The Air That I Breathe
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| Song by Albert Hammond from the album It Never Rains in Southern California | |
| Released | 1972 |
| Genre | Soft rock |
| Length | 3:40 |
| Label | Mums Records 31905 |
| Writer(s) | Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood |
| Producer(s) | Albert Hammond, Don Altfeld |
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| Single by The Hollies | ||||
| from the album Hollies | ||||
| B-side | "No More Riders" | |||
| Released | UK: January 1974 US: March 1974 |
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| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Length | 4:13 | |||
| Label | UK: Polydor 2058435 US: Epic 5-11100 |
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| Writer(s) | Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood | |||
| Producer(s) | Ron Richards and the Hollies | |||
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"The Air That I Breathe" (Spanish translation: "El aire que respiro") is a ballad written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood, initially recorded by Albert Hammond on his 1972 album It Never Rains in Southern California.
This song was a major hit for The Hollies in early 1974, reaching number two in the United Kingdom. In the summer of 1974, the song reached number six in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number three on the Adult Contemporary chart. In Canada, the song peaked at number five on the RPM Magazine charts. The audio engineering for "The Air That I Breathe" was done by Alan Parsons. It proved to be the Hollies' final charting hit in both the US and UK.
The 1992 Radiohead song "Creep" uses a similar chord progression and shares some melodic content with "The Air That I Breathe". As a result, Hammond and Hazlewood sued Radiohead for plagiarism and won.
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