 Meanwhile, Robin Carolan of "Slant Magazine" described Williams' "embracing" of "au courant euro-pop sounds" as "a move that works well for her", going on to state that it "boasts a chorus wrapped up in some awesome swirling synth-pop majestics" and despite doing "relatively well on the dance charts" it "deserved to cross over".On April 15, 2008, "We Break the Dawn" was released digitally in the US and physically on July 8, 2008.In the UK, the single was only released digitally on September 22, 2008.