"Take My Breath Away" is a song by English singer-songwriter

Emma Bunton Emma Lee Bunton (born 21 January 1976) is an English singer, songwriter, actress, and media personality. She rose to fame in the 1990s as a member of the girl group Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Baby Spice. With over 100 million recor ...

. Written by Bunton,

Steve Mac Steve McCutcheon (born 15 January 1972), known professionally as Steve Mac, is a British record producer, songwriter and musician. A multi-award-winning producer, he is one of the most prolific songwriters and record producers in modern British ...

, and

Wayne Hector Wayne Anthony Hector is a British songwriter who is best known for his work with pop artists such as Nicki Minaj, One Direction, the Wanted, Toše Proeski and Olly Murs. He co-wrote seven of Westlife's number one singles, including "World of O ...

, it was released on 27 August 2001 in the United Kingdom as the second

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from Bunton's debut solo album, '' A Girl Like Me'' (2001). The single debuted and peaked at number five on the

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. The accompanying

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was shot in

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, Italy, and was directed by Greg Masuak.

Track listings

UK CD and cassette single # "Take My Breath Away" – 3:38 # "Close Encounter" – 3:32 # "Take My Breath Away" – 3:36 European CD single # "Take My Breath Away" – 3:38 # "Close Encounter" – 3:32 UK DVD single # Emma introduces her new video # "Take My Breath Away" # Emma introduces the song "Invincible" # "Invincible" # Emma introduces the Tin Tin Out Mix # "Take My Breath Away" # Message from Emma

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the UK CD single liner notes and '' A Girl Like Me'' booklet. Studio * Recorded and mixed at Rokstone Studios (

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, England) Personnel * Emma Bunton – writing, vocals *

– writing, production, arrangement *

– writing *

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– mixing * Paul "P Dub" Walton – mixing engineer * Chris Laws – engineering * Ian Ross – artwork design * Sam Harris – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Take My Breath Away (Emma Bunton Song) 2001 singles 2001 songs Emma Bunton songs Song recordings produced by Steve Mac Songs written by Emma Bunton Songs written by Steve Mac Songs written by Wayne Hector Virgin Records singles