  "touch of grey" is a 1987 single by the grateful dead, and is from the album in the dark. the song is known for its refrain "i will get by / i will survive". it combines non sequitur lyrics with a pop tempo. the music was composed by jerry garcia, and the lyrics were written by robert hunter. it was also released as a music video, the first one by the grateful dead. first performed as an encore on september 15, 1982 at the capital centre in landover, maryland, it was finally released on in the dark in 1987. the song got into the top 10 on billboard's hot 100 chart, peaking at number 9,[ "touch of grey"], billboard.com and reached number 1 on the mainstream rock tracks chart, the only song by the band ever to do so on both charts. it was released as a single with "my brother esau" and later "throwing stones", and has appeared on a number of albums and collections."touch of grey" on deaddisc.com ==music video== the music video for "touch of grey" gained major airplay on mtv and featured a live performance of the band, first shown to be life-size skeleton marionettes dressed as the band, then as themselves. the video was directed by gary gutierrez, who had previously created the animation sequences for the grateful dead movie. the popularity of the single and its video helped introduce the grateful dead to a new group of fans, resulting in the band gaining additional mainstream attention.jackson, blair (june 15, 2012). "that 'touch of grey' summer", dead.net. retrieved august 31, 2012. ==video documentary== the grateful dead also released a 30-minute documentary called dead ringers: the making of touch of grey, about the production of the music video. the documentary was directed by justin kreutzmann, the son of drummer bill kreutzmann.[http://www.deaddisc.com/vi/making.htm "dead ringers: the making of a touch of grey
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