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Breathless (The Corrs song)

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"Breathless"
Song
B-side"Head in the Air",
"Judy"

"Breathless" is a single by Irish folk/pop/rock group The Corrs, released in 2000, taken from their third studio album In Blue.

"Breathless" was co-written and produced by Shania Twain's producer and then-husband, Robert John "Mutt" Lange. The song scaled the charts all over the world, including hitting number 1 in Ireland, France and the UK -- their only British chart-topper to date. It also went top ten in Australia and #34 in the United States in March 2001, giving the Corrs their only US Top 40 hit. The single was the 33rd biggest-selling in the UK in 2000. It was also featured in the opening scene of the film The Wedding Date, starring Debra Messing; it plays in the background while Messing's character races around her New York City apartment, trying to prepare to catch a plane.

In 2001 the song was nominated for a Grammy Award for best pop performance by a duo or group.

Track listing

  1. "Breathless" (Album Version)
  2. "Head in the Air" (Non-album track)
  3. "Judy" (Non-album track)

"Judy" was not included on the US release.


Video

The first original, and fabulously "breathless" live video shows the Corrs indoors in a small venue (*location sought*). While the quality of the video is low, it highlights the budding Andrea leading the Corrs in the most memorable rendition ever performed of the sexy suggestive song.

The "official" video released for the track shows the Corrs at an outdoor concert at a small airstrip with a hanger in the middle of the desert. They arrive in a Douglas DC-3 airplane (the registration N26MA is clearly visible on the side) and perform the song for an audience of bikers before the final shot shows the DC-3 leaving.

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[1] 7
Austria Top 40[2] 10
Belgium Singles Top 50 (Flanders)[3] 17
Belgium Singles Top 50 (Wallonie)[4] 22
Canadian Adult Contemporary[5] 38
French Singles Chart[6] 26
German Singles Chart[7] 19
Irish Singles Chart[8] 3
Italian Singles Chart[9] 2
Netherlands Mega Single Top 100[10] 17
New Zealand Singles Chart[11] 3
Spanish Singles Chart 1
Swedish Singles Chart[12] 5
Swiss Singles Chart[13] 15
UK Singles Chart[14] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[15] 34
U.S. Adult Contemporary[15] 14
U.S. Adult Top 40[15] 7
U.S. Top 40 Adult Recurrents[15] 3
U.S. Top 40 Mainstream[15] 22
U.S. Top 40 Tracks[15] 20

Certifications

Country Certification Sales/shipments
Australia Platinum[16] 70,000+
United Kingdom Silver[16] 200,000+

References

Preceded by UK Singles Chart number-one single
9 July 2000 - 16 July 2000
Succeeded by