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Sometimes When We Touch by Dan Hill
Dan Hill
Artist Biography For Dan Hill
Dan Hill Born Daniel Hill Jr. 3 June 1954 Toronto Ontario Canada Is A Canadian Pop Singer And Songwriter. He Had Two Major Hits With His Songs "Sometimes When We Touch" And "Can't We Try " A Duet With Vonda Shepard. Hill Is The Son Of Social Scientist And Public Servant Daniel G. Hill And Brother Of The Author Lawrence Hill. One Of His Songs Was "It's A Long Road" Written By Jerry Goldsmith Which He Recorded For The 1982 Action Movie First Blood. In 1985 He Was One Of The Many Canadian Performers To Appear On The Benefit Single "Tears Are Not Enough" By Northern Lights. Although He Had Many Hits In His Native Canada Further Singles Did Not Fare As Well In America. In 1987 Hill Returned To The Billboard Hot 100 Chart With The Top 40 Hit "Can't We Try" A Duet With The Then-Unknown Vonda Shepard As Well As The Near Top 40 Hit "Never Thought That I Could Love ". A Road Trip To A Dan Hill Concert Was The Subject Of The 1994 Canadian Comedy Film South Of Wawa. In 2007 He Is Touring With The CBC Radio Program The Vinyl Cafe.
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Sometimes When We Touch
Dan-Hill - Sometimes When We Touch
How Did This Song Get Written? Well The Sometimes When We Touch Songfacts Says Dan Hill Was 19 Years Old And Living In A Canadian Suburb Rather Naive About Girls. Surprise He Had Landed A 22-Year Old Girlfriend But He Was Having Trouble Keeping Up With Her - She Was Already Looking To Other Men. So He Decided That His Songwriting Skill Would Win The Day And He Wrote This Ballad With The Intention Of "blowing Her Away." He Then Called Her On The Phone And Sang The Song He'd Written For Her Over The Phone. When He Finished A Moment Of Silence Passed On The Other End Of The Line And She Responded With Words To The Effect Of "For A Nineteen-Year-Old You're Way Too God-Damned Intense. I'm Dumping You." And That Was The End Of That.
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Dan Hill Born Daniel Hill Jr. 3 June 1954 Toronto Ontario Canada Is A Canadian Pop Singer And Songwriter. He Had Two Major Hits With His Songs "Sometimes When We Touch" And "Can't We Try " A Duet With Vonda Shepard. Hill Is The Son Of Social Scientist And Public Servant Daniel G. Hill And Brother Of The Author Lawrence Hill. One Of His Songs Was "It's A Long Road" Written By Jerry Goldsmith Which He Recorded For The 1982 Action Movie First Blood. In 1985 He Was One Of The Many Canadian Performers To Appear On The Benefit Single "Tears Are Not Enough" By Northern Lights. Although He Had Many Hits In His Native Canada Further Singles Did Not Fare As Well In America. In 1987 Hill Returned To The Billboard Hot 100 Chart With The Top 40 Hit "Can't We Try" A Duet With The Then-Unknown Vonda Shepard As Well As The Near Top 40 Hit "Never Thought That I Could Love ". A Road Trip To A Dan Hill Concert Was The Subject Of The 1994 Canadian Comedy Film South Of Wawa. In 2007 He Is Touring With The CBC Radio Program The Vinyl Cafe.
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How did this song get written? Well, the Sometimes When We Touch Songfacts says: Dan Hill was 19 years old and living in a Canadian suburb, rather naive about girls. Surprise, he had landed a 22-year old girlfriend, but he was having trouble keeping up with her - she was already looking to other men. So he decided that his songwriting skill would win the day, and he wrote this ballad with the intention of "blowing her away." He then called her on the phone and sang the song he'd written for her over the phone. When he finished, a moment of silence passed on the other end of the line, and she responded with words to the effect of "For a nineteen-year-old, you're way too god-damned intense. I'm dumping you." And that was the end of that.
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