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Touch by Daft Punk

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Daft Punk

Touch

Release date: 16th May 2013

From Random Access Memories
Track 7
8:19
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About This Track

A collaboration with American singer-songwriter Paul Williams, 'Touch' unfolds as the most complex piece on 'Random Access Memories', recorded at Henson Recording Studios. The track moves through distinct emotional phases, Williams's vocal tracing a journey from sensory longing to existential doubt to tentative affirmation.

The lyric maps disorientation and yearning in equal measure, the narrator asking 'where do I belong?' whilst cataloguing fleeting impressions and half-remembered sensation. The structure refuses verse-chorus convention, instead building through movements that shift tempo and texture, each section answering the previous one's question with another question until the refrain offers conditional reassurance.

The song featured in the American thriller series 'Mr. Robot' and appeared in the video announcing Daft Punk's disbandment, its themes of memory and connection lending the moment additional weight. A Dolby Atmos version was included on the tenth-anniversary reissue.

"Touch" is a track by Daft Punk, from the album Random Access Memories, released 16th May 2013. The track is 8:19 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 10 articles about Daft Punk.

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Lyrics

Touch

Touch, touch
I remember touch
Touch, touch
I remember touch
Where do I belong?
Touch, I need something more
I remember touch
I need something more in my mind

Touch, I remember touch
Pictures came with touch
A painter in my mind
Tell me what you see
A tourist in a dream
A visitor it seems
A half-forgotten song
Where do I belong?
Tell me what you see
I need something more

Kiss, suddenly alive
Happiness arrive
Hunger like a storm
How do I begin?
A room within a room
A door behind a door
Touch, where do you lead?
I need something more
Tell me what you see
I need something more

Home, hold on, if love is the answer, you're home
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're home
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're home
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're home
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're home
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're home
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're home
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're-

Hold on, if love is the answer, you're home
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're home
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're home
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're home
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're home
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're home
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're home
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're-

Touch, sweet touch
You've given me too much to feel
Sweet touch
You've almost convinced me I'm real
I need something more
I need something more

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Track details

From Random Access Memories

8:192013
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Album
Random Access Memories
Random Access Memories
Daft Punk
17th May 2013
Track number
7
Release year
2013
  1. 1Give Life Back to Music
    4:34
  2. 2The Game of Love
    5:22
  3. 3Giorgio by Moroder
    9:05
  4. 4Within
    3:49

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    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Chris Caswell, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Paul Williams, Thomas Bangalter
    Writer
    Chris Caswell (2), Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Paul Williams (2), Thomas Bangalter
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    James Genus
    Drums
    Omar Hakim, Quinn (3), Quinn (VNM)
    Guitar
    Paul Jackson, Jr.
    Keyboards
    Chris Caswell, Chris Caswell (2)
    Vocals
    Daft Punk, Paul Williams, Paul Williams (2)
    Assistant Mixing Engineer
    Seth Waldmann
    Bass Clarinet
    Gene Cipriano
    Bass Trombone
    Craig Gosnell
    Bassoon
    Judith Farmer
    Cello
    Armen Ksajikian, Christina Soule, Paula Hochhalter, Timothy Loo, Vanessa Freebairn-Smith
    Choir
    Alexandra Gunn, Alissa Crenshaw, Alissa M. Crenshaw, Alycia Grant, Chelsea Di Blasi, Chelsea DiBlasi, Elaina Crenshaw, Elaina S. Crenshaw, Emma Gunn, Jeff Gunn, Jeffrey Gunn, Jessica Rotter
    Choir Conductor
    Angie Jaree
    Clarinet
    Marty Krystall
    Concertmaster
    Assa Drori
    Conductor
    Angie Jaree, Douglas Walter
    Contractor
    Joseph Solido
    Double Bass
    Charles Berghofer, Donald V. Ferrone, Drew Dembowski
    English Horn
    David Kossoff
    Flute
    Greg Huckins, Sara Andon, Steve Kujala
    French Horn
    Danielle Ondarza, James Atkinson, Justin Hageman, Nathan Campbell, Stephanie O’Keefe
    Lap Steel Guitar
    Greg Leisz
    Mastering Engineer
    Antoine Chabert
    Oboe
    Earl Dumler
    Ondes Martenot
    Thomas Bloch
    Orchestration
    Chris Caswell
    Synthesizer
    Daft Punk
    Trombone
    Andrew Martin, Bob McChesney, Charles Loper, Charles Morillas
    Trumpet
    Chuck Findley, Gary Grant, Larry McGuire, Warren Luening
    Viola
    Alma Fernandez, Andrew Picken, Carolyn Riley, Harry Shirinian, Jody Rubin, Ray Tischer, Rodney Wirtz, Roland Kato
    Violin
    Assa Drori, Audrey Solomon, Calabria McChesney, Carrie Kennedy, Cynthia Moussas, Irina Voloshina, Joel Pargman, Johana Krejci, Kevin Connolly, Lisa Dondlinger, Lisa Sutton, Margaret Wooten,
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    Joshua Britt
    , Lexi Gunn
    , Mariah Britt
    , Shirley Koesnadi
    , Victor Pineschi
    Mary Sloan
    , Miwako Watanabe
    , Neel Hammond
    , Nina Evtuhov
    , Olivia Tsui
    , Rafael Rishik
    , Rita Weber
    , Samuel Fischer
    , Sara Parkins
    , Songa Lee
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