Breathing Is E-Zee

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"Breathing Is E-Zee"
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Single by E-Zee Possee featuring Tara Newley
from the album The Bone Dance
Released1991 [1]
Genre
E-Zee Possee featuring Tara Newley singles chronology
"The Sun Machine"
(1990)
"Breathing Is E-Zee"
(1991)
Music video
"Breathing Is E-Zee" on YouTube

Breathing Is E-Zee is a song by English electronic music group E-Zee Possee, featuring the vocals of English writer, broadcaster, and producer Tara Newley. It made #72 on the UK Singles Chart in 1991. [2]

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Critical reception

Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "Featuring soulful vocalist Tara Newley, this modern dance tune breathes the old Stax rhythm 'n blues sound in a Sly & Robbie type of production. The influence of Deee-Lite is e-zee to identify as well. Smoking!" [3]

Charts

Chart (1991)Peak

Position

UK Singles (OCC)72
UK Dance ( Music Week ) [4] 60

Personnel

E-Zee Possee

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References

  1. "E-Zee Possee - Breathing Is E-Zee". Discogs . Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  2. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 175. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  3. "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . 23 November 1991. p. 17. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  4. "Top 60 Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week . 14 September 1991. p. 22. Retrieved 28 September 2020.