There are two types of shiver you can get from a song: one of joy and one of pain.
In the joy category, the two I can think of have already been mentioned
Teenage Kicks by The Undertones
Nothing Compares 2 u - the Sinead O'Connor version
I'd nominate the next two for shivers of a different kind:
Suffer Little Children by The Smiths - a ballad in memory of those who were murder by Brady and Hindley
Diane by Huske Du by mainly the cover version by Therapy? - The first line of the song is Hey little girl, wanna go for a ride. I'll leave you to imagine what happens by the end but it's not nice.
I've been on telly a couple of times as a child - first ones were in the news. Not go into that story here.
The second and last to my knowledge was at the tender age of 10. My primary school was selected to do a half hour programme called Children and their Music, presented by Gloria Hunniford. Everything was fine until the last number when we did a bit out of HMS Pinafore. I was happily doing my hornpipe dance routine when someone knocked my sailor's hat off. I caught and, like a true professional, put it on my head and carried on with the routine. The elastic chin strap was across one of my eyes making me look more like a pirate than a sailor. Needless to say, the TV crew picked up on this and 'Hey Presto' zoomed in on the idiot pirate and stayed with me until the end of the routine. I sorted out my hat and put it on the wrong way. My little routine became the biggest talking point the day after airing.
My mother has since tracked down a copy of the programme and has great pleasure in bringing it out to embarass me.
Ho hum, I'm not scarred by the incident or the subsequent teasing. At least, not after the help. :cry:
Well, so far there has been a wide range of artists covered. The music industry must be sitting back laughing at the amount of money they have made. But to add a few more to the list:
Meatloaf
Anyone who sings a ballad
All country and western singers
All jazz singers
Anyone from an american rock band (all too high pitched - underwear is always too tight)
Daniel O'Donnell
Think we have pretty much wiped out most now.
