I love this song and yes she is super stunning. Her look in this video was the look 20 year old guys in my circle were all over during this era. I just recently learned that this is actually a cover, which blew my mind.
Came from the same Australian soap as Kylie and Margot Robbie (But different era they didn’t act alongside each other) Kylie and Natalie are good friends She had a lot of success in Alanis era late 90s early 00s I would recommend - Wrong Impression, Counting Down The Days, and Shiver
I first saw Natalie in the same aussie soap that kylie was in.neighbours. I believe she stayed in the ramsey house which is where Kylie's character Charlene ramsey lived.i think natalie was there after kylie had left.
This song was a huge radio hit in the U.S. and topped Billboard magazine's Hot 100 Airplay chart for 11 weeks. However, her record label did not release "Torn" as a physical single (cassette single or CD single ... 45 rpm single vinyl records had already been discontinued by the early 1990s) in the U.S. because they wanted people to buy her full album. (This was before digital downloads became a thing in 2001 with the introduction of Apple's iPod and Apple Tunes store. :-) ) The Hot 100 chart rules back then stipulated that a song needed to have a retail single to qualify, so "Torn" was never officially a No. 1 pop single in the U.S. like it was in many other countries. Billboard changed their Hot 100 rules the next year in 1988 and started allowing album-only tracks to qualify for the Hot 100. This same rule prevented other big radio hits from officially reaching No. 1 in the U.S., such as "Madonna's "Into the Groove" and the Rembrandt's "I'll Be There for You" (the theme song from the TV sitcom "Friends").
A "semi-cropped feel" OMG I burst out laughing. Why had I never noticed this before? Bryson noticing the important things and giving us an insight on 90's fashion is top tier. ❤
This song is originally from 1991 by Ednaswap. But released first time in 1993 in a danish translation by Lis Sørensen. In 1995 Ednaswap released it in on their album. In 1996 the Norwegian artist Trine Rein released a music video of this song and on an album. And then Natalie Imbruglia made it world famous in 1997. Quit a journey.
Due to the pronunciation of its title, this song reminded me of a great success that I would recommend you react to, ThORN in my side (1986) by Eurythmics
Ah, love Natalie, this song and the album that it’s from, Left of the Middle is just brilliant. Natalie joined Coldplay on stage at Wembley Stadium to sing Torn and Summer nights as a tribute to Olivia Newton John ❤ xx
Welcome to Natalie Imbruglia! I would recommend following this up with her songs "Want," "Wrong Impression, "Shiver," "Beauty on the Fire," "Smoke," and "Glorious."
Natalie Imbruglia is one of my favourite singers but damn, am i sick of this song Torn?! Lol, honestly, to me it's near the bottom of the list of her best songs yet for so many people you'd think it's the only song she's ever recorded!! I really hope you listen to more of Natalie's work as she's released so many great songs, so much better than this one, imo. Ones I can recommend are That Day, Beauty On The Fire, Wrong Impression (in fact the whole of her White Lilies Album is wonderful), Identify, Wishing I Was There, Nothing Missing and Shiver to name just a few. She's great. I saw her on stage in a play once too and she's such a good actress. A very talented lady. :)
Bryson, your posting of Natalie Imbruglia's "Torn" made me want to check out some of her other songs. (Thank God for the invention of RUclips!!! 🙂) Natalie pretty much only had one charting hit in the U.S. ("Torn," her first), but she did very well in her native Australia and New Zealand and the U.K. and Europe. If you ever want to revisit more of her songs, I just watched a bunch of her videos and found these three songs particularly catchy: 1. "Wishing I Was There" from 1998. 2. "Shiver" from 2005 (fun, unexpected music video!). 3. "On My Way" from 2021, when she was 46. (She is now 48.)
'Smoke', 'Shiver' and 'Beauty On The fire' are my favourites and the 'guy' Jeremy Sheffield is a quite well known actor in the UK and as gay as a pride parade. 😊
Not to take anything away from Natalie,as shes an Aussie and i love Aussies. Also as she covers a song i love,and wich she got a breakthrough with. But Natalie was not the first one to cover this,although her version was the one that blew up,here is an interesting history of Torn: "It was first recorded in 1993 in Danish (renamed "Brændt", Danish for "Burnt") by Danish singer Lis Sørensen, then in 1994 by Cutler and Preven's American rock band Ednaswap, and in 1996 by American-Norwegian singer Trine Rein. "Torn" is best known as Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia's 1997 debut single. 2005 - Brazilian girl group Rouge recorded a Portuguese version of the song 2010 - British-Irish boyband One Direction sang an acoustic version of "Torn" for their first performance as a group on The X Factor 2018 - Welsh pop punk band Neck Deep covered the song, with an accompanying music video that parodies Natalie Imbruglia's 1997 video." Unofficially most who knows the story of Torn,will say that Trine has the absolute best version for this song. She has a stronger,more versatile voice then Natalie,while Natalie has a more sweet voice wich works for her version. Trines cover also has the instrumentals far more present,bass and the Shakers/Maracas are louder. The visuals of the video tends to be more favored by gay/lesbian people as well (as well as straight),as Trine does not hold back on anything lol. Maybe that would be a nice transition into Trine Rein reactions? She pronounces her name as Trin-eh (with a silent h,im just describing it this way,to let you know its said with an E and not an Y) Rein is so close to Rain in American,that it basically sounds the same. If you want to perfectionize her last name too,just simply say Rein like you would say Rain,just change out the A with an E sound,then straight forward. Trine was born in San Francisco so she has both an American citizenship as well as an Norwegian citizenship,eventhough she has lived her life up until now in Norway. Let me check real quick how many music videos she has available on YT: Okay so i found 4 Official Music Videos,most of them from her magical album Finders Keepers,wich made her the only artist in Norway who sold over 1 million copies of an album. And back then Norway didnt have 5 million residents yet,so quite the achievement for a solo artist. A-ha of course had done it before her,but that also tells a tale about how insanely good Trine was (and still is,there are many live performances where she even sings covers,where she mindblows people with her vocal range and versatility) Oh,Trine moved to the US for a short while where she became a limo driver,only to return to Norway a few years later. Another funfact that came in at the top of my head. Wait,i got another fun one: Rein in Norwegian also stands short for Reindeer. Sort of like people laugh at Reese Witherspoon,imagining the actress strutting around with a spoon in her hand or on her 24-7 because of the name. She ironicly married Lars Monsen wich is THE most known camper,nature loving man that has based his career on showing Norwegians how to survive out in nature,on minimalistic of resources. Most of all he shows people unique parts of the world,hes like a traveler but in a wild way lol. He has had several close encounters with grizzlybears (while trying to camp and fish in the US) and other wild animals. Rein by the way also stands for "Clean",so many were making jokes of Trine Rein marrying someone that for the majority of the year seemed to struggle with the hygiene. (He is of course very hygienic whenever hes not out in nature) If i didnt mention it already,on Trine Rein Official she has even more songs,but its thoose song uploads with a cover photo on Trine,not an actual video. So if you fall for her sound with Torn,Just Missed The Train,Stay With Me Baby & The State I´m In,then she has alot more songs on her official channel. I feel bad for going off on Trine in a Natalie reaction so im gonna make it up with some recommendations,but just look at it like me remembering how much you like Morten Harket in A-ha for his voice. I can say that Trine is a vocal powerhouse as well. Too bad that her success faded slowly in regards to record sales after Finders Keepers,but she has continued to make music and perform live till this very day. Natalie: (I know her mostly as an actress btw,she comes from the same tv show that Kylie Minogue,Holly Valance,Margot Robbie,Chris Hemsworth,Russel Crowe and others come from,Neighbours) She has also been a smashing model,author/writer and of course an actress besides being an artist as well. Funfact before we move on: She is married to Daniel Johns,known as the piano player in the band Silverchair. (Silverchair was one of the grunge rock bands from back in the day,that had success across Europe as well as in the US,alongside bands like Nirvana,Pearl Jam,Alice In Chains,Soundgarden and the list is endless) Want to see Natalie let her hair out and show a totally different side of herself? Natalie Imbruglia - Beauty On The Fire (Video) Or how about her looking abit like Dannii Minogue? (People said she reminds them abit of Dannii in this video lol) Natalie Imbruglia - Wrong Impression. Both are abit "happier vibed" then Torn,and has Natalie letting her hair out *ahem* grow. I prefer her with longer hair Is Holly Valance gonna be your next Aussie out? She is my Australian crush above all of the mentioned that came out of the longest tv show in Australia,Neighbours. Maybe i hold Holly and Margot equally high (Me the next second: No,Holly is mah QUEEN!) I feel like she will have you seriously vibing with her songs and videos. Shes naturally flirty and gorgeous,you just have to smile watching her videos. You can run a test reaction with: Holly Valance - Naughty Girl (Official Video) I believe that was her first hit. And where most people crushed on her. Byyyyyyyye!
It was the nighties. Your trousers waist was always below your underwear's waist band, then your top always, always, always, had to leave a gap. Now, for reference, our tops weren't short. Our waist lines were so, so, so low. I miss it, and slim, not skinny, boot cut jeans, low rise, obviously.
What a great video!!! She looks stunning, those eyes!!! And a great song. Does anyone know the name of the charming guy? I keep watching the video over and over, ☺️
She will always be Beth Brennan from neighbours. The guy in the video is called Jeremy Sheffield. He's been in a few movies including creep, and I'm pretty certain he's gay in real life.
This is such an emotionless pop cover of the original. Annie Previn wrote and performed it with her band Ednaswap, and their version is slower in tempo and filled with angst and emotion. The difference is Night and Day. Check it out.
😂😂😂 "steal her house" shes an actress on a film set. Thats why theres a crew changing the set around and even shows a makeup artist putting makeup on the sweater guy. 😂😂
She made a guest appearance at a wembley Coldplay concert last year when she sung torn, and also Summer Nights with Chris Martin as a tribute to Olivia Newton John.. she sounded amazing, loved seeing her there.
I love her so much. Her third album Counting Down the Days banged from start to finish. I got to see her once live, and she fully pointed at me singing Wishing I Was There With You. I about died.
The guy is Jeremy Sheffield and he is 100% Gay. Love him
And British
Can you do "Big Mistake" next? That's another Natalie Imbruglia favourite :)
I love this song and yes she is super stunning. Her look in this video was the look 20 year old guys in my circle were all over during this era. I just recently learned that this is actually a cover, which blew my mind.
I personally like Wrong Impression more you should do that next. I like the music video more then the album version
Wrong Impression is my favourite Natalie song.
"Shiver" is another of her hits. Definitely worth a listen.
I love Shiver.
so good. that entire album is the best
Natalie Imbruglia has a beautiful catalog. You’ll love her.
"Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more; Men were deceivers ever ..." was that Shakespeare or Kylie Minogue? One of the two ... Nice toon ... 😊.
Came from the same Australian soap as Kylie and Margot Robbie (But different era they didn’t act alongside each other)
Kylie and Natalie are good friends
She had a lot of success in Alanis era late 90s early 00s
I would recommend - Wrong Impression, Counting Down The Days, and Shiver
Absolutely love this song, the melody, the lyrics, the music, the production, even the video, everything was perfection. Thank you. ❤
I'm old enough to remember her in Neighbours back in the early 90s 😉
I have always loved this song 💕
I first saw Natalie in the same aussie soap that kylie was in.neighbours.
I believe she stayed in the ramsey house which is where Kylie's character Charlene ramsey lived.i think natalie was there after kylie had left.
This song was a huge radio hit in the U.S. and topped Billboard magazine's Hot 100 Airplay chart for 11 weeks. However, her record label did not release "Torn" as a physical single (cassette single or CD single ... 45 rpm single vinyl records had already been discontinued by the early 1990s) in the U.S. because they wanted people to buy her full album. (This was before digital downloads became a thing in 2001 with the introduction of Apple's iPod and Apple Tunes store. :-) ) The Hot 100 chart rules back then stipulated that a song needed to have a retail single to qualify, so "Torn" was never officially a No. 1 pop single in the U.S. like it was in many other countries. Billboard changed their Hot 100 rules the next year in 1988 and started allowing album-only tracks to qualify for the Hot 100. This same rule prevented other big radio hits from officially reaching No. 1 in the U.S., such as "Madonna's "Into the Groove" and the Rembrandt's "I'll Be There for You" (the theme song from the TV sitcom "Friends").
THIS. thank you fellow nerd. the biggest song never to hit no 1 in the US
total bop. classic. superior. 10/10. song of my life.
I had such a crush on this guy when I saw this video ...
But yeah, this song is a timeless classic. Never been out of my playlists.
A "semi-cropped feel" OMG I burst out laughing. Why had I never noticed this before? Bryson noticing the important things and giving us an insight on 90's fashion is top tier. ❤
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@ianmcdonagh142…he is such a wonderful dude. Had met him in SF in 1990 while he was still in ballet. That was one fun summer!
I had my gay awakening to this song and specifically the actor. I couldn’t take my eyes off him 😊
Natalie was married to Daniel Johns, the lead singer of Silverchair. Another Aussie band well worth digging into.
Great video sir respect 🙏 I love this song 🎵 natalie imbruglia is a beautiful woman 😊
Natalie went to school with my brother in high school in the mid 90s along with Belinda Emmett a few years later
an iconic review of an iconic 90s track
An iconic comment! ❤
This song is originally from 1991 by Ednaswap. But released first time in 1993 in a danish translation by Lis Sørensen. In 1995 Ednaswap released it in on their album. In 1996 the Norwegian artist Trine Rein released a music video of this song and on an album. And then Natalie Imbruglia made it world famous in 1997. Quit a journey.
I beg to differ but this video detracts from the Natalie's rendition of this poignant song.
Smoke is another great song from Natalie. Great vocals 😊
Due to the pronunciation of its title, this song reminded me of a great success that I would recommend you react to, ThORN in my side (1986) by Eurythmics
Have you reacted to the Cranberries ‘ Dreams’ yet? Love that song. ❤
Watching THE CRANBERRIES Music Videos For The FIRST TIME!
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This was a ubiquitous song on air
This was a classic
still is :)
Ah, love Natalie, this song and the album that it’s from, Left of the Middle is just brilliant.
Natalie joined Coldplay on stage at Wembley Stadium to sing Torn and Summer nights as a tribute to Olivia Newton John ❤ xx
Welcome to Natalie Imbruglia!
I would recommend following this up with her songs "Want," "Wrong Impression, "Shiver," "Beauty on the Fire," "Smoke," and "Glorious."
I mistakenly thought that Pancake Marshmallow already reacted to this song 🥞 perhaps I wanted a double serving of Pancake 🥞 🥞
Natalie Imbruglia is one of my favourite singers but damn, am i sick of this song Torn?! Lol, honestly, to me it's near the bottom of the list of her best songs yet for so many people you'd think it's the only song she's ever recorded!! I really hope you listen to more of Natalie's work as she's released so many great songs, so much better than this one, imo. Ones I can recommend are That Day, Beauty On The Fire, Wrong Impression (in fact the whole of her White Lilies Album is wonderful), Identify, Wishing I Was There, Nothing Missing and Shiver to name just a few. She's great. I saw her on stage in a play once too and she's such a good actress. A very talented lady. :)
Bryson, your posting of Natalie Imbruglia's "Torn" made me want to check out some of her other songs. (Thank God for the invention of RUclips!!! 🙂) Natalie pretty much only had one charting hit in the U.S. ("Torn," her first), but she did very well in her native Australia and New Zealand and the U.K. and Europe. If you ever want to revisit more of her songs, I just watched a bunch of her videos and found these three songs particularly catchy: 1. "Wishing I Was There" from 1998. 2. "Shiver" from 2005 (fun, unexpected music video!). 3. "On My Way" from 2021, when she was 46. (She is now 48.)
'Smoke', 'Shiver' and 'Beauty On The fire' are my favourites and the 'guy' Jeremy Sheffield is a quite well known actor in the UK and as gay as a pride parade. 😊
Not to take anything away from Natalie,as shes an Aussie and i love Aussies. Also as she covers a song i love,and wich she got a breakthrough with.
But Natalie was not the first one to cover this,although her version was the one that blew up,here is an interesting history of Torn:
"It was first recorded in 1993 in Danish (renamed "Brændt", Danish for "Burnt") by Danish singer Lis Sørensen, then in 1994 by Cutler and Preven's American rock band Ednaswap, and in 1996 by American-Norwegian singer Trine Rein. "Torn" is best known as Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia's 1997 debut single.
2005 - Brazilian girl group Rouge recorded a Portuguese version of the song
2010 - British-Irish boyband One Direction sang an acoustic version of "Torn" for their first performance as a group on The X Factor
2018 - Welsh pop punk band Neck Deep covered the song, with an accompanying music video that parodies Natalie Imbruglia's 1997 video."
Unofficially most who knows the story of Torn,will say that Trine has the absolute best version for this song. She has a stronger,more versatile voice then Natalie,while Natalie has a more sweet voice wich works for her version. Trines cover also has the instrumentals far more present,bass and the Shakers/Maracas are louder.
The visuals of the video tends to be more favored by gay/lesbian people as well (as well as straight),as Trine does not hold back on anything lol.
Maybe that would be a nice transition into Trine Rein reactions? She pronounces her name as Trin-eh (with a silent h,im just describing it this way,to let you know its said with an E and not an Y) Rein is so close to Rain in American,that it basically sounds the same. If you want to perfectionize her last name too,just simply say Rein like you would say Rain,just change out the A with an E sound,then straight forward. Trine was born in San Francisco so she has both an American citizenship as well as an Norwegian citizenship,eventhough she has lived her life up until now in Norway.
Let me check real quick how many music videos she has available on YT: Okay so i found 4 Official Music Videos,most of them from her magical album Finders Keepers,wich made her the only artist in Norway who sold over 1 million copies of an album. And back then Norway didnt have 5 million residents yet,so quite the achievement for a solo artist. A-ha of course had done it before her,but that also tells a tale about how insanely good Trine was (and still is,there are many live performances where she even sings covers,where she mindblows people with her vocal range and versatility)
Oh,Trine moved to the US for a short while where she became a limo driver,only to return to Norway a few years later. Another funfact that came in at the top of my head.
Wait,i got another fun one: Rein in Norwegian also stands short for Reindeer. Sort of like people laugh at Reese Witherspoon,imagining the actress strutting around with a spoon in her hand or on her 24-7 because of the name. She ironicly married Lars Monsen wich is THE most known camper,nature loving man that has based his career on showing Norwegians how to survive out in nature,on minimalistic of resources. Most of all he shows people unique parts of the world,hes like a traveler but in a wild way lol. He has had several close encounters with grizzlybears (while trying to camp and fish in the US) and other wild animals. Rein by the way also stands for "Clean",so many were making jokes of Trine Rein marrying someone that for the majority of the year seemed to struggle with the hygiene. (He is of course very hygienic whenever hes not out in nature) If i didnt mention it already,on Trine Rein Official she has even more songs,but its thoose song uploads with a cover photo on Trine,not an actual video.
So if you fall for her sound with Torn,Just Missed The Train,Stay With Me Baby & The State I´m In,then she has alot more songs on her official channel.
I feel bad for going off on Trine in a Natalie reaction so im gonna make it up with some recommendations,but just look at it like me remembering how much you like Morten Harket in A-ha for his voice. I can say that Trine is a vocal powerhouse as well. Too bad that her success faded slowly in regards to record sales after Finders Keepers,but she has continued to make music and perform live till this very day.
Natalie: (I know her mostly as an actress btw,she comes from the same tv show that Kylie Minogue,Holly Valance,Margot Robbie,Chris Hemsworth,Russel Crowe and others come from,Neighbours) She has also been a smashing model,author/writer and of course an actress besides being an artist as well.
Funfact before we move on: She is married to Daniel Johns,known as the piano player in the band Silverchair. (Silverchair was one of the grunge rock bands from back in the day,that had success across Europe as well as in the US,alongside bands like Nirvana,Pearl Jam,Alice In Chains,Soundgarden and the list is endless)
Want to see Natalie let her hair out and show a totally different side of herself? Natalie Imbruglia - Beauty On The Fire (Video)
Or how about her looking abit like Dannii Minogue? (People said she reminds them abit of Dannii in this video lol) Natalie Imbruglia - Wrong Impression.
Both are abit "happier vibed" then Torn,and has Natalie letting her hair out *ahem* grow. I prefer her with longer hair
Is Holly Valance gonna be your next Aussie out? She is my Australian crush above all of the mentioned that came out of the longest tv show in Australia,Neighbours.
Maybe i hold Holly and Margot equally high (Me the next second: No,Holly is mah QUEEN!) I feel like she will have you seriously vibing with her songs and videos.
Shes naturally flirty and gorgeous,you just have to smile watching her videos. You can run a test reaction with: Holly Valance - Naughty Girl (Official Video) I believe that was her first hit. And where most people crushed on her. Byyyyyyyye!
It was the nighties. Your trousers waist was always below your underwear's waist band, then your top always, always, always, had to leave a gap. Now, for reference, our tops weren't short. Our waist lines were so, so, so low. I miss it, and slim, not skinny, boot cut jeans, low rise, obviously.
Saw this video when it first debuted on VH1 (back when they still played music) NGL I had a monster crush on her.
What a great video!!! She looks stunning, those eyes!!! And a great song. Does anyone know the name of the charming guy? I keep watching the video over and over, ☺️
A 90's banger!! Great vocals and beat, and a fun video. Nice reaction
She will always be Beth Brennan from neighbours.
The guy in the video is called Jeremy Sheffield. He's been in a few movies including creep, and I'm pretty certain he's gay in real life.
My favorites from her are Wrong Impression and Beauty On The Fire
One of the very best songs ever written, sung and produced. 😂 on your comment on Jeremy Sheffield’s cropped top
This is such an emotionless pop cover of the original. Annie Previn wrote and performed it with her band Ednaswap, and their version is slower in tempo and filled with angst and emotion. The difference is Night and Day. Check it out.
If you love her look and sound, you will also love baby animals, omg they are amazing.
😂😂😂 "steal her house" shes an actress on a film set. Thats why theres a crew changing the set around and even shows a makeup artist putting makeup on the sweater guy. 😂😂
Loved Nat back in the day as a young lad of 30 in 1998
Natalie Imbruglia was a soap opera star in...wanna say Australia.
Torn and Wishing I Was There are the two big bangers that are my favorites
Little known fact is this is a cover of a punk rock song
❤THIS SONG!!! Stilled played on radio!
Omg this song is sooooooo amazing! I still jam out to it!
I love this song so much!
Enjoy...
She made a guest appearance at a wembley Coldplay concert last year when she sung torn, and also Summer Nights with Chris Martin as a tribute to Olivia Newton John.. she sounded amazing, loved seeing her there.
I love her so much. Her third album Counting Down the Days banged from start to finish. I got to see her once live, and she fully pointed at me singing Wishing I Was There With You. I about died.
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She is beautiful....one of a kind song............. this is her best.........and only x
My beautiful neice sings this to perfection thank you she is a fabulous lady❤
I heard Torn was written right after she gave birth to a plus-sized baby...
Another great cover version, the original by Ednaswap.