| Breathe | |
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| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | Pop rock, Soft AC |
| Years active | 1984–1992 |
| Labels | Siren Records A&M Records |
| Members | |
| David Glasper Marcus Lillington Ian "Spike" Spice Michael Delahunty |
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Breathe were a London based group formed in the early 1980s.
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Originally a larger, five-person band called Catch 22, all the members were actually childhood friends who went to Yateley School together in Hampshire where they lived. They later trimmed down to a quartet. Phill Harrison (bass) left to join the Fire Brigade. In 1984 singer David Glasper, guitarist Marcus Lillington, drummer Ian "Spike" Spice, and bass guitarist Michael "Mick" Delahunty began working on some demos. Those tunes were introduced to personnel from the label Siren Records, and that lead to a recording contract with A&M Records. They released the album, All That Jazz, in 1987. This contained their two best-known hits, "How Can I Fall?" and "Hands to Heaven". The former charted on the Billboard Hot 100 at #3, and the latter at #2 in 1988 and at number 4 in the UK Singles Chart.[1] "Hands" also ranked inside Billboard's 1988 Year-End Top 10 at #9.
Bassist Michael Delahunty left the group in 1988 as they were about to reach the peak of their success, and the remaining three continued with promotion for the All That Jazz album and singles. Afterward, they continued in this line-up with the lesser known Peace of Mind in early 1990.
Their sound was a combination of light jazz with some pop and soul, somewhat reminiscent of Air Supply or even Rick Astley. However, their success was short-lived. Sales were low even though many radio stations played some tracks from the second release, Peace of Mind. They disbanded because major record labels did not continue to promote them.
After 2000, David Glasper returned to singing, setting up a MySpace account[2] with two demos. Marcus Lillington and Phil Harrison still play together in 'Stroke the Toad'.
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
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| UK [5] |
SWE [6] |
US [7] |
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| All That Jazz |
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22 | 12 | 34 | |||||
| Peace of Mind |
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— | — | 116 | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [5] |
GER [10] |
NOR [11] |
NZ [12] |
SWE [13] |
US [14] |
US AC [15] |
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| 1987 | "Don't Tell Me Lies" | 77 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 5 | All That Jazz | |||||
| "Hands to Heaven" | 4 | 29 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| 1988 | "Jonah" | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "How Can I Fall?" | 48 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| 1989 | "Any Trick" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "All This I Should Have Known" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | |||||||
| 1990 | "Say Hello" | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Peace of Mind | |||||
| "Say a Prayer" | 93 | — | — | — | — | 21 | 3 | |||||||
| 1991 | "Does She Love That Man?" | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | 17 | ||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||