I'm in Touch with Your World
- Side one
- "Good Times Roll"
- "My Best Friend's Girl"
- "Just What I Needed"
- "I'm in Touch with Your World"
- "Don't Cha Stop"
- Side two
- "You're All I've Got Tonight"
- "Bye Bye Love"
- "Moving in Stereo"
- "All Mixed Up"
"I'm in Touch with Your World" is a song by the American rock band The Cars, from their debut album, The Cars. It was written by Ric Ocasek.
Background
"I'm in Touch with Your World" features many bizarre sound effects played by Greg Hawkes. Hawkes said, "That was always one of my favorite ones to play live."[1] He continued, "Plus, I figured it'd be fun for people to watch visually."[1] The line "everything is science fiction" was the result of Hawkes mishearing Ocasek's original lyric, "everything you say is fiction"; hence the spacey sound effect after the line. Ocasek changed it to accommodate this. (Liner notes for The Cars Deluxe Edition, Rhino, 1999)
Aside from being released on The Cars, the song appeared as the B-side to the band's debut single, "Just What I Needed".
Reception
"I'm in Touch with Your World" has received mixed reviews from critics. Rolling Stone critic Kit Rachlis said "'I'm in Touch with Your World' and 'Moving in Stereo' are the kind of songs that certify psychedelia's bad name."[2] On Billboard's 1978 review of The Cars, they noted "I'm in Touch with Your World" as one of the "[b]est cuts" on the album, while Jaime Welton, author of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, said that the song "employs a variety of sound effects that would be at home in a Looney Tunes cartoon[.]"[2] Pitchfork Media writer Ryan Schreiber said, "Songs like 'I'm in Touch with Your World' and 'Don't Cha Stop' are, to say the least, not some of the best songs rock music has produced."[3]
Personnel
- Ric Ocasek – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Elliot Easton – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Benjamin Orr – backing vocals, bass guitar
- David Robinson – drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Greg Hawkes – keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
References
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- Elliot Easton
- Greg Hawkes
- Ric Ocasek
- Benjamin Orr
- David Robinson
- The Cars
- Candy-O
- Panorama
- Shake It Up
- Heartbeat City
- Door to Door
- Move Like This
- Greatest Hits
- Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology
- Shake It Up & Other Hits
- Complete Greatest Hits
- The Essentials
- The Cars Unlocked: The Live Performances
- The Elektra Years 1978–1987
- "Just What I Needed"
- "My Best Friend's Girl"
- "Good Times Roll"
- "Let's Go"
- "It's All I Can Do"
- "Double Life"
- "Touch and Go"
- "Don't Tell Me No"
- "Gimme Some Slack"
- "Shake It Up"
- "Since You're Gone"
- "Victim of Love"
- "Think It Over"
- "You Might Think"
- "Magic"
- "Drive"
- "Hello Again"
- "Why Can't I Have You"
- "Heartbeat City"
- "Tonight She Comes"
- "I'm Not the One"
- "You Are the Girl"
- "Strap Me In"
- "Coming Up You"
- "Sad Song"
- "I'm in Touch with Your World"
- "Don't Cha Stop"
- "You're All I've Got Tonight"
- "Bye Bye Love"
- "Moving in Stereo"
- "All Mixed Up"
- "Candy-O"
- "Night Spots"
- "Dangerous Type"
- "Panorama"
- "Cruiser"
- "Blue Tip"
- Discography
- Songs
- Substitution Mass Confusion: A Tribute to The Cars
- BrainDead
- Glamour Camp
- Todd Rundgren
- Kasim Sulton
- Atom Ellis
- Prairie Prince
- It's Alive!
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