"Don't Lose Touch" is a song by the Gainesville, Florida

Gainesville, Florida

Gainesville is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Alachua County, Florida, United States as well as the principal city of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The preliminary 2010 Census population count for Gainesville is 124,354. Gainesville is home to the sixth...

-based punk rock

Punk rock

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 band Against Me!

Against Me!

Against Me! is an American punk rock band formed in 1997 in Naples, Florida and relocated to Gainesville, Florida in 1999. Their first full-length album, released on No Idea Records in 2002, was Against Me! Is Reinventing Axl Rose. They have released music on Misanthrope Records, Crasshole Records,...

, released as the first single

Single (music)

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 from their 2005 album Searching for a Former Clarity

Searching for a Former Clarity

Searching for a Former Clarity is the third album by the Gainesville, Florida punk rock band Against Me!, produced by J. Robbins and released on September 6, 2005 by Fat Wreck Chords. Supported by singles and music videos for the songs "Don't Lose Touch" and "From Her Lips to God's Ears ", it was...

. Like the second single "From Her Lips to God's Ears (The Energizer)", it was released exclusively on twelve-inch vinyl with a remix

Remix

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ed version of the song as the A-side

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 and the album version as the B-side. The A-side version was remixed by German electronic music

Electronic music

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 duo Mouse on Mars

Mouse on Mars

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. The single was limited to 3,050 copies.

The music video

Music video

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 for "Don't Lose Touch" was directed by Philip Andelman. It depicts the band performing the song in a rehearsal and storage space.

Track listing

Band

• Tom Gabel
  Tom Gabel
  Thomas James "Tom" Gabel is the lead vocalist, songwriter, and a guitarist for Gainesville, Florida punk rock band Against Me!, as well as a solo artist. He was born on Fort Benning, Georgia a US Army post, where his father was stationed. At age 17, he dropped out of high school and formed Against...
  
   – guitar
  Electric guitar
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  , lead vocals
  Singing
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• James Bowman – guitar, backing vocals
• Andrew Seward – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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  , backing vocals
• Warren Oakes
  Warren Oakes
  Warren Oakes is an American drummer best known for his eight years spent as the drummer for the punk rock band Against Me!.On June 8, 2009 he announced that he was leaving the band to pursue a career as a restauranteur...
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
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Production

• J. Robbins – producer
  Record producer
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  , engineer, mixing engineer
  Mixing engineer
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• Alan Douches – mastering
  Audio mastering
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External links

• "Don't Lose Touch" at Against Me!'s official website – includes links to song lyrics
• "Don't Lose Touch" at Fat Wreck Chords
  Fat Wreck Chords
  Fat Wreck Chords is a San Francisco, California based independent record label, focused on punk rock. It was started by Fat Mike and his ex-wife, Erin, in 1990....