I Have the Touch

"I Have the Touch"
Single by Peter Gabriel
from the album Peter Gabriel (Security)
B-side"Across the River"
ReleasedDecember 1982 (1982-12)[1]
Recorded1981–1982
Genre
Length
  • 4:30 (album version)
  • 3:45 (1982 single edit)
  • 5:08 (1983 remix)
  • 4:19 (1996 Robbie Robertson mix)
Label
Songwriter(s)Peter Gabriel
Producer(s)
Peter Gabriel singles chronology
"Shock the Monkey"
(1982) 		"I Have the Touch"
(1982) 		"I Don't Remember (Live)"
(1983)

"I Have the Touch" is a song by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel from his fourth eponymous studio album released in 1982. The song's working title during the recording sessions was "Hands".[4] This song was featured in the film The Chocolate War (1988). The 1996 remix was used in the film Phenomenon of the same year. In 1996, Heather Nova recorded a cover version of the song for the teen-witch horror film The Craft.[5]

  1. ^ "I Have The Touch". PeterGabriel.com.
  2. ^ Reed, Ryan (19 July 2013). "Peter Gabriel Albums From Worst To Best". Stereogum. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b Leas, Ryan (18 May 2018). "A Beginner's Guide To Peter Gabriel: 27 Essential Tracks". Stereogum. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  4. ^ Peter Gabriel - The South Bank on YouTube
  5. ^ Bowman, Durrell (2 September 2016). Experiencing Peter Gabriel: A Listener's Companion. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 105–107. ISBN 9781442252004.