Breathe

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"Breathe" is a country song by Faith Hill, released as the first single from the album of the same name. The song was extremely successful in the United States, and became Hill's signature song.^{[citation needed]}

Chart performance

In November 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.^[1]

The song was released in the UK in May 2000 and reached #33.

"Breathe'"s music video was ranked #4 on CMT's 100 Greatest Videos.^[2]

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

Chart performance

Covers

• The Brazilian singer Wanessa Camargo made a cover in Portuguese named "Eu Posso Te Sentir" (I Can Feel You).^[3]

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: Song of the Year nominated

References

Achievements