Breathe (Faith Hill song)

"Breathe"
Single by Faith Hill
from the album Breathe
B-side	"It All Comes Down to Love"
Released	October 4, 1999 (1999-10-04)
Format	CD Single
Genre	Country pop
Length	4:09
Label	Warner Bros.
Writer(s)	Stephanie Bentley, Holly Lamar
Producer	Byron Gallimore, Faith Hill
Certification	Gold (US)
Faith Hill singles chronology
"The Secret of Life" (1999) "Breathe" (1999) "The Way You Love Me" (2000)
Music sample "Breathe" Faith Hill's "Breathe" from Breathe

"Breathe" is a song written by Stephanie Bentley and Holly Lamar, and recorded by American country music artist Faith Hill. It was released in October 1999 as the first single and title track from her album of the same name. "Breathe" became Hill's 7th number one on the country music charts in the US. The song spent four weeks at #1 on the Billboard Country charts in December 1999 and January 2000. It also peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 2000, having been blocked by "Maria Maria" by Santana featuring The Product G&B and "Try Again" by Aaliyah.

Chart performance

In October 1999, "Breathe" was released to Country and Pop radio. It spent six weeks at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, seventeen weeks at number one on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, and one week at number one on the Adult Top 40 chart. The song also reached a peak of #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for five non-consecutive weeks starting with the week ending April 22, 2000.

Even though "Breathe" never made it to No. 1 on the weekly Billboard Hot 100 chart, it was on the chart for 53 weeks and was thus named the Number One single of 2000 on Billboard's year-end countdown. It was only the second song in the history of the Hot 100 to be named the No. 1 single of the year without making it to the top of the chart on any of the weekly surveys. (The first was "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs in 1965, and the third was "Hanging By A Moment" by Lifehouse in 2001.)

In 2009, the single was named the 27th most successful song of the 2000s, on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade. The song was released in the UK in May 2000 and reached #33.

Music video

"Breathe'"s music video was ranked #4 on CMT's 100 Greatest Videos. Faith revealed a more sultry side to herself in what would become one of the most controversial videos of her career. The video was shot in the desert and featured scenes of Faith writhing in a bed on the sand, covered only by a sheet.

CD-Singles

US CD-Single:

1. Breathe [Pop Version] - 4:10
2. It All Comes Down to Love - 4:16

US Promo The Hex Hector Remixes

1. Breathe [Main 7" Mix - Recall] 3:55
2. Breathe [Main 7" TV - Recall] 4:04
3. Breathe [Main 7" Instrumental - Recall] 4:04
4. Breathe [Main 7" Acapella - Recall] 3:44
5. Breathe [Main Radio Edit] 3:58
6. Breathe [Main Radio Edit TV track] 3:58
7. Breathe [Main Radio Edit Instrumental] 3:58
8. Breathe [Main Club Mix Vocal up] 10:10
9. Breathe [Main Club Mix Instrumental] 10:10
10. Breathe [Main Club Dub] 8:55

UK CD-Single

1. Breathe [Pop Version] - 4:09
2. This Kiss [Pop Radio Version] - 3:16
3. What's In it For Me - 5:36

Europe Promo

1. Breathe [Pop Remix] 4:10
2. Breathe [Hex Hector Radio Edit] 5:55

Europe Maxi-CD

1. Breathe [Tin Tin Out Radio Mix] 3:57
2. Breathe [Radio Version] 4:08
3. Breathe [Main Club Mix] 10:10

Other Versions

• "Breathe" 2010 (Freemasons Remix) - 3:12

Chart performance

"Breathe" debuted at #47 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 9, 1999.^{[citation needed]}

Peak positions

Chart (1999-2000)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)	23
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary	1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)	18
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)	95
New Zealand (RIANZ)	27
UK Singles Chart	33
US Billboard Hot 100	2
US Billboard Pop Songs	7
US Billboard Country Songs	1
US Billboard Adult Pop Songs	1
US Billboard Adult Contemporary	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	13
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1

Decade-end charts

Chart (2000–2009)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	27

Covers

• The Brazilian singer Wanessa Camargo made a cover in Portuguese named "Eu Posso Te Sentir" (I Can Feel You).
• Smartbomb has covered Breathe on their CD "Yeah. Well, anyway ..."

Parodies

• Country music parodist Cledus T. Judd recorded a parody of the song, called "Breath" (about a person with bad breath), on his 2002 album Cledus Envy.

Awards

• 2000 Billboard Music Awards: Hot 100 Single of the Year won
• 2000 Billboard Music Awards: Hot 100 Airplay Track of the Year won
• 2000 Grammy Awards: Best Female Country Vocal Performance won
• 2000 Grammy Awards: Best Country Song won
• 2000 Grammy Awards: Song of the Year nominated

External links

• Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "When I Said I Do" by Clint Black (feat. Lisa Hartman Black)	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single December 25, 1999–January 29, 2000	Succeeded by "Cowboy Take Me Away" by Dixie Chicks
	RPM Country Tracks number-one single December 20, 1999-January 10, 2000
Preceded by "Smile" by Lonestar	RPM Country Tracks number-one single February 14, 2000-February 21, 2000	Succeeded by "Back at One" by Mark Wills
Preceded by "I Knew I Loved You" by Savage Garden "You Sang to Me" by Marc Anthony	Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one single April 22 - July 15, 2000 July 29 - August 5, 2000 August 26, 2000 September 30, 2000	Succeeded by "You Sang to Me" by Marc Anthony "Taking You Home" by Don Henley

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