Breathe Easy

"Breathe Easy"
Single by Blue
from the album Guilty
B-side	"Taste It" "Whatever Happens"
Released	22 March 2004
Format	CD single
Recorded	2003
Genre	Pop rock, soft rock
Length	4:35 (Album version) 3:40 (Radio edit)
Label	Innocent
Writer(s)	Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Michael Larsson & Lee Ryan
Producer(s)	DEEKAY
Blue singles chronology
"Signed, Seals, Delivered I'm Yours" (2003) "Breathe Easy" (2004) "Bubblin'" (2004)

"Breathe Easy" is a song written by Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Michael Larsson and Lee Ryan and released by the British boyband Blue. The song was included on their third studio album, Guilty. It was released as a single on 22 March 2004 in the United Kingdom. An Italian version of the song, entitled "A Chi Mi Dice", was released as a single in Italy, the lyric was written by Tiziano Ferro.^[1] In December 2012, Daniel Evans, A finalist on The X Factor published an acoustic piano driven ballad version on his YouTube channel. This was subsequently released on iTunes as part of "The Covers Collection EP Vol.2"

Track listing

UK CD1

1. "Breathe Easy" (Album Version) - 4:35
2. "Breathe Easy" (Love 4 Music Remix) - 3:30

UK CD2

1. "Breathe Easy" (Album Version) - 4:35
2. "Taste It" (Live From The Tour) - 3:42
3. "Whatever Happens" - 3:45
4. "Breathe Easy" (Video) - 4:30

A Chi Mi Dice

1. "A Chi Mi Dice" - 4:15
2. "Breathe Easy" (Radio Edit) - 3:40
3. "Taste It" (Live From The Tour) - 3:42
4. "Whatever Happens" - 3:45

A Chi Mi Dice Enhanced Single

1. "A Chi Mi Dice" - 4:15
2. "Breathe Easy" (Radio Edit) - 3:40
3. "A Chi Mi Dice" (Video) - 4:15
4. "Breathe Easy" (Video) - 3:42

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart	7
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)	28
Danish Singles Chart	12
Dutch Singles Chart	21
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[2]	10
French Singles Chart	15
German Singles Chart	7
Hungary (Single Top 40)[3]	7
Irish Singles Chart	4
Italian Singles Chart	1
New Zealand Singles Chart	29
Norwegian Singles Chart	12
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[4]	4
Swiss Singles Chart	8
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[5]	4

Reception

The song received mixed reviews from contemporary pop music critics. Tiscali Music's review said of band-member and song co-writer "Lee Ryan proves to be more than just a pretty face with his co-written ballad 'Breathe Easy'", while they wrote about the song "'Breathe Easy' is a hauntingly beautiful track" and "[Blue] are fast becoming one of the biggest bands in Britain and with this majestic song they've just taken another step towards the pop summit".^[6] In an average album review by The Guardian's Betty Clarke, Breathe Easy was described as a "Westlife-ish horror".^[7]

References

1. http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=320764
2. "Hits of the World - Eurochart Hot 100". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 10 April 2004. p. 55. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
3. "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
4. "Archive Chart: 2004-04-03". Scottish Singles Top 40.
5. "Archive Chart: 2004-04-03" UK Singles Chart.
6. "Blue - 'Breathe Easy' review". Tiscali Music. Tiscali. 22 March 2004. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
7. Clarke, Betty (31 October 2003). "Blue: Guilty - Guardian review". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 3 May 2009.