Melissa Etheridge - Breathe

Music video by Melissa Etheridge performing Breathe. (C) 2003 The Island Def Jam Music Group

[@the_crafty1764]

I sat on a couch as a member of Greenwheel wrote this song about my sister. Amazing!

[@seanthomas2083]

Really? What’s your proof?

[@tippngthevelvet]

Beautiful performance by Melissa of an extraordinary song written by all the members of the band, GREENWHEEL. Filmed at TWO separate football grounds, and yes, Coach Atkins is still alive. Perhaps this time we could all love one another, or at least co-exist peacefully?

[@goobytron2888]

I never knew it was a cover song. It’s always been a song I heard in passing, on the radio or whatever. I like the Greenwheel version a lot. Great cover great song. I guess I have some Greenwheel to discover now.

[@staceycarbary9871]

God....i just love this woman. Her music helped shape me growing up. Pure poetry

[@Stankervision]

Lol she didn’t even write this song….

[@matthewscott5450]

Who is that other jerk? Miss Matthew here. Melissa made it I bought this CD when it came out in a rural South Wal-Mart. She helped me finally strap on my guitar on stage. I said Oh crap. What did I do? Walking off stage to applause is what I did. Throwing you a 🌹

[@nhaff13]

agreed!! i got brave and crazy at like 21/22 and still listen every morning almost 30 years later. she is epic.

[@terra4308]

This song yo. I still remember at age 15 or something (budding young woman) listening to it. You can hear the pain in her voice. Beautiful.

[@kimberlycalton6582]

awesome song, awesome video, my husband is in this video. my husband is one of the football players lefting coach adkins up after there winning a state championship 93

[@jasondelombarde4406]

Who wanted be video with her she so beantiful!@!!!

[@LightandDark00]

kimberly calton which one is your husband?

[@primate4]

kimberly calton Very cool and moving song/video!!!!

[@slra3904]

I was at this game! This was my high school!!

[@Andismommy2022]

It's been 2 years since my sister passed away. This is one of the songs that reminds me of her. I love you, Debra. Forever in my heart. 7/19/1987-1/6/2019.

[@diemlercj]

This is MY high school - Jefferson City, MO - Jefferson City High School home of the Jefferson City Jays and Coach Pete Adkins

[@dinodogstar]

Can i ask? . .. .Why did she choose this location and that coach to sort of be the visual reference? ....... I'm in and from St. Louis, btw. Thank you and stay strong.

[@carolynnichols3476]

@@dinodogstar Pete was the most winning coach this country has seen!!! He was a mighty Jay Bird!!

[@slra3904]

Mine too! I was at that State Championship game my senior year. I knew the boys lifting him on their shoulders. SO cool!

[@zigertube]

The first time I heard this song was the day I had to have my dog put down. "It only hurts when I breathe" very accurately described my day.

[@aliciacoburg155]

such an underrated song, I love it.

[@kevinbouquet4480]

Yup but I prefer the Greenwheel version, the original one in fact. :)

[@bradintheuniverse]

I like this one better because Greenwheel is too screamo.

[@ec5582]

Kevin Bouquet Melissa’s version way better and made it a hit. No one knows the other version. It’s ok

[@joeystaley3181]

@@ec5582, allow me to translate "no one" = anyone who has a level of knowledge and appreciation of music that enables them to listen to artists outside the mainstream. You're welcome.

[@ec5582]

Stunt Devil I’m sure somewhere in there you meant to make sense . When Melissa started she was far from mainstream. Her talent made it that way

[@henryhung8895]

I played the fool today And I just dream of vanishing into the crowd Longing for home again But home is a feeling I buried in you I'm all right, I'm all right It only hurts when I breathe I can't ask for things to be still again I can't ask if I could walk through the world in your eyes Longing for home again But home is a feeling I buried in you I'm all right, I'm all right It only hurts when I breathe I'm all right, I'm all right It only hurts when I breathe My window through which nothing hides And everything sings 'Cause I'm counting the signs Cursing the miles in between Home is a feeling I buried in you I'm all right, I'm all right It only hurts when I breathe

[@RHVideoProd]

The legacy still lives on and it is a pleasure to see Mr. and Mrs. Adkins at the football games.

[@KitTaylorMusic]

This women will forever inspire me 🌈💞

[@davidpietarila699]

This song makes me reflect on the unbearable pain we volunteer for when we fall in love, get married, and build a life together. I love my wife more than words can describe, and in the 25 years we’ve been together that love has become more than emotional, more than physical, and even more than spiritual. Losing her is the ONLY thing I truly fear, and I know that that loss would destroy me in ways that could never be healed. And yet I accept that in order to embrace her.

[@JymBrittain]

Melissa Etheridge friggin brings it!

[@walshnormandy1605]

always. it's not popular to be a masculine, straight man and love her, or even SAY you like her...but IDGAF! she rocks and despite me loving Rage Against The Machine, Rush, Incubus, Chevelle, and groups like that, I've seen M.E. more than any of them. :)

[@connorennis5164]

A great song for Melissa her to redo! Never thought I’d hear this Greenwheel song by someone else. She kills it!

[@hlw711able]

This song helped me through much grief. It only hurt when I breathed. I hope you get back to performing it more frequently Melissa.

[@cynrb1955]

JCHS Class of '74!!!

[@geraldrhodes5948]

'76 here

[@gregorycharlton9016]

BOOM- just stellar.

[@specks1983]

I graduated in 2002 from JC, It also gives me pride that i was able to go to a school that had such an amazing football coach and team!

[@dreamitanyway]

I loved listening to this song as I drove and worked through Missouri.

[@hayleyluvr]

JC! AWH YEA! GO JAYS! sorry, gotta show some hometown support

[@freedom4mealways]

Two decades ago country legend Melissa Ethridge released this inspiring song. People still listen to this tune to get an emotional uplift.

[@JeremyM_79]

She's not a country singer.

[@freedom4mealways]

@@JeremyM_79 It sounded country to me. If I am mistaken, I stand corrected!

[@GEOFFAMORTON]

It's got a rootsy vibe, so I could understand your confusion. When she arrived on the scene in 88, she was actually lauded as a femal Bruce Springsteen. She's since forged her own identity and is now simply Melissa Etheridge.

[@ian1eh944]

Fantastic track! She's great, and the production, and players on this album are fantastic!

[@GeekingoutwithMellyMel]

I absolutely love Greenwheel!! I had no idea Melissa Etheridge did a cover of their song Breathe so I had to come check it out! Greenwheel did a killer job with their original version but Melissa did a really good job too! :)

[@gbkw83]

Thanks for doing a video at JCHS and Pete Adkins! I went to this school and graduated from there in 2001. I will always be Jaybird. Thanks Melissa! Great song! Brings back memories.

[@bbtrixie]

Home is a feeling I buried in you......

[@jackie3445]

Class of 87 here!!! Mighty Jaybird for life!

[@TheShortOne410]

God I love this woman!

[@lorrieross6343]

Wilmary Gonzalez ME TOO. I'D BE A LESBIAN FOR A DAY IF SHE KNOCKS ON MY DOOR

[@susandarnell4524]

I believe I would be too....lol

[@davebeck7259]

He isn't a player, he is the coach of the team with the longest winning streak in Missouri HS football history.

[@JodysJourney]

My high school - JC Jays! Class of ‘81. 😊❤️

[@dermatlmann]

she's so so pretty with long hair!!!

[@christophersorick4929]

2004...an absolutely amazing year! I was 23! Most wonderful time in my life. This song takes me right back!

[@freecheese4143]

I just saw an interview w Etheridge about her chemo and medication. I am so much more impressed with her in a positive way after hearing her speak. I have heard her music for years. I appreciate her much more now. Never knew she had kids. Look so happy.... and beautiful family, beautiful kids, together in the photos I saw.

[@grangrel72]

This video was filmed in my hometown where I still live. I graduated from that high school and the older guy in the video was our coach.

[@amandadollrey3479]

I'm grieving my marriage and hear this song in my head. She explains it so well. This is what it feels like. He was my home. I stop hurting for brief moments and they pass soo quickly and the pain envelopes and chokes me. I don't wanna be here anymore.

[@dreamitanyway]

Hang in there

[@Newscat46]

That was filmed at Adkins stadium, Jefferson City, MO. Jefferson City High School. I should know because-that's my high school and Coach Adkins has been a family friend for over 45 years.

[@smpicker50]

I played this song on repeat when my mom passed away. It fit perfectly. Thanks for helping a little Melissa! Much love! 💔💞

[@Newscat46]

Of course. Saved forever. Class of 1974

[@rachelsimpson4058]

Graduated in 2006 from JC, I never like high school but this song is awesome and it gives me pride that i was able to go to a school that had such an amazing football coach and team!

[@nicholasngsingkwong8947]

hope is a feeling I buried in you

[@stephanie3848]

This brings me back to spring 2004. Age 22 I remember hearing it in the bookstore at my college. "Home...is a feeling I buried in you.." I was thinking of a relationship that ended the year before

[@samanthastanton1192]

I dedicate this video to my father. i hope he got a chance to hear it in his life. he was a sports guy & would have loved this video.It also describes how he felt most of the time. "It only hurts when I breathe." All he ever wanted was a home & I don't think he ever truly found it. he buried it somewhere and never really found it. Every lyric is like a biography of his life.

[@laurasgibson408]

so beautiful amazing love for music 🎶🏆🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@gypsyjezebel1651]

I'm all right, I'm all right It only hurts when I breathe....💙

[@laefhume8456]

I wish she would have actually visit Jeff City and realised what an amazing football program that is.

[@lokialutt3445]

I'm going through a break up and this song makes me cry so hard.

[@nicholepastor9041]

Melissa, ur music has helped me so much though life, ur one of my idols and thanks for the music to help me get though the tough times, this song I came about when I was so sad when my grandfather died and it does hurt when I breathe cause of the memorys of him!!

[@nickynice711]

Melissa owes a huge debt to Greenwheel, but this is an excellent heartfelt cover with true dedication to the words and music.

[@LenaLiar]

He's not a player, he's a Coach. Looks like he dedicated his entire life to it too, and he's hurting because its gone. This huge part of him ripped away because he was getting to old. And just because its not a huge problem doesn't mean it can't be sad or beautiful. Idk, thats the way i interpreted it. And i think it did a great job capturing the feeling of the song.

[@gregandcherie]

Awesome....share this with friends............ this song deserves a million views!!

[@christina9089]

Alwys remember....this is not HER song...this is a cover of a GREENWHEEL song. They should ALWAYS get the credit for this great song.

[@mandih2636]

I didn't know this.. crazy, it fits her situation so well

[@cryptolio5273]

I just made a comment about this lol..I worked with the guy at TRUE manufacturing that actually wrote the song. He will forever get a check for $1200/month for royalties for this if it helps....that was almost 10 years ago he told me that...he wanted to be a music producer at the time instead of an actual artist...he said the money was in producing..I guess artists don't make anything

[@alissaeversole7144]

Christina thank you!!! Soma Holiday is a wonderful album, & the original version of this song is so much better

[@christina9089]

@@alissaeversole7144 yea! Awesome album! I miss this band!

[@Boro6677]

exactly ! and my God, i was looking for this song for 7 years ! forgot her name and also forgot original band , but at last i found it

[@tamichambers7690]

Wow! I agree....ignored! Love it...hits home!

[@warrentaylor8370]

Can't get enough of her music

[@gravelandgrain100]

Jeff City Jays-i went to school up the road in Fulton, Missouri. We were basketball champs-the Jays were football champs. I will likely never return home-i hated it there.

[@nickcastrellon909]

I've been in love with Mel's music since I was a teenager. This is my fave tune. I love playing it, I love to sing it even though it's way out of my vocal range. It hits hard, almost like I get out my aggressions and stress of the day with I sing this song.

[@dontmakemeslapyouinthethro3005]

They say you can't go home again. In this, it's true. My mom passed in 2007. My dad in 2013. A large part of me went with them. Life's never been the same. Home was buried with them.

[@jeffhowser6270]

I grew up right next to what is now Adkins Stadium. The whole neighborhood was destroyed by a tornado in May 2019, Mom's house stood, but was later sold. Pretty cool that my childhood home is immortalized in this video and was on MTV. Never made Cribs, though.

[@suelypierotti7148]

Forever Melissa! No one can’t sing like her. I love her ❤️

[@kayleann3021]

She's so talented. Love her emotion and how she sings this song! She rocks!

[@gravelandgrain100]

I went to school up the road on Hwy 54. Still got my sting.=) One thing about us from the Midwest, we may take different paths-we ALWAYS remember where we came from.

[@rskeet2002]

This is one of my favorite song Breathe.

[@noel2374]

This was filmed at my HS. Got me in trouble with my teacher, kept me out longer from my restroom run, longer than necessary. :/

[@CHRISTINA-v1b]

Das ist ein wunderschönes Lied...Gott gibt uns so viel aber er/(sie alle)sind auch sehr hart zu uns....Kriege sind auch immer noch Realität 😢, ich bete das wir alle irgendwann mal in Frieden miteinander leben werden und das ich meinen verstorbenen Freund im Jenseits wieder sehen darf. Ich weiß ich hatte nicht auf mein Herz gehört und Pauli verloren. Aber ich bin für jeden Moment mit Pauli mehr als dankbar

[@pcjockey]

No one is like Melissa. Simply the best.❤️

[@nhaff13]

ME can do no wrong. such an underrated talent in every single way across decades.... thank you MELISSA!!!

[@themoley91]

I've found this one of the most heartbreaking songs ever since it came out when I was 13. And I know the original too, but this one just sounds so much more pain-filled.

[@ScottMatthew-rd1di]

I remember when she won it Love you 💞

[@tonyaolsen8419]

This beautiful song should be the 2020 anthem

[@silvinaperezapreda5242]

Once you start listening to Melissa you'll never stop

[@punke10791]

Cool! The field that Melissa is singing in is my former high school's football field. Cleveland! :)

[@wendybleu2234]

ABSOLUTELY I LOVE THIS SONG

[@tracym8985]

GREAT TUNE...

[@johnmel9456]

Superb song writing...

[@SVTL4799]

Very fitting of Melissa Etheridge to cover Greenwheel’s song “Breathe.” Greenwheel was a band from St. Charles, MO and Melissa Etheridge was born in Leavenworth, Kansas….. not to far away!

[@futureLFCnumber9]

Anybody else from Jeff City listening to this amazing song and watching this amazing video?

[@brendalondon6707]

This how I have felt for the last 9 months. Injury made me lay my racket down. Then my man died unexpectedly. Then my dog died and several dear friends.

[@tacosnek899]

I love greenwheel and met Ryan and Brandon and co multiple times but I still appreciate this song too. Good ol days

[@stevemcdonald296]

AWESOME I LOVE MELISSA

[@SpeakTruer]

It fits the loss of her father so well. I think He was her rock. He drove her to gigs before she was even old enough to drive herself. SpeakTruer

[@maryjanehuddleston8722]

I love Melissa Etheridge she is the best!!!!

[@a31471]

Love this song so much..

[@stephanieroberts1394]

Always enjoy listening to Melissa. Her songs evoke such feeling.

[@reginastumbo7750]

Really tells it like it is

[@pauliobro]

Love Melissa E!

[@SuperLovebug8]

She is just incredible!!!!!!! Beautiful voice and so damn talented

[@Andismommy2022]

January 6th will mark one year since I lost my best friend/sister. This song reminds me of her. Every day hurts without her here. I try very hard to move forward. I love you and miss you every day.

[@bassskirtgirl]

So beautiful.

[@jeffstewart7406]

Thank you for reminding me

[@andresaimar2010]

i agree...i am also a coach/player and i stumbled across this song..the content of the video really pulled me in. I heard both versions i liked them equally. Its embarrassingly accurate in terms of my life....i was blown away by that i know that probably sounds silly to most lol..by embarrassing i meant that its not everyday you see a video and a song literally portraying your deepest feelings so accurately and in context

[@graedot]

This song got me through some rough nights of a divorce. Thanks, Melissa!!

[@deeliciousplum]

This raises a zillion goosebumps!!! Thanks for sharing this.

[@tsiokosd]

nice version... just love the original

[@williamsalvaggio4621]

Very Powerful thank you ME 👍💜💜

[@chriscandy4515]

An alternative band called greenwheel out of St Louis Missouri recorded this song, before she did the band name is was called Greenwheel !

[@detomasopantera1966]

Love this song...and the voice omg!!!💙💙💙

[@maryanderson611]

2021 Happy New Year.

[@pillphil357]

Love this video featuring Coach Adkins

[@KraftyKat]

#LoveThisTune #LoveMelissaEthridge Alwyays knows what to sing..when to sing it...when we need to #HearThis she sing it awesome She's been a damn gr8 artist

[@beardedasianguy1]

it was a very emotional video for me to watch

[@nicholepastor8620]

This song reminds off my grandfather that passed away after he died everything changed

[@ParArdua]

Love one another? You're dreaming, but your heart's in the right place.