It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing

Single infobox
Name = It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing


Artist = Shania Twain
from Album = Up!
Released = February 9 2004 (Country)
March 22 2004 (AC/HAC)
Format = Digital Single
Recorded = 2002
Genre = Country, Pop
Length = 3:19
Label = Mercury Nashville
Writer = Robert John "Mutt" Lange,
Shania Twain
Producer = Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist = Shania Twain North American
Type = singles
Last single = "She's Not Just a Pretty Face"
(2003)
This single = "It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing"
(2004)
Next single = "Party for Two"
(2004)"It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing" is a song recorded by Canadian singer Shania Twain. It was the fifth and final U.S. country single released from her 2002 album "Up!". The song was written by Mutt Lange and Shania Twain. "It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing" was only released to North American country and AC. There was no commercial single for this song, and no remixes were made either, however a digital download was made available to purchase online of the song recorded live from Chicago. The song originally impacted country on February 9 2004. The song is, as Shania puts it, "the only heartbreak song" off of "Up!". An Indian artist, Dayal Thakar provides backing vocals on the Blue version of the song.

Music video

" as a video only single. The video for "It Only Hurts" is not officially available on any DVD or single, but the performance can be seen on the "Up! Live in Chicago" DVD.

Chart performance

"It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing" debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart the week of February 21 2004 at number 50, the highest debut of the week. The single spent 20 weeks on the chart and climbed to a peak position of number 18 on May 15 2004, where it remained for three weeks. "It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing" became Twain's twenty-first (sixth consecutive) top twenty single. It also peaked at number 71 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and 69 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart.

At adult contemporary radio, "It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing" debuted at number 29, the highest debut of the week, on April 10 2004. The single spent 19 weeks on the chart and climbed to a peak position of number 16 on May 29 2004, where it remained for four non-consecutive weeks. "It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing" became Twain's eighth consecutive top twenty single.

Audio Versions

*Red Album Version (3:19)
*Green Album Version (3:19)
*Blue Album Version (3:39)
*Live from "Up! Live in Chicago" (3:41)

Charts

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