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| Single by the Prodigy | ||||
| from the album The Fat of the Land | ||||
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| Released | 11 November 1996 | |||
| Studio | Earthbound (Braintree, Essex, England) | |||
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| Label | XL | |||
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| Producer(s) | Liam Howlett | |||
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| "Breathe" on YouTube | ||||
"Breathe" is a song by English electronic dance music band the Prodigy, released in November 1996 by XL Recordings as the second single from their third album, The Fat of the Land (1997). It was written by band members Liam Howlett, Keith Flint and Maxim Reality, featuring a drum break from the song "Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed" by Thin Lizzy. The whiplashing sword sound effect is a sample of "Da Mystery of Chessboxin" by Wu-Tang Clan. As with "Firestarter", Jim Davies played the guitar in the song. "Breathe" became the group's second consecutive number-one in the United Kingdom and also topped the charts in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Norway, and Sweden. Its music video was directed by Walter Stern, depicting the band in an abandoned, decrepit apartment building. Melody Maker ranked "Breathe" number 29 in their list of the best singles of 1996,[4] and Q Magazine featured it in their "1001 Best Songs Ever" in 2003.[5]
- ^ "Keith Flint of The Prodigy Was the Face and Voice of America's '90s Electronic Boom". www.billboard.com.
- ^ "The Prodigy Rework 'Breathe' with Rza for 'Fast and Furious 9' Soundtrack". Loudwire.
- ^ "Q&A: The Prodigy Look Back on the Most Aggressive Career in Electronic History". 27 April 2015. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ "Singles Of The Year". Melody Maker. 21 December 1996. p. 68. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ "Q – 1001 best songs ever (2003)".