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Touch by Shura

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Shura

Touch

Release date: 6th July 2016

From Nothing's Real
Track 4
3:35
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About This Track

A three-year gap between desire and consequence: Shura's 'Touch' holds the space where longing meets impossibility. The song circles a simple, aching premise, two people bound by history, unable to move forward or fully apart. "There's a love between us still / But something's changed and I don't know why," she repeats, the refrain patient and resigned, whilst the production floats beneath in a dreamlike haze. It's a track that catches you with its ease, the melody so free-flowing it feels almost conversational, yet the lyrics hook into something true about the particular pain of seeing someone you once knew and realising the moment has passed. Released as a single in 2014 and later re-released in 2016 with additional vocals from Talib Kweli, 'Touch' became the lead single from Shura's debut album 'Nothing's Real'. The song's success, it accumulated millions of plays across platforms, marked her breakthrough moment, the point at which her careful, introspective pop began to find its audience. A Dork four-star record, 'Nothing's Real' builds around this foundation, a full-length work that trades in relationships and the small, devastating shifts that unmake them.

"Touch" is a track by Shura, from the album Nothing's Real, released 6th July 2016. The track is 3:35 long. It's filed under Electronic. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 12 articles about Shura.

About the Artist

Shura

Shura

Lyrics

Touch

There's a love between us still
But something's changed and I don't know why
And all I wanna do is go home with you
But I know I'm out of my mind
I wanna touch you but I'm too late
I wanna touch you but there's history
I can't believe that it's been three years
Now when I see you, it's so bittersweet
There's a love between us still
But something's changed and I don't know why
And all I wanna do is go home with you
But I know I'm out of my mind
There's a love between us still
But something's changed and I don't know why
And all I wanna do is go home with you
But I know I'm out of my mind
You wanna touch me but you're too late
You wanna touch me but there's too much history
Starting to live the lies we tell ourselves
I only need you to be friends with me
There's a love between us still
But something's changed and I don't know why
And all I wanna do is go home with you
But I know I'm out of my mind
There's a love between us still
But something's changed and I don't know why
I've never felt so close, but now I know it's over
And all I wanna do is go home with you
But I know I'm out of my mind
There's a love between us still but something's changed and I don't know why
I've never felt so close, but now I know it's over
And all I wanna do is go home with you
But I know I'm out of my mind
Never felt, never felt, never felt

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Track details

From Nothing's Real

3:352016
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Album
Nothing's Real
Nothing's Real
Shura
7th July 2016
Track number
4
Release year
2016
  1. 1(I)
    1:30
  2. 2Nothing's Real
    4:08
  3. 3What's It Gonna Be?
    3:35
  4. 4Touch
    3:35
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Shura — Touch

Shura — Touch
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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Joel Pott, Shura
    Producer
    Joel Pott, Shura
    Guitar
    Joel Pott
    Keyboards
    Joel Pott
    Artwork
    Mat Maitland
    Assistant Mixing Engineer
    Geoff Swan, Michael Freeman
    Bass Guitar
    Joel Pott
    Mastering Engineer
    Mandy Parnell
    Mixing Engineer
    Mark “Spike” Stent
    Percussion
    Joel Pott
    Piano
    Joel Pott
    Programmer
    Joel Pott
    Recording Engineer
    Joel Pott
    Synthesizer
    Joel Pott
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    Shura - I Got Too Sad For My Friends

    'I Got Too Sad For My Friends' represents an artist brave enough to document the smiles and tears behind the melancholy.

    28 May 2025 • 8:26 am
    Shura: Side effects
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    Shura: Side effects

    Relationships, eh? Not easy. But - it seems - fertile ground for a stonkingly brilliant second album for the mighty Shura. As she returns with ‘forevher’, prepare to anoint the leader of a whole new alt-pop religion.

    21 Aug 2019 • 9:44 am
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    Shura - forevher

    An album of both certified bops and genuine depth.

    14 Aug 2019 • 12:15 pm
    A day in the life of... Shura
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    A day in the life of... Shura

    Spoiler: it’s mostly hanging out with kittens.

    21 Sept 2016 • 11:44 am
    Shura: “I wanted to make a pop record”
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    Shura: “I wanted to make a pop record”

    As Shura's debut album drops, a proper pop star is born.

    8 Jul 2016 • 10:04 am
    Shura - Nothing's Real
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    Shura - Nothing's Real

    It might have taken a while to get here, but it was worth waiting for.

    8 Jul 2016 • 8:51 am