Released: May 15, 1984
Songwriter: George S. Clinton Artie Wayne
Producer: Mel Larson Jerry Marcellino
[Verse 1]
If I had a penny
For every time I didn't hold your hand
If I had a nickel
For everytime I didn't understand
I'd be the world's poorest millionaire
'Cause you're not there
And no one ever told me
What you already knew
If I had only reached out
I might still be touching you
[Chorus]
You've got to touch the one you love
If you want the one you love to touch you
You've got to touch the one you love
If you want the one you love to touch you
You've got, you've gotta to touch
You gotta touch the one who loves you
You've got, you've gotta to touch
You gotta touch the one who loves you
[Verse 2]
I would get embarrased
For every time a movie made you cry
You get sentimental
And I would never know the reason why
I'd hold the world's highest record
For my selfish pride
Is it really over?
Can I get close to you?
I only want to show you
That I've learned a thing or two
[Chorus]
Touch the one you love
If you want the one you love to touch
You've got to touch the one you love
If you want the one you love to touch
You got to touch the one you love
If you want the one you love to touch
You've got to touch the one you love
If you want the one you love to touch you
You got to touch the one you love
If you want the one you love to touch
You've got to touch the one you love
If you want the one you love to touch
You got to touch the one you love
If you want the one you love to touch
You've got to touch the one you love
If you want the one you love to touch
You got to touch the one you love
If you want the one you love to touch
You've got to touch the one you love
If you want the one you love to touch
If I had a penny
For every time I didn't hold your hand
If I had a nickel
For everytime I didn't understand
I'd be the world's poorest millionaire
'Cause you're not there
And no one ever told me
What you already knew
If I had only reached out
I might still be touching you
[Chorus]
You've got to touch the one you love
If you want the one you love to touch you
You've got to touch the one you love
If you want the one you love to touch you
You've got, you've gotta to touch
You gotta touch the one who loves you
You've got, you've gotta to touch
You gotta touch the one who loves you
[Verse 2]
I would get embarrased
For every time a movie made you cry
You get sentimental
And I would never know the reason why
I'd hold the world's highest record
For my selfish pride
Is it really over?
Can I get close to you?
I only want to show you
That I've learned a thing or two
[Chorus]
Touch the one you love
If you want the one you love to touch
You've got to touch the one you love
If you want the one you love to touch
You got to touch the one you love
If you want the one you love to touch
You've got to touch the one you love
If you want the one you love to touch you
You got to touch the one you love
If you want the one you love to touch
You've got to touch the one you love
If you want the one you love to touch
You got to touch the one you love
If you want the one you love to touch
You've got to touch the one you love
If you want the one you love to touch
You got to touch the one you love
If you want the one you love to touch
You've got to touch the one you love
If you want the one you love to touch
Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection
- In Our Small Way (With Studio Countdown)
- Teenage Symphony
- I Was Made To Love Her
- Call On Me
- To Make My Father Proud
- Touch The One You Love
- When I Come Of Age
- Don’t Let It Get You Down
- Lonely Teardrops
- Farewell My Summer Love
- Here I Am (Come And Take Me)
- Girl, You’re So Together
- Who’s Lookin’ For A Lover
- Melodie
- That’s What Love Is Made Of
- I’ll Come Home to You
- I Hear A Symphony
- If’n I Was God
- Twenty-Five Miles (Original Mix)
- I Like You The Way You Are (Don’t Change Your Love On Me)
- Give Me Half a Chance
- Love’s Gone Bad
- Girl You’re So Together (Original Mix)
- Touch the One You Love (Original Mix)
- You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me (Original Mix)
- To Make My Father Proud (Original Mix)
- Call on Me (Original Mix)
- Don’t Let It Get You Down (Original Mix)
- Melodie (Original Mix)
- What Goes Around Comes Around
- Farewell My Summer Love (Original Mix)
- You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me
- Here I Am (Come And Take Me) (Original Mix)
- You’re Good For Me
- Dear Michael
- Dapper Dan
- You Are There
- My Girl
- Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool
- We’ve Got A Good Thing Going
- People Make The World Go ’Round
- The Greatest Show On Earth
- Ben
- You’ve Got A Friend
- Love Is Here and Now You’re Gone
- Maria (You Were The Only One)
- Wings Of My Love
- Rockin’ Robin
- Got to Be There
- In Our Small Way
- Girl Don’t Take Your Love From Me
- I Wanna Be Where You Are
- Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day
- You Can Cry On My Shoulder
- With A Child’s Heart
- Just a Little Bit of You
- We’ve Got Forever
- Cinderella Stay Awhile
- One Day In Your Life
- Take Me Back
- We’re Almost There
- Music And Me
- Morning Glow
- Euphoria
- Johnny Raven
- Doggin’ Around
- Too Young
- Happy (Love Theme From ”Lady Sings The Blues”)
- All the Things You Are
- Up Again
- Ain’t No Sunshine
- Billie Jean
- Smooth Criminal
- They Don’t Care About Us
- Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
- Man in the Mirror
- Thriller
- Human Nature
- Beat It
- Dirty Diana
- Heal the World
- Bad
- Black or White
- Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough
- Earth Song
- P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
- Rock with You
- The Way You Make Me Feel
- You Are Not Alone
- Remember the Time
- You Rock My World
- Will You Be There
- Scream
- Off the Wall
- The Girl Is Mine