Chills (Down with Webster song)

"Chills" is a song recorded by Canadian rap rock group Down with Webster, taken from their second major-label studio album, Party for Your Life (2014). The song was written by the members of Down With Webster and Emerson Brooks along with the song's producers, Matthew Samuels and Zale Epstein and Brett Ryan Krueger, under their production monikers Boi-1da and The Maven Boys, respectively. It was released through the group's own DWW Entertainment on December 17, 2013, as the third single from Party for Your Life.[2] The single went Platinum on July 21, 2014, and has sold 78,000 digital copies.[3]

"Chills"
Single by Down with Webster
from the album Party for Your Life
ReleasedDecember 17, 2013 (2013-12-17)
Recorded2013
Genre
Length3:28
LabelDWW Entertainment
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Boi-1da
  • The Maven Boys
Down with Webster singles chronology
"Party for Your Life"
(2013)		 "Chills"
(2013)		 "Love Is Not Enough"
(2020)

Music video

The official lyric video for the song premiered on MetroLyrics on December 20, 2013,[4] before being uploaded to VEVO and YouTube on December 23, 2013.[5] In the video, the lyrics of the song are traced in the fogged up windows of a Kia Sorento by an unseen person in the dark of night. Amanda Hutchison of Metro Lyrics praised the video's "unique concept" and how well it fit with the song's lyrics.[4]

On March 7, 2014, the group released the official music video.[6] The video, shot in greyscale, shows each of the group members alone in an empty room with their hands covering their face, and an image of their face projected onto the backs of their hands. MuchMusic blogger Liam Scott described the visual effects in the video as "pretty nifty (if slightly creepy)," which helped deliver the titular chills.[7]

Awards and nominations
Year Ceremony Category Result
2014 MuchMusic Video Awards Pop Video of the Year Nominated[8]
2015 SOCAN Awards Pop/Rock Music of the Year Won[9]

Chart performance

"Chills" entered the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 at No. 41 for the week ending January 4, 2014.[10] It peaked at No. 19, which it held for two weeks straight.[10]

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[15] Platinum 80,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. "POP/ROCK Music Awards- "Chills"", SOCAN, 2015
  2. "Chills - Single by Down With Webster". iTunes Store. Apple Inc. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  3. "2014 NIELSEN MUSIC CANADA REPORT" (PDF). Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  4. Hutchison, Amanda. "Down With Webster's New Lyric Video Will Give You "Chills" (PREMIERE)". MetroLyrics. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 2016-06-16. Retrieved 28 April 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. DownWithWebster VEVO. "Down With Webster - Chills (Lyric Video)". YouTube. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  6. "Music Videos - Chills by Down With Webster". iTunes Store. Apple Inc. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  7. Scott, Liam. "Here's the new Down With Webster video for Chills!". MuchMusic. Bell Media. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  8. "MuchMusic Video Awards 2014 nods led by Drake, Hedley: See the full list of nominees here". National Post. May 21, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
  9. "2015 SOCAN Awards: Dallas Green, Randy Bachman among Canadian music creators honoured". CBC. June 23, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
  10. "Down with Webster - Chills". aCharts. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  11. "Down with Webster Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.
  12. "Down with Webster Chart History (Canada AC)". Billboard.
  13. "Down with Webster Chart History (Canada CHR/Top 40)". Billboard.
  14. "Down with Webster Chart History (Canada Hot AC)". Billboard.
  15. "Canadian single certifications – Down With Webster – Chills". Music Canada.
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