Touch and Go (band)
{{Short description|British jazz pop band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Touch and Go
| image = Touch and Go.JPG
| caption =
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| background = group_or_band
| origin = London, England
| genre = Jazz pop
| years_active = 1998–present
| label = Oval
| associated_acts =
| website = {{URL|http://www.touch-and-go.net}}
| current_members = {{unbulleted list|Vanessa Lancaster|James Lynch|David Lowe|Gordon Nelki}}
}}
Touch and Go is a British jazz pop ensemble founded in 1998, whose most famous hit was "Would You...?", released in October of the same year as a single and later included in the band's debut album I Find You Very Attractive, which was released in 1999. Other songs from the same album were "Straight to... Number One", "So Hot", and "Tango in Harlem".
Music career
In October 1998, "Would You...?", a track marked by its distinctive sampling of a woman's voice saying "I've noticed you around / I find you very attractive / Would you go to bed with me?", reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart.{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 5663}} It became a hit in Europe, particularly in Eastern Europe where the ensemble toured extensively. "Would You...?" has been included on such television show soundtracks as the American G String Divas and the British series As If. The track has also been sampled for San Pellegrino, Carlsberg, and Nokia advertisements. It was played in Miss World 1998 during the runway pass of a group of contestants, and also in Miss Universe 2002, this last one a different version of the song during the swimsuit competition.{{cite web|url=http://www.touch-and-go.net/film_and_tv.htm|publisher=Touch And Go|title=Film, TV & Video}} The lyrics were inspired by questions originally used as part of a psychological study conducted in 1978 by Elaine Hatfield and Russell D. Clark.{{cite web|url=http://www.elainehatfield.com/79.pdf|publisher=Elaine Hatfield|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518061135/http://www.elainehatfield.com/79.pdf |archivedate=18 May 2012|title=Gender Differences in Receptivity to Sexual Offers|first1=Russell D|last1=Clark III|first2=Elaine|last2=Hatfield|date=1989 }}
"Straight... to Number One" was also featured in some advertisements, including one for Apple Computer's iTunes. The song was also featured in the first season of the American version of Queer As Folk.
Touch and Go were popular in Eastern Europe, especially in Russia, playing some fifty concerts a year.{{cite web|url=http://www.touch-and-go.net/news.htm|publisher=Touch and Go|title=News}}{{failedverification|date=June 2025}} Since 2003, they travelled all major cities in Russia and ex-USSR countries from Moscow to Vladivostok. The band was represented in the region by IKON exclusively.{{fact|date=June 2025}}
Their record producer, David Lowe, is the composer of all BBC News music since 1998.
On 13 November 2011, they appeared as musical guests on X Factor (Romania).{{cite web|url=http://accesdirect.a1.ro/culise/Touch-Go-la-a-X-Factora_8013.html|title=Touch & Go, la "X Factor"|publisher=Antena 1|date=12 November 2011|language=Romanian}}{{deadlink|date=June 2025}}
Ensemble
=Members=
- Vanessa Lancaster – vocals
- James Lynch – trumpet, instruments
=Producers=
- David Lowe
- Gordon Nelki
Discography
=Albums=
- I Find You Very Attractive (1999)
=Singles=
- "Would You...?" (1998) - UK No. 3; Canada No. 64{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.7443.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - March 29, 1999}}
- "Straight... to Number One" (1999)
- "So Hot" (2000)
- "Tango in Harlem" (2001)
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website}}
- {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000743981|label=Touch and Go}}
- {{discogs artist|28310|Touch and Go}}
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