Breathe Me

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"Breathe Me"
Breathe Me.jpg
Single by Sia
from the album Colour the Small One
B-side "Sea Shells"
Released19 April 2004
Recorded2003
Studio Heliocentric Studios (Rye, England)
Genre Indie pop
Length4:32
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Jimmy Hogarth
Sia singles chronology
"Don't Bring Me Down"
(2003)		"Breathe Me"
(2004)		"Somersault"
(2004)

"Breathe Me" is a 2004 single by Australian singer Sia featured on the album Colour the Small One. The single has sold over 1.2 million copies in the United States. [1] 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.

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Critical reception

Rolling Stone called the song "delicate and haunting". [2] The song has received increasingly positive reviews in years since its release, being described as "beautiful and moving." [3]

Chart performance

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

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Canada19 April 2004 CD single (part 1) [13] Go! Beat
CD single (part 2) [14]
GermanyCD single (part 1) [15] Go! Beat
CD single (part 2) [16]
Vinyl single [17]
United Kingdom 12" [18]
United States20 April 2004CD single (part 1) [19] Go! Beat
3 January 2006 Digital download [20] Astralwerks

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  11. ↑ "British single certifications – Breathe Me". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 3 March 2021.
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  13. ↑ "Breathe Me Pt. 1: CD". Amazon.ca. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  14. ↑ "Breathe Me Pt. 2: CD". Amazon.ca. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
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  16. ↑ "Breathe Me: CD" (in German). Amazon.de. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  17. ↑ "Breathe Me: Vinyl" (in German). Amazon.de. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  18. ↑ "Breathe Me: 12" Vinyl". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
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