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* ]<ref>{{Cite podcast|url=https://slate.com/podcasts/hit-parade/2023/06/how-the-pointer-sisters-made-harmonies-exciting|title= Yes We Can Edition|website=Hit Parade {{!}} Music History and Music Trivia|publisher=]|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|date=June 16, 2023|access-date=July 1, 2023}}</ref> |
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"'''Slow Hand'''" is a song recorded by American ] ] for their eighth studio ] '']'' (1981). The song, written by Michael Clark and ], was released by the ] label in May 1981 as the ] from ''Black & White''. |
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"'''Slow Hand'''" is a song by the American ] ] from their eighth ], '']'' (1981). Written by Michael Clark and ], the song was released as the ] from ''Black & White'' in May 1981 through the ] ]. |
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Although its sultry style recalls the Pointer Sisters' first American top-ten hit, the 1978 number two hit "]", "Slow Hand" was not written for the group; in fact ] stated that "the Pointer Sisters were the furthest from minds."<ref>''Billboard'' vol. 93 #33 (August 22, 1981) p.</ref> However producer ] said he "knew 'Slow Hand' an instant smash <span style="font-size:50%">...</span>that<span style="font-size:50%">...</span>would recapitulate and expand on the intimacy 'Fire'."<ref>''Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction Colorado)'' 13 November 1981 "The Pointer Sisters' Sound: a musical evolution" by Abe Peck p. 16 (The Entertainer)</ref> Like "Fire"—which also featured ] on lead—"Slow Hand" peaked at number two on the ], for 3 weeks, behind "]" by ] and ]. "Slow Hand" reached that position in August 1981 when it also reached number seven on the ] chart. In September 1981, the single was certified ] by the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=pointer+sisters#search_section|title=RIAA searchable certification database: Pointer Sisters|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|access-date=December 26, 2020}}</ref> "Slow Hand" also afforded the Pointer Sisters international success, including the first appearance by the group in the top-ten on the ]. "Slow Hand" was ranked in the top 25 best singles of the year by ''The Village Voice'' ] poll.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} |
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Although its sultry style recalls the Pointer Sisters' first US Top 10 hit, the 1978 number-two hit "]", "Slow Hand" was not written for the group; in fact ] stated that "the Pointer Sisters were the furthest from minds."<ref>''Billboard'' vol. 93 #33 (August 22, 1981) p.</ref> However, producer ] said he "knew 'Slow Hand' an instant smash ]]<span style="font-size:50%">...</span>that<span style="font-size:50%">...</span>would recapitulate and expand on the intimacy 'Fire'."<ref>''Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction Colorado)'' 13 November 1981 "The Pointer Sisters' Sound: a musical evolution" by Abe Peck p. 16 (The Entertainer)</ref> Like "Fire"—which also featured ] on ]—"Slow Hand" peaked at number two on the US ] for three weeks, behind "]" by ] and ]. It reached that position in August 1981 when it also reached number seven on the ] chart. In September 1981, the single was certified ] by the ] (RIAA).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=pointer+sisters#search_section|title=RIAA searchable certification database: Pointer Sisters|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|access-date=December 26, 2020}}</ref> "Slow Hand" also afforded the Pointer Sisters international success, including the first appearance by the group in the top-ten on the ]. |
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'''The Pointer Sisters''' |
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* John Barnes – electric piano |
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* Tim May – guitar |
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! scope="row"| Australia (])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=235}}</ref> |
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! scope="row"| Australia (])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=235}}</ref> |
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! scope="row"| UK Singles (])<ref>{{cite web|title=officialcharts.com|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17427/pointer-sisters/|website=officialcharts.com|accessdate=January 2, 2023}}</ref> |
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! scope="row"| ] (])<ref>{{cite web|title=officialcharts.com|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17427/pointer-sisters/|website=officialcharts.com|accessdate=January 2, 2023}}</ref> |
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! scope="row"| US ] (])<ref>{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=194}}</ref> |
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! scope="row"| US ] ('']'')<ref>{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=194}}</ref> |
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! scope="row"| US ] (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=465}}</ref> |
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! scope="row"| US ] ('']'')<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=465}}</ref> |
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! scope="row"| US ] Top 100<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19810905.html |title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 5, 1981 |access-date=January 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603141823/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19810905.html |archive-date=June 3, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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! scope="row"| US '']'' ]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19810905.html |title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 5, 1981 |access-date=January 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603141823/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19810905.html |archive-date=June 3, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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|Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name="aus81">{{cite web|title= National Top 100 Singles for 1981 |publisher= ] |issue= 393 |page= 7 |via= ] |date= 4 January 1982 |access-date=January 11, 2022 |url= https://i.imgur.com/RgsDOOc.jpg}}</ref> |
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|Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name="aus81">{{cite web|title= National Top 100 Singles for 1981 |publisher= ] |issue= 393 |page= 7 |via= ] |date= 4 January 1982 |access-date=January 11, 2022 |url= https://i.imgur.com/RgsDOOc.jpg}}</ref> |
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Although its sultry style recalls the Pointer Sisters' first US Top 10 hit, the 1978 number-two hit "Fire", "Slow Hand" was not written for the group; in fact John Bettis stated that "the Pointer Sisters were the furthest from minds." However, producer Richard Perry said he "knew 'Slow Hand' an instant smash ]]...that...would recapitulate and expand on the intimacy 'Fire'." Like "Fire"—which also featured Anita Pointer on lead—"Slow Hand" peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, behind "Endless Love" by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie. It reached that position in August 1981 when it also reached number seven on the Hot Soul Singles chart. In September 1981, the single was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). "Slow Hand" also afforded the Pointer Sisters international success, including the first appearance by the group in the top-ten on the UK Singles Chart.
