"Second Wind" is a song co-written and recorded by the American

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artist

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. It was released in March 2001 as the third and last single from the album '' Hard Rain Don't Last''. The song reached #20 on the ''

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chart. The song was written by Worley and Steve Leslie.

Background

Musically, this song is somewhat unusual for country music in that the introduction fades in and uses an arrangement and instrumentation, such as

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s. The fade out is similar to the introduction. The body of the song is a more typical country ballad.

Content

The song uses the gentle

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breezes as a

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for overcoming the pain of a break-up. Thus, catching your 'second wind' is both catching a fresh breeze off the Gulf of Mexico and overcoming the adversity of a break-up.

Chart performance

References

2001 singles 2000 songs Darryl Worley songs Songs written by Darryl Worley Song recordings produced by Frank Rogers (record producer) Song recordings produced by James Stroud Music videos directed by Shaun Silva DreamWorks Records singles {{2000s-country-song-stub