Invisible Touch (song)

"Invisible Touch'" is the title track of the 1986 Genesis album of the same name. It is one of their most successful singles of all time and was the band's first (and, to date, only) number-one single in the United States. It went to number four in Canada, but only reached number 15 in the United Kingdom. It is a meditation on intangibility, speaking of a woman whose qualities go beyond what only meets the eye.

The song came about during a jam for the second part of another album track "Domino," Mike apparently playing a riff while Phil improvises the line "She seems to have an invisible touch". It was recorded at the band's studio Fisher Lane Farm during 1985 and 1986.

"Invisible Touch" was bumped out of the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 by "Sledgehammer," by the former lead singer of Genesis, Peter Gabriel.

"Invisible Touch" was performed in concerts in support of the album Invisible Touch between 1986 and 1988. Another version (which segued from "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight") was played on the We Can't Dance and Turn It On Again tours, albeit transposed down a key to account for the deepening of Phil Collins's voice over the years. The We Can't Dance live version of the song was released as a single in the UK in 1992 and surpassed the success of the original there, reaching number 7 in the UK chart.

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Music sample:

Genesis "Invisible Touch" (1986)

22 second sample from Genesis's "Invisible Touch"

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Preceded by "Holding Back the Years" by Simply Red	Billboard Hot 100 number one single July 19, 1986	Succeeded by "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel