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This 715-song playlist is scientifically verified to give you the chills, thanks to \u201cfrisson\u201dby Sam Gilberg<\/a><\/h4>\n
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It\u2019s 2006. I\u2019m on the school bus listening to my iPod, when on comes Johnny Cash\u2019s \u201cHurt.\u201d <\/em>The song begins softly, a wistful Cash singing of loss and regret over sparse acoustic plucking.<\/p>\n

As a freshman in high school, I know nothing of the song\u2019s mature themes of aging and death. But about halfway through the song, something happens. The guitar and piano increase in volume, and Cash\u2019s voice starts to crescendo. I feel the hairs stand on the back of my neck. A warm shiver runs up my spine, and goosebumps appear on my arms. It feels like something important is happening. I don\u2019t know what exactly. But something is coming.<\/em><\/p>\n

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And the moment I expect the song will decrescendo, as it had in the previous chorus\u2026 It doesn\u2019t. Cash\u2019s voice wails over a pounding piano and guitar that threatens to blow out my headphones.<\/p>\n

Suddenly, my body is seized by a rapturous electricity; my mind is invigorated by an indescribable fusion of ecstasy, awe, despair, and longing. And in an instant, I realize something deep in my bones:<\/p>\n

This is what it feels like to be alive.<\/em><\/p>\n

The physiology of frisson<\/h2>\n

There is a word that describes this common human response to music \u2014 a word for \u201cthat moment\u201d when a song pierces your body and soul. It\u2019s called \u201cfrisson,\u201d and it\u2019s the reason why music from artists as seemingly disparate as Johnny Cash, Metallica, C\u00e9line Dion, and Mozart are all featured on a recently released, scientifically-backed playlist of songs that researchers claim are likely to give people \u201cchills.\u201d The 715-song playlist<\/a> was curated by a team of neuroscientists and is available on Spotify.<\/p>\n

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