Breathe Gentle

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"Breathe Gentle"
Breathe Gentle.jpg
Single by Tiziano Ferro featuring Kelly Rowland
from the album Alla mia età
B-side "Indietro"
ReleasedFebruary 20, 2009
Genre Pop, R&B
Length3:42
Label EMI
Songwriter(s) Tiziano Ferro, Ivano Fossati, Billy Mann
Producer(s) Michele Canova Iorfida
Tiziano Ferro singles chronology
"Il regalo più grande"
(2009)
"Breathe Gentle"
(2009)
"Il sole esiste per tutti"
(2009)
Kelly Rowland singles chronology
"No Future in the Past"
(2008)
"Breathe Gentle"
(2009)
"When Love Takes Over"
(2009)
Music video
"Breathe Gentle" on YouTube

"Breathe Gentle" is a duet by Italian singer Tiziano Ferro and American singer Kelly Rowland.

Contents

It was written and composed by Ferro, Ivano Fossati and Billy Mann for Ferro's fourth studio album, Alla mia età (2008), and released as the album's third single in February 2009 (see 2009 in music) throughout Europe.

The song reached #1 on the Italian Airplay Charts and #9 on the Dutch Top 40. [1]

In Italy "Indietro" was released, the Italian version of "Breathe Gentle".

Music video

The music video for the song was shot at Lake Garda, directed by Gaetano Morbioli and its content is similar to that of James Bond movies. In the video, Ferro and Rowland are two thieves living a dangerous love story. In the end, they are close to getting caught by the police after a heist apparently staged to steal a valuable diamond, but they manage to fly away together successfully in a helicopter.

Formats and track listings

Digital single

  1. "Breathe Gentle" (album version) – 3:41
  2. "Indietro" (Live @ Rolling Stone) – 3:45

EP album

  1. "Breathe Gentle" (album version) – 3:41
  2. "Alla mia età" (acoustic remix) – 3:28
  3. "Breathe Gentle" (Tiziano's audio comment) – 1:42

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2009)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia) [2] 13
CIS (Tophit) [3] 184
Italy (FIMI) [4] 2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [5] 9
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [6] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (2009)Position
Italy (FIMI) [7] 13
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [8] 60

Certifications

RegionProviderCertification(s) Sales
Italy FIMI Platinum [9] 70,000

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