Out of Touch

"Out of Touch" is a 1984 song by Hall & Oates. This lead single from their 1984 album Big Bam Boom was their last Billboard Hot 100 number one, topping the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in December 1984. It became the duo's fourteenth consecutive top 40 hit since 1980.^[1]

"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.

The song featured in the 2002 console game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on the radio station Flash FM, and also in the 2008 console game Saints Row 2 on the radio station The Mix 107.77.

John Oates wrote the refrain, "You're Out Of Touch, I'm Out of Time but I'm Out of my head when you're not around." He and Hall collaborated on the music and the rest of the lyrics.

The song often segued from "Dance On Your Knees" which is the opening song of the album. The music video also contains the "Dance On Your Knees" intro, but the song was the dance remix version.

Chart positions

Chart (1984-1985)	Peak position
Canadian Singles Chart	5
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles	24
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	8
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	18
German Singles Chart	15
Netherlands Singles Chart	33
New Zealand Singles Chart	27
Swedish Singles Chart	20
UK Singles Chart	48

References

^ Jeff Tamarkin (1984-10-13). "Video Medium Not The Message For Daryl Hall & John Oates". Billboard. http://books.google.com/books?id=MiQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT47&dq=Out+of+Touch++hall+%26+oates&hl=en&ei=_2g-TIOHEYXknAf8ocSkBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Out%20of%20Touch%20%20hall%20%26%20oates&f=false. Retrieved 2010-07-14.

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Video on VH1 Classic (Listed as "No longer available" prior to 3/10)

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
Preceded by "I Feel for You" by Chaka Khan	Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single November 17, 1984 - November 24, 1984	Succeeded by "Big in Japan" by Alphaville

Hall & Oates

Daryl Hall · John Oates

Studio albums	Whole Oats (1972) · Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) · War Babies (1974) · Daryl Hall & John Oates (1975) · Bigger Than Both of Us (1976) · Beauty on a Back Street (1977) · Along the Red Ledge (1978) · X-Static (1979) · Voices (1980) · Private Eyes (1981) · H₂O (1982) · Big Bam Boom (1984) · Ooh Yeah! (1988) · Change of Season (1990) · Marigold Sky (1997) · Do It for Love (2003) · Our Kind of Soul (2004) · Home for Christmas (2006)

Live albums	Livetime (1978) · Live at the Apollo (1985)

Compilation albums	No Goodbyes (1977) · Rock 'n Soul Part 1 (1983) · VH1 Behind the Music: The Daryl Hall and John Oates Collection (2002)

Singles	"She's Gone" (1974) · "Sara Smile" (1976) · "Rich Girl" (1977) · "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (1980) · "Kiss on My List" (1981) · "You Make My Dreams" (1981) · "Private Eyes" (1981) · "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" (1981) · "Maneater" (1982) · "One on One" (1983) · "Family Man" (1983) · "Jingle Bell Rock" (1983) · "Say It Isn't So" (1983) · "Adult Education" (1984) · "Out of Touch" (1984) · "Method of Modern Love" (1985) · "A Nite at the Apollo Live! The Way You Do the Things You Do/My Girl" (live) (1985) · "Everything Your Heart Desires" (1988) · "Love Train" (1989) · "So Close" (1990) · "Do It for Love" (2002) · "Getaway Car" (2003) · "I'll Be Around" (2004)

Hall solo albums	Sacred Songs (1980) · Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine (1986) · Soul Alone (1993) · Can't Stop Dreaming (1996)

Oates solo albums	Phunk Shui (2002) · John Oates: Live at the Historic Wheeler Opera House (2004) · John Oates Solo – The Album, The Concert (2006)

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Hall & Oates singles discography

1970s	"She's Gone" (1974) · "Alone Too Long" (1975) · "Sara Smile" (1976) · "She's Gone" (re-issue) (1976) · "Do What You Want, Be What You Are" (1976) · "Rich Girl" (1977) · "Back Together Agagin" (1977) · "It's Uncanny" (1977) · "Why Do Lovers (Break Each Other's Heart?)" (1977) · "It's a Laugh" (1978) · "I Don't Wanna Lose You" (1978) · "Wait for Me" (1979) · "Post-Static" (1979)

1980s	"Who Said the World Was Fair" (1980) · "Running from Paradise" (1980) · "How Does It Feel to Be Back" (1980) · "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (1980) · "Kiss on My List" (1981) · "You Make My Dreams" (1981) · "Private Eyes" (1981) · "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" (1981) · "Did It in a Minute" (1982) · "Your Imagination" (1982) · "Maneater" (1982) · "One on One" (1983) · "Family Man" (1983) · "Jingle Bell Rock" (1983) · "Say It Isn't So" (1983) · "Adult Education" (1984) · "Out of Touch" (1984) · "Method of Modern Love" (1984) · "Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid" (1985) · "Possession Obsession" (1985) · "Out of Touch" (re-mix) (1985) · "A Night at the Apollo Live! The Way You Do the Things You Do/My Girl" (live medley) (1985) · "Dreamtime" (Hall solo) (1986) · "Foolish Pride" (Hall solo) (1986) · "Someone Like You" (Hall solo) (1987) · "Everything Your Heart Desires" (1988) · "Missed Opportunity" (1988) · "Downtown Life" (1988) · "Talking All Night" (1988) · "Love Train" (1989)

1990s	"So Close" (1990) · "Don't Hold Back Your Love" (1991) · "Everywhere I Look" (1991) · "Starting All Over Again" (1991) · "I'm in a Philly Mood" (Hall solo) (1993) · "Stop Loving Me, Stop Loving You" (Hall solo) (1994) · "Help Me Find a Way to Your Heart" (Hall solo) (1994) · "Gloryland" (Hall solo) (1994) · "Wherever Would I Be" (Hall solo) (1995) · "Promise Ain't Enough" (1997) · "Romeo Is Bleeding" (1998) · "The Sky Is Falling" (1998) · "Hold on to Yourself" (1998) · "Throw the Roses Away" (1998)

2000s	"I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" (re-mix) (2001) · "Do It for Love" (2002) · "Forever for You" (2002) · "Man on a Mission" (2003) · "Someday We'll Know" (2003) · "Intuition" (2003) · "Getaway Car" (2003) · "I'll Be Around" (2004) · "Without You" (2004) · "I Can Dream About You" (2005) · "Ooh Child" (2005) · "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" (2006) · "Home for Christmas" (2006) · "Take Christmas Back" (2007)

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