It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing

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"It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing"
Single by Shania Twain
from the album Up!
Released	February 9, 2004 (Country) March 22, 2004 (AC/HAC)
Format	Radio Single Digital Single
Recorded	2002
Genre	Country, Pop
Length	3:19
Label	Universal / Mercury
Producer(s)	Mutt Lange
Chart positions
#16 (U.S. AC) #18 (U.S. Country)
Shania Twain North American singles chronology
"She's Not Just a Pretty Face" (2003)	"It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing" (2004)	"Party for Two" (2004)

"It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing" is a song by Canadian singer Shania Twain. It was the fifth and final U.S. country single released from her 2002 album Up!. The song was written by Mutt Lange and Shania Twain. "It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing" was only released to North American country and AC. There was no commercial single for this song, and no remixes were made either, however a digital download was made available to purchase online of the song recorded live from Chicago. The song originally impacted country on February 9, 2004. The song is, as Shania puts it, "the only heartbreak song" off of Up!. An Indian artist, Dayal Thakar provides backing vocals on the Blue version of the song.

Contents 1 Music video 2 Chart performance 3 Audio Versions 4 Charts 5 Awards 6 Notes

[edit] Music video

The music video for "It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing" was taken directly from Twain's 2003 Up! Live in Chicago special. It was filmed on July 27, 2003 and released on February 13, 2004. Directing credit is given to Beth McCarthy Miller. The video is the second of two live videos taken from the special, the first was "She's Not Just a Pretty Face". As it was the second consecutive live video, airplay was generally weak, forcing Mercury Records to release "When You Kiss Me" as a video only single. The video for "It Only Hurts" is not officially available on any DVD or single, but the performance can be seen on the Up! Live in Chicago DVD.

[edit] Chart performance

"It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing" debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart the week of February 21, 2004 at number 50, the highest debut of the week. The single spent 20 weeks on the chart and climbed to a peak position of number 18 on May 15, 2004, where it remained for three weeks. "It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing" became Twain's twenty-first (sixth consecutive) top twenty single. It also peaked at number 71 on the Hot 100.

At adult contemporary radio, "It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing" debuted at number 29, the highest debut of the week, on April 10, 2004. The single spent 19 weeks on the chart and climbed to a peak position of number 16 on May 29, 2004, where it remained for four non-consecutive weeks. "It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing" became Twain's eighth consecutive top twenty single.

[edit] Audio Versions

• Red Album Version (3:19)
• Green Album Version (3:19)
• Blue Album Version (3:39)
• Live from Up! Live in Chicago (3:41)

[edit] Charts

Chart[1]	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	18
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	16
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	71
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay	69

Billboard Country Singles trajectory
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15
Chart position	50	43	39	34	31	31	29	27	26	26	21	19	18	18	18

Billboard AC Singles trajectory
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13
Chart position	29	23	20	18	17	17	17	16	18	16	16	17	16

(Trajectories from debut to peak, and does not include decline)

[edit] Awards

• 2005: BMI Country Songwriter Awards - One Of The Most Performed Songs

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[edit] Notes