| "Touch a Hand, Make a Friend" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by the Staple Singers | ||||
| from the album Be What You Are | ||||
| B-side | "Tellin' Lies" | |||
| Released | January 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1973 | |||
| Genre | Funk | |||
| Length | 3:26 | |||
| Label | Stax | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson, Carl Hampton | |||
| Producer(s) | Al Bell | |||
| The Staple Singers singles chronology | ||||
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"Touch a Hand, Make a Friend" is a song written by Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson and Carl Hampton, and first recorded by The Staple Singers for their album Be What You Are.[1] It was one of The Staple Singers most successful singles and peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart and number 23 on its Hot 100 chart in 1973.[2] The single also reached number 27 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.[3]