# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/21 "2005-07-12T11:41:23Z")
[**Deep Red Bells**](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00006BTC6/qid=1121168724) by Neko Case [**Young Ned of the Hill**](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000005S6D/qid=1121168830) by the Pogues [**Katana Groove** and **Battle Without Honor or Humanity**](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001YFPHI/qid=1121169205) by Tomoyasu Hotei [**I Miss the Girl**](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000AG9H/qid=1121169509) by Soul Coughing [**Leeds**](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002BS2/qid=1121169447) by Indigo Girls **Posession** by Sarah McLachlan (yeah, I admit it) **I Am Stretched On Your Grave** by Sinead O’Connor ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/22 "2005-07-12T11:46:10Z")
The original version of John Hiatt’s **Have A Little Faith In Me** Red Hot Chili Peppers’ \*\* I Got Dosed By You\*\* Jordan Zevon singing his dad’s **Studebaker** ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/23 "2005-07-12T12:09:31Z")
And I’m only double-posting because I was _just thinking_ recently how weird it is that this song always gets me, no matter how many times I hear it: **What a Wonderful World** by Louis Armstrong ---
**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, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/24 "2005-07-12T12:16:20Z")
> [@SolGrundy](#): > > And I’m only double-posting because I was _just thinking_ recently how weird it is that this song always gets me, no matter how many times I hear it: > > **What a Wonderful World** by Louis Armstrong Oooh good call, **Sol**. Goosebumpy song. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/25 "2005-07-12T12:23:56Z")
I’m so Lonesome I Could Cry–Hank Williams Anthem–Original recording of the musical “Chess” ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/26 "2005-07-12T12:41:56Z")
**Stan** - Eminem. Gets me every time. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/27 "2005-07-12T15:06:04Z")
Roger Waters did _Live in Berlin_ after the wall came down. Tons of guests did a full length concert of Pink Floyd’s \*The Wall. \* **Sinead O’Connor** singing _Mother_ is jaw dropping. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/28 "2005-07-12T15:39:05Z")
**Devil Got My Woman** , recorded in 1930 by Mississippi bluesman Skip James. All of Skip’s songs were melancholy, but this is his masterpiece. Quite possibly the creepiest song ever recorded. **Rambling Man** , by Hank Williams, the Senior. As close as you can come to a three-minute audio suicide note. **Those Memories of You** by Trio (Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris). It’s powerful as hell to hear three beautiful young women singing about loving someone, “until the day they lay me down”. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/29 "2005-07-12T15:49:27Z")
re the Eurhythmics 1984, the song “Julia” Nick Cave/Kylie Minogue “Where the Wild Roses Grow” Lee Hazelwood/Nancy Sinatra’s “Some Velvet Morning” (I first heard the Lydia Lunch remake, but Art Bell plays the original a lot on his show) Kate Bush’s “Wuthering Heights” ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/30 "2005-07-12T15:49:31Z")
re the Eurhythmics 1984, the song “Julia” Nick Cave/Kylie Minogue “Where the Wild Roses Grow” Lee Hazelwood/Nancy Sinatra’s “Some Velvet Morning” (I first heard the Lydia Lunch remake, but Art Bell plays the original a lot on his show) Kate Bush’s “Wuthering Heights” ---
**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/31 "2005-07-12T15:54:39Z")
Charlie Daniels - _The Legend of Wooly Swamp_ Johnny Cash - covers of _Hurt_ and _I won’t back down_ Soundgarden - cover of _Come Together_ Warren Zevon - So much by him, but especially _Keep me in your heart for awhile_ Rufus Wainwright - _Hallelujah_ All I can think of offhand Peace - DESK ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/32 "2005-07-12T15:56:34Z")
Another vote for Armstrong’s **Wonderful World**. \*\*Ave Maria \*\* **O Holy Night** , performed by a single voice, unaccompanied \*\*The National Anthem \*\* - not chills, specifically; I get misty Joan Osborn’s **One Of Us** , when the electric guitar kicks in right at the beginning. Dire Straits, **Brothers in Arms** ---
**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, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/33 "2005-07-12T16:55:40Z")
Just thought of another one no one has mentioned . **Otis Redding** - Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay . The ultimate feeling lonely song , ever . ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/34 "2005-07-12T17:19:09Z")
**The Show Must Go On** by Queen. Thinking about how he knew he was dying makes me all shivery. **Roxanne** (the version in the movie Moulin Rouge). ---
**Author:** ![chefjef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e480ec/32.png) [@chefjef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefjef)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/35 "2005-07-12T17:22:41Z")
**Fix You** - Coldplay ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/36 "2005-07-12T17:28:10Z")
Riders on the Storm - the Doors Uninvited - Alanis Morrisette My Immortal - Evanescence (I’ve always heard it as a mother/son song, no matter what it was written for) Dear God - XTC Seasons of Love - Rent 1,000 Kisses (Reprise) - also from Rent That song the Queen sings in The Magic Flute - Mozart ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/37 "2005-07-12T17:34:41Z")
_The Uninvited Guest_ by **Secret Commonwealth** ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/38 "2005-07-12T17:37:49Z")
Warren Zevon’s take on **Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door** “Let me in!” **Guinevere** - from Camelot. Just something about the line “And then men she holds so dear, go to war for Guinevere” sends shivers up my spine. ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/39 "2005-07-12T17:57:48Z")
Otis Redding - (I’ve Got) Dreams to Remember Lou Reed - Perfect Day Tori Amos - Bloodroses and Me and a Gun Loreena McKennit - The Highwayman and Dante’s Prayer Get Up Kids - I’ll Catch You Bright Eyes - Something Vague Just posting this is giving me gooseflesh. ---
**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, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101/40 "2005-07-12T18:26:02Z")
I thought of another one… “Breathe” by Midge Ure. I’m listening to it now and have goosebumps an inch tall. BTW- Midge Ure was in the fricken’ Bay City Rollers. hee hee. But seriously, he has a great voice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-give-you-chills/312101.md?page=3)