Don't Lose Touch
{{Infobox song
| name = Don't Lose Touch
| cover = Against Me! - Don't Lose Touch cover.jpg
| alt = Cover of "Don't Lose Touch"
| type = single
| artist = Against Me!
| album = Searching for a Former Clarity
| A-side = "Don't Lose Touch" (Mouse on Mars remix)
| B-side = Don't Lose Touch
| released = September 6, 2005
| recorded = April 18–May 16, 2005
| studio = The Magpie Cage in Baltimore
| venue =
| genre = Punk rock
| length = 7:31
| label = Fat Wreck Chords (FAT 701)
| writer = Laura Jane Grace, James Bowman, Warren Oakes, Andrew Seward
| producer = J. Robbins
| prev_title = Sink, Florida, Sink
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = From Her Lips to God's Ears (The Energizer)
| next_year = 2006
}}
"Don't Lose Touch" is a song by the Gainesville, Florida-based punk rock band Against Me!, released as the first single from their 2005 album Searching for a Former Clarity. Like the second single "From Her Lips to God's Ears (The Energizer)", it was released exclusively on twelve-inch vinyl with a remixed version of the song as the A-side and the album version as the B-side. The A-side version was remixed by German electronic music duo Mouse on Mars. The single was limited to 3,050 copies.{{cite web|title=Don't Lose Touch 12 |work=againstme.net |publisher=Against Me! |url=http://www.againstme.net/am.php/disco/recording/dont_lose_touch_12/d |accessdate=2009-09-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924202616/http://www.againstme.net/am.php/disco/recording/dont_lose_touch_12/d |archivedate=September 24, 2009 }}
The music video for "Don't Lose Touch" was directed by Philip Andelman.{{cite web|title = Music video: Against Me! - "Don't Lose Touch"|publisher = MTV|url = http://www.mtv.com/videos/against-me/62486/dont-lose-touch.jhtml#artist=1240711|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090701065541/http://www.mtv.com/videos/against-me/62486/dont-lose-touch.jhtml#artist=1240711|url-status = dead|archive-date = July 1, 2009|accessdate = 2009-09-27}} It depicts the band performing the song in a rehearsal and storage space, with parts shown in reverse.{{cite web|title=Against Me!'s music videos on their official website |work=Againstme.net |publisher=Against Me! |url=http://www.againstme.net/am.php/video/index |accessdate=2009-09-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090818011526/http://www.againstme.net/am.php/video/index |archivedate=August 18, 2009 }}{{cite web|title = Against Me!'s music videos at Fat Wreck Chords|work = Fatwreck.com|publisher = Fat Wreck Chords|url = http://www.fatwreck.com/media/?video_artist_id=2&bandsubmit.x=19&bandsubmit.y=11|accessdate = 2009-09-07}}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| headline = Side A
| all_lyrics = Laura Jane Grace
| all_music = Against Me!
| title1 = Don't Lose Touch
| note1 = Mouse on Mars remix
| length1 = 4:33
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Side B
| total_length = 7:31
| title1 = Don't Lose Touch
| length1 = 2:55
}}
Personnel
- Laura Jane Grace – guitar, lead vocals
- James Bowman – guitar, backing vocals
- Andrew Seward – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Warren Oakes – drums
- J. Robbins – tambourine, producer, engineer, mixing engineer
- Alan Douches – mastering
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090924202616/http://www.againstme.net/am.php/disco/recording/dont_lose_touch_12/d "Don't Lose Touch"] at Against Me!'s official website – includes links to song lyrics
- [http://www.fatwreck.com/record/detail/701 "Don't Lose Touch"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015010822/http://www.fatwreck.com/record/detail/701 |date=2009-10-15 }} at Fat Wreck Chords
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Category:Songs written by Laura Jane Grace
Category:Music videos directed by Philip Andelman