One Touch

Album: This Is Happening (2010)
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Songfacts®:

  • LCD leader James Murphy told The NME May 18, 2010 about this electro-disco tune, which clocks in at nearly eight minutes long. Said Murphy: "Philadelphia used to have this almost Belgian dark wave punk scene. There was a band called the executive Slacks. There's a song called '30 Years' and one called 'the Bus.' I always wanted to make a song that sounded like that."
  • Murphy wrote "One Touch" with Rayna Russom and Nancy Whang. Russom voiced the whispers on the song and Whang the yells.

    A transgender electronic music producer and DJ, Russom has toured with LCD Soundsystem, playing synths and percussion. Portland, Oregon-born keyboardist Nancy Whang joined LCD Soundsystem in 2002.
  • LCD Soundsystem performed "One Touch" live for the first time at Brooklyn Steel on November 16, 2023. It was the band's opening night of their 12-date New York City residency.

Comments: 1

  • Ted from Fort Washington, PaThis has always reminded me of blue monday by new order. In a good way.
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