Touch a Hand, Make a Friend

{{Short description|1974 song by the Staple Singers}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Touch a Hand, Make a Friend

| cover =

| alt =

| caption =

| type = single

| artist = the Staple Singers

| album = Be What You Are

| B-side = Tellin' Lies

| released = January 1974

| recorded = 1973

| studio =

| genre = Funk

| length = 3:26

| label = Stax

| writer = Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson, Carl Hampton

| producer = Al Bell

| prev_title = If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)

| prev_year = 1973

| next_title = City in the Sky

| next_year = 1974

}}

"Touch a Hand, Make a Friend" is a song written by Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson and Carl Hampton, and first recorded by The Staple Singers for their album Be What You Are.{{cite web|title=The Staple Singers: Be What You Are{{snd}}Review|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/be-what-you-are-mw0000308461|last=Elias|first=Jason|website=AllMusic|access-date=May 4, 2022}} It was one of The Staple Singers most successful singles and peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart and number 23 on its Hot 100 chart in 1973.{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=547}} The single also reached number 27 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=230}}