Out of Touch

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“Out of Touch”
“Out of Touch” cover
Single by Hall & Oates
from the album Big Bam Boom
A-side "Out of Touch"
B-side "Cold, Dark and Yesterday"
Released 1984
Format 7" 12"
Genre Pop / Rock
Length 3:55
Label RCA
Writer(s) Daryl Hall & John Oates
Producer Daryl Hall & John Oates, Bob Clearmountain
Hall & Oates singles chronology
"Adult Education"
(1984)
"Out of Touch"
(1984)
"Method of Modern Love"
(1984)

"Out of Touch" is a 1984 song from Daryl Hall and John Oates. This lead single from their 1984 album Big Bam Boom was their final number one, topping the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in December 1984. The song was used in the soundtrack of the popular but controversial video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. It is featured on the fictional in-game radio station Flash FM.

"Out of Touch" was covered by Uniting Nations in 2004 and was featured on the compilation CDs Summer Hits 2005, Floorfillers Club Classics and Floorfillers 3 amongst others. Uniting Nations' version peaked at #7 on the UK Singles Chart and remained in the Top 75 for twenty-one weeks.

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Preceded by
"Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" by Wham!
Billboard Hot 100 number one single
December 8, 1984- December 22, 1984
Succeeded by
"Like a Virgin" by Madonna