Human Touch (Bruce Springsteen song)

"Human Touch"
Single by Bruce Springsteen
from the album Human Touch
A-side"Better Days"
B-side"Souls of the Departed"
ReleasedMarch 9, 1992 (1992-03-09)[1]
StudioA&M (Hollywood, California)[2]
GenreRock[3]
Length
  • 6:28
  • 5:09 (radio edit)
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bruce Springsteen
Producer(s)
Bruce Springsteen singles chronology
"Sad Eyes"
(1990)
"Human Touch"
(1992)
"Better Days"
(1992)
Music video
"Human Touch" on YouTube

"Human Touch" is a song recorded by the American rock singer Bruce Springsteen. It was the first single from his tenth studio album of the same name and was released on March 9, 1992. The song features Randy Jackson on bass guitar, and Toto's Jeff Porcaro on drums. In the United States, the song reached number 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100—charting as a double A-side single with "Better Days"—and topped the Mainstream Rock chart for three weeks.[4]

The song reached number one in Denmark, Italy, Norway, and Spain and was a top-10 hit in several other countries, including Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland. "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.

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. March 7, 1992. p. 17. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  2. ^ Human Touch (US CD album booklet). Bruce Springsteen. Columbia Records. 1992. CK 53000.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ "Bruce Springsteen "Human Touch"".
  4. ^ "Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band | Biography, Music & News". Billboard. Retrieved 19 March 2024.