# Songs that give you chills **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 12, 2005, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101 "2005-07-12T01:22:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mdm.President](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@Mdm.President](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdm.President)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/1 "2005-07-12T01:22:53Z")
I’m working on burning a CD of songs that give me chills. What are some that seem to get to you? I found it interesting that so many of the ones I could think of have a Latin flair and none of the songs are relatively recent. There hasn’t really been a thread grouping these songs since 01 so I am hoping new ones have come out but I just can’t think of them. Ghost Riders in the Sky Tennessee Stud (Johnny Cash) El Paso Last Kiss (Pearl Jam) Highwayman Pancho and Lefty 7 Spanish Angels The Long Black Veil Kawliga Closer (NIN) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/2 "2005-07-12T01:26:32Z")
**Still the One** (too many bad memories) **Rosalita** (when Springsteen sings “The record company, Rosie, just gave me a big advance,” I can fell and share all the joy.) ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/3 "2005-07-12T01:35:26Z")
“Street Hassle” by Lou Reed. It still gets to me. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/4 "2005-07-12T01:39:54Z")
**Cats In The Cradle** by Harry Chapin **Seasons In The Sun** by Terry Jacks Both of these were very popular when I was a kid, and they still make the armhairs stand at attention. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/5 "2005-07-12T01:40:17Z")
**She Moved Through The Fair** , Loreena McKennitt’s version. I can’t spell McKennitt. Anyway, chills… Shivery, delightful, sorrowful chills. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/6 "2005-07-12T01:54:00Z")
Hmmmmmmm I thought you wanted songs that are eerie on their own without the song having any special significance for the listener. Anyway, my vote goes for **Carly Simon’s “The Three Of Us In The Dark”** (on her “Come Upstairs” album from 1980). It’s well worth a listen. A few of the lines are not sung but _whispered_ in her ultra-sultry voice. This song evokes the feeling of a cool, windy autumn night (at least to me anyway). Not to hijack but is anyone else familiar with this song? ---
**Author:** ![ScubaSteve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@ScubaSteve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScubaSteve)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/7 "2005-07-12T02:03:02Z")
**The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down** by The Band And while I’m on the subject of the Civil War, \*\*The Battle Hymn of the Republic \*\* always gives me chills, especially when it’s sung by a good men’s choir. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/8 "2005-07-12T02:17:50Z")
[“Nightmares”](http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=4734280&Mytoken=20050512085112) Silver Sunshine. (Clicking the link lets you listen to the song on their MySpace page) “One Hundred Things You Should Have Done in Bed” Snow Patrol “Recoil” by Ani Ani Difranco (maybe you need to have known someone who had alzheimer’s) “Just a moment” Nas. It’s not my type of music, normally but… You’ll never find it, or even the lyrics, unless you buy the CD but “Sister” by Marry Me Jane may be the ceepiest song I’ve heard in the past 5 years. CD’s cheap at Amazon ("…tick") ftr. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/9 "2005-07-12T02:18:58Z")
I think it was, um, Helen Reddy? **Angie Baby**. Creeped me out when I was a kid. Still does. I love that song. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/10 "2005-07-12T02:27:38Z")
Oh! I didn’t think to look on Amanda’s new site. The lyrics to [Faithless](http://www.amandakravat.com/lyrics/tick/faithless.htm) (yeah, Faithless, not Sister. oops) are actually there. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/11 "2005-07-12T03:34:17Z")
**Run For The Roses** (By Dan Fogleburg) can actually bring me to tears ; I always remember seeing it right after the great Secretariat died , made into a special video using film clips of The Big Red Horse from a foal up until a few months before his untimely death . I would give ANYTHING to have a copy of that video . ☹ **Total Eclipse of the Heart** (By Bonnie Tyler) is another one that gives me serious shivers . ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/12 "2005-07-12T04:11:29Z")
“Oh, Thank Heaven for little girls” It’s proly not the kind of chills you’re thinking of though. [Shudders] ---
**Author:** ![Mdm.President](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@Mdm.President](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdm.President)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/13 "2005-07-12T04:38:46Z")
some good ones. And yes, I am really looking for songs that are… moving all on their own, the lyrics the melody, not just because of special meaning to the listener. I can add: The Foggy Dew, and Jackie (Sinead O’Conner) Where did you sleep last night ‘unplugged’, (Nirvana) ---
**Author:** ![Devushka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@Devushka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Devushka)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/14 "2005-07-12T05:46:34Z")
[Keren Ann - Que n’ ai-je (Album: Nolita)](https://webdisk.lclark.edu/deana/Music/Keren%20Ann%20-%20Nolita/01%20Track%201.mp3) Air - Le Femme d’argent (Moon Safari) David Bowie - Life on Mars? (Hunky Dory) [My Bloody Valentine - Lose My Breath (Isn’t Anythin)](http://www.nexusunderground.com/mp3/4.mp3) Grandaddy - O.K. With My Decay (Sumday) Sorry about the weird indie crap I have contributed. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/15 "2005-07-12T06:03:46Z")
**I’m your man** - Lenard Cohen ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/16 "2005-07-12T06:16:19Z")
Leonard Cohen- One of Us Cannot Be Wrong ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/17 "2005-07-12T06:36:39Z")
_Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door_ - Bob Dylan _Moanin’ at Midnight_ - Howlin’ Wolf _Me and a Gun_ - Tori Amos ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/18 "2005-07-12T06:52:38Z")
I thought of a few more… The whole 2nd half (or 2nd side if you have an LP) of David Bowie’s **Low 1984** by Eurythmics **Moments In Love** by Art Of Noise pretty much every song I’ve yet heard from Jandek ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/19 "2005-07-12T10:50:44Z")
Nutshell- (acoustic version) Alice In Chains Goodbye Blue Sky- Pink Floyd In Your Eyes- Peter Gabriel Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own- U2 Not only do they give me chills, but they often put tears in my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/20 "2005-07-12T11:33:52Z")
There are several songs that give me chills. (Including links for those who might like to hear the songs for themselves.) “Harry’s Game” by **[Clannad](http://music.yahoo.com/ar-303613---Clannad)** “The Rhythm Thief” by **[Sparks](http://music.yahoo.com/ar-265398---Sparks)** off their “Lil’ Beethoven” album “One” the long version, and “The Memory Remains” by **[Metallica](http://music.yahoo.com/ar-256997---Metallica)** (Hearing Marianne Faithfull sing is poignant.) “Das Spiel Ist Aus” by **[Laibach](http://music.yahoo.com/ar-254902---Laibach)** [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101.md?page=2)