Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 5 seconds ago
The vocals are The Hollies.
The music is Radiohead
The video is Simply Red.
The mashup is The Lone Piper.
"The Air That I Breathe" was written in 1972 by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood. It was first recorded by Hammond on his solo album It Never Rains In Southern California. The song achieved international recognition two years later when it was recorded by The Hollies, and went to become a top ten hit in many countries, reaching number two in the UK.
Before 1998, the song was covered by Phil Everly, Cilla Black, Springbok, Botticelli and His Orchestra, Olivia Newton-John, José Feliciano, The Arbors, Tracy, Champagne [NL] , Mary Travers, Triban, Trevor Chance, Marty Robbins,Hank Williams Jr., Lee Towers, Dana Gillespie, ulio Iglesias with the Beach Boys,Rex Allen Jr., Hammond and West, Paul Nicholas, Peter Hofmann, Alien, Judy Collins, The Twinkle Brothers, Tuesday Girls, Steve Wynn, Spiders & Snakes, Barry Manilow, Feline, Steven Houghton and k.d. lang.
In 1998, British soul and pop band Simply Red also covered the song on their sixth album, Blue. A music video, directed by Earle Sebastian, was also produced to promote the single.
Radiohead wrote the song "Creep" in the late 1980s and recorded it in 1992, releasing it as their debut single, which was a top ten hit in the UK and top 40 in the US. Hammond and Hazlewood noticed the similarity between Creep and The Air That I Breathe and contacted Radiohead's publisher Warner/Chappell Music. Radiohead agreed that they had actually taken it, so Hammond and Hazlewood were granted songwriting credits and royalties for Creep.
In 2018, Thom Yorke of Radiohead sued Lana Del Ray for her song "Get Free" and its similarities to "Creep". The two parties settled for an undisclosed amount.
The vocals are The Hollies.
The music is Radiohead
The video is Simply Red.
The mashup is The Lone Piper.
"The Air That I Breathe" was written in 1972 by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood. It was first recorded by Hammond on his solo album It Never Rains In Southern California. The song achieved international recognition two years later when it was recorded by The Hollies, and went to become a top ten hit in many countries, reaching number two in the UK.
Before 1998, the song was covered by Phil Everly, Cilla Black, Springbok, Botticelli and His Orchestra, Olivia Newton-John, José Feliciano, The Arbors, Tracy, Champagne [NL] , Mary Travers, Triban, Trevor Chance, Marty Robbins,Hank Williams Jr., Lee Towers, Dana Gillespie, ulio Iglesias with the Beach Boys,Rex Allen Jr., Hammond and West, Paul Nicholas, Peter Hofmann, Alien, Judy Collins, The Twinkle Brothers, Tuesday Girls, Steve Wynn, Spiders & Snakes, Barry Manilow, Feline, Steven Houghton and k.d. lang.
In 1998, British soul and pop band Simply Red also covered the song on their sixth album, Blue. A music video, directed by Earle Sebastian, was also produced to promote the single.
Radiohead wrote the song "Creep" in the late 1980s and recorded it in 1992, releasing it as their debut single, which was a top ten hit in the UK and top 40 in the US. Hammond and Hazlewood noticed the similarity between Creep and The Air That I Breathe and contacted Radiohead's publisher Warner/Chappell Music. Radiohead agreed that they had actually taken it, so Hammond and Hazlewood were granted songwriting credits and royalties for Creep.
In 2018, Thom Yorke of Radiohead sued Lana Del Ray for her song "Get Free" and its similarities to "Creep". The two parties settled for an undisclosed amount.
