"Goosebumps" is a pop song written by Terry Britten and BA Robertson and originally released by Robertson in January 1979 as the first single from his debut album ''

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''. The single flopped, but later that year, Australian pop singer

Christie Allen Christie Allen (born June Dorothy Allen; 24 July 195412 August 2008) was an English-born Australian pop singer who had a successful career in Australia. Her top four hits on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart were "Goosebumps" ...

covered the song, which peaked at number 3 on

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in Australia and sold over 60,000 copies The song was his first release on Asylum Records after they signed him due to the strength of this song on a

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he sent to their parent company Warner Communications.

Christie Allen version

Allen released her cover in August 1979 as the third single from her debut studio album, ''

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''. The song was released as "Goose Bumps" on both the single and the album. It released in the US via Polydor Records and in Europe via

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. At the 1979 Countdown awards, the song was nominated for Most Popular Single, won by "

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" by Mi-Sex. "Goose Bumps" became the first ever single by

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to be certified gold in Australia.

Reception

'' Cash Box magazine'' said "Bouncy bass and synthesiser set the tick-tock danceable pace for Christie Allen's crystal voice."

Track listing

7" (K 7608) *Side A – "Goosebumps" - 2:50 *Side B – "Ships That Pass Through the Night" - 3:20 7" (International) *Side A – "Goosebumps" - 2:50 *Side B - "Count Me Out"

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{authority control 1979 songs 1979 singles BA Robertson songs Christie Allen songs Songs written by BA Robertson Songs written by Terry Britten Asylum Records singles Mushroom Records singles