| Just Breathe | |
| Cover: | justbreatheinspace.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Pearl Jam |
| Album: | Backspacer |
| A-Side: | Got Some |
| Released: | October 31, 2009 |
| Recorded: | 2009 |
| Genre: | Folk rock |
| Length: | 3:34 |
| Label: | Monkeywrench |
| Producer: | Brendan O'Brien |
| Prev Title: | The Fixer |
| Prev Year: | 2009 |
| Got Some | |
| Title2: | Just Breathe |
| Next Title: | Amongst the Waves |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
"Just Breathe" is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam. "Just Breathe" was released on October 31, 2009, as the second single from the band's ninth studio album, Backspacer (2009). The song was triggered by a chord from "Tuolumne", an instrumental from Eddie Vedder's soundtrack for the 2007 film Into the Wild.[1]
It peaked at number six on Billboards Alternative Airplay chart, where it was the band's highest-charting follow-up single since "Wishlist" in 1998.[2] It fared even better on the magazine's Adult Alternative Airplay chart, spending 13 weeks at number one;[3] in February 2021, for the chart's 25th anniversary, Billboard would rank the song at number 14 on its list of the 100 most successful songs in the chart's history.[4] [5] While it only reached number 78 on the Billboard Hot 100, it was a number-one hit in Poland, a top ten hit in Portugal and a top 20 hit in the Netherlands.
On January 22, 2014, "Just Breathe" was certified platinum in digital sales by the RIAA.[6] It is the band's first platinum-certified song.
The song has been featured in several TV shows and movies, including Kodachrome, Castle, One Tree Hill, Brothers & Sisters, Life as We Know It, The Blacklist, The Night Shift and iZombie in addition to the documentaries Buck and Gleason.
All lyrics written by Eddie Vedder.
Willie Nelson released his version of the song on the 2012 album Heroes, as well as a promotional single.
Jennifer Warnes released her version of the song on the 2018 album Another Time, Another Place.
Miley Cyrus released a version of the song on YouTube in 2020.
Dave Matthews covered Just Breathe on September 2, 2023, at his band's show at the Gorge Amphitheater, in tribute to Jimmy Buffett and other friends who “breathed their last this week”. He continued to play the song during the band's 2023 fall tour and into their 2024 summer tour.