I Just Can't Breathe...

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"I Just Can't Breathe..."
Single by the Brilliant Green
from the album Blackout
B-side "It Really Makes My Day!"
"Tsumetai Hana" (Acoustic Version)
ReleasedAugust 18, 2010 (2010-08-18)
Recorded2010
Genre J-pop
Length13:27
Label Warner Music Japan
Songwriter(s) Tomoko Kawase, Shunsaku Okuda
Producer(s) Shunsaku Okuda
The Brilliant Green singles chronology
"Blue Daisy"
(2010)
"I Just Can't Breathe..."
(2010)
Music video
"I Just Can't Breathe..." on YouTube

"I Just Can't Breathe..." is the Brilliant Green's twentieth single, released on August 18, 2010. It peaked at #33 on the Oricon Singles Chart. [1]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Tomoko Kawase; all music is composed by Shunsaku Okuda

No.TitleLength
1."I Just Can't Breathe..."5:08
2."It Really Makes My Day!"3:57
3."Tsumetai Hana" (Acoustic Version)4:22
Total length:13:27

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References

  1. "I Just Can't Breathe... | the brilliant green". Oricon News (in Japanese). Retrieved March 14, 2023.