Tingles

Tingles is an extended play (EP) by Australian indie pop band Ratcat, released on 1 October 1990.[1] It went on to peak at No.1 in Australia and finished 1991 as the second best-selling single of the year, behind "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams.[2] It was also the highest-selling single in Australia by an Australian artist in 1991.

Tingles
EP by Ratcat
Released	1 October 1990 (1990-10-01)[1]
Genre	Indie pop Indie rock Rock
Length	13:12
Label	rooArt
Producer	Nick Mainsbridge
Ratcat chronology
This Nightmare (1989) Tingles (1990) Blind Love (1991)

The EP was promoted by the song "That Ain't Bad".

Reception

Tingles was given 4.5 out of 5 in a review by All Music.[3]

Steve Gardner from NKVD Records said "I'm really surprised they could chart with a guitar sound this gnarly; the songs are obvious radio pop stuff, but songs made for radio don't have guitars mixed as loud as the vocals and they certainly don't have the distortion set to 10." adding "All of the first side is excellent, and "Skin" from the second side is equally good. "Away from This World" sounds cool on first listen as the music is married with the soundtrack from the Challenger space shuttle explosion, but it doesn't hold up to repeated play and "My Bloody Valentine" is a throwaway experiment that fizzled out. Still, a pleasant surprise and show of potential for good things still to come."[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"That Ain't Bad"	Simon Day	4:04
2.	"Tingles"	Day	3:26
3.	"Don't Go in the Water"	Day, Amr Zaid, Andrew Polin	3:47
4.	"Getting Away (From This World)"	Day	5:19
5.	"Skin"	Day	3:20
6.	"My Bloody Valentine"	Day	3:22

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1991) Peak position scope="row" Australia (ARIA)[5] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1991) Position Australia (ARIA)[2] 2

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[6]	Platinum	70,000^^
^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label
Australia	1 October 1990[1]	CD single	rooArt
United Kingdom	15 July 1991	Mini Album	rooArt

See also

List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1990s

References

1. "New Release Summary – Product Available from: 01/10/90 > Singles (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 38)". Imgur.com. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
2. "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Singles 1991". Australia Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
3. "Ratcat - Tingles". allmusic.com. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
4. "Album and Single Reviews". Ratcat Reviews. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
5. "Australian-charts.com – RatCat – Tingles EP". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
6. "1991 Singles Chart". ARIA. Retrieved 2 July 2018.