"Shivers" is a song by English singer-songwriter

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, released through

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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.

Background

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''. 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".

Release and promotion

On 19 August 2021, Sheeran announced his fourth studio album, '' ='', in which the song is listed on the tracklist. 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". A preview of the song was also listed. Sheeran announced its accompanying music video and a teaser video of it on

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, 6 September 2021.

Critical reception

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

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Music video and lyric video

Music video

A music video was released along with the song on 10 September 2021, starring Sheeran and

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. 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.

Lyric video

The lyric video for "Shivers" was released on 13 September 2021.

Track listing

*Digital download, streaming and CD single #"Shivers" – 3:27 *Digital download and streaming – Acoustic Version #"Shivers" (Acoustic Version) – 3:26 *Digital download and streaming – Navos Remix #"Shivers" (Navos Remix) – 2:35 *Digital download and streaming – Ofenbach Remix #"Shivers" (Ofenbach Remix) – 3:07 *Digital download and streaming – Alok Remix #"Shivers" ( Alok Remix) – 2:52 *Digital download and streaming – Jax Jones Remix #"Shivers" (

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Remix) – 3:27 *Digital download and streaming – Heavy-K Remix #"Shivers" (Heavy-K Remix) – 5:40 *Digital download and streaming – Dillon Francis Remixes #"Shivers" (

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Main Mix) – 2:07 #"Shivers" (Dillon Francis Club Mix) – 2:07 *Digital download and streaming – featuring Jessi and SUNMI #"Shivers" (featuring

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) – 3:27 *Digital download and streaming – featuring Feduk and Slava Marlow #"Shivers" (featuring Feduk and Slava Marlow) – 2:46

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from

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– vocals, songwriting, production, guitar, pizzicato violin * Johnny McDaid – songwriting, unknown vocals, guitar * Kal Lavelle – songwriting *

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– songwriting, production, keyboard, vocal production *

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– production, bass, drums, guitar, keyboard, programming * Charlie Holmes – assistant mixing * Chris Laws – drums, programming, unknown vocals, recording * Dan Pursey – vocal production, unknown vocals, recording * Graham Archer – unknown vocals, vocal production * Joe Rubel – unknown vocals, recording, additional programming * Kieran Beardmore – assistant mixing * Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing * Matt Wolach – assistant mixing * Stuart Hawkes – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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