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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.  {{storylink|The Transformers (cartoon)#Season 5|Season 5}}
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.  {{storylink|The Transformers (cartoon)#Season 5|Season 5}}


{{note|''As Stan Bush could not have written the song for the 1986 theatrical ''The Transformers: The Movie'' within the context of the cartoon timeline (as the events of the movie had not happened at that point in continuity), it is possible that the song was simply a general release that Prime was personally fond of.''
{{note|''As Stan Bush could not have written the song for the 1986 theatrical ''The Transformers: The Movie'' within the context of the cartoon timeline (as the events of the movie had not happened at that point in continuity), it is possible that the song was simply a general release that Prime was personally fond of.''
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<p>''Another possibility is that a fictionalized film account of the events surrounding the battle with Unicron was created sometime after the year 2005, and that Stan Bush's music video was produced to accompany that feature. This theory is not out of the realm of plausibility; in the UK comics, resident letter answerer [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] reviewed a Transformers film in an article entitled ''[[Letters page (Marvel UK)|Film 2006 With Grimlock]]''.''</p>}}
<p>''Another possibility is that a fictionalized film account of the events surrounding the battle with Unicron was created sometime after the year 2005, and that Stan Bush's music video was produced to accompany that feature. This theory is not out of the realm of plausibility; in the UK comics, resident letter answerer [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] reviewed a Transformers film in an article entitled ''[[Letters page (Marvel UK)|Film 2006 With Grimlock]]''.''</p>}}


==Merchandise==
==Lyrics==
===''Revenge of the Fallen''===
:You got the touch
*'''Bumblebee Plasma Cannon''' (2009)
:You got the power
: A role-playing toy based on [[Movie (franchise)|live-action movie]] [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'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".
:Yeah
 
After all is said and done<br>
You've never walked, you've never run<br>
You're a winner<br>
You got the moves, you know the street<br>
Break the rules, take the heat<br>
You're nobody's fool
 
You're at your best when when the going gets rough<br>
You've been put to the test, but it's never enough
 
:You got the touch
:You got the power
:When all hell's breaking loose
:You'll be riding the eye of the storm
:You got the heart
:You got the motion
:You know that when things get too tough
:You got the touch
 
You never bend, you never break<br>
You seem to know just what it takes<br>
You're a fighter<br>
It's in the blood, it's in the will<br>
It's in the mighty hands of steel<br>
When you're standing your ground
 
And you never give in when your back's to the wall<br>
Gonna fight to the end and you're taking it all


:You got the touch
:You got the power
:When all hell's breaking loose
:You'll be riding the eye of the storm
:You got the heart
:You got the motion
:You know that when things get too tough
:You got the touch
You're fighting fire with fire<br>
You know you got the touch
You're at your best when when the going gets rough<br>
You've been put to the test, but it's never enough
:You got the touch
:You got the power
:Yeah
:You got the touch
:You got the power
:Touch
==Single releases==
[[Image:The Touch single.jpg|thumb|150px|]]
;7" single
#"The Touch"
#"[[Dare to Be Stupid]]"
'''Release date:''' August, [[1986]]<br>
'''Labels:''' [[Scotti Bros. Records]] (US/Canada), [[Epic Records]] (UK)<br>
'''Prod. codes:''' 7464-06207-7 (US), ZS4-06207 (Canada), A-7318 (UK)
{{-}}
{{-}}


==Trivia==
----
* It is @#$%ing awesome!
[[Image:The Touch picture disc.jpg|thumb|150px|]]
;12" picture disc
#"The Touch"
#"Dare to Be Stupid"
#"[[The Transformers (Theme)]]"


* "The Touch" was originally written for the 1986 Sylvester Stallone movie ''[[Wikipedia:Cobra (film)|Cobra]]'', but the record company decided to switch it to the Transformers movie instead.<ref>http://totalscifionline.com/interviews/4062-stan-bush-still-got-the-touch</ref>
'''Release date:''' <br>
'''Labels:''' [[Scotti Bros. Records]] (Germany), [[Epic Records]] (UK)<br>
'''Prod. codes:''' Int127.311 (Germany), WA-7318 (UK)
{{-}}


* Bush launched a campaign to have "The Touch" included on either ''Guitar Hero'' or ''Rock Band''. <ref>http://kotaku.com/5059337/stan-bush-wants-the-touch-in-guitar-hero-rock-band </ref> He recently announced the campaign's success, with "The Touch" hitting ''[[Wikipedia:Guitar Hero: World Tour a|Guitar Hero: World Tour]]'' as free downloadable content. <ref>http://kotaku.com/5173693/stan-bush-thanks-kotaku-readers-for-their-support</ref>
===Album releases===
*1986 — ''[[The Transformers: The Movie - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|The Transformers: The Movie — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' ([[Scotti Bros. Records]])
*1987 — Stan Bush: ''Stan Bush & Barrage'' (Scotti Bros. Records)
*1997 — Stan Bush: ''[['Til All Are One (CD)|Call to Action]]'' (LA Records/[[3H Productions]]) — 1997 Remix version.
*1998 — ''[[BotCon '97: The Concert]]'' (3H Productions) — Live with [[Vince 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]])


* As part of the media hype building up to the release of ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', Bush released a reworked version of "The Touch" with a more modern, [[Linkin Park]]-inspired sound.  This is notable because, while completely unsanctioned or unrequested by Hasbro or Dreamworks, it is [[Holger Fath|totally hilarious]].
===Merchandise===
*2009 — ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' — Bumblebee Plasma Cannon
:A role-playing toy based on [[Movie (franchise)|live-action movie]] [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'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".


* The 1997 film ''[[Wikipedia:Boogie Nights|Boogie Nights]]'' includes a short scene of star Mark Wahlberg recording "The Touch" in a music studio.
==Trivia==
*It is @#$%ing awesome!
*"The Touch" was originally written for the 1986 Sylvester Stallone movie ''[[Wikipedia:Cobra (film)|Cobra]]'', but the record company decided to switch it to the Transformers movie instead.<ref>http://totalscifionline.com/interviews/4062-stan-bush-still-got-the-touch</ref>
*Bush launched a campaign to have "The Touch" included on either ''Guitar Hero'' or ''Rock Band''. <ref>http://kotaku.com/5059337/stan-bush-wants-the-touch-in-guitar-hero-rock-band </ref> He recently announced the campaign's success, with "The Touch" hitting ''[[Wikipedia:Guitar Hero: World Tour a|Guitar Hero: World Tour]]'' as free downloadable content. <ref>http://kotaku.com/5173693/stan-bush-thanks-kotaku-readers-for-their-support</ref>
*As part of the media hype building up to the release of ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', Bush released a reworked version of "The Touch" with a more modern, [[Linkin Park]]-inspired sound.  This is notable because, while completely unsanctioned or unrequested by Hasbro or Dreamworks, it is [[Holger Fath|totally hilarious]].
*The 1997 film ''[[Wikipedia:Boogie Nights|Boogie Nights]]'' includes a short scene of star Mark Wahlberg recording "The Touch" in a music studio.
*A 2008 episode of the NBC spy comedy series [[wikipedia:Chuck (TV series)|Chuck]] entitled "Chuck Versus Tom Sawyer" featured a montage set to "The Touch".


* A 2008 episode of the NBC spy comedy series [[wikipedia:Chuck (TV series)|Chuck]] entitled "Chuck Versus Tom Sawyer" featured a montage set to "The Touch".
==References==
<references/>


==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3_EXxwDpq0 Video for the 2009 remake of "The Touch"]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3_EXxwDpq0 Video for the 2009 remake of "The Touch"]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esLK8w87h8A Scene from Chuck featuring "The Touch"]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esLK8w87h8A Scene from Chuck featuring "The Touch"]
==References==
<references/>


[[Category:Songs]]
[[Category:Songs]]

Revision as of 11:24, 20 April 2010

The Transformers: The Movie insert song

If you don't know this song off by heart, what the hell are you doing on this wiki?
"The Touch"
Performed by: Stan Bush
Written by: Stan Bush and
Lenny Macaluso
Produced by: Richie Wise

"The Touch" is a song by Stan Bush, featured on the 1986 album The Transformers: The Movie - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. It is possibly the pinnacle of human achievement. It is fondly remembered by many fans for being featured in two climactic battles in The Transformers: The Movie.

"The Touch" is first featured in The Transformers: The Movie when Optimus Prime, having just arrived to Autobot City, takes on several of the Decepticon forces by himself. It plays again, near the end of the feature, as Hot Rod opens the Matrix. The song was used again during the climactic scene of the cartoon episode "The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2".

Fiction

Generation 1 cartoon

At an undetermined time period following the creation of the Headmasters and Targetmasters and the seeming defeat of Galvatron and Scorponok, Powermaster Optimus Prime spent a good deal of time relating Transformers stories to the human schoolboy Tommy Kennedy.

After a series of stories wherein he described the events of the battle with Unicron, 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

As Stan Bush could not have written the song for the 1986 theatrical The Transformers: The Movie within the context of the cartoon timeline (as the events of the movie had not happened at that point in continuity), it is possible that the song was simply a general release that Prime was personally fond of.

Another possibility is that a fictionalized film account of the events surrounding the battle with Unicron was created sometime after the year 2005, and that Stan Bush's music video was produced to accompany that feature. This theory is not out of the realm of plausibility; in the UK comics, resident letter answerer Grimlock reviewed a Transformers film in an article entitled Film 2006 With Grimlock.

Lyrics

You got the touch
You got the power
Yeah

After all is said and done
You've never walked, you've never run
You're a winner
You got the moves, you know the street
Break the rules, take the heat
You're nobody's fool

You're at your best when when the going gets rough
You've been put to the test, but it's never enough

You got the touch
You got the power
When all hell's breaking loose
You'll be riding the eye of the storm
You got the heart
You got the motion
You know that when things get too tough
You got the touch

You never bend, you never break
You seem to know just what it takes
You're a fighter
It's in the blood, it's in the will
It's in the mighty hands of steel
When you're standing your ground

And you never give in when your back's to the wall
Gonna fight to the end and you're taking it all

You got the touch
You got the power
When all hell's breaking loose
You'll be riding the eye of the storm
You got the heart
You got the motion
You know that when things get too tough
You got the touch

You're fighting fire with fire
You know you got the touch

You're at your best when when the going gets rough
You've been put to the test, but it's never enough

You got the touch
You got the power
Yeah
You got the touch
You got the power
Touch

Single releases

File:The Touch single.jpg
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)

File:The Touch picture disc.jpg
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)

Album releases

Merchandise

  • 2009 — Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen — Bumblebee Plasma Cannon
A role-playing toy based on live-action movie Bumblebee'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".

Trivia

  • It is @#$%ing awesome!
  • "The Touch" was originally written for the 1986 Sylvester Stallone movie Cobra, but the record company decided to switch it to the Transformers movie instead.[1]
  • Bush launched a campaign to have "The Touch" included on either Guitar Hero or Rock Band. [2] He recently announced the campaign's success, with "The Touch" hitting Guitar Hero: World Tour as free downloadable content. [3]
  • As part of the media hype building up to the release of Revenge of the Fallen, Bush released a reworked version of "The Touch" with a more modern, Linkin Park-inspired sound. This is notable because, while completely unsanctioned or unrequested by Hasbro or Dreamworks, it is totally hilarious.
  • The 1997 film Boogie Nights includes a short scene of star Mark Wahlberg recording "The Touch" in a music studio.
  • A 2008 episode of the NBC spy comedy series Chuck entitled "Chuck Versus Tom Sawyer" featured a montage set to "The Touch".

References

  1. ↑ http://totalscifionline.com/interviews/4062-stan-bush-still-got-the-touch
  2. ↑ http://kotaku.com/5059337/stan-bush-wants-the-touch-in-guitar-hero-rock-band
  3. ↑ http://kotaku.com/5173693/stan-bush-thanks-kotaku-readers-for-their-support
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