Breathe Me

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"Breathe Me"
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Single by Sia
from the album Colour the Small One
B-side "Sea Shells"
Released19 April 2004
Length4:32
Label
Songwriters
Producer Jimmy Hogarth
Sia singles chronology
"Don't Bring Me Down"
(2003)		"Breathe Me"
(2004)		"Somersault"
(2004)
Music video
"Breathe Me" on YouTube

"Breathe Me" is a song by Australian singer Sia. Released on 19 April 2004, it featured on her third studio album Colour the Small One . The song became popular on alternative radio and has been used in many different forms of media, most notably in the series finale of Six Feet Under in 2005 and the television film Cyberbully in 2011.

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Critical reception

Rolling Stone called the song "delicate and haunting". [1] The song has received increasingly positive reviews in years since its release, being described as "beautiful and moving." [2]

Chart performance and sales

In the United Kingdom, "Breathe Me" peaked at number 71 on 1 May 2004. [3] In the United States, the song charted at number 24 on 27 March 2010 on the Rock Digital Songs, a component chart on the Billboard magazine. [4] "Breathe Me" also reached number 19 in Denmark in 2011 and number 81 in France in 2012. [5] [6]

As a single it had sold over 1.2 million copies in the United States by 2014. [7]

Music video

The official music video was directed by Daniel Askill. It was shot over three days in a themed hotel in London and it is constructed with over 2,500 individual polaroid stills. [8]

Track listings

  1. "Breathe Me" – 4:32
  2. "Sea Shells" – 4:52
  1. "Breathe Me" – 4:34
  2. "Breathe Me (Four Tet remix)" – 5:01
  3. "Breathe Me (Ulrich Schnauss remix)" – 4:57
  4. "Breathe Me (Mylo remix)" – 6:22
  5. "Breathe Me (Mr. Dan remix)" – 4:38
  1. A: "Breathe Me (Four Tet remix)" – 5:01
  2. B: "Where I Belong (Hot Chip remix)" – 5:03
  1. A: "Breathe Me (Ulrich Schnauss remix)" – 4:57
  2. B: "Numb (Leila remix)" – 4:14
  1. A1 "Breathe Me (Mylo remix)" – 6:22
  2. A2 "Breathe Me (Ulrich Schnauss remix)" – 4:57
  3. B1 "Breathe Me (Four Tet remix)" – 5:01
  4. B2 "Breathe Me (Mr. Dan remix)" – 4:38

Charts

Chart (2004–2014)Peak
position
Denmark (Tracklisten) [5] 19
France (SNEP) [6] 81
UK Singles (OCC) [3] 71
US Rock Digital Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 24

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [10] Gold45,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [11] Platinum30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [12] Platinum600,000‡
United States—1,200,000 [13]

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
Canada19 April 2004 CD single (part 1) Go! Beat [14]
CD single (part 2) [15]
GermanyCD single (part 1)Go! Beat [16]
CD single (part 2) [17]
Vinyl single [18]
United Kingdom 12" [19]
United States20 April 2004CD single (part 1)Go! Beat [20]
3 January 2006 Digital download Astralwerks [21]

References

  1. ↑ Walters, Barry (12 January 2006). "Sia: Colour the Small One : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on 5 May 2009.
  2. ↑ "Sia's "Breathe Me": An analysis of one of my favorite songs". PianoTV.net. 26 September 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Sia". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Sia – Chart history". Billboard . Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Sia – Breathe Me". Tracklisten. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Sia – Breathe Me" (in French). Le classement de singles. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  7. ↑ Knopper, Steve (20 April 2014). "Sia Furler, the Socially Phobic Pop Star". The New York Times . Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "Breathe Me music video". Collider . Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  9. 1 2 "Breathe Me Release".
  10. ↑ "Danish single certifications – Breathe Me". IFPI Danmark . Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "New Zealand single certifications – Sia – Breathe Me". Radioscope. Retrieved 7 September 2025.Type Breathe Me in the "Search:" field.
  12. ↑ "British single certifications – Breathe Me". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  13. ↑ Knopper, Steve (20 April 2014). "Sia Furler, the Socially Phobic Pop Star". The New York Times . Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  14. ↑ "Breathe Me Pt. 1: CD". Amazon.ca. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  15. ↑ "Breathe Me Pt. 2: CD". Amazon.ca. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  16. ↑ "Breathe Me: CD" (in German). Amazon.de. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  17. ↑ "Breathe Me: CD" (in German). Amazon.de. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  18. ↑ "Breathe Me: Vinyl" (in German). Amazon.de. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  19. ↑ "Breathe Me: 12" Vinyl". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  20. ↑ "Breathe Me: CD". Amazon. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  21. ↑ "Breathe Me – Single". iTunes (US). Archived from the original on 3 March 2015.
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