{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"RouteNote - Radar","provider_url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar","author_name":"Radar Team","author_url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/author\/rn_adm_rad\/","title":"Who Originally Sang \u201cTorn\u201d? It Wasn\u2019t Natalie Imbruglia - RouteNote - Radar","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ZYOh80Eiuk\"><a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/who-originally-sang-torn-it-wasnt-natalie-imbruglia\/\">Who Originally Sang \u201cTorn\u201d? It Wasn\u2019t Natalie Imbruglia<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/who-originally-sang-torn-it-wasnt-natalie-imbruglia\/embed\/#?secret=ZYOh80Eiuk\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Who Originally Sang \u201cTorn\u201d? It Wasn\u2019t Natalie Imbruglia&#8221; &#8212; RouteNote - Radar\" data-secret=\"ZYOh80Eiuk\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Natalie-Imbruglia.jpg","thumbnail_width":1500,"thumbnail_height":1000,"description":"Natalie Imbruglia did not originally sing \u201cTorn\u201d. This surprises a lot of people. Her 1997 recording became so enormous that the song feels inseparable from her. But \u201cTorn\u201d had already existed for years. It was written by Anne Preven, Scott Cutler and Phil Thornalley and first recorded in Danish by Lis S\u00f8rensen in 1993. The writers&#8217; band Ednaswap subsequently recorded it themselves. Norwegian singer Trine Rein also released a version before Imbruglia. Then Natalie arrived. And almost everybody forgot the others. Who actually recorded \u201cTorn\u201d first? Technically, Lis S\u00f8rensen. Her Danish-language recording was called \u201cBr\u00e6ndt\u201d. Then Ednaswap recorded an English-language..."}