"Human Touch" is a song recorded by the American rock singer and songwriter Bruce Springsteen. It was the first single from his tenth studio album of the same name (1992) and was released on March 9, 1992 by Columbia Records. The song features Randy Jackson on bass guitar, and Toto's Jeff Porcaro on drums. In the United States, the song reached number 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100âÂÂcharting as a double A-side single with "Better Days"âÂÂand topped the Mainstream Rock chart for three weeks.
The song reached number one in Denmark, Italy, Norway, and Spain and was a top-10 hit in several other countries, including Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland. "Human Touch" was nominated for Best Rock Song at the 1993 Grammy Awards. The music video, directed by Meiert Avis, received an MTV Video Music Awards nomination for Best Male Video.
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