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"Touch a Hand, Make a Friend" is a 1973 single written by Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson and Carl Hampton, and recorded by The Staple Singers for the album, Be What You Are.[1] "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.[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1974)	Peak position
US Billboard Easy Listening[3]	27
US Billboard Hot 100	23
US Billboard Hot Soul Singles	3

The Oak Ridge Boys version

"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
Songwriter(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)

The Oak Ridge Boys released the song in August 1985 as the second single from their album Step On Out.[4] It was their thirteenth number one on the country chart.[5]

Weekly charts

Chart (1985)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6]	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1985)	Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7]	38

References

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