Breathe (Faith Hill song)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| "Breathe" | ||
|---|---|---|
 |
||
| Single by Faith Hill | ||
| from the album Breathe | ||
| Released | November 1999 | |
| Format | CD Single | |
| Genre | Country Pop | |
| Length | 4:09 | |
| Label | Warner Brothers | |
| Writer(s) | Stephanie Bentley, Holly Lamar | |
| Producer(s) | Faith Hill, Byron Gallimore, Dann Huff | |
| Certification | Gold (U.S.) | |
| Chart positions | ||
|
||
| Faith Hill singles chronology | ||
| "The Secret of Life" (1999) |
"Breathe" (1999) |
"The Way You Love Me" (2000) |
"Breathe" was the first single off of Faith Hill's 1999 album, Breathe. The song was extremely successful in the United States, and became Hill's signature song.
The song, written by Stephanie Bentley and Holly Lamar, is an intense, melodic interior monologue which showcases Hill's control of the lower register of her voice.
Contents |
[edit] Chart performance
Following the surprising top ten pop hit "This Kiss," it became apparent that Hill possessed crossover appeal. In November of 1999, "Breathe" was released to Country and Pop radio and immediately caught popularity. It spent six weeks at number one on the Billboard Country Singles chart, 17 weeks at number one on the Adult Contemporary chart, one week at number one on the Adult Top 40 chart, and number two on the Hot 100 weekly survey.
Even though "Breathe" never made it to #1 on the weekly Billboard Hot 100 chart, it was on the chart for 53 weeks, which was good enough for Billboard to rank it as the number one Hot 100 hit of the year 2000. It was only the second song in the history of the Hot 100 to be named the number one single of the year without making it to #1 on any of the weekly surveys; the first was "Wooly Bully" by Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs, which was the number one song of the year 1965.
[edit] Charts
| Chart | Position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Country Singles | 1 (6 weeks) |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Year-end Chart (2000) | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 | 1 (1 week) |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 1 (17 weeks) |
| UK Top 75 Singles | 33 |
[edit] 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
