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"Human Touch" B-side "Souls of the Departed"
"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. "Human Touch" was nominated for Best Rock Song at the 1993 Grammy Awards . The music video, directed by Meiert Avis , received an MTV Video Music Awards nomination for Best Male Video .
Track listings
CD maxi
"Human Touch" — 6:28
"Souls of the Departed" — 4:16
"Long Goodbye" — 3:26
7" single
"Human Touch" — 6:28
"Souls of the Departed" — 4:16
Personnel
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Chart (1992)
Position
Dutch Top 40[ 2]
86
See also
References
^ a b c d e f g "Human Touch", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
^ a b "Single top 100 over 1992" (pdf) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 15 April 2010 .
^ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3 .
^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie Archived 2010-01-05 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
^ "Indice per Interprete: S" . Hit Parade Italia (in Italian). Retrieved September 24, 2018 .
^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2 .
^ "Bruce Springsteen: Artist Chart History" . Official Charts Company . Retrieved June 22, 2017.
^ "Bruce Springsteen Chart History (Hot 100)" . Billboard . Retrieved June 22, 2017.
^ "Bruce Springsteen Chart History (Adult Contemporary)" . Billboard . Retrieved June 22, 2017.
^ "Bruce Springsteen Chart History (Mainstream Rock)" . Billboard . Retrieved June 22, 2017.
External links
Studio albums Live albums Bruce Springsteen Archives
Apollo Theater 3/09/12 (2014)
The Agora, Cleveland 1978 (2015)
Tower Theater, Philadelphia 1975 (2015)
Nassau Coliseum, New York 1980 (2015)
Brendan Byrne Arena, New Jersey 1984 (2015)
LA Sports Arena, California 1988 (2015)
Schottenstein Center, Ohio 2005 (2015)
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HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NY, 11/22/09 (2016)
Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO, 8/23/08 (2017)
Olympiastadion, Helsinki, July 31, 2012 (2017)
Palace Theatre, Albany 1977 (2017)
Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, NY 1977 (2017)
The Summit, Houston, TX December 8, 1978 (2017)
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