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Breathe is een nummer van The Prodigy, uitgebracht op 11 november 1996 als de elfde single van de band. Het was de tweede single van het album The Fat of the Land. Het nummer gaf de groep haar tweede opeenvolgende nummer 1-hit in zowel de Finse als Engelse single charts. De B-side van de single, "The Trick", een jazz-achtig drum and bassnummer, werd een hit in de Britse discotheken.

In Nederland en België scoorde het nummer opvallend beter dan de vorige single, Firestarter, die heden in de Benelux meer bekendheid heeft dan Breathe.

"Breathe" is a song by English electronic dance music band the Prodigy, released in November 1996 by XL Recordings as the second single from their third album, The Fat of the Land (1997). It was written by band members Liam Howlett, Keith Flint and Maxim Reality, featuring a drum break from the song "Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed" by Thin Lizzy. The whiplashing sword sound effect is a sample of "Da Mystery of Chessboxin" by Wu-Tang Clan. As with "Firestarter", Jim Davies played the guitar in the song.

"Breathe" became the group's second consecutive number-one in the United Kingdom and also topped the charts in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Norway, and Sweden. Its music video was directed by Walter Stern, depicting the band in an abandoned, decrepit apartment building. Melody Maker ranked "Breathe" number 29 in their list of the best singles of 1996, and Q Magazine featured it in their "1001 Best Songs Ever" in 2003.