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"Reach Out" is a single by American rock band Cheap Trick, released as a single from the soundtrack album for the 1981 film ''Heavy Metal''. It was the band's only single of the year and the second of four singles from the soundtrack. ==Background== Released on the film soundtrack in 1981, the album peaked at number 12 on the Billboard 200 chart. Although both the lead single "Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride)" and third single "Working in the Coal Mine" were successful singles from the album, "Reach Out" was not a success and failed to chart on the American Billboard Hot 100. The song was written by Robert James and Pete Comita. The executive producer of the soundtrack album and the song was Irving Azoff, whilst the song's producer was Roy Thomas Baker. Comita was the band's bassist of the time, where he had replaced Tom Petersson. He recorded five songs with the band to contribute to two movie soundtracks. "I'm the Man", "Born to Raise Hell", and "Ohm Sweet Ohm", which were produced by Jack Douglas, went to the film ''Rock & Rule'', whilst "Reach Out" and "I Must Be Dreamin'" went to the film ''Heavy Metal''. Comita left the band after completing the 1980-81 World Tour that promoted the "All Shook Up" album and was replaced by Jon Brant. The song and its b-side was recorded at Cherokee Recording Studios.〔 In a 2009 interview with guitarist Rick Nielsen, the interviewer asked if Nielsen would comment on the claim that Comita wrote the 1983 song "I Can't Take It", credited solely to lead vocalist Robin Zander. Nielsen replied ''"That's the first time I've heard about that. But it wasn't I Can't Take It. He did write Reach Out (And Take It) which was on the Heavy Metal movie soundtrack. But he wrote that song with a guy named Bob James. He originally told us he had written it, but we later found out, he didn’t write it (alone)."'' A demo version of the song has been in circulation, with lead vocals by Comita. Despite the commercial failure of the single, the song was uploaded unofficially onto YouTube and has gained 280,000 views since June 2008. 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「Reach Out (Cheap Trick song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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