Out of Touch (Dove Cameron song)

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"Out of Touch"
Dove Cameron Out of Touch Cover.png
Single by Dove Cameron
ReleasedDecember 6, 2019 (2019-12-06)
RecordedMarch–April 2018
Genre Pop rock [1]
Length3:15
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Dove Cameron singles chronology
"So Good"
(2019)
"Out of Touch"
(2019)
"Remember Me"
(2020)
Music video
"Out of Touch" on YouTube

"Out of Touch" is a song by American singer Dove Cameron, released on December 6, 2019, through Disruptor and Columbia.

Contents

Background

Cameron announced the song's release on December 2, 2019, by posting a picture on social media of a file titled "Out of Touch Explicit (Mastered)" with the caption "12/6". [2] She teased the song the following day posting a picture on social media with handwritten lyrics of the song. [3] Cameron called the song "One of her favourite tracks she has done so far". [4] It was one of the first songs she recorded for her "new music era". [5]

Composition

"Out of Touch" is a pop-rock song above a "mellow, mid-tempo guitar riff". [6] The song was written in the key of B major with a tempo of 80 beats per minute. [7] The song is about Cameron "recovering from a tiff with her lover and how she hopes to reconcile" and "wanting this person to keep being honest with her, even when she doesn't handle it well". [6]

Music video

The music video accompanied the song's release. [8] It sees Cameron singing to the camera on a rooftop with a city setting in the background. [9] At the end of the video, Cameron runs into the arms of her partner Thomas Doherty. [9]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [10]

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousDecember 6, 2019
[11]

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