“Untouched” by The Veronicas

"Untouched" is the song that finally broke the Veronicas wide open. The Australian duo wrote it for their second album, Hook Me Up, in 2007, with Toby Gad sharing the writing and handling the production, the mix and the playing. At home it went out as the album's second single that December, while Britain and America got it as the first.

Critics cheered the change of direction, some calling it the best thing on the album and reaching for Pink and Avril Lavigne as reference points. It went to No. 2 in Australia, No. 1 in Ireland, No. 8 in the UK and No. 9 in New Zealand, and its No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 stands as the duo's only top twenty hit in the States; the RIAA certified it double platinum. Anthony Rose shot the video in Sydney, and the song later turned up on 90210.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.