Out of Touch

"Out of Touch"
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Single by Uniting Nations
from the album One World
Released	November 15, 2004
Length	2:47
Label	Gusto
Songwriter(s)	Daryl Hall; John Oates;
Producer(s)	Paul Keenan; Darren "Daz" Sampson;
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Music video
	"Out of Touch" on YouTube

"Out of Touch"
	File:OutofTouch.jpg
Single by Hall & Oates
from the album Big Bam Boom
B-side	"Cold, Dark and Yesterday"
Released	October 4, 1984
Recorded	July 1984
Studio	Electric (Greenwich Village, New York City)
Genre	Dance-rock; new wave; synth-pop;
Length	4:21 (album version); 4:33 (video version);
Label	RCA
Songwriter(s)	Daryl Hall; John Oates;
Producer(s)	Hall & Oates; Bob Clearmountain;
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"Out of Touch" is a song by American duo Hall & Oates from their twelfth studio album Big Bam Boom (1984). The song was released as the lead single from Big Bam Boom on Thursday, October 4, 1984, by RCA Records. 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 top 40 hit since 1980.^[1]

The song often segued from "Dance on Your Knees", which is the opening song of the Big Bam Boom album. The accompanying music video 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 the Stylistics, having a Philly sound. 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.^[2]

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" (Club Version) — 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 – lead vocals and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
John Oates – synthesizers and backing vocals
G. E. Smith – lead guitar and backing vocals
Tom Wolk – bass and backing vocals
Wells Christy – synthesizer
Clive Smith – sampler
Jimmy Bralower – drum machine

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1984–1985)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[3]	11
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[4]	18
Canada (The Record's Retail Singles)^[5]	4
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[6]	5
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)^[7]	45
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[8]	33
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[9]	33
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[10]	27
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[11]	20
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[12]	48
US Billboard Hot 100^[13]	1
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[14]	8
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)^[15]	1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[16]	24
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)^[17]	18
US Cash Box Top 100^[18]	3
15

Year-end charts

Chart (1984)	Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[19]	47
US Cash Box Top 100^[20]	43

Chart (1985)	Position
US Billboard Hot 100^[21]	6

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
United Kingdom (BPI)^[22]	Silver	200,000
^xunspecified figures based on certification alone sales/streaming figures based on certification alone

Uniting Nations version

English dance music act Uniting Nations covered "Out of Touch" and released it as their debut single on November 15, 2004. This version peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart 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 Jinian Wilde.

Music video

The music video for the song features actors Paul Spicer,^[23] Charleene Rena, Hayley-Marie Coppin, Sophie Lovell Anderson, Daniela Martins, a participant of French Big Brother Secret Story, and one unidentified woman playing strip poker.

Track listings

UK CD single^[24]

"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^[25]

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^[26]

"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

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2004–2005)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[27]	41
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[28]	68
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[29]	23
Czech Republic (IFPI)^[30]	20
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)^[31]	9
Germany (Official German Charts)^[32]	27
Ireland (IRMA)^[33]	5
Ireland Dance (IRMA)^[34]	1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[35]	9
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[36]	32
Norway (VG-lista)^[37]	8
Romania (Romanian Top 100)^[38]	1
Scotland (Official Charts Company)^[39]	8
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[40]	26
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[41]	74
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[42]	7
UK Dance (Official Charts Company)^[43]	13
UK Indie (Official Charts Company)^[44]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2004)	Position
UK Singles (OCC)^[45]	126

Chart (2005)	Position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)^[46]	87
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[47]	26
Romania (Romanian Top 100)^[38]	1
UK Singles (OCC)^[48]	74

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
United Kingdom (BPI)^[49]	Silver	200,000
^xunspecified figures based on certification alone sales/streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
Australia	November 15, 2004	CD	Festival Mushroom	^[50]
United Kingdom	November 22, 2004	CD	Gusto	^[51]

References

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↑ "Archive Chart: 20041204" UK Dance Chart.
↑ "Archive Chart: 20041204" UK Indie Chart.
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v t e Hall & Oates
Daryl Hall John Oates
Studio albums	Whole Oats (1972) Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) War Babies (1974) Daryl Hall & John Oates (1975) Bigger Than Both of Us (1976) Beauty on a Back Street (1977) Along the Red Ledge (1978) X-Static (1979) Voices (1980) Private Eyes (1981) H₂O (1982) Big Bam Boom (1984) Ooh Yeah! (1988) Change of Season (1990) Marigold Sky (1997) Do It for Love (2003) Our Kind of Soul (2004) Home for Christmas (2006)
Live albums	Livetime (1978) Live at the Apollo (1985)
Compilation albums	No Goodbyes (1977) Rock 'n Soul Part 1 (1983) The Atlantic Collection (1996) The Very Best of Daryl Hall & John Oates (2001) VH1 Behind the Music: The Daryl Hall and John Oates Collection (2002) Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates (2004) The Singles (2008)
Singles	"She's Gone" (1974) "Sara Smile" (1976) "Rich Girl" (1977) "Wait for Me" (1979) "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (1980) "Kiss on My List" (1981) "You Make My Dreams" (1981) "Private Eyes" (1981) "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" (1981) "Did It in a Minute" (1982) "Maneater" (1982) "One on One" (1983) "Family Man" (1983) "Jingle Bell Rock" (1983) "Say It Isn't So" (1983) "Adult Education" (1984) "Out of Touch" (1984) "Method of Modern Love" (1985) "A Nite at the Apollo Live! The Way You Do the Things You Do/My Girl" (live) (1985) "Everything Your Heart Desires" (1988) "Love Train" (1989) "So Close" (1990) "Do It for Love" (2002) "Someday We'll Know" (2003) "Getaway Car" (2003) "I'll Be Around" (2004) "Without You" (2004) "I Can Dream About You" (2005) "Ooh Child" (2005) "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" (2006)
Hall solo albums	Sacred Songs (1980) Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine (1986) Soul Alone (1993) Can't Stop Dreaming (1996) Laughing Down Crying (2011)
Oates solo albums	Phunk Shui (2002) John Oates: Live at the Historic Wheeler Opera House (2004) John Oates Solo – The Album, The Concert (2006) 1000 Miles of Life (2008) Mississippi Mile (2011) The Bluesville Sessions (2012) Good Road to Follow (2014)
Related articles	Discography Interpreting the Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates Live from Daryl's House
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