Touch a Hand, Make a Friend

"Touch a Hand, Make a Friend"
Single by The Oak Ridge Boys
from the album Step On Out
B-side	"Only One I Love"
Released	August 3, 1985
Genre	Country
Length	3:32
Label	MCA
Writer(s)	Homer Banks Raymond Jackson Carl Hampton
Producer(s)	Ron Chancey
The Oak Ridge Boys singles chronology
"Little Things" (1985) "Touch a Hand, Make a Friend" (1985) "Come On In (You Did the Best You Could Do)" (1985)

"Touch a Hand, Make a Friend" is a 1974 single written by Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson and Carl Hampton, and recorded by The Staple Singers. "Touch a Hand, Make a Friend" was one of The Staple Singers most successful singles and peaked at number three on the soul chart and number twenty-three on the Hot 100.

The Oak Ridge Boys released the song in August 1985 as the second single from their album Step On Out. It was their thirteenth number one on the country chart.

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