"Human Touch" is a song by Australian musician Rick Springfield, released in 1983 as the second single from his seventh album Living in Oz. The song reached number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.[1] It was also his most successful hit in the UK, peaking at number 23;[2] this also led to a performance on Top of the Pops. Because of this being Springfield's only top 40 single in the UK, he is considered a one-hit wonder there, despite the fact that "Jessie's Girl" is his biggest hit worldwide. However, that song only peaked at No. 43 in 1984 for Springfield, 3 years after its first release in the UK.
| "Human Touch" | ||||
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| Single by Rick Springfield | ||||
| from the album Living in Oz | ||||
| B-side | "Souls" | |||
| Released | June 1983 | |||
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| Length | 5:07 (album version) 3:56 (radio edit) | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Rick Springfield | |||
| Rick Springfield singles chronology | ||||
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Cash Box noted the irony of the song using synthesizers and drum machines in a song that rails "against the impersonal coldness of computerized society," saying that this works "quite well."[3]
References
edit- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). Billboard Books. p. 593. ISBN 0-8230-7499-4.
- ^ RICK SPRINGFIELD | Artist | Official Charts
- ^ "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. July 9, 1983. p. 7. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
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