# Songs that give you chills (good or bad)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills-good-or-bad/742119
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [January 4, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills-good-or-bad/742119 "2016-01-04T02:09:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2016, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills-good-or-bad/742119/21 "2016-01-05T11:01:27Z")
Also this game soundtrack, too:
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtiQByDcAWw)
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### Author:  [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2016, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills-good-or-bad/742119/22 "2016-01-05T11:35:48Z")
["Chills"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOGvat7ulnY)by Grey Eye Glances. Scalp-prickles. Gets me every time.
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### Author:  [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills-good-or-bad/742119/23 "2016-01-05T14:36:11Z")
“Wait for Me” by Moby, especially if you have ever dealt with addiction.
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### Author:  [@Sandwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sandwood)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills-good-or-bad/742119/24 "2016-01-05T14:42:15Z")
[Lisa Gerrard - “Sacrifice”](https://youtu.be/jtbyFxfaBbE)
That voice. So weird and wonderful.
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### Author:  [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills-good-or-bad/742119/25 "2016-01-05T14:51:24Z")
[Kilkelly Ireland](http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRHQAtKbRTk)
An Irish song that tells a very sad story. I’m enough of a man to admit that this one gets to me every single time.
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### Author:  [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills-good-or-bad/742119/26 "2016-01-05T19:30:04Z")
“Star Me Kitten”"-R.E.M.
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QGfC8uoNCgI/hqdefault.jpg "R.E.M. "Star Me Kitten"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGfC8uoNCgI)
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### Author:  [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills-good-or-bad/742119/27 "2016-01-05T20:35:51Z")
Janis Joplin’s version of _Me and Bobby McGee_, when she sings, “I’d trade all of my tomorrows, for a single yesterday”.
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### Author:  [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills-good-or-bad/742119/28 "2016-01-05T20:42:22Z")
> [@WhyNot](#):
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> And for something a little more recent, [“The Sound Of Silence”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4) as done by Disturbed. To me, it’s everything a cover version should be - it’s not just a new version, but a new \*vision \*of an old favorite. The original was detached social commentary, this is…feels.
I’ve been waiting many moons to use this phrase and now finally something deserves it.
“That shit is so good. Fuck.” -some guy from Buzzfeed
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vARrao4HH8)
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### Author:  [@BaldDudePeekskill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaldDudePeekskill)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills-good-or-bad/742119/29 "2016-01-05T21:51:09Z")
It’s got to be, “At Last”, sung by Ms. Etta James…besides her voice, it’s the most perfect musical arrangement…that G Augmented lead-in is tingling
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### Author:  [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills-good-or-bad/742119/30 "2016-01-05T22:08:45Z")
Sad… Sinead O’Connor’s cover of Nothing Compares 2U. No matter how many times I’ve heard it, I still get chills.
Creepy… Gallows by CocoRosie.
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### Author:  [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills-good-or-bad/742119/31 "2016-01-05T22:09:19Z")
You want chills, [I’ll give you chills](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClJLrxGClxk)
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### Author:  [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2016, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills-good-or-bad/742119/32 "2016-01-05T22:20:38Z")
One that gives me the scary chills is “Guilt” by Marianne Faithfull
“If I could get away with murder
I’d take my gun and I’d commit it”
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### Author:  [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills-good-or-bad/742119/33 "2016-01-05T22:57:35Z")
[quote=“Drunky\_Smurf, post:28, topic:742119”]
I’ve been waiting many moons to use this phrase and now finally something deserves it.
“That shit is so good. Fuck.” -some guy from Buzzfeed
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It really is. Glad you liked it. As you can probably tell from my other nominations, I’m not really in Disturbed’s target demographic. When I first listened to it at the recommendation of a heavy metal fan friend, I had the volume turned way down because I expected it to get shouty and awful. But…fuck. That shit is so good. Even my \*mom \*loves it.
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### Author:  [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills-good-or-bad/742119/34 "2016-01-05T23:23:54Z")
> [@WhyNot](#):
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> And for something a little more recent, [“The Sound Of Silence”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4) as done by Disturbed. To me, it’s everything a cover version should be - it’s not just a new version, but a new \*vision \*of an old favorite. The original was detached social commentary, this is…feels.
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#):
>
> I’ve been waiting many moons to use this phrase and now finally something deserves it.
>
> “That shit is so good. Fuck.” -some guy from Buzzfeed
Fuck. I love good cover. That is some powerful shit right there.
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### Author:  [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills-good-or-bad/742119/35 "2016-01-05T23:33:58Z")
> [@stillownedbysetters](#):
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> “Little Green” by Joni Mitchell. The emotion is so real and raw that it brings me to tears every time. I’ve often hoped the little girl in question heard her mother’s song and realized that she wasn’t given away lightly. I heard recently the two had met in 1997, so hopefully I didn’t hope in vain.
> [@koeeoaddi](#):
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> Gorgeous song! Here’s an article about their [meeting](http://jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=91), though I know I have read that they’ve fallen out since then and no longer have a relationship.
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> My chills song is also by Joni Mitchell. The original version of [Rainy Night House](http://youtu.be/Y9I7mV2FpLI) (not the jazzed up rerelease). The piano intro alone is enough to qualify it.
Another one for Mitchell - River does it to me, every time. I might just need to buy a copy of _Blue_.
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### Author:  [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills-good-or-bad/742119/36 "2016-01-06T01:43:29Z")
> [@WhyNot](#):
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> [“Hay Una Mujer Desaparecida”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SxKkVVtpLY) - I would listen to this song over and over as a child, not really understanding what it meant, but enjoying the chills it gave me every time. I’m glad to discover as an adult that it’s still as moving as I remember, only now there are tears with the chills, because I understand it.
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> [“At Seventeen”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oCTMcbQ1QE) - a beautiful song when she was young, but even more affecting now that she’s older. I could barely hear her in concert over my own sobs.
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> [“Leaving On A Jet Plane”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc-7SnMnX78) - my dad traveled a lot on business until he and my mom divorced. Every time I’d wake up and he wasn’t home, I’d play this song on my record player. I’m sorry, Mom. I didn’t realize how much that must have hurt. ☹
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> [“Wedding Song (There is Love)”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrTfNTzAvYY) - This one doesn’t bring tears, but great chills. I feel like it’s the most perfect Christian song ever written.
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> And for something a little more recent, [“The Sound Of Silence”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4) as done by Disturbed. To me, it’s everything a cover version should be - it’s not just a new version, but a new \*vision \*of an old favorite. The original was detached social commentary, this is…feels.
Good lord, Disturbed’s version of that song is absolutely stunning. just…wow…
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### Author:  [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills-good-or-bad/742119/37 "2016-01-06T01:44:57Z")
Check out the isolated vocal track done by Freddie Mercury for “We are the Champions”:
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### Author:  [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2016, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills-good-or-bad/742119/38 "2016-01-06T04:25:13Z")
The sighing backing vocals to Lovedrug’s “[Happy Apple Poison](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdWsryENdZQ)” always makes me remember what heartbreak feels like.
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### Author:  [@Periwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Periwinkle)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2016, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills-good-or-bad/742119/39 "2016-01-06T04:43:43Z")
The last verse of “The Boxer” by Simon & Garfunkel.
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### Author:  [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2016, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills-good-or-bad/742119/40 "2016-01-06T04:45:02Z")
I think to induce chills in me generally requires some sort of haunting melody with ‘pure’ sounding, yet at the same time highly emotional, vocals. When these two come together it ends up really feeling like the music **means something** and I get a feeling like I’ve just been punched in the gut by love - almost blissfully pained, scarcely able to breath. The reaction lessens each time, of course, but always when the singer raises his/her voice for that one specific line or in that one spot where the music really starts to swell - I get the chills, not thinking about the first time I fell in love with it, but thinking “_Oh my god listen to this_.”
[Superstar - The Carpenters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EezQX8_QPRQ) . Beautiful vocals, fantastic songwriting, and that swelling chorus that makes you join. Trivia: _Everybody_ likes this song.
[Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O’Connor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq2K4jHs92A) - Stripped down **Prince** cover that focuses on her voice. It feels real and beautiful all at once. You can tell it’s magic from the start, but by the time she says “I can eat my dinner in a fancy rest-au-ra-a-ant” the chills rise.
[Wonderwall - Ryan Adams](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gVxRvNfFLg) - Maybe, for me, it’s because it ties into girl memories - but I think even before then it raised chills. Noel Gallagher, who is notoriously difficult, loved this version and even sort of adopted it in shows after it came out. Sparse, simple, and slow, but featuring Adams’s haunting vocals sung like _it just means everything_ - this song definitely raises chills.
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