"Break Away" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys that was recorded during the early sessions for their album Sunflower and issued as a non-album single on June 16, 1969.

[1] Record World called it "an extremely pretty and summery song.

"[2] According to Brian, Murry came up with the idea for the song from watching The Joey Bishop Show on television while it proclaimed, "We're gonna break away for a minute and we'll be right back!".

[5] The Monkees had appeared on the aforementioned television program on April 29, 1969,[6] but "Break Away" was recorded prior to that date.

[7] Asked why Murry had used a pseudonym, Brian responded that his father "didn't want anyone to know that he wrote it with me.