Out of Touch

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"Out of Touch"
OutofTouch.jpg
Single by Daryl Hall & John Oates
from the album Big Bam Boom
B-side "Cold, Dark and Yesterday"
ReleasedOctober 4, 1984
Studio Electric Lady (New York City)
Genre
Length
  • 4:21 (album version)
  • 3:55 (single version)
  • 4:33 (video version)
Label RCA Victor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Daryl Hall & John Oates singles chronology
"Adult Education"
(1984)
"Out of Touch"
(1984)
"Method of Modern Love"
(1984)
Audio sample
"Out of Touch"

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [23] Gold50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [24] Silver200,000

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Music video

A video was made for the song, including scenes in which Hall and Oates were inside a gigantic drum set, which Oates bangs an equally gigantic bass drum pedal into, and from which at the end of the video, both Hall and Oates escape. The video also features the word boom in gigantic letters, with Hall and Oates dancing inside the two big O letters. [25]

Uniting Nations version

"Out of Touch"
Out-of-touch-by-uniting-nations.jpg
Single by Uniting Nations
from the album One World
ReleasedNovember 15, 2004 (2004-11-15)
Length2:47
Label Gusto
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Uniting Nations singles chronology
"Out of Touch"
(2004)
"You and Me"
(2005)
Music video
"Out of Touch" on YouTube

English dance music act Uniting Nations covered "Out of Touch" and released it as their debut single on November 15, 2004. This version peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart in January 2005 and remained in the top 75 for 21 weeks. Elsewhere, the cover reached number one in Romania—where it was the most successful single of 2005—and became a top-10 hit in Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Norway. The vocals on the recording were done by vocalist and session artist Jinian Wilde.

Music video

The music video for the song features actors Paul Spicer, [26] Charleene Rena, Hayley-Marie Coppin, Sophie Lovell Anderson, Daniela Martins, a participant of French Big Brother Secret Story , and one unidentified woman playing strip poker. The women realise Spicer is cheating by wearing an in-ear monitor which leads to a CCTV room with cameras watching the girls and their cards. The video continues with the women getting their own back, and Spicer losing his trousers during the poker game. The video ends with Spicer running out the room with his hair ruffled in his briefs, looking embarrassed, while the girls pop champagne corks and continue partying.

Track listings

UK CD single [27]

  1. "Out of Touch" (radio mix) – 2:46
  2. "Out of Touch" (extended mix) – 6:16
  3. "Out of Touch" (Skylab Remix) – 7:03
  4. "Out of Touch" (Tyrrell Remix) – 6:50
  5. "Out of Touch" (The Vanden Plas Remix) – 7:20
  6. "Out of Touch" (Paul Roberts Remix) – 6:55
  7. "Out of Touch" (video)

UK 12-inch single [28]

A1. "Out of Touch" (extended mix) – 6:16
A2. "Out of Touch" (Hardfaze Remix) – 7:55
B1. "Out of Touch" (Skylab Remix) – 7:03
B2. "Out of Touch" (Tyrell Remix) – 6:50

Australian and New Zealand CD single [29]

  1. "Out of Touch" (Love You So Much radio mix) – 3:31
  2. "Out of Touch" (extended mix) – 6:16
  3. "Out of Touch" (radio edit with Vox filter intro) – 2:46
  4. "Out of Touch" (Skylab Remix) – 7:03
  5. "Out of Touch" (Outsiderz Remix) – 7:05
  6. "Out of Touch" (Paul Roberts Remix) – 6:55

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [55] Silver200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
AustraliaNovember 15, 2004CD Festival Mushroom [56]
United KingdomNovember 22, 2004 Gusto [57]

See also

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