"The Slightest Touch" is the name of a 1987 hit single by the British pop group Five Star

Five Star

Five Star are a British pop / R&B group, formed in 1983. Comprising siblings Stedman, Lorraine, Denise, Doris and Delroy Pearson, they were known for their flamboyant image, matching costumes and heavily choreographed dance routines...

. It reached no. 4 in the UK singles chart, and is the group's third biggest-selling single (selling over 175,000 copies). It was, however, the group's final Top 10 hit to date.

Taken from their second album, Silk & Steel, Five Star chose legendary remixer Shep Pettibone

Shep Pettibone

Robert E. Pettibone, Jr. is a record producer, remixer, songwriter and club DJ, one of the most prolific of the 1980s. His earliest work known to the public was for one of New York City's top disco/dance radio stations, WRKS 98.7 "Kiss" FM, and later as remixer/producer for the disco label Salsoul...

 to remix the album track for release as a single.

Track listings

7" vinyl

1. "The Slightest Touch" (Michael Jay, Marvin Morrow) 4.01
2. "Stone Court" (Stedman Pearson) 3.46

12" vinyl

1. "The Slightest Touch" (The Pettibone Touch Remix) 6.27 *
2. "The Slightest Touch" (House Touch) 6.27
3. "Stone Court" 3:46
4. "The Slightest Touch" (Slightest Dub) 6:16

Cassette single

1. "The Slightest Touch" (7" remix)
2. "Find The Time" (Shep Pettibone Mix - Part One)
3. "Stone Court"
4. "If I Say Yes" (Lew Hahn New York Remix)

Box set with two 7" singles

1. "The Slightest Touch" (7" remix)
2. "Stone Court"

1. "Hide and Seek" (7" edit)
2. "Crazy"

* The Pettibone Touch Mix of "The Slightest Touch" was included on the CD compilation Dance Classics vol 19 + 20, released in 2007 by Rodeo Media Records. Also available on CD on the 2010 Expanded Edition of Silk & Steel CRPOP74 , although there is a slight mastering error at the beginning of this pressing.

Chart performance

Chart (1987)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	4
Dutch GfK GfK The GfK Group, established in 1934 as Gesellschaft für Konsumforschung is Germany's largest market research institute, and the fourth largest market research organisation in the world, after Nielsen Company, Kantar Group, and IMS Health...  chart	20
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	29
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	2

The Slightest Touch 2005

In 2005, Five Star planned to release a remixed version of "The Slightest Touch" as a single,but never got released..

Proposed Track listing

1. "The Slightest Touch" (2005 Remix)
2. "The Slightest Touch" (Xtra Mix)
3. "System Addict" 2005

Cover version

"The Slightest Touch" is one of the few Five Star songs to have been covered by another artist; Louise

Louise Redknapp

Louise Elizabeth Redknapp is an English singer and media personality. She was a member of the girl group Eternal from 1992 to 1995, before becoming a solo singer . She has presented several television shows and served as a judge on the UK version of So You Think You Can Dance...

 recorded the track for her Changing Faces: The Best of Louise

Changing Faces: The Best Of...

Changing Faces - The Best of Louise is a compilation album by the British singer Louise. It was released in 2001 and peaked at no.9 on the UK album chart....

greatest hits album in 2001. This version of the song was based on the album mix and was not released as a single.