"Can't Breathe" is a song by Canadian singer–songwriter Fefe Dobson

Fefe Dobson

Felicia Lily "Fefe" Dobson is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Her self-titled debut album earned her two Juno Award nominations. Her second album, Sunday Love, was not released and she was terminated from her recording company...

 from her second released studio album, Joy

Joy (Fefe Dobson album)

Joy is the second studio album to be released by Canadian singer-songwriter Fefe Dobson, and third studio album to be recorded. It was released on November 22, 2010 after taking almost four years to complete. It candidly follows Dobson's evolution as an artist as well as transition from the indie...

which features a guitar solo from Orianthi

Orianthi

Orianthi Panagaris , better known simply as Orianthi, is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter and guitarist. She is perhaps best known for being Michael Jackson's lead guitarist for his ill-fated This Is It concert series. Her debut single "According to You" has peaked at No. 3 in Japan, No. 8...

. Dobson has reported that she originally wrote the song for British singer Leona Lewis

Leona Lewis

Leona Louise Lewis is a British singer and songwriter. Lewis first came to prominence in 2006 when she won the third series of the British television series The X Factor....

, but decided to record it for herself. It was produced by Bob Ezrin

Bob Ezrin

Robert Alan "Bob" Ezrin is a Canadian music producer and keyboardist, known for his work with artists including Alice Cooper, Kiss and Pink Floyd. He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2004.-Biography:...

 and Tommy Henriksen

Tommy Henriksen

Tommy Henriksen is an American singer-songwriter from Port Jefferson, New York.Henriksen first moved to Los Angeles to start his music career in 1991. He did tech work for Alice Cooper before beginning performance work with Keith Forsey on a full-length solo album...

, and co-written by Dobson and Thomas "Tawgs" Salter. Dobson has reported on her Twitter

Twitter

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 that the song has been sent to radio.

Personnel

• Songwriting
  Songwriter
  A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
  
   – F. Dobson, B. Ezrin, T. “Tawgs” Salter, T. Henriksen
• Production
  Record producer
  A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
  
   – Bob Ezrin, Tommy Henriksen
• Mixing
  Audio mixing (recorded music)
  In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
  
   – Serban Ghenea
• Mix engineer
  Audio engineering
  An audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...
  
  – John Hanes (Assisted by Tim Roberts)
• Programming,Keyboards,Strings,Bass and electric guitars: Tommy Henriksen
• Keyboards and additional pro- gramming: Bob Ezrin, Thomas “Tawgs” Salter and Tim Lauer
• Lead guitar: Steve Hunter
• Guitar solo: Orianthi
• Backing vocals: Vicki Hampton and Fefe Dobson

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Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Canadian Hot 100	19