The Touch

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"The Touch"
Performed by:	Stan Bush
Genre:	Hard Rock
Written by:	Stan Bush and Lenny Macaluso
Produced by:	Richie Wise

"The Touch"is a song byStan Bush,featured on the 1986 albumThe Transformers: The Movie - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.It ispossibly the pinnacle of human achievementfondly remembered by many fans for being featured in two climactic battles inThe Transformers: The Movie.

"The Touch" is first featured inThe Transformers: The MoviewhenOptimus Prime,having just arrived atAutobot City,takes on several of the Decepticon forces by himself. It plays again, near the end of the feature, asHot Rodopens theMatrix.The song was used again during the climactic scene of the cartoon episode "The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2".

Fiction

The Transformerscartoon

At an undetermined time period following the creation of theHeadmastersandTargetmastersand the seeming defeat ofGalvatronandScorponok,PowermasterOptimus Prime spent a good deal of time relating Transformers stories to the human schoolboyTommy Kennedy.

After a series of stories wherein he described the events of the battle withUnicron,Optimus Prime had to depart to attend an interstellar peace conference in the midst of a barrage of questions from Tommy. As he was blasting off, Prime declared "But until I return, I leave you with 'The Touch'!"

Following this, the music video for "The Touch" began, although how Tommy was able to view it in the barren wasteland where his meetings with Prime typically took place is unknown.Season 5: Movie, Day Five

War for Cybertron

Before the war spread toEarth,and seemingly millions of years before Stan Bush would have even been born, the Decepticons were fighting the Autobots on Cybertron.ShockwaveaskedSoundwaveto transform into his stationary music-playing mode and play a recording of "The Touch". The inspirational anthem emboldened Shockwave in battle, but annoyedStarscream.Shockwave informed Starscream that the Air Commander could select the music when his hit percentage exceeded Shockwave's.GameStop's commercial for their Shockwave multiplayer exclusive

Primecartoon

While riding in his car on the way to a military base,Agent Fowlerpassed the time by listening to an instrumental version of "The Touch" and humming along to it.Nemesis Prime

Fall of Cybertron

After the battles are fought and the credits roll, "The Touch (Power Mix)" is played until it abruptly ends and is replaced by the 2007 version. During which, the Autobots and Decepticons alike begin breakdancing and a forever aloneMetroplexplays with his Transformers toys.Fall of Cybertron

Bumblebeefilm

Bumblebeeplayed a snippet of "The Touch" to encourageCharlie Watsonto acceptTripp Summers' challenge and dive from a high cliff. She declined.Bumblebee

EarthSparkcartoon

WhenRobbyandMo Maltoattempted to use theEmberstoneto create moreTerrans,their fatherencouraged them, saying "[they've] got the touch." A few notes from the song could be heard as he did so.Age of Evolution, Part 1

Single releases

7 "single

1. "The Touch"
2. "Dare to Be Stupid"

Release date:August,1986
Labels:Scotti Bros. Records(US/Canada),Epic Records(UK)
Prod. codes:7464-06207-7 (US), ZS4-06207 (Canada), A-7318 (UK)

12 "picture disc

1. "The Touch"
2. "Dare to Be Stupid"
3. "The Transformers (Theme)"

Release date:
Labels:Scotti Bros. Records(Germany),Epic Records(UK)
Prod. codes:Int127.311 (Germany), WA-7318 (UK)

"The Touch" - Sam's Theme

1. "The Touch" - Sam's Theme

Release date:2009
Labels:
Prod. codes:Unknown (digital release via iTunes)

"The Touch" (Power Mix) Single

1. "The Touch" (Power Mix)
2. "The Touch" (Epic Guitar Remix)

Release date:September 15,2012
Labels:self-released
Prod. codes:Unknown (digital release via iTunes)

Note that although the Transformers franchise is not mentioned by name, the cover artworkis an early promotional imagefor theFall of Cybertrongame.

Album releases

• 1986 —The Transformers: The Movie — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack(Scotti Bros. Records)
• 1987 — Stan Bush:Stan Bush & Barrage(Scotti Bros. Records)
• 1997 — Stan Bush:Call to Action(LA Records/3H Productions) — 1997 Remix version.
• 1998 —BotCon '97 - The Concert(3H Productions) — Live withVince DiCola.
• 2007 — Stan Bush:In This Life(Frontiers Records) — New recording.
• 2007 —The Transformers: The Movie — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: 20th Anniversary Edition(Legacy Recordings)
• 2017 — Stan Bush:Change the World.
• 2018 —Bumblebee — Music from the Motion Picture(Republic Records)

Merchandise

• 2009 —Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen— Bumblebee Plasma Cannon

A role-playing toy based onlive-action movieBumblebee's fist, transforming into a plasma cannon. When the Autobot insignia on the side of the cannon is pressed while the blaster is in its "Try Me" setting, the toy plays various sounds, including short clips from "The Touch".

Notes

• "The Touch" was originally inspired by a line from Louis Gossett Jr. inIron Eagle,and written for the 1986 Sylvester Stallone movieCobra,but the record company decided to switch it to the Transformers movie instead.^[1]
• In 2007, Bush recorded a new, updated version of "The Touch" together with "Till All Are One"in a bid to get them onto thelive-action movie's soundtrack.It didn't work,but Bush released them both as bonus tracks on his own albumIn This Life.
• In 2008, Bush launched a campaign to have the song included on one of theGuitar HeroorRock Bandgames.^[2]It wasn't long before he announced the campaign's success, with the 2007 version of "The Touch" hittingGuitar Hero: World Touras free downloadable content and Stan put the song intoRock Bandhimself throughRock Band Networkin 2010.^[3]
• As part of the media hype building up to the release ofRevenge of the Fallen,Bush released another reworked version of the song, this time with a more contemporaryLinkin Park-inspired sound, renamed "The Touch: Sam's Theme". This is notable because, while completely unsanctioned or unrequested by Hasbro or DreamWorks, it istotally hilarious.
• In 2010, Bush released his 11th album, 'Dream the Dream', which featured the song "Sam's Theme (The Touch)", a rap-less version of "The Touch: Sam's Theme".
• The showrunners ofTransformers: Cyberversehad hoped to license the song for use in the episode "The Alliance",withHot Rodeven alluding to the song in his dialogue. Unfortunately, they were unable to do so, and the intended segment had to use a generic rock instrumental in its place.
• According to storyboard artistIndia Swift,the last scene of theTransformers: EarthSparkepisode "The Last Hope, Part 2"was timed to" The Touch "on the off chance they could license its use.^[4]
• "The Touch" has reappeared in numerous non-Transformersproductions over the years, including the filmBoogie Nights(With the film's starMark Wahlbergsinging), the television seriesChuck,The Goldbergs,American Dad!andRegular Show,the video gamesShadow WarriorandSaints Row IV(which features the characters directly quotingThe Transformers: The Movieduring its use), and evenWWE Monday Night Raw.

Foreign names

Japanese:ザ・タッチ( "The Touch" )

References

1. ↑https:// vulture /2014/06/transformers-song-history-the-touch-stan-bush-mark-wahlberg-boogie-nights.html
2. ↑http://kotaku /5059337/stan-bush-wants-the-touch-in-guitar-hero-rock-band
3. ↑http://kotaku /5173693/stan-bush-thanks-kotaku-readers-for-their-support
4. ↑https:// tumblr /oldswifty/725026399658885120/here-is-pt3-of-the-earthspark-finale-big-spoilers

External links

• Video for "The Touch"
• HD remaster of original video
• Video for the 2009 remake of "The Touch"
• Gamestop'sWFCad that includes "The Touch"

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