1983 Kim Carnes – Invisible Hands (US: #40)
“Invisible Hands” is a 1983 single and the lead release from Kim Carnes’s album Café Racers. Martin Page and Brian Fairweather wrote the selection’s words and composed its music; Keith Olsen was its music producer. Carnes released it and its source album, Café Racers, on the EMI America Records label, the label for which she then recorded.
Despite positive reviews in the music press and a popular MTV video, which James “Jim” Yukich directed, the single stalled at #40 on the Billboard Hot 100; it would be the highest charted of all the singles released from the album. (It did, however, reach #34 on the Cash Box survey.) John “Jellybean” Benitez, who would go on to produce Madonna’s breakthrough hit “Holiday,” was recruited to remix the track for the dance mix version.
The single’s B-side was “I’ll Be Here Where the Heart Is,” the principal ballad from the movie Flashdance.
In 1984, Kim was nominated for a Grammy Award for “Invisible Hands” – in the Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female category.
Album
Café Racers is a studio album by Kim Carnes, released in 1983. The album spawned three chart singles in the United States, “Invisible Hands”, “You Make My Heart Beat Faster (And That’s All That Matters)”, and “I Pretend” which charted on various Billboard charts. “The Universal Song” was also released as a single in West […]
Musicians
| Bass | Mark Andes |
| Drums | Denny Carmassi |
| Guitar | Steve Lukather |
| Keyboards | David Paich |
| Keyboards | Bill Cuomo |
| Background Vocals | Brian Fairweather |
| Vocals | Kim Carnes |
Produced By
Keith Olsen
Songwriters
Brian Fairweather
Martin Page
Charts
US:#40
UK:# –