Breathe (Kylie Minogue song)

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"Breathe"
"Breathe" cover
Single by Kylie Minogue
from the album Impossible Princess
Released February 1998: Europe
March 1998: Australia
Format CD single: Worldwide
Cassette single: United Kingdom
Recorded London, England
Genre Popdance
Length 3:25
Label Deconstruction Records
Writer(s) Kylie Minogue
Dave Ball
Ingo Vauk
Producer(s) Dave Ball
Ingo Vauk
Chart positions
Kylie Minogue singles chronology
"Did It Again"
(1997)
"Breathe"
(1998)
"Cowboy Style"
(1998)

"Breathe" is a popdance song written by Australian singer Kylie Minogue, Dave Ball and Ingo Vauk for Minogue's sixth album Impossible Princess (1997). The song was produced by Ball and Vauk and received a mixed reception from music critics. The song was released as the third single in the first quarter of 1998 (see 1998 in music) and reached the top twenty in the United Kingdom, where it became Minogue's twenty-eighth consecutive top forty hit. It reached the top twenty in Russia and South Africa and the top thirty in Australia. The single was Minogue's final international release on Deconstruction Records.

Contents

[edit] Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Breathe".

[edit] CD single one

  1. "Breathe" (Radio edit) — 3:39
  2. "Breathe" (Tee's Freeze mix) — 6:59
  3. "Breathe" (Nalin & Kane remix) — 10:11
  4. "Breathe" (Album mix) — 4:38

[edit] CD single two

  1. "Breathe" (Radio edit) — 3:39
  2. "Breathe" (Sash! Club mix) — 5:20
  3. "Breathe" (Tee's Radio edit) — 3:29
  4. "Did It Again" music video — 4:15

[edit] Cassette single

  1. "Breathe" (Radio edit) — 3:39
  2. "Breathe" (Sash! Club mix edit) — 3:43

[edit] Chart performance

In February 1998, "Breathe" was released in the United Kingdom. The song became Minogue's twenty-eighth consecutive top forty single when it debuted at number fourteen on the singles chart, and spent a total of four weeks in the top seventy-five.

Outside of the UK, the song was also a modest success. It reached number one in Israel and number three in Russia. However, airplay was limited. In Australia, the song was released on March 9, 1998, and it debuted at number twenty-three on the singles chart before quickly falling off the chart.

[edit] Charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Australia ARIA Singles Chart 23
Eurochart Hot 100 72
Greece Singles Chart 9
Israel Singles Chart 1
Russia Singles Chart 3
Slovakia Singles Chart 11
Slovenia Singles Chart 11
South Africa Singles Chart 9
Spain Singles Chart 13
UK Singles Chart 14