Human Touch (Bruce Springsteen song)

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"Human Touch"
File:Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch - coverart - II.jpg
Single by Bruce Springsteen
from the album Human Touch
B-side"Souls of the Departed"
ReleasedMarch 9, 1992 (1992-03-09)
StudioA&M (Hollywood, California)[1]
GenreRock[2]
Length
  • 6:28
  • 5:09 (radio edit)
LabelColumbia
SongwriterBruce Springsteen
Producers
Bruce Springsteen singles chronology
"Sad Eyes"
(1990) 		"Human Touch"
(1992) 		"Better Days"
(1992)
Music video
"Human Touch" on YouTube

"Human Touch" is a song recorded by the American rock singer and songwriter Bruce Springsteen. It was the first single from his tenth studio album of the same name (1992) and was released on March 9, 1992 by Columbia Records. The song features Randy Jackson on bass guitar, and Toto's Jeff Porcaro on drums. In the United States, the song reached number 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100—charting as a double A-side single with "Better Days"—and topped the Mainstream Rock chart for three weeks.[3]

The song reached number one in Denmark, Italy, Norway, and Spain and was a top-10 hit in several other countries, including Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland. "Human Touch" was nominated for Best Rock Song at the 1993 Grammy Awards. The music video, directed by Meiert Avis, received an MTV Video Music Awards nomination for Best Male Video.

Track listings

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  • US and European 7-inch and CD single[4]
  1. "Human Touch" – 6:30
  2. "Better Days" – 4:08
  • US and European 12-inch and CD maxi-single[5]
  1. "Human Touch" – 6:30
  2. "Better Days" – 4:08
  3. "Souls of the Departed" – 4:16
  • European 12-inch and CD maxi-single[6]
  1. "Human Touch" – 4:08
  2. "Souls of the Departed" – 4:16
  3. "Long Goodbye" – 3:26

Personnel

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According to authors Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon:[7]

Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications for "Human Touch"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[46] Gold 35,000‡
Norway (IFPI Norway)[47] Gold  

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Release dates and formats for "Human Touch"
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Australia March 9, 1992
  • CD
  • cassette
 Columbia [48]
United Kingdom
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
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March 16, 1992 CD picture disc [50]
Japan March 19, 1992 Mini-CD Sony [51]

See also

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References

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