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Released | 10 September 2021 | |||
Genre | Dance-pop [1] | |||
Length | 3:27 | |||
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"Shivers" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran,released through Asylum Records and Atlantic Records on 10 September 2021 as the second single from his fifth studio album, = (2021). "Shivers" entered atop the charts in the United Kingdom and Ireland,dethroning Sheeran's previous single "Bad Habits" after eleven consecutive weeks at the summit in both countries. The song also topped the charts in Austria,Germany,Sweden and Switzerland and peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100.
Sheeran referred to the song while explaining why the album title was = instead of –,as fans had predicted,in which he said:"I was making the record and I wrote a song called 'Shivers' and I was like,'This doesn't really feel like [Minus]". [2] Sheeran wrote "Shivers" at the end of the Divide tour,when he set up a studio at a rented farm in Suffolk where he had his last date of the tour. It took him three days to write the song,which was unusually long for him,as he felt the song "was too special to get wrong". [3]
On 19 August 2021,Sheeran announced his fourth studio album, = ,in which the song is listed on the tracklist. [4] He later announced the cover art and release date of the song on 2 September 2021. He also revealed that "Shivers" was originally intended to be the lead single for the album instead of its current lead single,"Bad Habits". [3] A preview of the song was also listed. [5] Sheeran announced its accompanying music video and a teaser video of it on Labour Day,6 September 2021. [6]
On 2 September 2021,the same day Sheeran announced the song,Jonathan Heaf from the United Kingdom branch of GQ in Sheeran's hometown,described the song as "a sexy,rocketing song that includes hand claps in the bridge and is music to dance to with your best friends after three too many tequilas". [7]
A music video was released along with the song on 10 September 2021,starring Sheeran and AnnaSophia Robb. It has over 350 million views as of June 2024. Like his previous video,"Bad Habits",it was directed by Dave Meyers. In the music video,Sheeran meets Robb at a diner and starts going through wild fantasies with her,including getting revived in a morgue after a text from her that he was waiting for finally arrives,dancing together in a bird-filled hotel,and fighting off some goons (with Sheeran suddenly wearing knight armor in the midst of the fight). In some scenes in the music video,Sheeran wears sequins and feathers. [8]
The lyric video for "Shivers" was released on 13 September 2021. [9]
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Credits adapted from Spotify [21] and Tidal. [22]
Weekly charts | Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [142] | 8× Platinum | 560,000‡ |
Austria (IFPI Austria) [143] | 4× Platinum | 120,000‡ |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [144] | 3× Platinum | 120,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada) [145] | 8× Platinum | 640,000‡ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [146] | 2× Platinum | 180,000‡ |
France (SNEP) [147] | Diamond | 333,333‡ |
Germany (BVMI) [148] | 2× Platinum | 800,000‡ |
Italy (FIMI) [149] | 3× Platinum | 300,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [150] | 5× Platinum | 150,000‡ |
Poland (ZPAV) [151] | Diamond | 250,000‡ |
Portugal (AFP) [152] | 3× Platinum | 30,000‡ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [153] | 2× Platinum | 120,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [154] | 4× Platinum | 2,400,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [155] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000‡ |
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Japan (RIAJ) [156] | Gold | 50,000,000† |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Version | Label | Ref. |
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Various | 10 September 2021 | Original | Atlantic | [157] | |
United States | 13 September 2021 | Adult contemporary radio | [158] | ||
14 September 2021 | Contemporary hit radio | [159] | |||
Various | 1 October 2021 |
| Acoustic | [12] | |
Navos Remix | [13] | ||||
8 October 2021 | Ofenbach Remix | [14] | |||
11 October 2021 | Alok Remix | [15] | |||
25 October 2021 | Jax Jones Remix | [16] | |||
12 November 2021 | Heavy-K Remix | [17] | |||
Dillon Francis Remixes | [18] | ||||
24 November 2021 | featuring Jessi and Sunmi | [19] | |||
17 December 2021 | featuring Feduk and Slava Marlow | [20] |
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