{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{for|the Luie Luie album|Touchy (album)}} {{Infobox song | name = Touchy! | cover = A-ha Touchy Single.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = A-ha | album = Stay on These Roads | B-side = {{flatlist| * "Hurry Home * "Hunting High and Low" }} | released = 15 August 1988<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Smith |first=Robin |title=News: Releases |magazine=Record Mirror |date=13 August 1988 |page=6 |issn=0144-5804}}</ref> | recorded = | studio = | length = 4:38 | label = Warner Bros. | writer = * Pål Waaktaar * Magne Furuholmen * Morten Harket | producer = Alan Tarney | prev_title = The Blood That Moves the Body | prev_year = 1988 | next_title = You Are the One | next_year = 1988 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|pJqNM19ueMs|"Touchy!"}}}} }}
"'''Touchy!'''" (also known simply as "'''Touchy'''") is a song by Norwegian synth-pop 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."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=|last=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1988/M&M-1988-08-27.pdf|title=Previews: Singles|magazine=Music & Media|date=27 August 1988|page=15|accessdate=20 July 2022}}</ref>
==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''' # "Touchy!" – 4:38 # "Hurry Home" (album version) – 4:34
* '''12-inch single: Warner Bros. / W 7749T United Kingdom''' # "Touchy!" (Go-Go mix) – 8:20 # "Touchy!" (album version) – 4:38 # "Hurry Home" (album version) – 4:34
* '''CD single: Warner Bros. / W 7749CD United Kingdom''' # "Touchy!" (Go-Go mix) – 8:20 # "Hurry Home" (album version) – 4:34 # "Hunting High and Low" (edit) – 3:47
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Weekly chart performance for "Touchy!" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1988) ! scope="col"| Peak<br/>position |- {{single chart|Flanders|14|artist=a-ha|song=Touchy!|rowheader=true|access-date=27 May 2021}} |- ! scope="row"| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100 Singles)<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1988/M&M-1988-12-10.pdf |title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles |magazine=Music & Media |volume=5 |issue=50 |date=10 December 1988 |page=22-23<!-- 12 in PDF file --> |oclc=29800226 |via=World Radio History |access-date=16 August 2023}}</ref> | 23 |- !scope="row"|Europe (European Airplay Top 50)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1988/M&M-1988-10-08.pdf|title=European Airplay Top 50|magazine=Music & Media|volume=5|issue=41|date=8 October 1988|page=29<!-- 15 in PDF file -->|oclc=29800226|via=World Radio History|access-date=16 August 2023}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- ! scope="row"| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)<ref>{{cite book |last=Pennanen |first=Timo |title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 |language=Finnish |edition=1st |location=Helsinki |publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava |year=2006 |isbn=978-951-1-21053-5}}</ref> | 25 |- {{single chart|France|5|artist=a-ha|song=Touchy!|rowheader=true|access-date=27 May 2021}} |- {{single chart|Ireland2|6|song=Touchy|rowheader=true|access-date=27 May 2021}} |- !scope="row"|Italy (''Musica e dischi'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=Musica e dischi|language=it}} Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "A-Ha".</ref> |23 |- {{single chart|Dutch40|14|artist=a-ha|rowheader=true|access-date=27 May 2021}} |- {{single chart|Dutch100|13|artist=a-ha|song=Touchy!|rowheader=true|access-date=27 May 2021}} |- {{single chart|Switzerland|18|artist=a-ha|song=Touchy!|rowheader=true|access-date=27 May 2021}} |- {{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|11|artist=a-ha|artistid=26315|rowheader=true|access-date=27 May 2021}} |- {{single chart|West Germany|13|songid=1847|artist=a-ha|song=Touchy!|rowheader=true|access-date=27 May 2021}} |}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Year-end chart performance for "Touchy!" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1988) ! scope="col"| Position |- !scope="row"|Europe (European Airplay Top 50)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-01-01.pdf|title=1988 Year-End Eurocharts - Ariplay Top 50|magazine=Music & Media|volume=6|issue=52/1|page=29<!-- 16 in PDF file -->|date=1 January 1989|accessdate=11 June 2024|via=World Radio History}}</ref> |align="center"|28 |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:1988 singles Category:1988 songs Category:A-ha songs Category:Song recordings produced by Alan Tarney Category:Songs written by Magne Furuholmen Category:Songs written by Morten Harket Category:Songs written by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy Category:Warner Records singles