The Touch

"**The Touch**" is a song by Stan Bush, featured on the 1986 album *The Transformers: The Movie - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack*. It is ~~possibly the pinnacle of human achievement~~ fondly remembered by many fans for being featured in two climactic battles in *The Transformers: The Movie*.

"The Touch" is first featured in *The Transformers: The Movie* when Optimus Prime, having just arrived at Autobot City, takes on several of the Decepticon forces by himself. It plays again, near the end of the feature, as Hot Rod opens the Matrix. The song was used again during the climactic scene of the cartoon episode "The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2".

## Lyrics

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Gonna fight to the end.

You got the power.

You got the touch.

## Notes

As [Prime] battles his way through the Decepticons, we HEAR an inspiring anthem of courage, strength and triumph, like "Eye of the Tiger". This theme will reprise during the film when the Autobots are battling at impossible odds.

* "The Touch" was originally inspired by a line from Louis Gossett Jr. in *Iron Eagle*, and written for the 1986 Sylvester Stallone movie *Cobra*, but the record company decided to switch it to the Transformers movie instead.
* In 2007, Bush recorded a new, updated version of "The Touch" together with "Till All Are One" in a bid to get them onto the live-action movie's soundtrack. It didn't work, but Bush released them both as bonus tracks on his own album *In This Life*.
* In 2008, Bush launched a campaign to have the song included on one of the *Guitar Hero* or *Rock Band* games. It wasn't long before he announced the campaign's success, with the 2007 version of "The Touch" hitting *Guitar Hero: World Tour* as free downloadable content and Stan put the song into *Rock Band* himself through Rock Band Network in 2010.
* As part of the media hype building up to the release of *Revenge of the Fallen*, Bush released another reworked version of the song, this time with a more contemporary Linkin Park-inspired sound, renamed "The Touch: Sam's Theme". This is notable because, while completely unsanctioned or unrequested by Hasbro or DreamWorks, it is totally hilarious.
* In 2010, Bush released his 11th album, 'Dream the Dream', which featured the song "Sam's Theme (The Touch)", a rap-less version of "The Touch: Sam's Theme".
* The showrunners of *Transformers: Cyberverse* had hoped to license the song for use in the episode "The Alliance", with Hot Rod even alluding to the song in his dialogue. Unfortunately, they were unable to do so, and the intended segment had to use a generic rock instrumental in its place.
* According to storyboard artist India Swift, the last scene of the *Transformers: EarthSpark* episode "The Last Hope, Part 2" was timed to "The Touch" on the off chance they could license its use.
* "The Touch" has reappeared in numerous non-*Transformers* productions over the years, including the film *Boogie Nights*, the television series *Chuck*, *The Goldbergs*, *American Dad!* and *Regular Show*, the video games *Shadow Warrior* and *Saints Row IV* (which features the characters directly quoting *The Transformers: The Movie* during its use), and even *WWE Monday Night Raw*.