"Human Touch" is a 1992 song recorded by Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

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. It was the first single

Single (music)

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 from the album of the same name

Human Touch

Human Touch is the ninth studio album by Bruce Springsteen, released in 1992 . This album was co-released on the same day as Lucky Town...

 and was released in 1993. The song topped the chart in Norway

Norway

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 and was also a top ten hit in many countries, including the Netherlands, Sweden, Ireland, and Switzerland. In the U.S., the song reached #16 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 singles chart (charting as a double A-side with "Better Days"), and topped the Mainstream Rock Tracks

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 chart for three weeks. The song features American Idol

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judge Randy Jackson

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 on bass guitar

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 and Toto

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's Jeff Porcaro

Jeff Porcaro

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 on drums.

Track listings

CD maxi

1. "Human Touch" — 6:28
2. "Souls of the Departed" — 4:16
3. "Long Goodbye" — 3:26

7" single

1. "Human Touch" — 6:28
2. "Souls of the Departed" — 4:16

Peak positions

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	17
Austrian Singles Chart	19
Dutch Top 40	5
French SNEP Singles Chart	20
German Singles Chart	15
Irish Singles Chart	4
Norwegian Singles Chart	1
Swedish Singles Chart	4
Swiss Singles Chart	4
UK Singles Chart	11
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	16
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	8
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1992)	Position
Dutch Top 40	86

See also

• List of number-one hits in Norway
• List of number-one mainstream rock hits (United States)