A Woman's Touch (song)

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"A Woman's Touch"
Toby Keith - A Womans Touch.jpg
Single by Toby Keith
from the album Blue Moon
B-side "She's Perfect"
ReleasedJuly 1, 1996
Recorded1996
Genre Country
Length5:35(album version)
3:33 (single version)
Label A&M 581714
Songwriter(s) Toby Keith
Wayne Perry
Producer(s) Nelson Larkin
Toby Keith
Toby Keith singles chronology
"Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine on You"
(1996)
"A Woman's Touch"
(1996)
"Me Too"
(1996)

"A Woman's Touch" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released in July 1996 as the second single from his 1996 album Blue Moon . It peaked at number 6 in the United States, and number 11 in Canada. Keith wrote this song with Wayne Perry.

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Critical reception

Larry Flick, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably saying that "Keith's warm baritone wraps around the lyric and brings the song to life with the authority of a man who has been there." [1]

Chart positions

"A Woman's Touch" debuted at number 73 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of July 13, 1996.

Chart (1996)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 10
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 6

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 75

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References

  1. Billboard , July 13, 1996
  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9839." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. October 21, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
  3. "Toby Keith Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. "Best of 1996: Country Songs". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.