Shiver (Natalie Imbruglia song)

"Shiver" is a song by Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia, released as the first single from her third studio album, Counting Down the Days (2005), on 21 March 2005. The song reached No. 19 in her native Australia and at No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart. It also peaked at No. 1 in Hungary and No. 6 in Italy.

"Shiver"
Single by Natalie Imbruglia
from the album Counting Down the Days
B-side	"When You're Sleeping" "Pineapple Head" "My Own Movie"
Released	21 March 2005 (2005-03-21)
Studio	Olympic (London, England) Compton Way Jacobs (Farnham, Surrey) AM (Valencia, Spain)
Genre	Pop
Length	3:42
Label	Brightside
Songwriter(s)	Natalie Imbruglia Francis White Shep Solomon
Producer(s)	Stephen Lipson
Natalie Imbruglia singles chronology
"Beauty on the Fire" (2002) "Shiver" (2005) "Counting Down the Days" (2005)
Music video
"Shiver" on YouTube

Chart performance

"Shiver" reached No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart. Shiver was officially Britain's most broadcast track in 2005, indicating most played on radio, MTV and commercial use.^[1][2] In Europe, "Shiver" was the sixth-most-played song of 2005, accumulating 2,733,820 audience points and 31,423 plays during the year. Shiver became Natalie Imbruglia's biggest pan-European airplay track since "Torn" and as a result is considered her second-biggest hit.^[3] The song was covered by Maxïmo Park on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge. Lara Krost performed the song during Season 5 of Australian Idol. In 2006, Shiver was nominated in the APRA (Australasian Performing Right Association) category for 'Most Performed Foreign Work'.^[4] It was also nominated for an Ivor Novello Award for 'Most Performed Track'.^[5] As of 2011, "Shiver" had sold approximately 500,000 copies worldwide.^[6]

Music video

The music video, inspired by the movie The Bourne Supremacy, started airing around February 2005. It was directed by Jake Nava who has also directed the music video for Britney Spears' hit, My Prerogative, and Holly Valance's State of Mind. It was filmed in Kyiv, Ukraine, during winter, giving the video a bleak appearance, but also "intriguing visuals for a seemingly ordinary pop song".^[7][8]

A departure from Imbruglia's previous video styles, Shiver had a spy-themed, action-packed plot with car chases and switched identities. Imbruglia burns her passport and personal effects, then steals a Citroën CX to make her escape. She is followed by her unnamed enemy, in this case men driving a GAZ Volga 3110 and a BMW 5 Series (E34).^[9][7] Imbruglia is unusually calm despite these circumstances, implying that this is a typical occurrence.^[10] Imbruglia manages to escape both sets of her pursuers, alters her appearance, and obtains new fake passport, in order to take a train to another city, but she remains a fugitive on the run.^[8][11]

Track listings

Australian CD single and UK CD2^[12][13]

1. "Shiver" (Natalie Imbruglia, Francis White, Shep Solomon) – 3:42
2. "When You're Sleeping" (Imbruglia, Gary Clark) – 3:04
3. "Pineapple Head" (Neil Finn) – 3:21
4. "Shiver" (video) – 3:20

UK CD1 and European CD single^[14][15]

1. "Shiver" (Imbruglia, White, Solomon) – 3:42
2. "My Own Movie" (Imbruglia, Martin Harrington, Ash Howes) – 4:05

European maxi-CD single^[16]

1. "Shiver" (Imbruglia, Solomon, White) – 3:42
2. "When You're Sleeping" (Imbruglia, Clark) – 3:04
3. "Pineapple Head" (Finn) – 3:21
4. "Shiver" (edit) (Imbruglia, White, Solomon) – 3:20
5. "Shiver" (video)

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the Counting Down the Days album booklet.^[17]

Studios

• Recorded and mixed at Olympic Studios (London, England), Compton Way Studios, Jacobs Studios (Farnham, Surrey), and AM Studio (Valencia, Spain)
• Engineered at The Aquarium (London, England)

Personnel

• Natalie Imbruglia – writing
• Eg White – writing (as Francis White), guitar, keyboards
• Shep Solomon – writing
• Stephen Lipson – guitars, mandolin, keyboards, programming, production
• Peredur ap Gwynedd – guitars
• Rick Willson – guitars
• Rej Rheinallt ap Gwynedd – bass
• Chuck Sabo – drums
• Ash Howes – co-production, mixing
• Martin Harrington – co-production
• Heff Moraes – engineering
• Keith Uddin – additional engineering

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2005) Peak position Australia (ARIA)^[18] 19 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[19] 41 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[20] 30 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)^[21] 28 France (SNEP)^[22] 34 Germany (Official German Charts)^[23] 52 Greece (IFPI)^[24] 32 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)^[25] 1 Ireland (IRMA)^[26] 19 Italy (FIMI)^[27] 6 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)^[28] 16 Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[29] 64 Scotland (OCC)^[30] 8 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[31] 36 UK Singles (OCC)^[32] 8

Year-end charts Chart (2005) Position Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)^[33] 28 Italy (FIMI)^[34] 34 UK Singles (OCC)^[35] 79

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
Australia	21 March 2005	CD	Brightside	^[36]
United Kingdom				^[37]

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