Song · Hall and Oates
“Out of Touch” by Hall and Oates
From the album Big Bam Boom (1984)
“Out of Touch” by Hall and Oates appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1984 and 2023. It was first released in 1984 on the album Big Bam Boom. Its best result is #70 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1984. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #136 alternative song of 1984.
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"Out of Touch" led the charge for Big Bam Boom, Daryl Hall and John Oates' 12th studio album, when RCA released it as the first single in October 1984, and it spent two weeks that December at the top of the Billboard Hot 100: their sixth and last number one, and their 14th straight top-40 hit since 1980.
It began with Oates fooling around on a synthesizer he had no idea how to play. He found the chorus, pictured it as Philly soul for the Stylistics, and was talked out of that the next day by a co-producer who heard a Hall & Oates hit; the pair then wrote the verse together. It often rolls in straight out of "Dance on Your Knees", the album's opener, and the video, with its gigantic drum kit, keeps that intro before cutting to the 12-inch remix.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 70 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1984 | 106 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 840 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s | 850 |
Also listed as: Out Of Touch.
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