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"Sometimes When We Touch" is a 1977 ballad written by Dan Hill (lyrics) and Barry Mann (music) on the album ''Longer Fuse'', but was also released as a single in 1978. It was Hill's biggest hit, peaking at # 3 on the United States ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and #10 on the Easy Listening chart. Musicians included Bobby Ogdin (piano), Larrie Londin (drums), Bob Mann (guitar), Don Potter (guitar), Tom Szczesniak (bass). The record was produced by Fred Mollin and Matthew McCauley, recorded at Manta Sound, Toronto. ==Other versions== Tina Turner recorded a version for her 1978 album, ''Rough.'' An Estonian language version of the song (entitled "Puudutus") also exists. Often performed as a duet, the song has been covered by Koit Toome and Maarja-Liis Ilus among others. On Toome's acoustic greatest hits album, "Allikas", the song is present as a solo piece with the tune credited to "H. Dan". UK dance singer Newton also took the song into the top 40 in the UK (peaking at #32 in February 1996) and to #5 in Australia, also in 1996. Newton's version went Gold in Australia. In 2008, Daniel Evans performed the song at his first audition on series 5 of the X Factor (UK) bringing judge Cheryl Cole to tears after he sung in memory of his wife who died shortly after childbirth. The clip has had nearly 20 million views on YouTube. He subsequently released the song on his debut album No Easy Way in 2010. The ska band Five Iron Frenzy also did a cover of this song as part of a "Medley" during their farewell tour in 2004. There is also a version recorded in 1980 by Cleo Laine and James Galway. Tammy Wynette covered the song in 1985 with country-pop singer Mark Gray. Their duet version peaked at No. 6 on the country singles chart in 1985. British singer Rod Stewart recorded the song for his 1996 album ''If We Fall in Love Tonight''. Veteran British entertainer Tommy Steele recorded this on his ''Family Album''. Manny Pacquiao sang this song on November 3, 2009 showing of the ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' show. This was Pacquiao's first guest appearance on an American late night TV talk show and his first singing performance on American TV. He would later revive this song on April 2011 as his single and reached number 19 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary top 20 list and has become the third most added song on radio playlists in the US. In August 2012, Dream Theater performed an impromptu short cover in Rio de Janeiro. *1978, Lynn Anderson covered the song in her album ''From the Inside''. *1979, Ginette Reno covered the song in French ("Quand nos corps se touchent"). *1979, Karel Gott made Czech version "Stokrát chválím čas". *1980, Bonnie Tyler released the song on her album ''Goodbye to the Island''. *1983, An instrumental version was used as the theme to sitcom ''Sweet Sixteen''. *1996, Barry Manilow covered the song for his compilation album, ''Summer of '78''. *1999, Demis Roussos, ''Double Live Featuring Sometimes When We Touch'' (1999). Demis Roussos also covered the song in Italian in 1980. *2000, Engelbert Humperdinck recorded it on his album ''Engelbert at his very best''. *2000, Barry Mann made his own version of the song on his solo album "Soul & Inspiration". *2004, Five Iron Frenzy included a portion of the song during a medley on their live album The End Is Here. *2007, Donny Osmond released a cover of this song on his solo studio album, ''Love Songs of the '70s''. *2007, Ara Muna recorded it in Tagalog version with Kapampangan lyrics under the title "Kaluguran Da Ka" ("I love *you"). *2008, Olivia Ong covered the song in her album ''Best of Olivia''. *2011, Manny Pacquiao released the song as a single with Dan Hill. 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「Sometimes When We Touch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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