Human Touch (Bruce Springsteen song)

"Human Touch"
Single by Bruce Springsteen
from the album Human Touch
B-side	"Souls of the Departed"
Released	March 21, 1992
Format	CD single, CD maxi, 7" single
Recorded	June 18, 1990; A&M Studio
Genre	Soft rock
Length	6:28
Label	Columbia
Writer(s)	Bruce Springsteen
Producer(s)	Roy Bittan, Jon Landau Chuck Plotkin, Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen singles chronology
"Spare Parts" (1988) "Human Touch" (1992) "57 Channels (And Nothin' On)" (1992)

"Human Touch" is a song recorded by the American rock singer Bruce Springsteen. It was the first single from the album of the same name and was released in 1992. The song topped the chart in Norway and was also a top ten hit in many countries, including the Netherlands, Sweden, Ireland, and Switzerland. In the U.S., the song reached #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart (charting as a double A-side with "Better Days"), and topped the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for three weeks. The song features future American Idol judge Randy Jackson on bass guitar and Toto's Jeff Porcaro on drums. It is sometimes played by Springsteen and the E Street Band in concert despite their having been dismissed at the time of the original recording.

Track listings

CD maxi

1. "Human Touch" — 6:28
2. "Souls of the Departed" — 4:16
3. "Long Goodbye" — 3:26

7" single

1. "Human Touch" — 6:28
2. "Souls of the Departed" — 4:16

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[1]	17
Austrian Singles Chart[1]	19
Dutch Top 40[2]	5
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[3]	4
French SNEP Singles Chart[1]	20
German Singles Chart[1]	15
Irish Singles Chart[4]	4
Norwegian Singles Chart[1]	1
Spain (AFYVE)[5]	1
Swedish Singles Chart[1]	4
Swiss Singles Chart[1]	4
UK Singles Chart[6]	11
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[7]	16
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[7]	8
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[7]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1992)	Position
Dutch Top 40[2]	86

See also

• List of number-one hits in Norway
• List of number-one mainstream rock hits (United States)

References

1. "Human Touch", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
2. "Single top 100 over 1992" (pdf) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
3. Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
4. Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
5. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
6. UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
7. Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved January 12, 2009)

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics