| Touch | ||||
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| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 at The Automatt, San Francisco, California | |||
| Genre | Funk, soul | |||
| Label | Mercury Records | |||
| Producer | Con Funk Shun | |||
| Con Funk Shun chronology | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Touch is the seventh album by the Vallejo, California musical group Con Funk Shun. It was released in late 1980 on the Mercury Records label.
| Chart (1981) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Billboard Top LPs & Tapes [2] | 51 |
| Billboard Top Soul LPs | 7 |
| Year | Single | Chart positions [3] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | US Dance | ||
| 1981 | "Lady's Wild" | — | 42 | — |
| "Too Tight" | 40 | 8 | 25 | |
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