{{Short description|New Zealand rock band}} {{about|the rock band|the physiological symptom|Chills|other uses|Chill (disambiguation)}} {{More citations needed|date=July 2024}} {{Lead too short|date=August 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = The Chills | background = group_or_band | image = The Chills (1989).jpg | caption = The Chills (''left to right''): Justin Harwood, James Stephenson, Martin Phillipps, Andrew Todd, Oxford, United Kingdom, 1989 | alias = A Wrinkle in Time, Martin Phillipps and the Chills | origin = Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | genre = {{flatlist| * Dunedin sound<ref>Shuker 2017, pp. 88–89</ref> * {{nowrap|jangle pop}}<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.stereogum.com/1820155/the-chills-america-says-hello/mp3s/|title= The Chills – "America Says Hello"|last= Breihan|first= Tom|date= 30 July 2015|website= Stereogum|access-date= 4 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://pitchfork.com/news/51387-listen-new-zealand-band-the-chills-share-first-new-single-in-more-than-a-decade/|title= Listen: New Zealand Band the Chills Share First New Single in More Than a Decade|last= Pelly|first= Jenn|date= 2 July 2013|website= Pitchfork|access-date= 4 June 2017}}</ref> * {{nowrap|indie pop}}<ref name="Erlewine">{{AllMusic|class= artist|id= the-chills-mn0000068738|label= The Chills|last= Erlewine|first= Stephen Thomas|access-date= 4 June 2017}}</ref> * indie rock}} | years_active = {{Hlist|1980–1983|1984–1992|1994–1996|1999–present}} | label = {{flatlist| * Flying Nun * Homestead * Creation * Slash * Fire}} | associated_acts = {{flatlist| * The Clean * Toy Love * {{nowrap|Sneaky Feelings}} * {{nowrap|The Heavy Eights}} * Luna * {{nowrap|The Verlaines}}}} | website = {{URL|thechills.band}} | current_members = {{plainlist| * Todd Knudson * Erica Scally * Oli Wilson * Callum Hampton}} | past_members = see Former members }}
'''The Chills''' are a New Zealand indie rock band that formed in Dunedin in 1980. The band were fronted by founding mainstay singer-songwriter, guitarist Martin Phillipps (2 July 1963 – 28 July 2024).<ref name=death/> During the mid-1990s they were billed as Martin Phillipps & the Chills. Their top ten studio albums in their homeland are ''Submarine Bells'' (1990), ''Soft Bomb'' (1992), ''Snow Bound'' (2018) and ''Scatterbrain'' (2021). The Chills were a cult band in other parts of the world as one of the earliest proponents of the Dunedin sound. Their top 20 singles are "Pink Frost", "{{not a typo|Doledrums}}" (both 1984), "I Love My Leather Jacket" (1986), "Heavenly Pop Hit" (1990) and "Male Monster from the Id" (1992).
== History ==
===Early years and first breakup (1980–1983)=== [[File:Martin Phillipps IMG 4449.jpg|thumb|Founding mainstay Martin Phillipps on lead vocals and guitar, Wellington, March 2003]] After the demise of the Same, one of the earliest punk rock bands in New Zealand, vocalist and guitarist Martin Phillipps started a new band, the Chills, in Dunedin in 1980. The Same had formed in 1978 with 15-year-old Phillipps on guitar before switching over to lead vocals.<ref name="Nimmervoll">{{cite web |url=http://www.howlspace.com.au/en/chills/chills.htm |title=Martin Phillipps' Chills |first=Ed |last=Nimmervoll |author-link=Ed Nimmervoll |website=HowlSpace: Music from Australia & NZ |via=National Library of Australia | archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120320021305/http://www.howlspace.com.au/en/chills/chills.htm |archive-date=20 March 2012 |access-date=5 December 2023 |url-status=dead }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="Schmidt">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118170626/https://www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/the-chills |title=The Chills - Person |website=AudioCulture |first=Andrew |last=Schmidt |url=https://www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/the-chills |date=28 April 2013 |access-date=5 December 2023 |archive-date=18 January 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Chills' initial line-up included his sister Rachel Phillipps on keyboards and former the Clean frontman Peter Gutteridge on guitar, Jane Dodd on bass guitar and Alan Haig on drums.<ref name="Schmidt" /> Their first live performance was supporting Bored Games at Dunedin's Coronation Hall on 15 November 1980, after which Gutteridge departed.<ref name="Schmidt" /> By June 1981, Dodd and Rachel Phillipps had also left, leaving the Chills on hiatus.<ref name="Nimmervoll" />
Martin Phillipps became an auxiliary member of the Clean, serving as their touring keyboardist and studio musician for their debut single "Tally Ho!" (1981).<ref name="Nimmervoll" /><ref name="Schmidt" /> The Chills reconvened in July 1981 with Haig and Phillipps joined by Fraser Batts on keyboards and Terry Moore (ex-Bored Games) on bass guitar.<ref name="Nimmervoll" /><ref name="Schmidt" /> They provided three tracks, "Kaleidoscope World", "Frantic Drift" and "Satin Doll", for a local various artists double-12" record, extended play, ''Dunedin Double'' (June 1982) via Flying Nun Records, marking their recording debut.<ref name="Schmidt" /><ref name=Thompson259>Thompson 2000, p. 259</ref> Other artists on the release Sneaky Feelings, the Stones, and the Verlaines, also had three tracks each.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/dunedin-double |title=Dunedin Double |first=Russell |last=Brown |website=AudioCulture |date=26 March 2014 |access-date=5 December 2023 }}</ref> The Chills issued a music video of "Kaleidoscope World".<ref name="Schmidt" />
Just before the EP's appearance, Haig left to join the Verlaines, he was replaced by Martyn Bull on drums. Rachel Phillipps temporarily returned after Batts departed, prior to a tour of the North Island with the Clean, though she did not stay for the whole tour. For the remaining dates they performed as a trio; which recorded two singles, "Rolling Moon" (1982) and "Pink Frost" (1984). Andrew Schmidt of ''AudioCulture'' described their debut single as "sunny, summery, upbeat".<ref name="Schmidt" /> Their performances were paused when Bull was diagnosed with leukemia;<ref name="Nimmervoll" /> the band worked whenever Bull's health allowed from October 1982 to early 1984.<ref name="Schmidt" /> Peter Allison had joined on keyboards. In the meantime, Phillipps rehearsed with David Kilgour (of the Clean) in a group, Time Flies, though they never performed live. By June 1983, Haig re-joined the Chills on drums after Bull's leukemia became more severe; Martyn Stuart Bull died on 18 July 1983.<ref name="Nimmervoll" /><ref name="Schmidt" /> The band went into hiatus again, although Phillipps played solo gigs until the end of 1983.<ref name=Thompson259/>
===Reformation and international success (1983–1992)=== By December 1983, they re-emerged under a new moniker, A Wrinkle in Time, with a line-up consisting of Allison, Haig, Phillipps and Martin Kean on bass guitar.<ref name="Nimmervoll" /><ref>Thompson 2000, pp. 259–260</ref> The name change was temporary, reverting to the Chills by early the next year.<ref name="Nimmervoll" /> They undertook a Flying Nun-sponsored Looney Tour alongside label mates Children's Hour, the Expendables and the DoubleHappys.<ref name="Schmidt" /> Public perception developed that the Chills were a backing band for Phillipps – he was the sole mainstay throughout their line-up changes. "Pink Frost" (June 1984) reached the top 20 on New Zealand's singles chart.<ref name=charts /> It was followed by another single, "{{not a typo|Doledrums}}" (1984) and their six-track ''The Lost EP'' (1985). The former peaked at number 12, while the latter reached number four in New Zealand.<ref name=charts /> ''The Lost EP'' peaked at number 31 on the UK Independent Chart{{cn|date=December 2023}}. They played shows in London late in 1985.<ref name="Nimmervoll" /> A compilation album, ''Kaleidoscope World'', appeared in March 1986, comprising their early recordings, which reached number three on the UK Independent Albums Chart{{cn|date=December 2023}}. By October 1986, the line-up shifted to Phillipps, Caroline Easther (the Verlaines) on drums, Justin Harwood (ex-Coconut Rough) on bass guitar and Andrew Todd (ex-Smart Russians) on keyboard.<ref name=Thompson260>Thompson 2000, p. 260</ref>
Their next single, "I Love My Leather Jacket" (1986), reached number 25 on the UK Independent Singles Chart{{cn|date=December 2023}} and number four in New Zealand.<ref name=charts /> Spurred on by UK chart success, they relocated to London in February 1987, prior to a five-week tour across Europe. In London, they worked with Mayo Thompson (of Red Krayola) on their debut studio album, ''Brave Words'' (1987), which reached the top 30 in New Zealand.<ref name=charts /><ref name=Thompson260/> The band spent February through mid-December of that year promoting it by touring Europe, interspersed with four July dates in New York and Boston. A full North American tour occurred during 1988. In 1990, the band were signed to a worldwide record deal with Warner Brothers' imprint Slash Records in North America. Their second studio album ''Submarine Bells'' (1990) reached number one in New Zealand and provided their highest charting international single, "Heavenly Pop Hit".<ref name=charts /> It reached number 17 on the ''Billboard'' Alternative Airplay Chart;<ref name="BBAlt">{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/393254/chills/chart |title=Alternative Songs: The Chills |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910131520/http://www.billboard.com/artist/393254/chills/chart |archive-date=10 September 2015 |access-date=7 December 2023 |url-status=dead }}</ref> it remains their only American chart appearance. Phillipps was joined by a new lineup of Mauro Ruby on drums, Lisa Mednick on keyboards and Steven Schayer on guitar and backing vocal for the group's third studio album, ''Soft Bomb'' (1992). It peaked at number three in New Zealand; while its lead single, "The Male Monster from the Id", reached the top ten.<ref name=charts />
===Second reformation (1995–2024)=== [[File:ChillsDn2013-01.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Chills performing at a free concert in Dunedin Botanic Gardens, January 2013]] Phillipps announced the disbandment of the Chills after the Soft Bomb Tour and joined Kilgour in a loosely organised 1960s covers band, the Pop Art Toasters, which released a self-titled EP in 1994. Shortly thereafter, that group broke up and Phillipps put together another the Chills lineup. The turnover of personnel is cited as a reason for the band's lack of consistent "saleability" and is referred to by local music press as "the Curse of the Chills".<ref>[https://www.primaverasound.com/en/artist/the-chills "''Kaleidoscope World''"], ''Primavera Sound'', 29 November 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2023.</ref> A documentary of the same name regarding the history of Phillipps and the Chills was broadcast in 2016.<ref>Malt, A., [https://archive.completemusicupdate.com/article/new-documentary-explores-the-curse-of-the-chills/ "New documentary explores ''The Curse of the Chills''"], ''completemusicupdate.com'', 6 July 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2023.</ref>
The curse struck again with the recording of their fourth studio album ''Sunburnt'' in England, during August to September 1995. Two band members were refused entry into the UK, so Phillips recruited session musicians, Dave Mattacks (of Fairport Convention) and Dave Gregory (of XTC), who provided drum and bass guitar respectively. Guest keyboards were played by producer Craig Leon. It was issued in early 1996 under the name Martin Phillipps and the Chills.
The Chills split again with Phillipps joining another of Kilgour's bands, the Heavy Eights. Phillipps then recruited new the Chills members for live shows, which performed each year from 1997 on. During the late 1990s, Phillipps was incapacitated by hepatitis C infections, a side-effect of his drug addiction.<ref name="The-Guardian-2014-Phillipps">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/nov/24/the-chills-martin-phillipps-comeback|title=The Chills: The band who fell to earth|work=The Guardian |author=Michael Hann |date=24 November 2014 |access-date=29 November 2014}}</ref> He released a solo album of home demos, ''Sketch Book: Volume One'', in 1999; it had been recorded from 1988 to 1995. In 2000, ''Secret Box'', a triple-CD box-set of the Chills' live tracks, demos, radio sessions and rarities was released.
An eight-track the Chills EP, ''Stand By'' was issued in 2004, the first all-new material in nine years. Phillipps's liner notes promised: "I am preparing to take the band in quite a new direction on the next album. And on that we will begin work shortly." Despite that assurance, no new album appeared for over a decade. In May 2010 the Chills played two shows in Australia, their first outside New Zealand since 1996. Three years later, after another hiatus from recording, a lone the Chills track, "Molten Gold", was issued. It appeared on Phillipps' 50th birthday (2 July 2013) as a non-album single with a re-recording of "Pink Frost 13" as its B-side.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DPP6A4C | title = Amazon (US) product listing for 'Molten Gold' | website = Amazon | access-date=2013-07-19 | year=2013}}</ref>
In October 2015 the Chills issued ''Silver Bullets'', their first studio album in 19 years. In February 2017 they released a cover version of David Bowie's 1970 song "Conversation Piece".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Eley|first1=Laura|title=The Chills Cover David Bowie's 'Conversation Piece' – Tidal Exclusive|url=http://www.firerecords.com/the-chills-cover-david-bowies-conversation-piece-tidal-exclusive/|website=Fire Records|access-date=5 January 2018|archive-date=5 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105180415/http://www.firerecords.com/the-chills-cover-david-bowies-conversation-piece-tidal-exclusive/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 14 September 2018 they followed with their sixth studio album, ''Snow Bound''.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Chills - "Complex" & "Lord of all I Survey" |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2004262/the-chills-snow-bound-complex-lord-of-all-i-survey/premiere/ |website=Stereogum |access-date=3 July 2018 |date=3 July 2018}}</ref> ''Scatterbrain'', their seventh studio album, was issued in May 2021.<ref name="Erlewine" />
Phillipps died on 28 July 2024.<ref name="death">{{cite web |last1=Ham |first1=Katie |title=Frontman of rock band The Chills, Martin Phillipps, dies at 61 |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350358343/frontman-rock-band-chills-martin-phillipps-dies-60 |website=Stuff |access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref> A new album called ''Springboard: Early Unrecorded Songs'' was in progress at the time of his death.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thepress.co.nz/culture/350335891/martin-phillipps-chills-puts-his-house-order|title=The Press|website=Thepress.co.nz|access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref> It was released on 28 February 2025.
===The Chills on film=== The Chills have been the subject of documentaries, predominantly produced for New Zealand TV. In March 2019, ''The Chills: The Triumph & Tragedy of Martin Phillipps'', explored the history of the band and Phillipps' contemporary struggle with hepatitis C.<ref>{{cite web |title=''The Chills - The Triumph & Tragedy of Martin Phillipps'' |url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/the-chills-triumph-tragedy-of-martin-phillipps-2019 |website=NZ On Screen |access-date=3 March 2020}}</ref> The film was directed by Julia Parnell and Rob Curry, and premiered at SXSW<ref>{{cite web |title=The Chills: The Triumph & Tragedy of Martin Phillipps |url=https://schedule.sxsw.com/2019/films/2008846 |website=SXSW |access-date=3 March 2020}}</ref> before being released theatrically in New Zealand and Australia. It was subsequently broadcast in New Zealand on Prime TV.
== Members == ===Current=== * Todd Knudson – drums {{small|(1999–present)}} * Erica Scally – keyboards {{small|(2006–2010)}}, violin {{small|(2010–present)}} * Oli Wilson – keyboards {{small|(2010–present)}} * Callum Hampton – bass guitar {{small|(2019–present)}}
===Former=== * Martin Phillipps – lead vocals, guitar {{small|(1980–1983, 1984–1992, 1994–1996, 1999–2024, died 2024)}} * Jane Dodd – bass guitar {{small|(1980–1981)}} * Peter Gutteridge – guitar {{small|(1980, died 2014)}} * Alan Haig – drums {{small|(1980–1982, 1983, 1984–1986)}} * Rachel Phillipps – keyboards {{small|(1980–1981, 1982)}} * Fraser Batts – keyboards {{small|(1981–1982)}} * Terry Moore – bass guitar {{small|(1981–1983, 1984–1986, 1990–1992)}} * Martyn Bull – drums {{small|(1982, died 1983)}} * Peter Allison – keyboards {{small|(1983–1986)}} * David Kilgour – guitar {{small|(1983)}} * Martin Kean – bass guitar {{small|(1983–1984)}} * Justin Harwood – bass guitar {{small|(1986–1990)}} * Caroline Easther – drums {{small|(1986–1988)}} * James Stephenson – drums {{small|(1988–1991, died 2025)}} * Steven Schayer – guitar {{small|(1992)}} * James Dickson – keyboards {{small|(1999–2006)}}, bass guitar {{small|(2006–2019)}}
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== Discography == === Studio albums === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+ List of studio albums, with selected details and selected chart positions |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | Details ! scope="col" colspan="2" |Peak chart<br />positions |- ! <small>NZ</small><ref name=charts>{{cite web|title=The Chills discography|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Chills|publisher=charts.nz}}</ref> ! <small>AUS</small><ref name=aus>Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks: *Top 100 peaks between January 1990 and December 2010: {{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}} *"Heavenly Pop Hit": {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716153430/http://i.imgur.com/oyPN1pW.jpg|url=http://i.imgur.com/oyPN1pW.jpg|archive-date=2015-07-16|title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2015-07-15|access-date=2016-05-14|publisher=Imgur.com}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| ''Brave Words'' | * Released: 1987 * Label: Flying Nun {{small|(FN090)}} | align="center" |24 | align="center" | — |- ! scope="row"| ''Submarine Bells'' | * Released: 1 March 1990 * Label: Slash/Liberation {{Small|(L30342)}} | align="center"|1 | align="center"|90 |- ! scope="row"| ''Soft Bomb'' | * Released: 19 March 1992 * Label: Slash/Liberation {{Small|(L30782)}} | align="center"|3 | align="center"|99 |- ! scope="row"| ''Sunburnt''<br />{{Small|(by Martin Phillipps and the Chills)}} | * Released: 12 June 1996 * Label: Flying Nun {{Small|(FN303)}} | align="center"|25 | align="center" | — |- ! scope="row"| ''Silver Bullets'' | * Released: 23 October 2015 * Label: Fire {{Small|(FIRECD382)}} | align="center"|12 | align="center"| — |- ! scope="row"| ''Snow Bound'' | * Released: 14 September 2018 * Label: Fire {{Small|(FIRECD530)}} | align="center" | 9<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/2018-09-21|title=NZ Top 40 Albums Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=24 September 2018|access-date=21 September 2018}}</ref> | align="center" | — |- ! scope="row"| ''Scatterbrain'' | * Released: 14 May 2021 * Label: Fire {{Small|(FIRECD581)}} | align="center" | 4<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/2021-05-07|title=NZ Top 40 Albums Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=10 May 2021|access-date=8 May 2021}}</ref> | align="center" | — |- ! scope="row"| ''Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs'' | * Released: 28 February 2025 * Label: Fire {{Small|(FIRECD767)}} | align="center" | 7<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/2025-03-07|title=NZ Top 40 Albums Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=7 March 2025|access-date=7 March 2025}}</ref> | align="center" | — |}
===Live albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+ List of live albums with selected details |- ! scope="col" style="width:18em;" | Title ! scope="col" style="width:18em;" | Details |- ! scope="row"| ''Somewhere Beautiful'' | * Released: 28 March 2013 * Label: Fire {{small|(FIRECD298)}} |- |}
=== Compilation albums ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+ List of compilation albums, with selected details and selected chart positions |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | Details ! scope="col" colspan="2" |Peak chart<br />positions |- ! <small>NZ</small><ref name="charts"/> ! <small>AUS</small><ref name="aus2"/> |- ! scope="row"| ''Kaleidoscope World'' | * Released: 7 March 1986 * Label: Flying Nun {{Small|(FN005)}} | align="center" | 19 | align="center" | — |- ! scope="row"| ''Heavenly Pop Hits – The Best of The Chills'' | * Released: 7 June 1994 * Label: Flying Nun {{Small|(FN306)}} | align="center" | 24 | align="center" | 122 |- ! scope="row"| ''Secret Box – The Chills' Rarities, 1980–2000''<br><small>(Limited private release only)</small> | * Released: 2000 * Label: Definitive Music {{Small|(DM001)}} | align="center" | — | align="center" | — |- ! scope="row"| ''The BBC Sessions'' | * Released: 2014 * Label: Fire Records {{Small|(FIRECD385)}} | align="center" | — | align="center" | — |- |colspan="4" style="font-size:90%" align="center" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |- |}
=== Extended plays ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+ List of extended plays, with selected details and selected chart positions |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | Details ! scope="col" | Peak chart<br />positions |- ! <small>NZ</small><ref name=charts /> |- ! scope="row"| ''Dunedin Double''<br />{{Small|(by the Chills, Sneaky Feelings, the Stones, the Verlaines)}} | * Released: 7 November 1982 * Label: Flying Nun {{small|(FNDUN01)}} | align="center" | — |- ! scope="row"| ''The Lost EP'' | * Released: 7 January 1985 * Label: Flying Nun {{small|(FNCOLD004)}} | align="center" | 4 |- ! scope="row"| ''Stand By''<br />{{Small|(expanded to full album 2014)}} | * Released: 28 June 2004 * Label: Flying Nun {{Small|(MPM001)}} | align="center" | — |- ! scope="row"| ''Pyramid/When the Poor Can Reach the Moon'' | * Released: 2016 * Labels: Fire Records, Far South Records {{Small|(FIRE436EP)}} | align="center" | — |- |colspan="4" style="font-size:90%" align="center" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |- |}
=== Singles ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+ List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:19em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Album |- ! <small>NZ</small><ref name=charts /> ! <small>AU</small><ref name=aus/><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2024/07/week-commencing-13-july-1992.html | title=Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 14 July 1992 |website=Bubbling Down Under|access-date=14 Jul 2024}}</ref><ref name="aus2">{{cite web|url=https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2024/10/week-commencing-19-october-1992.html | title=Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 19 October 1992 |website=Bubbling Down Under|access-date=19 October 2024}}</ref> ! <small>UK</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/26075/chills/|title=Official Charts > Chills|publisher=The Official UK Charts Company|access-date=2016-05-14}}</ref> ! <small>US Alt</small> |- ! scope="row" | "Rolling Moon" | 1982 |align="center"|26 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |rowspan="3"| ''Kaleidoscope World'' |- ! scope="row" | "Pink Frost" |rowspan="2"| 1984 |align="center"|17 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |- ! scope="row" | "{{not a typo|Doledrums}}" |align="center"|12 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |- ! scope="row" | "I'll Only See You Alone Again" |rowspan="2"| 1986 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |{{Non-album single}} |- ! scope="row" | "I Love My Leather Jacket" |align="center"|4 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— | ''Kaleidoscope World'' |- ! scope="row" | "House with a Hundred Rooms" | 1987 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— | rowspan="2" |''Brave Words'' |- ! scope="row" | "Wet Blanket" | 1988 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"| — |- ! scope="row" | "Heavenly Pop Hit" |rowspan="3"| 1990 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|118 |align="center"|97 |align="center"|17 | rowspan="3" | ''Submarine Bells'' |- ! scope="row" | "Part Past Part Fiction" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |- ! scope="row" | "The Oncoming Day" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |- ! scope="row" | "Male Monster from the Id" |rowspan="2"| 1992 |align="center"|8 |align="center"|163 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |rowspan="2"| ''Soft Bomb'' |- ! scope="row" | "Double Summer" |align="center"|— |align="center"|180 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |- ! scope="row" | "Come Home" | 1995 |align="center"|33 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— | rowspan="3" | ''Sunburnt'' |- ! scope="row" | "Surrounded" |rowspan="2"| 1996 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |- ! scope="row" | "Dreams Are Free" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |- ! scope="row" | "Molten Gold" | 2013 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |{{Non-album single}} |- ! scope="row" | "America Says Hello" |rowspan="3"| 2015 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— | rowspan="3" | ''Silver Bullets'' |- ! scope="row" | "Warm Waveform" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |- ! scope="row" | "When the Poor Can Reach the Moon" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |- ! scope="row" | "Rocket Science"/"Lost in Space" | 2016 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |{{Non-album single}} |- ! scope="row" | "Conversation Piece" | 2017 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |{{Non-album single}} |- ! scope="row" | "Complex" |rowspan="3"| 2018 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— | rowspan="3" | ''Snow Bound'' |- ! scope="row" | "Lord of All I Survey" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |- ! scope="row" | "Scarred" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |- |colspan="7" style="font-size:90%" align="center" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |}
==References== '''Citations''' {{reflist}}
'''Sources''' {{refbegin}} * {{cite book|author=Shuker, Roy|title=Popular Music: The Key Concepts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CnVj_ZOBa-MC&pg=PA89|date=29 March 2017|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781138680920}} * {{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Dave|author-link=Dave Thompson (author)|title=Alternative Rock|series=Third Ear: The Essential Listening Companion|year=2000|publisher=Miller Freeman Books|location=San Francisco, California|isbn=0-87930-607-6}} {{refend}}
== Further reading == * Davey, T. & Puschmann, H. (1996) ''Kiwi Rock''. Dunedin: Kiwi Rock Publications. {{ISBN|0-473-03718-1}} * Dix, J. (1988) ''Stranded in paradise: New Zealand Rock'n'Roll 1955–1988''. Wellington: Paradise Publications. {{ISBN|0-473-00638-3}} * Eggleton, D. (2003) ''Ready to Fly: The Story of New Zealand Rock Music''. Nelson, NZ: Craig Potton Publishing. {{ISBN|1-877333-06-9}} * Shepherd, R. (2016) ''In Love with These Times''. Auckland: Harper Collins New Zealand. {{ISBN|9781775491262}}
== External links == <!-- per WP:ELMINOFFICIAL, choose one official website only --> * {{Official website}} * {{Discogs artist}} * {{IMDb name}}
{{The Chills}} {{Authority control}}
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