Slow Hand - wikipedia Slow Hand This article is about the Pointer Sisters song. For the Eric Clapton album, see Slowhand. For other uses, see Slow Hand ( disambiguation ). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( April 2009 ) `` Slow Hand '' Single by The Pointer Sisters from the album Black & White B - side `` Holdin ' Out for Love '' Released May 1981 Format 7 '' Genre R&B, pop, soul Length 3 : 57 Label Planet Songwriter ( s ) Michael Clark, John Bettis Producer ( s ) Richard Perry The Pointer Sisters singles chronology `` Where Did the Time Go '' ( 1980 ) `` Slow Hand '' ( 1981 ) `` What a Surprise '' ( 1981 ) `` Where Did the Time Go '' ( 1980 ) `` Slow Hand '' ( 1981 ) `` What a Surprise '' ( 1981 ) `` Slow Hand '' is a ballad written by John Bettis and Michael Clark and recorded by The Pointer Sisters. It was first released in the spring of 1981 as the advance single for Black & White. Contents 1 Background and impact 2 Charts 2.1 Weekly charts 2.2 Year - end charts 3 Personnel 4 Del Reeves version 5 Conway Twitty version 5.1 Charts 6 Modestep version 7 References 8 External links Background and impact Although its sultry style recalls the Pointer Sisters ' first top ten hit, the 1978 number 2 hit `` Fire '', `` Slow Hand '' was not written for the group ; in fact John Bettis would state `` the Pointer Sisters were the furthest ( act ) from ( the composers ' ) minds. '' Like `` Fire '' -- which also featured Anita Pointer on lead -- `` Slow Hand '' peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, behind `` Endless Love '' by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie. `` Slow Hand '' reached that position in August 1981 when it also reached number 7 on the R&B chart. `` Slow Hand '' also afforded the Pointer Sisters international success, including the first appearance by the group in the UK top 10. The track was ranked in the top 25 best singles of the year by The Village Voice Pazz & Jop poll. `` Slow Hand '' was not the first song recorded by the sisters to have a country feel. In 1974 the group wrote and recorded the breakthrough track `` Fairytale ''. Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 1981 ) Peak position Australian Kent Music Report 5 Canadian RPM Top Singles Dutch Top 40 33 French Singles Chart 55 Irish Singles Chart New Zealand Singles Chart 6 UK Singles Chart 10 US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard R&B Chart 7 US Billboard Adult Contemporary 6 US Cash Box Top 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1981 ) Rank Australia 28 Canada 68 New Zealand 20 UK 100 US Billboard Hot 100 19 US Cash Box 5 Personnel Lead vocals by Anita Pointer Background vocals by Ruth Pointer and June Pointer Produced by Richard Perry Written by John Bettis and James Bruce Clark ( ASCAP listing ) Del Reeves version The song was covered in 1981 by country singer Del Reeves, whose version peaked at # 53 on the Hot Country Singles chart. Conway Twitty version `` Slow Hand '' Single by Conway Twitty from the album Southern Comfort B - side `` When Love Was Something Else '' Released April 24, 1982 Genre Country Length 2 : 56 Label Elektra Songwriter ( s ) Michael Clark, John Bettis Producer ( s ) Jimmy Bowen, Conway Twitty Conway Twitty singles chronology `` The Clown '' ( 1981 ) `` Slow Hand '' ( 1982 ) `` Over Thirty ( Not Over the Hill ) '' ( 1982 ) `` The Clown '' ( 1981 ) `` Slow Hand '' ( 1982 ) `` Over Thirty ( Not Over the Hill ) '' ( 1982 ) The song was covered in April 1982 by country singer Conway Twitty with minor lyric changes to accommodate a heterosexual male singer. His version, on Elektra Records, topped the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart for two weeks that June, and was his last multi-week number - one song. Charts Chart ( 1982 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) Canadian RPM Country Tracks 6 Modestep version The song was covered in 2013 by dubstep and hard rock group, Modestep. It was included on their debut album Evolution Theory. References Jump up ^ Billboard vol. 93 # 33 ( 22 August 1981 ) p. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 465. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2002 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 - 2001. Record Research. p. 194. Jump up ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 5, 1981 Jump up ^ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.4689&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062 Jump up ^ http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/?chart=3870 Jump up ^ Musicoutfitters.com Jump up ^ http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/1981YESP.html Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits : 1944 - 2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 362. Jump up ^ `` Conway Twitty -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot Country Songs for Conway Twitty. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` For All the Wrong Reasons '' by The Bellamy Brothers Billboard Hot Country Singles number - one single June 19 - June 26, 1982 Succeeded by `` Any Day Now '' by Ronnie Milsap The Pointer Sisters Anita Pointer Ruth Pointer Sadako Johnson Bonnie Pointer June Pointer Issa Pointer Studio albums The Pointer Sisters That 's a Plenty Steppin ' Having a Party Energy Priority Special Things Black & White So Excited ! Break Out Contact Hot Together Serious Slammin ' Right Rhythm Only Sisters Can Do That Live albums Live at the Opera House Compilation albums The Best of the Pointer Sisters Singles `` Yes We Can Can '' `` Wang Dang Doodle '' `` Steam Heat '' `` Fairytale '' `` How Long ( Betcha ' Got a Chick on the Side ) '' `` Fire '' `` He 's So Shy '' `` Slow Hand '' `` I 'm So Excited '' `` Automatic '' `` Jump ( for My Love ) '' `` Neutron Dance '' `` Dare Me '' Related topics Discography * Pinball Number Count Book : The Pointer Sisters Conway Twitty Studio albums Sings Saturday Night with Conway Twitty Lonely Blue Boy House on Old Lonesome Road Crazy in Love Even Now Final Touches Collaboration albums We Only Make Believe Lead Me On Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man Country Partners Dynamic Duo Compilation albums 25 Number Ones Notable singles `` It 's Only Make Believe '' `` Mona Lisa '' `` Danny Boy '' `` Next in Line '' `` I Love You More Today '' `` To See My Angel Cry '' `` Hello Darlin ' '' `` Fifteen Years Ago '' `` How Much More Can She Stand '' `` I Ca n't See Me Without You '' `` ( Lost Her Love ) On Our Last Date '' `` I Ca n't Stop Loving You '' `` She Needs Someone to Hold Her ( When She Cries ) '' `` You 've Never Been This Far Before '' `` There 's a Honky Tonk Angel ( Who 'll Take Me Back In ) '' `` I 'm Not Through Loving You Yet '' `` I See the Want To in Your Eyes '' `` Linda on My Mind '' `` Touch the Hand '' `` This Time I 've Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me '' `` After All the Good Is Gone '' `` The Games That Daddies Play '' `` I Ca n't Believe She Gives It All to Me '' `` Play Guitar Play '' `` I 've Already Loved You in My Mind '' `` Georgia Keeps Pulling on My Ring '' `` Boogie Grass Band '' `` Your Love Had Taken Me That High '' `` Do n't Take It Away '' `` I May Never Get to Heaven '' `` Happy Birthday Darlin ' '' `` I 'd Love to Lay You Down '' `` Rest Your Love on Me '' `` Tight Fittin ' Jeans '' `` Red Neckin ' Love Makin ' Night '' `` The Clown '' `` Slow Hand '' `` We Did But Now You Do n't '' `` The Rose '' `` We Had It All '' `` Lost in the Feeling '' `` Heartache Tonight '' `` Three Times a Lady '' `` Somebody 's Needin ' Somebody '' `` I Do n't Know a Thing About Love ( The Moon Song ) '' `` Ai n't She Somethin ' Else '' `` Do n't Call Him a Cowboy '' `` Between Blue Eyes and Jeans '' `` Desperado Love '' `` Fallin ' for You for Years '' `` Julia '' `` I Want to Know You Before We Make Love '' `` That 's My Job '' `` Goodbye Time '' `` Saturday Night Special '' `` I Wish I Was Still in Your Dreams '' `` She 's Got a Single Thing in Mind '' `` House on Old Lonesome Road '' `` Fit to Be Tied Down '' `` Crazy in Love '' `` I Could n't See You Leavin ' '' `` Rainy Night in Georgia '' Collaboration singles `` After the Fire Is Gone '' `` Lead Me On '' `` Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man '' `` Feelins ' '' `` The Letter '' `` I Ca n't Love You Enough '' `` Making Believe '' `` Do n't Cry Joni '' Related articles Discography Discography with Loretta Lynn MGM Records Decca Records MCA Records Elektra Records Warner Bros. Records Joni Lee Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Slow_Hand&oldid=783786969 '' Categories : 1981 singles 1982 singles The Pointer Sisters songs Conway Twitty songs Del Reeves songs Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles Songs with lyrics by John Bettis Song recordings produced by Jimmy Bowen Song recordings produced by Richard Perry Elektra Records singles 1981 songs Planet Records singles Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from April 2009 All articles needing additional references Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from September 2014 Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs Singlechart called without song Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 4 June 2017, at 17 : 12. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. 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Question: who sings i want a man with a slow hand
Answer: The Pointer Sisters