I do. When I hear the opening chord of “A Hard Day’s Night”, when Art sings “Sail on silver girl” in BOTW, when Van wails “I want to rock your gypsy soul” in “Into the Mystic”, when I hear the harmonica play at the beginning of “Thunder Road” and many other times too numerous to mention. In fact, I judge my enjoyment of a concert by how many times I get goosebumps.
Never knew it was because I had a unique brain, do you? http://neurosciencenews.com/music-chills-neuroscience-6167/
Very interesting! Thanks for posting the link.
This happens to me frequently. Hair stands on end. Sometimes choked up, can’t talk… I used to think that everybody was like this, but when I’ve asked, some of my friends (and my wife) don’t have any idea what I’m talking about.
Mercedes Sosa’s “Gracias a la Vida” does this to me every single time. “In This Heart” by Sinead O’Connor as well.
I am triggered too when I hear live music and the audience sings along, like at the end of this performance of “Sit Down” by James:
Yes. Certain songs also make me tear up, even if I am perfectly content before hearing them. The beginning of Thunder Road is a perfect example! I have always felt a strong bond with music. My H, on the other hand, will like a song (the music) and have no idea what the lyrics are- and worse- won’t care!! Lol.
I react so strongly to music that I can’t play any music in the car that has lyrics. It’s too distracting.
So I play only instrumental classical music or movie soundtracks in the car. But even some of that music can cause issues.
My daughter and I have been talking about the processional and recessional music for her upcoming wedding and listening to possible choices on YouTube. (She doesn’t want to walk down the aisle to Here Comes the Bride or Pachelbel’s Canon.) I was secretly hoping that she wouldn’t pick certain pieces because they might make me cry, and I don’t want to cry at her wedding. Fortunately, she has chosen two selections from Handel’s Water Music that don’t elicit that response from me (although I suspect that after the wedding, they will cause me to cry whenever I hear them for the rest of my life).
This. I can be driving happily down the road and tear up to a song that’s playing. Culprits include the Illuminations soundtrack from WDW, Clapton’s “Let it grow”, and Springsteen’s “Jungleland”.
And if you have ever listened to Amy Grant’s “Home for Christmas” CD, you might know “Jesu, joy of man’s desire”, that one literally makes me WEEP. Every.darn.time.
I don’t tear up but I always have a visceral reaction to “Layla” by Eric Clapton, probably because H played it for me on piano on our first date. H does react more physically to music than I do. I am tone deaf, but have an ability to recognize a song from the first note or two and I am “gifted” at remembering lyrics. H can hum anything on key, but he stinks at lyrics. He thinks it’s related to his dyslexia.
YES. I tear up all the time listening to music OR get goosebumps from the energy I get from the song. I’m a mess at a concert!
I will admit though that I often don’t know the lyrics well - its the music itself that draws me in.
Tears in Heaven. Can’t take that one.
U2 “Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” gets me every time
:“Nimrod” of Elgar’s Enigma Variations, most recently effective in “Dunkirk”. A close second is the “Simple Gifts” movement of Copland’s Appalachian Spring.
I sometimes gets chills or am moved to tears when singing certain pieces in a chorus.
Thanks for posting. Professional classical musician. I’ve had the chills whenever I hear orchestral strings (violin, viola cello, double bass) since I was a small child. In fact, as long as I can remember. I thought it was just me.
I’ve also noticed reactions to some songs - reaction to the lyrics or associations.
@audiophile – thanks for the post. I sent the link to D18, who’s thinking about going to USC and could end up in that department eventually.
Heck, I even get chills from the opening credits of Game of Thrones.
The soundtrack to “Out of Africa”.
So many things. So much emotion. But the specific song changes according to my situation. I think my middle child and I share many of these responses, though.
Or maybe the kid just has good taste. 
Despite whatever might be going on in our country…the Star Spangled Banner often does me in.
^^^The U.S. Armed Forces medley does that to me:
https://www.google.com/search?q=armed+services+medley&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari
And seeing our son in uniform while this plays makes it hard to breathe.
Lots do but the one that always sends chills down my spine is “Hurt” by Johnny Cash. There’s just something about it.
The song “Because” which H’s friend soloed at our wedding is the only song that ever did it to me and only when she sang it. (She auditioned to sing for the Met and is an incredible singer.)