"Breathe Easy" is a song written by Lars Halvor Jensen

Lars Halvor Jensen

Lars Halvor Jensen is a Danish record producer and songwriter. He has achieved success in many genres of music, particularly pop, rock and R&B and he is the co-founder of DEEKAY Music, a production and publishing company with studios in both Copenhagen, Denmark and Los Angeles, California...

, Martin Michael Larsson and Lee Ryan

Lee Ryan

Lee Ryan is an English singer-songwriter, actor and member of the British boy band Blue.-Early life:...

 and released by the British boyband Blue

Blue (boy band)

Blue are an English pop vocal group, whose members are Simon Webbe, Lee Ryan, Duncan James and Antony Costa. Blue originally formed in 2001 before splitting in 2005. In 2009, it was confirmed that the band would reform. In April 2009, the group reunited and a Best of Blue Tour was announced...

. The song was included on their third studio album, Guilty

Guilty (Blue album)

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. It was released as a single on 22 March 2004 in both the United Kingdom

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 and the United States

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. 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

Tiziano Ferro

Tiziano Ferro is an Italian pop singer. He reached notoriety in 2001 and during his career he has also sung in Spanish, English, French and Portuguese.-Childhood and early beginnings:...

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Tracklisting

UK CD1

1. "Breathe Easy" (Album Version) - 4:15
2. "Breathe Easy" (Love 4 Music Remix) - 3:30

UK CD2

1. "Breathe Easy" (Album Version) - 4:15
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" (Album Edit) - 3:42
3. "Taste It" (Live From The Tour) - 3:42
4. "Whatever Happens" - 3:45

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart	7
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)	28
Danish Singles Chart	12
Dutch Singles Chart	21
French Singles Chart	15
German Singles Chart	7
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	4
Italian Singles Chart	1
New Zealand Singles Chart	29
Norwegian Singles Chart	12
Swiss Singles Chart	8
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Reception

The song received mixed reviews from contemporary pop music critics. Tiscali

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 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". In an average album review by The Guardian

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's Betty Clarke, Breathe Easy was described as a "Westlife

Westlife

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-ish horror".