Breathe Again

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"Breathe Again"

Single by Toni Braxton
from the album Toni Braxton
Released	1993
Recorded	1992
Genre	R&B ballad
Length	4:29
Label	LaFace Records
Writer(s)	Babyface
Producer(s)	Babyface, L.A. Reid, Daryl Simmons
Chart positions
#2 (UK) #3 (US) #4 (US R&B)
Toni Braxton singles chronology
"Another Sad Love Song" (1993)	"Breathe Again" (1993)	"Seven Whole Days" (1994)

"Breathe Again" was the third single released off of Toni Braxton's multi-platinum debut album. This haunting R&B ballad garnered heavy airplay during 1993 and 1994 resulting in it being the most successful single released from the album. The Babyface written and produced single peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #4 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles charts. To this date, Toni considers "Breathe Again" to be her favorite composition and a standard for all of her concerts.

The accompanying music video directed by Randee St. Nicholas was filmed in black and white. The concept was Toni running through a maze clearing her thoughts of a special kind of love. The lyric evokes a sense of nostaglia from a relationship that has run its course. The passionate vocal earned Toni her second consecutive Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance in 1995.