Goosebumps (BA Robertson song)

"Goosebumps"
Single by BA Robertson
from the album Initial Success
B-side	"The B side"
Released	January 1979 (1979-01)
Studio	Mayfair Studios, London
Genre	Pop rock
Length	2:31
Label	Asylum
Songwriter(s)	BA Robertson Terry Britten
Producer(s)	Terry Britten
BA Robertson singles chronology
"All the Thin Men" (1976) "Goosebumps" (1979) "Bang Bang" (1979)

"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 Initial Success. The single flopped, but later that year, Australian pop singer Christie Allen covered the song, which peaked at number 3 on Kent Music Report in Australia and sold over 60,000 copies^[1]

The song was his first release on Asylum Records after they signed him due to the strength of this song on a demo tape he sent to their parent company Warner Communications.^[2]

Christie Allen version

"Goose Bumps"
German cover art
Single by Christie Allen
from the album Magic Rhythm
B-side	"Ships That Pass Through the Night" "Count Me Out"
Released	August 1979 (1979-08)
Studio	Mayfair Studios, London
Genre	Pop
Length	2:50
Label	Mushroom
Songwriter(s)	Terry Britten BA Robertson
Producer(s)	Terry Britten
Christie Allen singles chronology
"Falling in Love with Only You" (1979) "Goose Bumps" (1979) "He's My Number One" (1980)

Allen released her cover in August 1979 as the third single from her debut studio album, Magic Rhythm. 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 WEA. At the 1979 Countdown awards, the song was nominated for Most Popular Single, won by "Computer Games" by Mi-Sex.^[3] "Goose Bumps" became the first ever single by Mushroom Records to be certified gold in Australia.^[4]

Reception

Cash Box magazine said "Bouncy bass and synthesiser set the tick-tock danceable pace for Christie Allen's crystal voice."^[5]

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

Chart (1979–80)	Peak position
Australian Kent Music Report[6]	3
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[7]	37

Year-end charts

Chart (1979)	Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)[8]	28

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[9]	Gold	50,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Christie Allen'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Archived from the original on 29 August 2004. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
2. Initial Success (liner). B. A. Robertson. Cherry Red. 2017.
3. Countdown Show no.235 Aired: 13/4/1979 on ABC, Australia
4. Webmaster (11 November 2015). "Christie Allen | Nostalgia Central". Retrieved 2020-09-17.
5. "Singles to Watch" (PDF). Cash Box. 5 July 1980. p. 22. Retrieved 3 December 2021 – via World Radio History.
6. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
7. "Christie Allen – Goosebumps". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
8. "Kent Music Report No 288 – 31 December 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1979". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 10 January 2023 – via Imgur.com.
9. "International Certifications" (PDF). Cash Box. 29 March 1980. p. 94. Retrieved 3 December 2021 – via World Radio History.