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Daniel Grafton "Dan" Hill IV (born 3 June 1954) is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter. He had two major hits with his songs, "Sometimes When We Touch" and "Can't We Try," a duet with Vonda Shepard.
Hill was born in Toronto, the son of social scientist and public servant Daniel G. Hill, and brother of the author Lawrence Hill. He studied guitar in his teens, leaving high school at 17 to work as songwriter for RCA. At one point he was working for the Ontario provincial government, delivering office supplies, while performing at the Riverboat at night. In 1975, he released his first album, Dan Hill, which produced a Canadian hit single, "You Make Me Want to Be".
In 1977 Hill recorded the ballad "Sometimes When We Touch". He also wrote the lyrics and was assisted in the music by Barry Mann for the album from the same year, Longer Fuse, and it was released as a single. It was Hill's biggest hit, peaking at #3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and leading to Hill's appearances on The Merv Griffin Show and The Mike Douglas Show. Tina Turner covered the song in 1978 on her album Rough.
Well, you tease a lot when you're talking to me.
So hard to know when to believe you.
So here I am, I'm calling you, down on my knees
I just can't sleep at all (just can't sleep).
Oh no, it's getting late, talk to me.
I just can't sleep at all.
I'm wrapped around your finger
Like a puppet on a string.
Girl, I get this sinking feeling.
Am I losing you again?
I've buried all my tears now, you set them all free.
Are you gonna bleed me like a stone (bleed me like a stone)?
You cast a spell, you drew me in, then you walked on me.
I just thought you should know
I'm wrapped around your finger (wrapped around you)
Like a puppet on a string (like a puppet on a string).
Girl, I get this sinking feeling.
Am I losing you again? (Am I losing you?)
(Wrapped around your finger.)
Oh no, it's getting late, talk to me.
I just can't sleep at all.
I'm wrapped around your finger (wrapped around you).
I'm your puppet on a string (like a puppet on a string).
I get this sinking feeling (I'm wrapped around you).
I'm losing you again (Am I losing you again?).
Am I losing (wrapped around your finger) you again? (Am I losing you again?)
Am I losing you again? (Am I losing you again?)
Wrapped around your finger
(Am I losing you again?)