Sometimes When We Touch

For the Tammy Wynette album, see Sometimes When We Touch (album).
"Sometimes When We Touch"
Single by Dan Hill
from the album Longer Fuse
B-side"Still Not Used To"
Written1973
ReleasedOctober 1977 (Canada)[1]
November 1977 (US)[2]
January 1978 (Europe)[3]
January 1978 (Australia)[4]
Recorded1977
GenreSoft rock,[5][6] middle-of-the-road[7]
Length3:33 (Single Version)
4:12 (Album Version)
LabelGRT (Canada)
20th Century Fox (USA/UK)
Songwriter(s)Dan Hill (lyrics)
Barry Mann (music)
Producer(s)Matthew McCauley, Fred Mollin
Dan Hill singles chronology
"Phonecall"
(1977) 		"Sometimes When We Touch"
(1977) 		"All I See Is Your Face"
(1978)

"Sometimes When We Touch" is a 1977 ballad by Canadian pop rock artist Dan Hill, from his album Longer Fuse. It was written by Hill and Barry Mann; Hill wrote the lyrics, while Mann wrote the music.

The song was Hill's first hit, peaking at #3 on the United States Billboard Hot 100 and #10 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[8] It has since been covered by a variety of artists.

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  2. ^ "Sometimes When We Touch". Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  3. ^ "Sometimes When We Touch". Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  4. ^ "Sometimes When We Touch". Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  5. ^ "The 10 Ickiest Soft-Rock Hits of the '70s - Oldies Music". Oldies.about.com. 2014-04-03. Archived from the original on July 11, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  6. ^ "VH1's 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs". Stereogum. SpinMedia. May 31, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  7. ^ Chicago Tribune. (1988) As No-Names Go, Dan Hill is Fairly Famous. [online] Available at: https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/03/30/as-no-names-go-dan-hill-is-fairly-famous/ (Accessed: June 23rd 2024).
  8. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 115.