"Breathe" is a song by the Canadian

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. Written by

Chad Kroeger Chad Robert Kroeger (, Turton; born November 15, 1974) is a Canadian musician who is best known for being the lead singer, lead guitarist, primary songwriter, and founding member of the rock band Nickelback. In addition to his work with Nic ...

Ryan Peake Ryan Anthony Peake (born March 1, 1973) is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter who is best known as the rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, and backing vocalist of the Canadian rock band Nickelback. He has been with the band since their incepti ...

and

Mike Kroeger Michael Douglas Henry Kroeger (born June 25, 1972), known professionally as Mike Kroeger is a Canadian musician, best known as the bassist and a founding member of the rock band Nickelback. Formed in his hometown of Hanna, Alberta in 1995 with ...

, it was the opening track on the band's second studio album, ''

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'' in 1998. With the album's reissue by

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, "Breathe" was released as the third

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from on November 20, 2000, reaching number 16 on the Canadian Top Rock Songs chart, number 10 on the ''

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chart and number 2 on the US charts.

Background

"Breathe" was written by Nickelback's lead vocalist and guitarist

, the guitarist and backing vocalist

and the bass guitarist

. The song entered the ''

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'' Canadian Top Rock Songs] chart at number 23 on August 7, 2000, and peaked at number 16 on October 2, 2000. The single later entered the US ''

'' Mainstream Rock (chart), Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart at number 32 for the week of August 12, 2000. It remained in the top 40 for a total of 17 weeks, peaking at number 10 for the week of October 21, 2000. The song also reached number 21 on the ''Billboard''

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chart (then known as Hot Modern Rock Tracks) for the week of February 10, 2001, after 15 weeks on the chart since entering at number 38 on November 25, 2000. The song was included on

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's fifth ''

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'' compilation, ''

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'', in November 2000, and on the soundtrack to the film ''

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'' in March 2002.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''The State''. *

–

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, talk-box *

– guitar,

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, production *

–

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, production *Ryan Vikedal –

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, production *Dale Penner – production *

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– mixing *Ken Grant - assistant engineer *Brett Zilahi - mastering engineer *Three Mountain Design –

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*Neil Zlozower –

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Chart positions

References

External links

* {{authority control 1998 songs 2000 singles Nickelback songs Songs written by Chad Kroeger Songs written by Ryan Peake Songs written by Mike Kroeger Roadrunner Records singles