| "You've Got the Touch" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Alabama | ||||
| from the album The Touch | ||||
| B-side | "True, True Housewife" | |||
| Released | December 1986 (U.S.) | |||
| Recorded | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Country rock, country pop | |||
| Length | 4:15 | |||
| Label | RCA Nashville | |||
| Songwriter(s) | John Jarrard, Lisa Palas, Will Robinson | |||
| Producer(s) | Harold Shedd and Alabama | |||
| Alabama singles chronology | ||||
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"You've Got the Touch" is a song written by Lisa Palas, John Jarrard and Will Robinson, and recorded by American country music band Alabama. The song, a ballad done in the band's signature mellow style, was released in December 1986, as the second and final single from the album The Touch. "You've Got" the Touch was a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in April 1987.[1]
The song was Alabama's 21st — and as it turned out, final consecutive — chart-topper in a string that dated from August 1980's "Tennessee River". The follow-up single, the semi-autobiographical "Tar Top," peaked at number seven that November, breaking the streak. A new streak would be started in early 1988 with the song "Face to Face".
This song is unrelated to Stan Bush's song of a similar title from the 1986 Transformers movie.
Charts
| Chart (1986-1987) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
References
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 19.
- ↑ "Alabama Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
Works cited
- Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
- Roland, Tom, "The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits," Billboard Books, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1991 (ISBN 0-8230-7553-2)