Touch a Hand, Make a Friend

"Touch a Hand, Make a Friend"
"Touch a Hand, Make a Friend"
Single by The Oak Ridge Boys
from the album Step On Out
B-side	"Only One I Love"
Released	August 3, 1985
Genre	Country
Length	3:32
Label	MCA
Songwriter(s)	Homer Banks; Raymond Jackson; Carl Hampton
Producer(s)	Ron Chancey
The Oak Ridge Boys singles chronology

"Touch a Hand, Make a Friend" is a 1973 single written by Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson and Carl Hampton, and recorded by The Staple Singers. "Touch a Hand, Make a Friend" was one of The Staple Singers most successful singles and peaked at number three on the soul chart and number twenty-three on the Hot 100.^[1]

The Oak Ridge Boys versions[]

The Oak Ridge Boys released the song in August 1985 as the second single from their album Step On Out. It was their thirteenth number one on the country chart.^[2]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1985)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1985)	Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	38

References[]

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 547.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 252.
^ "The Oak Ridge Boys Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1985". Billboard. Retrieved June 10, 2021.

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[1] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 547.

[2] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 252.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_The_Oak_Ridge_Boys-3] "The Oak Ridge Boys Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[4] "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1985". Billboard. Retrieved June 10, 2021.

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