This was the title track to one of two Springsteen albums released simultaneously five years after his last album. Released with Lucky Town, they both sold poorly.
One of the first songs Springsteen recorded using musicians who were not in the E-Street Band, he says it is about "Searchin' for the bottom line."
This was the only song from Human Touch included on Springsteen's 1995 Greatest Hits album.
The cinematographer on the video was Daniel Pearl, who a decade earlier worked on the first attempt at Springsteen's "Dancing In The Dark" video. That one didn't go well, with Springsteen walking out after a dispute with Pearl over the lighting. In the ensuing years, Springsteen came to realize that Pearl was correct in how he wanted to light him, so he signed him up to work on "Human Touch."
