"You've Got" the Touch

1986 song by Alabama You've Got the Touch single Alabama The Touch True, True Housewife December 1986 (U.S.) 1986 4:15 RCA Nashville John Jarrard, Lisa Palas, Will Robinson Harold Shedd and Alabama Deep River Woman 1986 Tar Top 1987 "You've Got' the Touch" is a song written by Lisa Palas, John Jarrard and Will Robinson, and recorded by American country music band Alabama. The song, a ballad done in the band's signature mellow style, was released in December 1986, as the second and final single from the album The Touch. "'You've Got' the Touch" was a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in April 1987.The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006 Second Whitburn Joel Joel Whitburn 2004 Record Research 19 The song was Alabama's 21st — and as it turned out, final consecutive — chart-topper in a string that dated from August 1980's "Tennessee River". The follow-up single, the semi-autobiographical "Tar Top", peaked at number seven that November, breaking the streak. A new streak would be started in early 1988 with the song "Face to Face". This song is unrelated to Stan Bush's song of a similar title from 1986's The Transformers: The Movie. Charts Chart (1986–1987)PeakpositionBillboardcountrysongs 1 AlabamaCanadian RPM Country Tracks1 References Works cited Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music", HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (0-06-273244-7) Roland, Tom, "The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits", Billboard Books, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1991 (0-8230-7553-2) Category:1987 singles Category:1986 songs Category:Alabama (American band) songs Category:Song recordings produced by Harold Shedd Category:RCA Records singles Category:Songs written by John Jarrard Category:Songs written by Will Robinson (songwriter) Category:Articles with quotation marks in the title