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"Touchy!"
Single by A-ha
from the album Stay on These Roads
B-side	"Hurry Home "Hunting High and Low"
Released	15 August 1988
Recorded	1988
Length	4:38
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Pål Waaktaar Magne Furuholmen Morten Harket
Producer(s)	Alan Tarney
A-ha singles chronology
"The Blood That Moves the Body" (1988) "Touchy!" (1988) "You Are the One" (1988)
Music video
"Touchy!" on YouTube

"Touchy!" (also known simply as "Touchy") is a song by Norwegian band A-ha, released on 15 August 1988 as the third single from their third studio album, Stay on These Roads (1988).

Critical reception

Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "Being tipped by many Euro-DJs for months now, this highly commercial track just cannot fail."

Music video

The accompanying music video for "Touchy!" was directed by Kevin Moloney in France, and shows the band at a beach resort, interspersed with black-and-white footage of singer Morten Harket and the other members miming the song.

Track listings

• 7-inch single: Warner Bros. / W 7749 United Kingdom

1. "Touchy!" – 4:38
2. "Hurry Home" (Album Version) – 4:34

• 12-inch single: Warner Bros. / W 7749T United Kingdom

1. "Touchy!" (Go-Go Mix) – 8:20
2. "Touchy!" (Album Version) – 4:38
3. "Hurry Home" (Album Version) – 4:34

• CD single: Warner Bros. / W 7749CD United Kingdom

1. "Touchy!" (Go-Go Mix) – 8:20
2. "Hurry Home" (Album Version) – 4:34
3. "Hunting High and Low (Edit) - 3:47

Charts

References

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3. "a-ha – Touchy!" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
4. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 5, no. 50. 10 December 1988. p. 22-23. OCLC 29800226. Retrieved 16 August 2023 – via World Radio History.
5. "European Airplay Top 50" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 5, no. 41. 8 October 1988. p. 29. OCLC 29800226. Retrieved 16 August 2023 – via World Radio History.
6. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
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8. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Touchy". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
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10. "Nederlandse Top 40 – a-ha" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
11. "a-ha – Touchy!" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
12. "a-ha – Touchy!". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
13. "a-ha: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
14. "Offiziellecharts.de – a-ha – Touchy!" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
15. "1988 Year-End Eurocharts - Ariplay Top 50" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 6, no. 52/1. 1 January 1989. p. 29. Retrieved 11 June 2024 – via World Radio History.

• 1988 singles
• 1988 songs
• A-ha songs
• Song recordings produced by Alan Tarney
• Songs written by Magne Furuholmen
• Songs written by Morten Harket
• Songs written by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
• Warner Records singles