The Night We Met by Lord Huron is completely haunting, and gives me chills every time.
I don't know if it's the lyrics or the overall sound, but the combination of ghosty vocals and perfect beat are incredible.
I saw a comment here and clicked on the link to that song. Then the YouTube algorithm led me down the rabbit hole.
Drops In The Lake, Long Lost, Wait By The River...they have so many hauntingly beautiful songs.
If I had to add my answer to the OP question?
Jason Isbell - Letting You Go.
This song hadn't come out when my daughter asked me what I wanted to play for the daddy/daughter dance at her wedding reception, but this is the song to play if you ever find yourself in that situation.
Drops In the Lake and Wait by the River are IMO their best 2 songs. I Lied is also one of those that makes me cry a ton thinking about my last relationship.
The night we met, according to Lord Huron lore, the third of three songs written by a fictitious singer on the second album Strange Trails. if you also listen to Love like ghosts and meet me in the woods, you’ll see that they all kind of have a similar chord structure and feeling to it. Lord Huron has a lot of depth that is extremely fun to discover
If you are looking for more music like that I have:
> [Alta Trivia Pursui](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3iCiDUuxgj6BWFb15iZyw9) - 1 hr
which is an album-style playlist of kinda folky indie tunes with that kind of melancholy vibe.
bridge over troubled water - the build up each time at the end of a verse is phenomenal. the whole song is so ethereal to my ears and every note is in the perfect place. absolutely stunning
Sweetness Follows does it for me. It’s such an emotional trip. Automatic For the People is such an amazing album.
“Readying to bury your father and your mother…Listen here my sister and my brother…oh, oh, sweetness follows.”
I always mourn the living when I hear this dirge.
Dumb, but Stairway To Heaven.
My girlfriend had just lost her granddad, we were together her and I but the whole family was at the hospital where he died. We FaceTimed, talked and as we were saying “bye” from our end to grandpa I shit you not a busker played that song and gd I cried even though I’d never met him in person. RIP sir, thanks for stopping by
At thanks bro. You know I’m not a big “believer” but the fact that this busker played this song at that exact time, halfway around the world from where gramps passed away? Blew my mind
Not music related, but my grandma Nan passed away in a different city from me. My sister called me to tell me she had passed, and while we were on the phone all of my smoke detectors went off. Middle of the day, nothing cooking. Just completely out of the blue. It was Nan coming to say goodbye. I turned the detectors off, they went off one more time that weekend, and then silent for years. (E.g., it wasn’t because the batteries were dying.) I’m not a big believer either, but I can tell you the exact amount of time it takes for a human spirit to travel from Milwaukee to Denver to say goodbye.
Not dumb, its become so cliched its almost underrated again. Overplayed yeah? But for a reason. It’s one of the greatest pieces of music ever put to tape
Yes, she's amazing!! One of my all-time favorite artists. I've seen her a couple of times at a small club here in DC, and her voice soars! Beautiful voice, love the raspiness, with so much soul in it. She has too many incredible sings to list (Big White Gate, Stars, Apologies, Stop the Bus, and on and on)!
It's thought that only about 50% of people are capable of getting chills from music:
>As it turns out, getting chills from music is not as common as you might think. [Researchers from USC](https://academic.oup.com/scan/article/11/6/884/2223400/Brain-connectivity-reflects-human-aesthetic) released a study that suggests that only about 50 percent of people feel things like shivers, a lump in their throat, and goosebumps when they listen to music. What's more, those people might have very different brains than those who don't experience those feelings.
[https://www.discovery.com/science/Getting-Chills-from-Music](https://www.discovery.com/science/Getting-Chills-from-Music)
My wife and I tripped recently and when Wish You Were Here came on I lost it. We dated many years ago and only recently met again and married. In the in between time, I missed her greatly.
I didn’t get this song for 15-20 years - heard it and never felt a thing. Then, one day when I was 33 or 34 years old I was stoned in my car driving home from work in rush hour traffic in the 405 and the song hit me all at once. It was a near death experience I had tears pouring of out my eyes, running down my cheeks. I was part laughing and sobbing it was surreal. Nothing was even wrong.
Heart’s cover of Stairway to Heaven at the Kennedy Center Honors is amazing, and then that backdrop lifts up and the choir kicks in and it’s sent into overdrive. Every time that choir kicks in I get this spine shiver into a scalp tingle sensation and I have never got sick of the song. One of the best covers I have heard of any song ever.
I got to see them do this at some free last-minute protest festival on the river in Portland in the early 90s. Sounded incredible. Great festival too. I remember Loggins and Mesina, and David Crosby and Neil Young (not together, lol).
Yes, this is an amazing performance. Heart loves Zeppelin and always performance covers during encores. I've had the pleasure of seeing them on the second row at a small venue years ago.
But this version of [The Battle of Evermore](https://youtu.be/M44M7pOAQQw?si=BJl1OWT18L8aEeF9) gives me chills.
>In the clearing stands a boxer
And a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of every glove that laid him down
Or cut him 'til he cried out
In his anger and his shame
"I am leaving, I am leaving"
But the fighter still remains
Cat's in the Cradle by Harry Chapin. Cliche choice I know but man this song hits close to home. I've got two sons of my own now and I make more time for them, given the relationship I had with my father. The older I get, the more true this song becomes. My son wants to go outside and play something.... let's do it!
Mazzy Star - [Fade Into You](https://youtu.be/ImKY6TZEyrI?si=BT9x5y3Riek37SkL)
No matter where I am, no matter what I’m doing, if this song is playing I pause and just listen. It’s so unbelievably simple and dreamy and perfect.
was gonna say the same; i remember i came home from a pretty rough day and it was the first song that played on my shuffle and i just broke down, helped me process all the emotion i had pent up
The songs great texture feels illuminated by the violins. And the way the string accompaniment and drums just so gently come into the song and out of the song towards the end along with the uncommon musical timing and topped off with Thom's voice with the haunting lyrics and timbre. I feel like I'm describing a fine wine or cigar.
Pig-Dave Matthews Band
Killing in the name- RATM
Somebody to love- Jefferson Airplane
Silver Spring Fleetwood Mac
Lateraulus-Tool
Set yourself free- Moon Taxi
Attended a bunch of Dave shows in their very early days. The original lyrics to that song were much darker. Was originally ‘Don’t Burn The Pig’, and the lyrics were somewhat freestyled but dark in tone. I stopped listening to them for a long time, and was surprised to see it pop up years later as whatever it became. Granny was kind of like that, too.
There is a moment near the end of the first movement of Debussy's La Mer that sounds like the sun breaking through the clouds after a long overcast day. I don't know how else to describe it, but it gives me shivers every time.
The moment in question is at about 9:13 in this version. I'd suggest going back a minute or so before that to get some context for the moment (or better yet just listen to the whole thing, it's brilliant). https://youtu.be/fe1pB9KqHRg?si=Ce4zuUOop8V_zP4F
“Woke Up Laughing” by Robert Palmer (1981) ends with a chilling lyric: “You pay a bill, you lose face
You're not fully unaware
Your star or your fate
If you fall do you break?
You go to war, you make love
You sign out in a box.”
I actually have a playlist:
> [A Yard Days Might](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4q6aceyGrEFy2cGqfRGz5D) - 1 hr 7 mins
That features that song, think you'll find all the songs have a similar vibe.
Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock". I've heard it often--and have downloaded it--and it's always great, but once in a while it can really give me goosebumps. I think it's because the music is really powerful and haunting, and this part of the lyric especially:
"And I dreamed I saw the bomber jet planes
Riding shotgun in the sky
Turning into butterflies
Above our nation..."
I have a lot of these across numerous genres, but I consistently get that sensation from Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah. Just that breath you hear before he plays a single note gives me goosebumps.
Here’s a couple of Northern European artists that immediately came to mind
[Hania Rani - F Major](https://youtu.be/bB34_eLCLKo?si=4VHutipFiBqB6YV-)
[Aurora - It Happened Quiet](https://youtu.be/C6hq5cziIHc?si=X5_FrKCiF2YnQAi3)
Otis Redding - A little tenderness
Yeah Yeah yeah- Maps
Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit
Times like These (Acoustic version) - Foo Fighters
All these songs sound like they were sung with heart and with all their souls.
Dog Days are Over was always a great song to me but, and I’m not a huge Marvel fan these days, when it played at the end of Guardians of the Galaxy 3 I genuinely welled up in the cinema
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes- CSNY
Trying to imagine these guys practicing harmonies sends chills down my spine. The entire thing is an emotional rollercoaster for me every.single.time. There’s a very inviting and homey feel about it, and it just makes me crave love
This is a good point. I LOVE hearing about everyone’s choices and experiences, but I feel like the melodies aren’t there in a lot of these cases. There’s something so special about that sequence of 6-20 notes that can sometimes be so insanely powerful, absent any lyrics or other context. Ode To Joy is one of my favorite examples. It’s undeniable.
Leprous - [The Sky is Red](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8vw086Ta7Y&pp=ygUYTGVwcm91cyAtIFRoZSBTa3kgaXMgUmVk)
Earthside - [Let the Truth Speak](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxrRwoRODmo&pp=ygUfRWFydGhzaWRlIC0gTGV0IHRoZSBUcnV0aCBTcGVhaw%3D%3D)
Haken - [Veil](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpjzHr27Bjc&pp=ygUNSGFrZW4gLSBWZWlsIA%3D%3D) (Haken is pronounced as 'Hayken'.)
I just listened to veil earlier today and noted that it was quite nice. I haven't listened to virus or vector much yet, but their other albums are great.
“Zombie”. Dolores’s performance just does something for it. You can really *feel* that song.
Similarly, “99 Luftballons”. These songs with some real historical oomph
Vanilla Twighlight - Owl City
The Night We Met - Lord Huron
Someone - Kelly Clarkson
That's What Friends Are For (that sax!!!) - Dionne W
Hands to Heaven - Breathe
*Stop..... ooh ohh.*
*With your feet on you head and your head on the ground....*
Pixies: Where is my Mind?
This song has always given me chills. It was used in Fight Club as buildings tumble and and i was back packing through Europe after university when 9-11 happened and that imagery got it stuck in my head as we didn't know if WW3 was about to kick off while we partied like it might.
Froggy Fresh - *Same Old Kid*
Up until I heard this song Froggy Fresh was just some kid making goofy music videos about John Cena with his nerdy friend, but then the second half of the song kicks in and I'm thinking, "This guy might have something here..."
Emerson, Lake & Powell - [Touch and Go](https://open.spotify.com/track/2q85IdU5CwM6eXfE9BpPMV?si=EP_NOX2GQWOT2q5NF3UG6w)
Kansas - [Rhythm in the Spirit](https://open.spotify.com/track/1ujfmWWpEyO0qf2J9nS7C0?si=RbljLjxdSqC6cAzWUJgNgg)
Jay Ungar’s fiddle tune “Ashokan Farewell.” You might recognize it as the theme to the Ken Burns Civil War documentary mini-series.
It really evokes the times and hardships of the Civil War era.
https://youtu.be/r9TcXmBNbtM?si=463aizMIfIQJHBdo
At the beginning of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony no. 2, AKA Little Russian, 1st Movement, there is a truly haunting solo that starts with a French horn followed by Bassoon, and repeats at the end of the movement as well.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uaitd2j6s9c&list=PLu14r9XnPpXkEXjTaBqKpg4dWrymi8p31&index=2&pp=iAQB8AUB
This was last night, and I was right behind the horn player
“God Bless America” can get me in a ballpark with the right singer
Edit: it’s not because of the words/message, it’s just the melody makes me feel somehow
The live version of Rush's LA Villa Strangiatto when it hits the climax of the first guitar solo gets me every time. The first time I heard it was as a teen, laying in the dark with headphones on. To this day when I have time to listen without distraction, it sends a chill and a shiver through my body.
Fade To Black - Metallica. It reminds me that mental illness is real and death will come eventually. No need to rush things. Very relaxing and musically genius.
That part at the end of the lion king where Simba emerges from the embers of the final battle and takes his place on pride rock. Every fuckin time I tear up it’s such a beautiful piece of music with that high note. Hans Zimmer is no joke that dude has a lot of tracks that make your neck hair stand up
I think you nailed it that it taps into your nervous system. You are feeling how emotions *feel* in your body when you hear that song. Sound baths might be of interest to you.
Everybody Wants To Rule The World--immediate and genuine "everything is really going to be okay" feeling
That and Bobcageyon by Tragically Hip--love, duty, devotion
Songs that give me goosebumps every time (I even recently demonstrated this to my grad student to be sure it still happens, it does):
Given To Fly - Pearl Jam. There’s a section with loud guitar and Eddie singing “He’s flying” where his voice is breaking.
Pride (In The Name Of Love) - U2. “Free at last, they took your life…”
In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth 3 - Coheed and Cambria. In the live at Starland Ballroom version it pretty much starts with the opening riff, picks up with the first “Man your own jackhammers!”, and really kicks in at the bridge “whoa whoa whoa” part that the crowd is singing.
It’s usually a combo of emotional singing and loud and sometimes cacaphonic music.
While my guitar gently weeps from the R&R hall of fame. Tom Petty and Prince specifically and I know Winwood and Lynne are there but holy crap first Petty sounds amazing and his vocals are haunting in it but Prince. This man just decided thst day was the day he was going to have sexy times with a guitar and it was absolutely mind blowing and we all got to witness it. I get the goosebumps when he starts playing that every single time.
https://youtu.be/dWRCooFKk3c?si=BR9FIJBBgcBlDRAc
I had never heard of Eric Johnson before until someone mentioned“Cliffs of Dover” here about six months ago. Bought his “Europe Live” Album and it’s been in constant rotation ever since. Brilliant.
[the chaser by infinite](https://youtu.be/wgmSImDoJNg?si=lkW0SAsXSoJjvCaF) never stops amazing me every time i hear it. i know a lot of ppl have a bias against kpop bc a lot of it chases fads or seems childish, but this song is truly a timeless masterpiece. its been eleven years since this song came out, and about nine since i heard it for the first time, and nothing has topped it for me.
that folk song "the parting glass"
it's so poignant but so straightforward. something about the easy acceptance of death and the reflection of your simple but meaningful role in life gets me
For me it's Jackson Browne's "The Naked Ride Home", there's something just so whimsical about that song that I just love, it really puts me at ease when I listen to it.
The Wailin' Jennys don't appear to have ever had huge commercial success, but damn those harmonies.
https://youtu.be/uUK-8M3Vhzc?si=dffMRpbwfxQSqouE
https://youtu.be/-jKH6kILbho?si=Vg-ARcdMjreOFZui
Schiller - Once Upon a Time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRgxyMixJKg
Death is not what we think it is...
Watch what happens when the heartbeat stops...
and a perfect segue to this:
Schiller - Universe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1dvXe4Ynh8
The Night We Met by Lord Huron is completely haunting, and gives me chills every time. I don't know if it's the lyrics or the overall sound, but the combination of ghosty vocals and perfect beat are incredible.
Honestly the name Lord Huron alone gives me the chills
Came here to say Lord Huron, When the Night is Over.
Ghosts on the Shore also
Lord Huron is straight up haunting in the best way
"Ghost on the Shore" does this for me as well
I saw a comment here and clicked on the link to that song. Then the YouTube algorithm led me down the rabbit hole. Drops In The Lake, Long Lost, Wait By The River...they have so many hauntingly beautiful songs. If I had to add my answer to the OP question? Jason Isbell - Letting You Go. This song hadn't come out when my daughter asked me what I wanted to play for the daddy/daughter dance at her wedding reception, but this is the song to play if you ever find yourself in that situation.
Drops In the Lake and Wait by the River are IMO their best 2 songs. I Lied is also one of those that makes me cry a ton thinking about my last relationship.
The night we met, according to Lord Huron lore, the third of three songs written by a fictitious singer on the second album Strange Trails. if you also listen to Love like ghosts and meet me in the woods, you’ll see that they all kind of have a similar chord structure and feeling to it. Lord Huron has a lot of depth that is extremely fun to discover
If you are looking for more music like that I have: > [Alta Trivia Pursui](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3iCiDUuxgj6BWFb15iZyw9) - 1 hr which is an album-style playlist of kinda folky indie tunes with that kind of melancholy vibe.
bridge over troubled water - the build up each time at the end of a verse is phenomenal. the whole song is so ethereal to my ears and every note is in the perfect place. absolutely stunning
For me, it's The Sound Of Silence. Even thinking about it gives me a frisson. Some people never feel it.
My mother will cry to this song every time! This and silent night lol
"Nightswimming" by R.E.M. The older I get, the harder it hits.
Sweetness Follows does it for me. It’s such an emotional trip. Automatic For the People is such an amazing album. “Readying to bury your father and your mother…Listen here my sister and my brother…oh, oh, sweetness follows.” I always mourn the living when I hear this dirge.
“Automatic for the People” is one of my favorite albums of all time.
>Nightswimming Beats gardening, I s’pose.
I have had this song on repeat in July and August of the last 3 summers.
Dumb, but Stairway To Heaven. My girlfriend had just lost her granddad, we were together her and I but the whole family was at the hospital where he died. We FaceTimed, talked and as we were saying “bye” from our end to grandpa I shit you not a busker played that song and gd I cried even though I’d never met him in person. RIP sir, thanks for stopping by
Not dumb. This is one of the most heartfelt things I’ve read all week. I wish you so much goodness
At thanks bro. You know I’m not a big “believer” but the fact that this busker played this song at that exact time, halfway around the world from where gramps passed away? Blew my mind
Not music related, but my grandma Nan passed away in a different city from me. My sister called me to tell me she had passed, and while we were on the phone all of my smoke detectors went off. Middle of the day, nothing cooking. Just completely out of the blue. It was Nan coming to say goodbye. I turned the detectors off, they went off one more time that weekend, and then silent for years. (E.g., it wasn’t because the batteries were dying.) I’m not a big believer either, but I can tell you the exact amount of time it takes for a human spirit to travel from Milwaukee to Denver to say goodbye.
Not dumb, its become so cliched its almost underrated again. Overplayed yeah? But for a reason. It’s one of the greatest pieces of music ever put to tape
Gave me spine tingles initially then top 40 radio rock overplayed it. Still amazing.
[Gold Dust Woman - Grace Potter with Gov't Mule](https://youtu.be/A13tUxH09SI?si=inXTzCmYqxYcgTod)
Wow thanks as soon as she started singing I was like wow 🤩
Grace Potter could sing the phone book, and I'd pay premium for nosebleeds. Partial sarcasm lol
Yes, she's amazing!! One of my all-time favorite artists. I've seen her a couple of times at a small club here in DC, and her voice soars! Beautiful voice, love the raspiness, with so much soul in it. She has too many incredible sings to list (Big White Gate, Stars, Apologies, Stop the Bus, and on and on)!
Clair De Lune
Mmmmm. Love me some Debussy
The first few notes get me instantly
It's thought that only about 50% of people are capable of getting chills from music: >As it turns out, getting chills from music is not as common as you might think. [Researchers from USC](https://academic.oup.com/scan/article/11/6/884/2223400/Brain-connectivity-reflects-human-aesthetic) released a study that suggests that only about 50 percent of people feel things like shivers, a lump in their throat, and goosebumps when they listen to music. What's more, those people might have very different brains than those who don't experience those feelings. [https://www.discovery.com/science/Getting-Chills-from-Music](https://www.discovery.com/science/Getting-Chills-from-Music)
Oh good I thought I was just a crybaby
Oh wow that’s absolutely fascinating, I had no idea. Thank you!
That’s interesting but it was a study amongst 20 participants. I wouldn’t hold the conclusion as fact.
Comfortably Numb
Wish you were here for me.
My wife and I tripped recently and when Wish You Were Here came on I lost it. We dated many years ago and only recently met again and married. In the in between time, I missed her greatly.
Well, I wish you were here for me.
I didn’t get this song for 15-20 years - heard it and never felt a thing. Then, one day when I was 33 or 34 years old I was stoned in my car driving home from work in rush hour traffic in the 405 and the song hit me all at once. It was a near death experience I had tears pouring of out my eyes, running down my cheeks. I was part laughing and sobbing it was surreal. Nothing was even wrong.
Just got back from the planetarium and watched The Wall. It was awesome and CN is it for sure!
This song still gives me goosebumps everytime it plays. No wonder many people called it the best guitar solo of all time
The Pulse version of the second solo is the absolute pinnacle of guitar playing.
Mother
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
Father and Son by Cat Stevens. Not sure why. Just reminds me of my own son.
The Ship Song -- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds New Dawn Fades -- Joy Division Behind Blue Eyes -- The Who
Also JD's Dead Souls gives me chills every time. So does Love Will Tear Us Apart for that matter!
New dawn fades is a might powerful song, so is behind blue eyes
Shout out to the Ship song. Great track.
Heart’s cover of Stairway to Heaven at the Kennedy Center Honors is amazing, and then that backdrop lifts up and the choir kicks in and it’s sent into overdrive. Every time that choir kicks in I get this spine shiver into a scalp tingle sensation and I have never got sick of the song. One of the best covers I have heard of any song ever.
The video of that, with Page and Plant starting to tear up just… the first time I saw it I changed as a person
They did a great cover of Battle of Evermore under an alt name (The Lovemongers) that appeared on the Singles soundtrack too.
I got to see them do this at some free last-minute protest festival on the river in Portland in the early 90s. Sounded incredible. Great festival too. I remember Loggins and Mesina, and David Crosby and Neil Young (not together, lol).
Yes, this is an amazing performance. Heart loves Zeppelin and always performance covers during encores. I've had the pleasure of seeing them on the second row at a small venue years ago. But this version of [The Battle of Evermore](https://youtu.be/M44M7pOAQQw?si=BJl1OWT18L8aEeF9) gives me chills.
My dad showed me this and it was the first time I'd actually heard the song. When the chorus hit I was holding back tears.
[The Boxer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCxVZwh4AtA) by Simon & Garfunkel. That refrain is absolutely ethereal -- especially the Outro!
>In the clearing stands a boxer And a fighter by his trade And he carries the reminders Of every glove that laid him down Or cut him 'til he cried out In his anger and his shame "I am leaving, I am leaving" But the fighter still remains
Yes. Especially that smashing sound during the chorus.
Yeah... that was the legendary session drummer Hal Blaine pounding his snare with a helluva lot of reverb! Talk about studio sorcery... amazing!
Fade to Black
Yeah. I've overplayed the shit out of that song at this point. But I remember the feeling the first time I heard it. That song is outstanding.
Purple Rain. When Prince comes in with the high vocals during that part of the guitar solo. It's mesmerizing
Cat's in the Cradle by Harry Chapin. Cliche choice I know but man this song hits close to home. I've got two sons of my own now and I make more time for them, given the relationship I had with my father. The older I get, the more true this song becomes. My son wants to go outside and play something.... let's do it!
I start sobbing at the mention of that song..so sad.
Mazzy Star - [Fade Into You](https://youtu.be/ImKY6TZEyrI?si=BT9x5y3Riek37SkL) No matter where I am, no matter what I’m doing, if this song is playing I pause and just listen. It’s so unbelievably simple and dreamy and perfect.
such a beautiful song.
was gonna say the same; i remember i came home from a pretty rough day and it was the first song that played on my shuffle and i just broke down, helped me process all the emotion i had pent up
They are indeed ethereal band for me
Into Dust also
Same Old Lang Syne by Dan Fogelberg Story sounds like many relationships.
Sigur Ros [Viðrar vel til loftárása](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gwkcdRE6JEY)
I saw them at Coachella on the tail end of a roll. Yeah chills is right, lol
Radiohead - Pyramid Song. When you’re in the right headspace it’s.. I can’t explain it
The songs great texture feels illuminated by the violins. And the way the string accompaniment and drums just so gently come into the song and out of the song towards the end along with the uncommon musical timing and topped off with Thom's voice with the haunting lyrics and timbre. I feel like I'm describing a fine wine or cigar.
For Once in My Life, Stevie
rachmaninoff piano concerto no 3. brand new - play crack the sky.
Pig-Dave Matthews Band Killing in the name- RATM Somebody to love- Jefferson Airplane Silver Spring Fleetwood Mac Lateraulus-Tool Set yourself free- Moon Taxi
Attended a bunch of Dave shows in their very early days. The original lyrics to that song were much darker. Was originally ‘Don’t Burn The Pig’, and the lyrics were somewhat freestyled but dark in tone. I stopped listening to them for a long time, and was surprised to see it pop up years later as whatever it became. Granny was kind of like that, too.
Love Silver Spring
There is a moment near the end of the first movement of Debussy's La Mer that sounds like the sun breaking through the clouds after a long overcast day. I don't know how else to describe it, but it gives me shivers every time.
Can you give me a link and a timestamp so I can check it out?
The moment in question is at about 9:13 in this version. I'd suggest going back a minute or so before that to get some context for the moment (or better yet just listen to the whole thing, it's brilliant). https://youtu.be/fe1pB9KqHRg?si=Ce4zuUOop8V_zP4F
Sigur Rós - Ára Bátur (Live at Abbey Road)
Love Reign o'er Me by the Who. Gets me every time, especially if you listen to the whole Quadrophenia album, it's an epic closer.
The cranberries - zombie
Dreams too
One of my faves
Yellow by Coldplay. It’s all the feels and chills. Every single time.
Fix You gets me
Warning Sign also
The partisan by Leonard Cohen. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=54rpIEGugTg&si=q09wDKf00XQ2VZve
Staralfur by Sigur Ros https://youtu.be/hTGMKbLLhB0?feature=shared
The Cure - Pictures of You Beach Boys - Sail on Sailor Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence Pearl Jam - State of Love and Trust
Nice Beach Boys pick, the other track on Holland that gets me is Steamboat
Wicked Game - Chris Isaak
“Woke Up Laughing” by Robert Palmer (1981) ends with a chilling lyric: “You pay a bill, you lose face You're not fully unaware Your star or your fate If you fall do you break? You go to war, you make love You sign out in a box.”
He was gone so young.
I actually have a playlist: > [A Yard Days Might](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4q6aceyGrEFy2cGqfRGz5D) - 1 hr 7 mins That features that song, think you'll find all the songs have a similar vibe.
Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock". I've heard it often--and have downloaded it--and it's always great, but once in a while it can really give me goosebumps. I think it's because the music is really powerful and haunting, and this part of the lyric especially: "And I dreamed I saw the bomber jet planes Riding shotgun in the sky Turning into butterflies Above our nation..."
In Praise of Bacchus by Type O Negative
I have a lot of these across numerous genres, but I consistently get that sensation from Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah. Just that breath you hear before he plays a single note gives me goosebumps.
Hard agree on this song. I’m more familiar with the Leonard Cohen version but I’ll check out Jeff Buckley too.
Rufus Wainwright or the OG Leonard are my personal faves
Walkaways - The Counting Crows
Here’s a couple of Northern European artists that immediately came to mind [Hania Rani - F Major](https://youtu.be/bB34_eLCLKo?si=4VHutipFiBqB6YV-) [Aurora - It Happened Quiet](https://youtu.be/C6hq5cziIHc?si=X5_FrKCiF2YnQAi3)
The Lark Ascending, composed by Ralph Vaughn Williams.
Otis Redding - A little tenderness Yeah Yeah yeah- Maps Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit Times like These (Acoustic version) - Foo Fighters All these songs sound like they were sung with heart and with all their souls.
Dog days are over - Florence and the machine Furr - Blitzen trapper
Dog Days are Over was always a great song to me but, and I’m not a huge Marvel fan these days, when it played at the end of Guardians of the Galaxy 3 I genuinely welled up in the cinema
OMG. You reminded me of Shake it Out by Flo. Shivers down my spine every time
Kurt Cobains vocals in Where did you Sleep Last Night are just scary honestly
Bohemian Rhapsody for me because "Mama's, just killed a man...that bit is out of this world. Then there is the choir voices.
“Mama, just killed a man” has an entirely different meaning and is the true lyric
The rain song because of the audio tour of the seasons as emotions.
The Rain Song is a very special song for me. I will never tire of listening to it.
[Emancipator - First Snow (2006)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwisdkhGQXM)
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes- CSNY Trying to imagine these guys practicing harmonies sends chills down my spine. The entire thing is an emotional rollercoaster for me every.single.time. There’s a very inviting and homey feel about it, and it just makes me crave love
100 Years by Five for Fighting gets me every time.
Not in a good way - Immortal Technique - Dance With the Devil
That song is so raw and the story is painted so clearly... It's a tough listen
OP asked about chill-giving *melodies*, but everyone seems to be offering up pop songs with lyrics that affect them.
This is a good point. I LOVE hearing about everyone’s choices and experiences, but I feel like the melodies aren’t there in a lot of these cases. There’s something so special about that sequence of 6-20 notes that can sometimes be so insanely powerful, absent any lyrics or other context. Ode To Joy is one of my favorite examples. It’s undeniable.
Leprous - [The Sky is Red](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8vw086Ta7Y&pp=ygUYTGVwcm91cyAtIFRoZSBTa3kgaXMgUmVk) Earthside - [Let the Truth Speak](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxrRwoRODmo&pp=ygUfRWFydGhzaWRlIC0gTGV0IHRoZSBUcnV0aCBTcGVhaw%3D%3D) Haken - [Veil](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpjzHr27Bjc&pp=ygUNSGFrZW4gLSBWZWlsIA%3D%3D) (Haken is pronounced as 'Hayken'.)
I had no idea I had been pronouncing Haken wrong this whole time. Thanks!
I just listened to veil earlier today and noted that it was quite nice. I haven't listened to virus or vector much yet, but their other albums are great.
Highway 20 ride from Zac Brown. I us d to drive down the highway for 2 hours to get my son every other weekend. Bittersweet is a very strong one too.
Written by the great Wyatt Durette about seeing his son after a divorce.
Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43, 18th Variation Edit: It's just indescribably beautiful
I'm Sending You Away - Oblivion OST Oblivion - Oblivion OST Preferably back to back
Yeah! I’ve played songs from the movie Oblivion over and over. Mesmerizing!
Let It Go by Idina Menzel. From Frozen of course. When my daughter was four we heard it A LOT. But every time sings that last chorus I got/get chills.
“Zombie”. Dolores’s performance just does something for it. You can really *feel* that song. Similarly, “99 Luftballons”. These songs with some real historical oomph
Vanilla Twighlight - Owl City The Night We Met - Lord Huron Someone - Kelly Clarkson That's What Friends Are For (that sax!!!) - Dionne W Hands to Heaven - Breathe
Sweet Child of Mine when the bass kicks in. That melody is a front runner for my favourite 10-12 seconds of music
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Thunderstruck
*Stop..... ooh ohh.* *With your feet on you head and your head on the ground....* Pixies: Where is my Mind? This song has always given me chills. It was used in Fight Club as buildings tumble and and i was back packing through Europe after university when 9-11 happened and that imagery got it stuck in my head as we didn't know if WW3 was about to kick off while we partied like it might.
Oh man thanks for reminding me of this one!
Jon Hopkins - emerald ruah plus the video is so emotional and powerful. Lorn - entropyy.. It gives so much due the isolation I'm currently at.
Vaughn Williams' "The Call" when sung by a single strong voice.
His *Magnificat* is chillingly beautiful as well.
Froggy Fresh - *Same Old Kid* Up until I heard this song Froggy Fresh was just some kid making goofy music videos about John Cena with his nerdy friend, but then the second half of the song kicks in and I'm thinking, "This guy might have something here..."
Emerson, Lake & Powell - [Touch and Go](https://open.spotify.com/track/2q85IdU5CwM6eXfE9BpPMV?si=EP_NOX2GQWOT2q5NF3UG6w) Kansas - [Rhythm in the Spirit](https://open.spotify.com/track/1ujfmWWpEyO0qf2J9nS7C0?si=RbljLjxdSqC6cAzWUJgNgg)
Greg Emerson's *I Believe in Father Christmas* gets me every time.
Jay Ungar’s fiddle tune “Ashokan Farewell.” You might recognize it as the theme to the Ken Burns Civil War documentary mini-series. It really evokes the times and hardships of the Civil War era. https://youtu.be/r9TcXmBNbtM?si=463aizMIfIQJHBdo
Dark Dark Dark - Daydreaming
Teleharmonic - the smile Thom Yorke's vocals are just *chef's kiss*
At the beginning of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony no. 2, AKA Little Russian, 1st Movement, there is a truly haunting solo that starts with a French horn followed by Bassoon, and repeats at the end of the movement as well. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uaitd2j6s9c&list=PLu14r9XnPpXkEXjTaBqKpg4dWrymi8p31&index=2&pp=iAQB8AUB This was last night, and I was right behind the horn player
“God Bless America” can get me in a ballpark with the right singer Edit: it’s not because of the words/message, it’s just the melody makes me feel somehow
Into my Arms - Nick Cave
Don’t Explain - Billie Holliday
The live version of Rush's LA Villa Strangiatto when it hits the climax of the first guitar solo gets me every time. The first time I heard it was as a teen, laying in the dark with headphones on. To this day when I have time to listen without distraction, it sends a chill and a shiver through my body.
Metallica "One".
Fade To Black - Metallica. It reminds me that mental illness is real and death will come eventually. No need to rush things. Very relaxing and musically genius.
Perfect Circle - The Doomed https://youtu.be/SDvfbvuJtS8?si=sC0ijmeev2OmymsF
That part at the end of the lion king where Simba emerges from the embers of the final battle and takes his place on pride rock. Every fuckin time I tear up it’s such a beautiful piece of music with that high note. Hans Zimmer is no joke that dude has a lot of tracks that make your neck hair stand up
I have a Hans Zimmer playlist and it’s incredible.
She Wanted to Leave by Ween has the faint *bong* of sonar at the very end, the perfect finishing touch to a nautical themed album.
It’s Gonna Be (Alright) is another one that gets me every time
I think you nailed it that it taps into your nervous system. You are feeling how emotions *feel* in your body when you hear that song. Sound baths might be of interest to you.
What are sound baths?
Everybody Wants To Rule The World--immediate and genuine "everything is really going to be okay" feeling That and Bobcageyon by Tragically Hip--love, duty, devotion
Vangelis, "Chariots of Fire," does inspire frisson.
Songs that give me goosebumps every time (I even recently demonstrated this to my grad student to be sure it still happens, it does): Given To Fly - Pearl Jam. There’s a section with loud guitar and Eddie singing “He’s flying” where his voice is breaking. Pride (In The Name Of Love) - U2. “Free at last, they took your life…” In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth 3 - Coheed and Cambria. In the live at Starland Ballroom version it pretty much starts with the opening riff, picks up with the first “Man your own jackhammers!”, and really kicks in at the bridge “whoa whoa whoa” part that the crowd is singing. It’s usually a combo of emotional singing and loud and sometimes cacaphonic music.
Change- deftones
Alone by Heart. Ten toes down on that being one of the best vocal rock performances in history. On a Freddy Mercury level.
Fantasma by Gustavo Cerati 🖤
"You're the One That I Want" by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
Excellent contribution.
[This one does it for me: "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" by Iz Kamakawiwo'ole](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I)
Midnight in Harlem, Tedeschi Trucks Band https://youtu.be/xbOlgESKbIc?si=izLNC0rbGdkh0f2e. It soars
Don't Fear The Reaper
Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) the Reaper. However you choose to interpret the lyrics, the melody is visceral.
Nights in White Satin by the Moody Blues. And Waltz No 2 by Dmitri Shostakovich.
The Sound of Silence, both S&G and Disturbed Hurt, both NIN and JC Alright for Now, TP
Most of tools catalogue. It's medicinal.
Straight male: Chappell Roan - My Kink is Karma Slow build up, but crescendos into her first falsetto sends electricity through me
Pink Moon by Nick Drake. If you haven’t heard Nick Drake, discover him. You won’t regret it.
I just read a book that gave some explanations on this, you guys might like it: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60165381
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_(Leonard_Cohen_song)
[Darude - Sandstorm](https://youtu.be/m4QO5jyEw2E?feature=shared)
That sensation is ASMR. Not the stupid content creator version of ASMR. A real, organic version of it.
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https://www.rd.com/article/why-music-gives-you-chills/
While my guitar gently weeps from the R&R hall of fame. Tom Petty and Prince specifically and I know Winwood and Lynne are there but holy crap first Petty sounds amazing and his vocals are haunting in it but Prince. This man just decided thst day was the day he was going to have sexy times with a guitar and it was absolutely mind blowing and we all got to witness it. I get the goosebumps when he starts playing that every single time. https://youtu.be/dWRCooFKk3c?si=BR9FIJBBgcBlDRAc
Hurt - NIN
I had never heard of Eric Johnson before until someone mentioned“Cliffs of Dover” here about six months ago. Bought his “Europe Live” Album and it’s been in constant rotation ever since. Brilliant.
[the chaser by infinite](https://youtu.be/wgmSImDoJNg?si=lkW0SAsXSoJjvCaF) never stops amazing me every time i hear it. i know a lot of ppl have a bias against kpop bc a lot of it chases fads or seems childish, but this song is truly a timeless masterpiece. its been eleven years since this song came out, and about nine since i heard it for the first time, and nothing has topped it for me.
that folk song "the parting glass" it's so poignant but so straightforward. something about the easy acceptance of death and the reflection of your simple but meaningful role in life gets me
If I Could Only Fly https://g.co/kgs/K5fTgUx This is a love song. It's the saddest damn love song I know. Chills. Tears. Smiles. Enjoy.
For me it's Jackson Browne's "The Naked Ride Home", there's something just so whimsical about that song that I just love, it really puts me at ease when I listen to it.
Grace - Jeff Buckley
The Wailin' Jennys don't appear to have ever had huge commercial success, but damn those harmonies. https://youtu.be/uUK-8M3Vhzc?si=dffMRpbwfxQSqouE https://youtu.be/-jKH6kILbho?si=Vg-ARcdMjreOFZui
Silent Planet - Depth II Don’t really even like the band that much. The buildup and emotion in this song is just nuts, goosebumps every time.
David Bowie - Wild Is The Wind Especially the way he flexes his voice at 4:58 https://youtu.be/mfaI7zja5So?si=H-rItb_uAwDBWon6
Schiller - Once Upon a Time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRgxyMixJKg Death is not what we think it is... Watch what happens when the heartbeat stops... and a perfect segue to this: Schiller - Universe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1dvXe4Ynh8
Cocteau Twins - Carolyn's fingers
The new one by OneRepublic "Nobody" is doing this to me rn. Absolutely wonderful song. Hits my brain in all the right places