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"Invisible Touch" is the title track and first single from the 1986 album of the same name by the English rock band Genesis. The song is a group composition which featured lyrics written by singer and drummer Phil Collins. It is the most successful single in the band's career and was their first and only No. 1 single in the United States; the song additionally spent three consecutive weeks at the top of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Airplay chart during summer 1986 until it was surpassed by Peter Cetera's "Glory of Love". The song was the first of five consecutive U.S. Top Five singles from the album of the same name.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Genesis Artist Biography by Bruce Eder – Awards )〕 It also reached No. 4 in Canada and No. 15 in the United Kingdom.〔(Genesis UK chart history ), The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 May 2012.〕 Its B-side is the second part of "Domino", titled "The Last Domino". (The album includes both parts of "Domino" combined together.) Genesis members Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford have both spoken highly of the song in retrospect. Collins has called it his "favourite Genesis song" and Rutherford has called it "a wonderful song: upbeat, fun to play, always a strong moment in any gig".〔 As the band's only ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number one, the song is included in ''Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs for the Rock and Roll Era''. ==History== "Invisible Touch" came about during a jam session, Rutherford playing a guitar riff while Collins improvised the line "She seems to have an invisible touch". Collins has said he heard the influence of Prince and Sheila E. in the drum machine and his lyrics were inspired by a few people he had known who had got under his skin. Despite liking the song himself, and despite the band's previous success, he has claimed he wasn't certain the song would be a hit.〔 In summer 1986, "Invisible Touch" was succeeded in the No. 1 position on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 by the multi-Grammy nominated "Sledgehammer", performed by Genesis' former lead singer, Peter Gabriel. Collins later jested about the occurrence in a 2014 interview, stating, "I read recently that Peter Gabriel knocked us off the No. 1 spot with 'Sledgehammer'. We weren’t aware of that at the time. If we had been, we’d probably have sent him a telegram saying: 'Congratulations – bastard.'"〔 The single also reached No. 1 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Invisible Touch (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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