Stan Bush's 'The Touch' coming to Guitar Hero

by Xav de Matos on Mar 19th 2009 4:40PM

Thanks to the touch and power of the internet, Stan Bush's classic Transformers: The Movie ballad, "The Touch," is heading to Guitar Hero -- for free. The drive started when Kotaku blogger, Michael Fahey, refused to give up on helping Bush see his wish to have the song featured in Guitar Hero and/or Rock Band granted. After exchanging emails with Bush himself, Fahey looked to his blog's readers to pester Activision and Harmonix until one (or both) caved.

Earlier this week, Bush contacted Transformers resource site, Seibertron, and dropped the bomb: "The Touch" would be made available in Guitar Hero -- presumably World Tour -- for free (exactly when, though, is still unknown). The grateful Bush then wrote in to personally thank Fahey and the fans who made it all possible. Oh internet, is there anything you can't do?

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Tags: also-the-power, guitar-hero, guitar-hero-world-tour, Microsoft, stan-bush, the-touch, transformers-movie, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (56)

Holy hell! Awesome!

Instruments of Destruction, the song that plays when the Decepticons start killing pansy Autobot ass in the beginning of the movie, is about 10000000x better than than lame ass "the touch". It's just another lame meme that most people never heard but now act like it's cool and nostalgic and not a horrible song.

Who the cares what you think oolz, you're an asshole Decepticon lover. I'll take the cheesy 80's rock over a wannabe Megadeath track.

I'd actually prefer Dare, but I'll take The Touch. I'm actually a fan of the 80's cheese, so I'm genuinely pumped; sorry.

I had listed Stan Bush under my favorite music section in my Facebook profile, and occasionally I would click on it, looking forward to the day when someone--anyone--in my extended networks would share that affinity.

It never did happen.

YOU GOT THE TOUCH! YOU GOT 80's CHEESY AWESUM SAUCE!!!!!!!!!!!

Please get this shit to rock band. I love this horrible fucking song. When they sang it in Boogie Nights i died laughing.

I totally rediscovered this song after it was in Boogie Nights. Quintessential.

I want Hedwig and the Angry Inch. In Rock Band. Internet, GO!!! (for serious. pretty please?)

Holy shit that would be epic!

A. Awesome!

B. I just about fell out of my chair laughing, imagining my in-laws singing along to Angry Inch.

This is my girlfriend's #1 request as well.

I've been saying this since Harmonix/EA said that they were looking into getting songs from musicals on Rock Band!

On a related note, I'm going to see a Hedwig and the Angry Inch cover band this weekend. I can't wait!

"I put on some make up...Turn on the 8-Track"

I had the good fortune of seeing John Cameron Mitchell live in San Francisco, Valentine's Day weekend. He did a live commentary of Hedwig, and even performed a few songs from the show. If I had the chutzpah, I would've tried to approach him after the show and ask him directly about working with Harmonix. Shame on my weak spine!

How dare you not link the awesomeness:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COYRxf13tIg

And here is the Mark Wahlberg cover version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfPCR8PYqiw

Feel good story of the day! Looks like I won't get it on my GHIII though, huh? I'm not getting WT, so I will have to go without, but I'm glad others can jam out, nostalgia style.
what really suprises me is that once upon a time, I thought this was the greatest song ever. Literally. But i went back and got Transformers on DVD a few years ago and heard the song, i was a little let down. whatever, still great news for anyone who remembers the song from the 80's. It would still be a great GH song I think. It reminds me a little of "the best around" from Karate Kid I. But that song stood the test of time a little better in my book.

You're not the only one who thought "The Touch" was the baddest song around. I would get SO FREAKING PUMPED every time I watched the Transformers movie as a kid, simply because of it. A feeling of insurmountable power would overwhelm me, and then I'd run outside to conquer evil with extreme prejudice.

I also second your comments regarding the fine lyrics: "You're the best around! No one's gonna ever keep ya down!"

april is almost here and still no weird al!

Maybe not, but you can get a decent score singing "Gump" to "Lump" in Rock Band. :D

You could probably manage "My Sharona"/"My Bologna" as well.

And if Guitar Hero's your thing, "Beat It" is available. (I don't have GH, so I can't say how it'll score when you're singing "Eat It".)

So Rock Band potentially gets the Ghostbusters theme and Guitar Hero responds with "The Touch"?

I'm pretty sure everybody wins here.

Rock Band is really getting Ghostbusters? Fucking A!

Wow finally a good song. I guess this will finally put an end to my Guitar Hero/Rock Band boycott, too bad I missed the GH:WT deal of the day on amazon's gold box :(

Holy Shit! Whichever version this songs coming on I'm buying it. Been meaning to try one out but never really bought one of these guitar games.

Is "Dare" coming (or already on) guitar hero?

i love the song and movie. the game not so much

Memories of my childhood hero dying come to mind when I hear this song.

I'm happy that it's in a plastic instrument game, but disappointed that it's not the one I own. =[

How 'bout they bring Dare to Rock Band instead? :P

My thought exactly.

I say we don't let up until Rock Band gets it, too.

Either that, or petition them to make the DLC as cross-compatible as the instruments. >:]

Dammit Harmonix, why didn't you nab this one while you could?!

*sigh* Ah well.

Enjoy, Guitar Hero fans. Enjoy.

*sniff*

fucking hot rod, cocky bastard got Optimus killed.

Guilty or Innocent?...GUILTY

Yep, that bastard ruined my childhood.

And what does he get for it? He becomes the next leader of the Autobots. WTH?!

When Prime comes back, reclaims the Matrix, and blasts Hot Rod in the chest, that was the greatest moment in Saturday morning cartoon television right there.

@Readme

Actually, the Quintessons would always proclaim their dependents "Innocent", setting them all free.... right into the Sharkticon pit.

@readme: Feed him to the Sharkticons.

NOOOOOOOO

How did I not remember that?!?

Two things:

1) This is one of the greatest moments in video game history right here. GOD BLESS THE INTERNET!

2) Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime was the greatest Transformer of all time. Hot Rod was young and unsure of himself when he was forced to grow up to save the Autobots, taking the mantle of Rodimus Prime. Like a REALISTIC hero, he wasn't perfect and a 100% generic cliche like Optimus Prime. Of course he wanted what was best for his people, but he still had to struggle with his internal conflicts and mistakes that often come with youth. This character was so far ahead of his time, it's not even funny.

I hope when Optimus died, he suffered more than anyone in the history of fictional robotic deaths.

optimus prime is fucking god himself. shut your mouth, heretic.

YOUR SOUL WILL BURN HOTTER THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN HELL FOR ALL TIME!

he sure as hell was sure of himself when he went to help Optimus and got his ass in a chokehold from megatron.

Noooooo!
I want this on Rock Band!!!
Along with Dare.

Let me be the first to say...huh?

If you missed out on Transformers: The Movie when it was current, then I'm afraid you missed out on the Magic, and you will never have another opportunity to experience it as the rest of us have.

Sorry.

Totally awesome news

So I've been going to the Comic-Con for years now. I've ran into Kevin Smith several times, told Sid Haig where to find the pisser and had the privilege to escort Carrie Fisher from her signing table to the exit from the convention hall. But who was the only dude who got me all tongue tied when I met him? STAN BUSH! Transformers: The Movie was such a huge thing for me when I was growing up, and Mr. Bush's songs made that movie even more awesome. This is some great news.

Welp, that settles it. I'm getting Guitar Hero world tour :P
It'd be awesome if all the Transformers movie songs were put over, too.
"Nothing's gonna stand in our way" and "Instruments of Destruction" are pretty cool too

oh yea, wouldn't it be sweet if Optimus Prime and other Autobots replaced your virtual avatars while you played this song? Optimus Prime on vocals. Blaster on the drums maybe. Or maybe Blaster would be in his radio form and be blasting the music to the crowd :P

I've been hedging and waiting for a compelling reason to buy Guitar Hero. I think this is finally it.

Till All Are One!

They should just make cartoon theme packs.

I'd love to see the entire soundtrack rather than just one song. I had the cassette back in the day and downloaded it on itunes back when the live action movie came out (got instruments of destruction playing in the computer right now). The touch is pretty good but there are 5 other kick ass songs on the soundtrack. "Nothing's gonna stand in our way" is my favorite.

That's my big problem with these games I want entire albums not just single tracks.

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