"Out of Touch" is a song by American duo

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from their twelfth studio

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Big Bam Boom ''Big Bam Boom'' is the twelfth studio album by American duo Daryl Hall & John Oates, released by RCA Records on October 12, 1984. It marked the end of one of the most successful album runs by a duo of the 1980s. RCA issued a remastered versi ...

'' (1984). The song was released as the

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from ''Big Bam Boom'' on Thursday, October 4, 1984, by

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. This song was their last ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one single, topping the chart for two weeks in December 1984. It also became the duo's fourteenth consecutive

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hit since 1980. The song often segued from "Dance on Your Knees", which is the opening song of the ''Big Bam Boom'' album. The accompanying

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for "Out of Touch", featuring a gigantic drum kit, also contains the "Dance on Your Knees" intro, which segues into an edit of the 12-inch remix version. According to John Oates, he came up with the chorus while randomly playing around with a synthesizer that he did not know how to use. He thought it could be a song for

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, having a

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. But in the studio the next day a co-producer told him it should be a hit for Hall & Oates themselves. Oates and Hall then co-wrote the verse.

Track listing and formats

US 7-inch vinyl single # "Out of Touch" — 3:55 # "Cold, Dark and Yesterday" — 4:35 US 12-inch vinyl single # "Out of Touch" (Remix) — 7:36 # "Out of Touch" (Dub Version) — 7:24 # "Cold, Dark and Yesterday" — 4:35 UK 12-inch vinyl single # "Out of Touch" (Video Mix) # "Dance on Your Knees" (Extended Mix) # "Everytime You Go Away" (Remix Version)

Credits

Daryl Hall Daryl Franklin Hohl (born October 11, 1946), known professionally as Daryl Hall, is an American rock, R&B and soul singer and musician, best known as the co-founder and principal lead vocalist of Daryl Hall and John Oates (with guitarist and ...

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and

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John Oates John William Oates (born April 7, 1948) is an American musician, best known as half of the rock and soul duo Hall & Oates, with Daryl Hall. He has played rock, R&B, and soul music, acting as a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer ...

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and backing vocals *

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–

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and backing vocals *

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– bass and backing vocals * Wells Christy – synthesizer * Clive Smith – sampler * Jimmy Bralower – drum machine

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Uniting Nations version

English

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act

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covered "Out of Touch" and released it as their debut single on November 15, 2004. This version peaked at number seven on the

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in January 2005 and remained in the top 75 for 21 weeks. Elsewhere, the cover reached number one in Romania—where it was the highest-selling single of 2005—and became a top-ten hit in Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Norway. The vocals on the recording were done by vocalist and session artist

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Music video

The music video for the song features actors Paul Spicer, Charleene Rena, Hayley-Marie Coppin, Sophie Lovell Anderson, Daniela Martins, a participant of French Big Brother '' Secret Story'', and one unidentified woman playing

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Track listings

UK CD single # "Out of Touch" (radio mix) – 2:46 # "Out of Touch" (extended mix) – 6:16 # "Out of Touch" (Skylab Remix) – 7:03 # "Out of Touch" (Tyrrell Remix) – 6:50 # "Out of Touch" (The Vanden Plas Remix) – 7:20 # "Out of Touch" (Paul Roberts Remix) – 6:55 # "Out of Touch" (video) UK 12-inch single :A1. "Out of Touch" (extended mix) – 6:16 :A2. "Out of Touch" (Hardfaze Remix) – 7:55 :B1. "Out of Touch" (Skylab Remix) – 7:03 :B2. "Out of Touch" (Tyrell Remix) – 6:50 Australian and New Zealand CD single # "Out of Touch" (Love You So Much radio mix) – 3:31 # "Out of Touch" (extended mix) – 6:16 # "Out of Touch" (radio edit with Vox filter intro) – 2:46 # "Out of Touch" (Skylab Remix) – 7:03 # "Out of Touch" (Outsiderz Remix) – 7:05 # "Out of Touch" (Paul Roberts Remix) – 6:55

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