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Wikipedia article




"'Touch'" is a song by R&B/funk band Earth, Wind & Fire, released as a single in January 1984 by Columbia Records.

The song reached No. 23 on the US 'Billboard' Hot R&B Singles chart and No. 36 on the US 'Billboard' Adult Contemporary Songs chart.

Overview



"Touch" was produced by Maurice White and composed by Jon Lind with Martin Page. With a duration of four minutes and fifty four seconds, the song has a tempo of 99 bpm.

The single's B-side is "Sweet Sassy Lady". Both "Touch" and "Sweet Sassy Lady" appear on the band's 1983 album 'Electric Universe.

Critical reception



Pam Lambert of 'The Wall Street Journal' wrote "vocals, driven ahead by the force of the bass guitar, also carry the..Motowny Touch." 'Cashbox' stated "songs like 'Sweet Sassy Lady' and 'Touch' make their point with popping bass lines and electronic keyboard riffs very much in vogue with today's music." Prentis Rogers of 'The Atlanta Journal-Constitution' said the song has a "mellow, upbeat nature." Paul Bennett of the Times Colonist wrote "The group's specialty of shifting harmonies comes forward especially on Touch".

'Billboard' proclaimed that "Touch" has "the gorgeous production values of 'Magnetic' applied to a midtempo ballad". Charles Schaar Murray of 'NME' noted that "EWF contrive, as ever, to spice up one of their least distinguished ditties with good noises and here some discreet deployment of kalimba and funde drum serve to cushion the disappointment." Lennox Samuels of the 'Dallas Morning News' also declared "particularly" Touch is "characterized by mellow overtures."

Chart positions



References



Category:Earth, Wind & Fire songs

Category:1984 singles

Category:1984 songs

Category:1980s ballads

Category:Songs written by Jon Lind

Category:Songs written by Martin Page

Category:Columbia Records singles


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