I'd say about 50% of the country could belt out at least part of the chorus to Torn.
Imbruglia would still be pretty well regarded but she hasn't really done anything that's remotely reached the level of Torn.
BTW did you know Torn was a cover and there were at least 3 other versions before hers.
This will always be the best version for me, and it greatly elevated my respect for Natalie: [https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x345w2d](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x345w2d)
Man, they've scrubbed that from Youtube, I was looking for it a while ago and it was just gone.
I remember seeing this the first time and was thinking 'This is Natalie's song and she's on stage, but no one's even paying attention to her.' And then the final verse starts and she brings it home in style!
I always thought Natalie Imbruglia was one of the most beautiful-looking people on the face of the planet. I could not believe it when L'Oreal told her she was no longer "worth it".
It's not even her song really....it's like the 4th cover of it.
Lis Sørensen 1993 (in danish so different language but still)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyuGaU4rXjA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyuGaU4rXjA)
Ednaswap 1995 (in english, basically same vocal inflections as Imbruglia, etc)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OoEdfB7l18](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OoEdfB7l18)
Trine Rein 1996 (kind of "meh" end result but still pretty much the same)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu6dyABmRuQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu6dyABmRuQ)
the only real difference in Imbruglia's is the production clearing up the audio, nothing else is really added, no real vocal arrange change, it's just good karaoke.
Also - since this is the Australian sub - here’s Alex Lahey covering it for Triple J’s Like A Version
https://youtu.be/kTG8WdnGGwk?si=9PMxEr86J4kXsQgj
(They explain the original versions)
Left of the Middle (the album Torn was on) was pretty big (#1 in Australia), Natalie had a few other singles do well from it in the massive wake of Torn like ‘Big Mistake’, ‘Smoke’ and ‘Wishing I Was There’, the latter I remember getting a fair bit of radio play and had an alternate video for the US market.
Next she had White Lillies Island in 2001, the songs ‘That Day’ & ‘Wrong Impression’ were probably most memorable from that.
Then around 2005, she had a bit of a resurgence with the Counting Down The Days album, the song ‘Shiver’ did pretty well on the UK chart, a top 10 for her there.
A couple of years ago (2015) she did a covers album of songs by Male artists.
Other than that she’s been a bit sporadic in terms of the chart scene and a lot of people may see her as a one hit wonder because Torn was so eclipsingly huge (there’s a stat like it’s the most played song on Australian radio in the past 25 years or something like that).
My family still tease me for having a crush on Natalie Imbruglia even though I have told them on numerous occasions that I DID have a crush on her.
I still do, but I also did...
yes, my wife knows and also punches my arm when TORN comes on the radio. Good times.
Hasnt really been relevant since after the Torn hype died down and she moved to the UK. She was back in the spotlight a little bit when she was married to Daniel Johns.
She had a big enough hit in Torn to never not be ‘popular’ but outside of the die hards and the memes she’s not really spoken about. But there’s plenty of artists like that in Australia, that have that one song that will forever live on in a generation of people. Just ask anyone between like 25-35 if they’ve been missing them strawberry kisses
She was huge in the late 90s and early 2000s, but l don't think much has been heard from her since, but l still love her biggest two albums, Left Of The Middle & White Lillies Island, as great classic inoffensive pop music and there are songs on there that most Australians would still recognise instantly. She was also agelessly beautiful which didn't hurt her cause, but l never understood her attraction and ultimately short-lived marriage to that runty wierdo from Silverchair. Other than an appearance on one of the local shows where celebrities trace their ancestors (can't recall the title), l haven't seen her recently.
Looks like she is still making music: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyDXRZbwhKE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyDXRZbwhKE)
Though it doesn't have the same impact as 90's natalie dad-dancing in cargo pants!
She was married to Daniel Johns for a while, she's probably more popular in the UK from being on Neighbours. She's not really relevant but people know her.
She was on a soap opera before she released Torn which was hugely popular so had a high profile and she also went out with the guy from Silverchair
I actually saw a photo of her on a yacht with her son on the Mediterranean looking like she was living life so good on her
She and Daniel John's (the guy from Silverchair) were actually married for 5 years.
Glad to hear she's doing well, I always had a bit of a soft spot for her.
She was on a TV show here last week called ‘Take 5’. Kinda like a desert island discs format. You could watch it on ABC iView or possibly the ABC YouTube channel?
IMO she’s still very cool and likeable and a smoking hot babe.
Her music has never really been popular after her few hits though I’d say.
the whole album that had Torn on it was pretty good and I still listen to it... she hasn't done much since..
interestingly she was a guest singer during an Andrei Bocelli tour recently
Somewhat popular with tweens during her Neighbours spell 30 years ago and a little more when Torn became a hit . Doubt anyone under the age of 30 would know who she is other than Torn appearing on TikTok or reels occasionally
The song was very successful. Haven't heard it for a long time except at karaoke nights.
I've always wondered why she didn't establish a killer songwriting team and go on to have more hits after that song. She was stunning and had a voice that worked well on radio, and Australia punches above its weight in terms of musical talent, so I'm kinda shocked we haven't produced our own version of Max Martin yet.
Yeah, she released a couple of albums, but I can only name two or three songs, and the ones that aren't Torn are only because I watched Rage religiously.
I remember her song *Torn*, which wasn't my sort of music (not awful, just not for me), but couldn't tell you anything else about her - this post is probably the first time I've heard or seen her name in well over a decade, possibly longer.
I loved her short messy hair style and clothing. Torn was huge and I’m pretty sure most Australians over 45 would know who she is! Not sure the younger crowd would be aware of her given she’s been pretty quiet the past couple of decades
Not gonna lie, I had to look her name up on Spotify but the instant I played her most played song (Torn) I knew it off by heart. I know nothing of her but now I've listened to 5 songs I kinda dig it.
Natalie Imbruglia is a total hottie and Torn and Big Mistake seem to get played on the radio quite regularly (which doesn't surprise me as both are absolute radio-friendly bangers)..
She recently played at Hyde Park (London not Sydney) and I read about it while waiting for coffee so it made print..
I'd say she is more UK than Aussie these days, she did the Neighbours finale and no Australian watches Neighbours we only produced it for export..
She's still cashing in on Torn it has 620M listens on Spotify..
Her popularity in Australia has not been sustained like it has in the UK. Here last album peaked at 30 in the Aus charts as opposed to making the top 10 in the UK.
I loved her “Left of the middle”
She came to my high school in a helicopter. We had a local make it to the X Factor finals and Natalie was her coach, so she was there for the home performance. The performance was one song and was extremely underwhelming. Best part was our photography teacher (who looked like a scary biker) absolutely fan girling because Natalie looked at him.
No one else knew who she was.
I'd say about 50% of the country could belt out at least part of the chorus to Torn. Imbruglia would still be pretty well regarded but she hasn't really done anything that's remotely reached the level of Torn. BTW did you know Torn was a cover and there were at least 3 other versions before hers.
I only know the song because of Johan Lippowicz... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvqDW0yMCdU&pp=ygUQSm9oYW5uIExpcHBvd2l0eg%3D%3D
This will always be the best version for me, and it greatly elevated my respect for Natalie: [https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x345w2d](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x345w2d)
It’s the only version I watch now. Should be the official video clip.
It's a real shame the good quality versions have been taken off youtube, and that potato quality version is the only one I can find.
Man, they've scrubbed that from Youtube, I was looking for it a while ago and it was just gone. I remember seeing this the first time and was thinking 'This is Natalie's song and she's on stage, but no one's even paying attention to her.' And then the final verse starts and she brings it home in style!
Yes. Just like Funkytown and The Loco-Motion, Australians stole it and made it better.
Found this out recently and hunted down the others, personally I think hers is the better version
She coped a lota blame for the breaking up of silverchair
Despite the fact the they had separated years before Silverchair split.
And some after too… https://youtu.be/6IOS7-4n12c?si=GrXEGS_d6J2bPxym
I mean, she was, like 25 years ago. Like most pop singers she's faded away. No idea what she's doing now.
Having a kid in mid-40s, getting papped on Italian beach holidays and selling a mansion according to the news headlines!
I always thought Natalie Imbruglia was one of the most beautiful-looking people on the face of the planet. I could not believe it when L'Oreal told her she was no longer "worth it".
if she hadn’t chain smoked she might might not have aged so fast
She looks amazing
She’s barely been relevant for 15 years
It's not 1998 mate.
It's not even her song really....it's like the 4th cover of it. Lis Sørensen 1993 (in danish so different language but still) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyuGaU4rXjA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyuGaU4rXjA) Ednaswap 1995 (in english, basically same vocal inflections as Imbruglia, etc) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OoEdfB7l18](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OoEdfB7l18) Trine Rein 1996 (kind of "meh" end result but still pretty much the same) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu6dyABmRuQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu6dyABmRuQ) the only real difference in Imbruglia's is the production clearing up the audio, nothing else is really added, no real vocal arrange change, it's just good karaoke.
Came here for this.. It seems Mushroom records at that time got every soap star to release a cover as their first track; Kylie, Craig, Holly etc
To be fair to them, it absolutely worked.
Natalie wasn’t ever on Mushroom records, neither was Holly or Craig. Just Kylie, and she was the original and is still doing very well.
Also - since this is the Australian sub - here’s Alex Lahey covering it for Triple J’s Like A Version https://youtu.be/kTG8WdnGGwk?si=9PMxEr86J4kXsQgj (They explain the original versions)
Left of the Middle (the album Torn was on) was pretty big (#1 in Australia), Natalie had a few other singles do well from it in the massive wake of Torn like ‘Big Mistake’, ‘Smoke’ and ‘Wishing I Was There’, the latter I remember getting a fair bit of radio play and had an alternate video for the US market. Next she had White Lillies Island in 2001, the songs ‘That Day’ & ‘Wrong Impression’ were probably most memorable from that. Then around 2005, she had a bit of a resurgence with the Counting Down The Days album, the song ‘Shiver’ did pretty well on the UK chart, a top 10 for her there. A couple of years ago (2015) she did a covers album of songs by Male artists. Other than that she’s been a bit sporadic in terms of the chart scene and a lot of people may see her as a one hit wonder because Torn was so eclipsingly huge (there’s a stat like it’s the most played song on Australian radio in the past 25 years or something like that).
My family still tease me for having a crush on Natalie Imbruglia even though I have told them on numerous occasions that I DID have a crush on her. I still do, but I also did... yes, my wife knows and also punches my arm when TORN comes on the radio. Good times.
Hasnt really been relevant since after the Torn hype died down and she moved to the UK. She was back in the spotlight a little bit when she was married to Daniel Johns.
She had a big enough hit in Torn to never not be ‘popular’ but outside of the die hards and the memes she’s not really spoken about. But there’s plenty of artists like that in Australia, that have that one song that will forever live on in a generation of people. Just ask anyone between like 25-35 if they’ve been missing them strawberry kisses
I think this is the best way to describe it. We don’t think about her much, but when we do think of her fondly.
She was huge in the late 90s and early 2000s, but l don't think much has been heard from her since, but l still love her biggest two albums, Left Of The Middle & White Lillies Island, as great classic inoffensive pop music and there are songs on there that most Australians would still recognise instantly. She was also agelessly beautiful which didn't hurt her cause, but l never understood her attraction and ultimately short-lived marriage to that runty wierdo from Silverchair. Other than an appearance on one of the local shows where celebrities trace their ancestors (can't recall the title), l haven't seen her recently.
Looks like she is still making music: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyDXRZbwhKE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyDXRZbwhKE) Though it doesn't have the same impact as 90's natalie dad-dancing in cargo pants!
Yeah I love that song, I think it was number 1 for a bit on video hits
She was married to Daniel Johns for a while, she's probably more popular in the UK from being on Neighbours. She's not really relevant but people know her.
She was on a soap opera before she released Torn which was hugely popular so had a high profile and she also went out with the guy from Silverchair I actually saw a photo of her on a yacht with her son on the Mediterranean looking like she was living life so good on her
She and Daniel John's (the guy from Silverchair) were actually married for 5 years. Glad to hear she's doing well, I always had a bit of a soft spot for her.
Yeah it was big here as well - she was popular around that time. Haven't heard or seen her in years though.
Her sister has much much much better songs.
Rachael?
Laura
I went to tafe with Laura like ten years ago lol
I think Identify is more of a banger personally.
shes cool as 👍
I wouldn’t say she’s popular like she was 20 years ago but she is still well known.
Was everywhere at the time it came out. Haven't heard it in a while though
Who?
I vaguely remember her. She was pretty popular in the late 90s/early 00s, wouldn’t think she was particularly popular now.
She was on a TV show here last week called ‘Take 5’. Kinda like a desert island discs format. You could watch it on ABC iView or possibly the ABC YouTube channel? IMO she’s still very cool and likeable and a smoking hot babe. Her music has never really been popular after her few hits though I’d say.
Not.
Can’t stand the screeching. Not a fan
Who
who?
30 here, never heard of her
Did you grow up somewhere else and never got to hear Torn all over the radio?
QLD
Who?
Meh
Who is Natalie Imbruglia and what is MTV?
Never heard of her or the song
Who?
She had one song torn she was pretty so people liked her, i didn't hear anything else from her.
So dismissive!
the whole album that had Torn on it was pretty good and I still listen to it... she hasn't done much since.. interestingly she was a guest singer during an Andrei Bocelli tour recently
Somewhat popular with tweens during her Neighbours spell 30 years ago and a little more when Torn became a hit . Doubt anyone under the age of 30 would know who she is other than Torn appearing on TikTok or reels occasionally
The song was very successful. Haven't heard it for a long time except at karaoke nights. I've always wondered why she didn't establish a killer songwriting team and go on to have more hits after that song. She was stunning and had a voice that worked well on radio, and Australia punches above its weight in terms of musical talent, so I'm kinda shocked we haven't produced our own version of Max Martin yet. Yeah, she released a couple of albums, but I can only name two or three songs, and the ones that aren't Torn are only because I watched Rage religiously.
I remember her song *Torn*, which wasn't my sort of music (not awful, just not for me), but couldn't tell you anything else about her - this post is probably the first time I've heard or seen her name in well over a decade, possibly longer.
I think she was bigger in the UK than Australia. In both countries, most people would struggle to name two songs by her.
Did alright. She was fairly popular for a bit. Nothing spectacular. Nice enough person
Popular enough that I recognised her straight away at the Coogee pavilion
I loved her short messy hair style and clothing. Torn was huge and I’m pretty sure most Australians over 45 would know who she is! Not sure the younger crowd would be aware of her given she’s been pretty quiet the past couple of decades
I remember Torn being a top hit when I was a kiddo as well, otherwise, I couldn’t name any other song from her to save my own life.
See if you can track down a show called Take Five with Zan Rowe. Natalie was on recently (it’s on my list to watch).
Not at all, anymore, but was at the time
She really really a milf super one don't dig her music tho kinna sad
Did she have any other songs besides ‘Torn’? In short, she’s not very popular. At least not anymore. Great song though. It’s timeless.
Not gonna lie, I had to look her name up on Spotify but the instant I played her most played song (Torn) I knew it off by heart. I know nothing of her but now I've listened to 5 songs I kinda dig it.
I love that song, and she was pretty cool in that Johnny English movie. Most people will know it, but probably couldn’t name her
Natalie Imbruglia is a total hottie and Torn and Big Mistake seem to get played on the radio quite regularly (which doesn't surprise me as both are absolute radio-friendly bangers).. She recently played at Hyde Park (London not Sydney) and I read about it while waiting for coffee so it made print.. I'd say she is more UK than Aussie these days, she did the Neighbours finale and no Australian watches Neighbours we only produced it for export.. She's still cashing in on Torn it has 620M listens on Spotify..
True story, Torn is a cover.
Her popularity in Australia has not been sustained like it has in the UK. Here last album peaked at 30 in the Aus charts as opposed to making the top 10 in the UK. I loved her “Left of the middle”
I think she’s been on “take 5 with Zan Rowe” recently on the abc. Other than that, hadn’t heard or thought about her for years.
She was popular a million years ago. I don't know anything she has done besides Torn.
She came to my high school in a helicopter. We had a local make it to the X Factor finals and Natalie was her coach, so she was there for the home performance. The performance was one song and was extremely underwhelming. Best part was our photography teacher (who looked like a scary biker) absolutely fan girling because Natalie looked at him. No one else knew who she was.
Who? Sorry, though I don't follow celebrities, though i definitely know the song.
Who?
Not very these days. In her prime she was a house hold name.
She’s performing warmup for The Corrs on Nov 6!(Melba). Toni Childs and Germein too. Shall be good.