Human Touch (Bruce Springsteen song)

"Human Touch" is a song recorded by the American rock singer and songwriter Bruce Springsteen. It was the first single from his tenth studio album of the same name (1992) and was released on March 9, 1992 by Columbia Records. The song features Randy Jackson on bass guitar, and Toto's Jeff Porcaro on drums. In the United States, the song reached number 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100—charting as a double A-side single with "Better Days"—and topped the Mainstream Rock chart for three weeks.^[3]

B-side"Souls of the Departed"

ReleasedMarch 9, 1992 (1992-03-09)

StudioA&M (Hollywood, California)^[1]

GenreRock^[2]

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"Human Touch"
Single by Bruce Springsteen
from the album Human Touch
B-side	"Souls of the Departed"
Released	March 9, 1992 (1992-03-09)
Studio	A&M (Hollywood, California)[1]
Genre	Rock[2]
Length	6:28 5:09 (radio edit)
Label	Columbia
Songwriter	Bruce Springsteen
Producers	Roy Bittan Jon Landau Chuck Plotkin Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen singles chronology
"Sad Eyes" (1990) "Human Touch" (1992) "Better Days" (1992)
Music video
"Human Touch" on YouTube

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The song reached number one in Denmark, Italy, Norway, and Spain and was a top-10 hit in several other countries, including Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland. "Human Touch" was nominated for Best Rock Song at the 1993 Grammy Awards. The music video, directed by Meiert Avis, received an MTV Video Music Awards nomination for Best Male Video.