studio = | venue = | genre = Alternative rock, hard rock, gothic rock | length = {{Duration|m=4|s=18}} | label = Avex Trax | writer = Shoko Fujibayashi, Shuhei Naruse | producer = | prev_title = Ageha/Selfish | prev_year = 2006 | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = Kamen Rider Series theme song | type = single | prev_title = Climax Jump | prev_year = 2007 | title = Break the Chain | year = 2008 | next_title = Journey Through the Decade | next_year = 2009 }} }} "'''Break the Chain'''" is a song by Japanese rock band Tourbillon, and was the band's fifth and final single. It was released a year-and-a-half following the release of their second album ''A Tide of New Era'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/4997|title=Tourbillonの1年半ぶり新曲は仮面ライダー主題歌|publisher=Natalie.mu|date=2008-01-16|accessdate=2011-10-28}}</ref> and was used as the opening theme for the 2008 television series ''Kamen Rider Kiva''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000037098|title=『仮面ライダーキバ』主題歌にTourbillonが決定！|publisher=BARKS.jp|date=2008-01-15|accessdate=2011-10-28}}</ref> Ryuichi Kawamura stated that the song was not just the "let's beat up the bad guys!" kind of Kamen Rider Series opening theme, but a song that both children and adults can enjoy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000037112|title=RYUICHI、"とても気合が入った"新曲！ ── 『仮面ライダーキバ』制作発表会|publisher=BARKS.jp|date=2008-01-15|accessdate=2011-10-28}}</ref>
"Break the Chain" reached the number 3 position of the Oricon Weekly Charts on the week of its release,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.incuse.net/blog/2008/04/top5.php|title=祝！TOP5 (::: studio incuse {{!}} blog :::)|accessdate=2008-04-02|date=2008-04-02|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016031611/http://www.incuse.net/blog/2008/04/top5.php|archivedate=2008-10-16}}</ref> the highest ranked single the band ever released. The song was not included on any of their albums. It would later be included in the ''Kamen Rider Kiva'' soundtracks and it was also featured on the "Song Attack Ride" album series during the broadcast of the successor to ''Kiva'', ''Kamen Rider Decade'', where it was remixed by Rider Chips and Shuhei Naruse.
==Track listing== {{Track listing | total_length = 16:54
| all_lyrics = Shoko Fujibayashi | all_music = Shuhei Naruse, all music arranged by Naruse and Tourbillon
| title1 = Break the Chain | length1 = 4:18
| title2 = Break the Chain | note2 = TV size edit | length2 = 1:18
| title3 = Break the Chain | note3 = I.MIX | length3 = 2:27
| title4 = Break the Chain | note4 = H.MIX | length4 = 4:33
| title5 = Break the Chain | note5 = instrumental | length5 = 4:17 }}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Kamen Rider Kiva}}
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Category:2008 singles Category:Japanese television drama theme songs Category:Songs with lyrics by Shoko Fujibayashi Category:Kamen Rider Category:Songs with music by Shuhei Naruse Category:2008 songs Category:Avex Trax singles