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Dan Hill - "Sometimes When We Touch" (1977)

"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 Adult Contemporary chart.[3] 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.

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 sang 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.

In August 2012, Dream Theater performed an impromptu short cover in Rio de Janeiro.[5]

1978, Lynn Anderson covered the song on her album From the Inside.
1979, Ginette Reno covered the song in French ("Quand nos corps se touchent").
1979, Karel Gott recorded a Czech version "Stokrát chválím čas".
1979, Demis Roussos recorded and released versions in French (Tu N'as Pas Le Droit), Italian (Il Tocco Dell'Amore), Spanish (Rozando Nuestra Piel), and German (Nur Manchmal In Der Nacht). He also performed the original in English during his concert at Sydney Opera House in December 1979, released in the following year on his official Roussos Live! LP.
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.
1993, A Duet with Rique Franks released this song from his compilation album Let Me Show You (Greatest Hits and More).
1993, A Duet with Tammy Wynette and Michael Ball performed on his television show.
1996, Barry Manilow covered the song for his compilation album, Summer of '78.
1996, Rod Stewart covered the song in his album If We Fall in Love Tonight.
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 "O 'Jo Kaluguran Da Ka" ("Oh My Love, I Love You").
2008, Olivia Ong covered the song in her album Best of Olivia.
2010, Daniel Evans covered the song on his album No Easy Way.
2011, Manny Pacquiao released the song as a single with Dan Hill.

"När vi rör varann"

There is a Swedish version of the lyrics, called "När vi rör varann" ("When We Touch Each Other"), written by Ingela "Pling" Forsman and recorded by Kikki Danielsson in 1980 and Susanne Alfvengren in 1984. "När vi rör varann" has become the signature song for Susanne Alfvengren. The Monica Silverstrand version reached the Svensktoppen from 24 February-2 March 1980, peaking at number 6.

Swedish Opera singer Loa Falkman covered this song on his album Symfonin in 1990.
"Without Words"

Chinese lyrics were written for Barry Mann's music by Beijing-based director Chen Peng for his gay relationship series Like Love (2014) and Nobody Knows But Me (2015). A music video of this version was released in 2014,[6] and another music video was released in 2015 with the words sung by Chen Peng and the actors Kong Chuinan, Huang Lige, Liu Mei Lu, Dong Yufeng and Ma Yu.[7]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sometimes_When_We_Touch

"Sometimes When We Touch"

You ask me if I love you
And I choke on my reply
I'd rather hurt you honestly
Than mislead you with a lie
And who am I to judge you
On what you say or do?
I'm only just beginning to see the real you

And sometimes when we touch
The honesty's too much
And I have to close my eyes and hide
I wanna hold you til I die
Til we both break down and cry
I wanna hold you till the fear in me subsides

Romance and all its strategy
Leaves me battling with my pride
But through the insecurity
Some tenderness survives
I'm just another writer
Still trapped within my truth
A hesitant prize fighter
Still trapped within my youth

And sometimes when we touch
The honesty's too much
And I have to close my eyes and hide
I wanna hold you til I die
Til we both break down and cry
I wanna hold you till the fear in me subsides

At times I'd like to break you
And drive you to your knees
At times I'd like to break through
And hold you endlessly

At times I understand you
And I know how hard you've tried
I've watched while love commands you
And I've watched love pass you by
At times I think we're drifters
Still searching for a friend
A brother or a sister
But then the passion flares again

And sometimes when we touch
The honesty's too much
And I have to close my eyes and hide
I wanna hold you til I die
Til we both break down and cry
I wanna hold you till the fear in me subsides