I Breathe

"I Breathe"
Single by Vacuum
from the album The Plutonium Cathedral
Released	1996
Length	4:37 (album edit) 3:55 (radio edit)
Label	Stockholm
Songwriter(s)	Alexander Bard, Anders Wollbeck
Producer(s)	Alexander Bard, Anders Wollbeck, Anders Hansson, Jacob Schulze
Vacuum singles chronology
"I Breathe" (1996) "Science of the Sacred" (1997)

"I Breathe" is a song by Swedish pop band Vacuum. The track was written by Alexander Bard and Anders Wollbeck, who co-produced the song with Anders Hansson and Jacob Schulze. It was released in 1996 as the band's debut single and peaked at number two in Sweden, becoming Vacuum's highest-charting single in their home country as well as their only top-40 hit. ^[1] The song also experienced airplay success in Italy, where it peaked at number four on Music & Media 's Italian airplay chart.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Italy Airplay ( Music & Media ) [2]	4
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [1]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)	Position
Sweden (Topplistan) [3]	54

Chart (1997)	Position
Sweden (Topplistan) [4]	32

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Sweden (GLF) [5]	Gold	15,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Vacuum – I Breathe". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
2. "Major Market Airplay: Italy" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 14, no. 28. 12 July 1997. p. 23.
3. "Årslista Singlar, 1996" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved 27 May 2025.
4. "Årslista Singlar, 1997" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
5. "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2025.