Manny Pacquiao, Boxing Champion, to Release ‘Sometimes When We Touch’ – Billboard Magazine
“I was immediately drawn by the honesty and the gentleness of his performance. It was like ‘wow’,” Hill said of Pacquiao. Pacquiao has performed the song before, on U.S. late night TV show “The Jimmy Kimmel Show” in November 2010. He is due to return to “Jimmy Kimmel” to debut the new track on Thursday next week.
Pacquiao hoping for hit with single – FOX Sports
It was the welterweight’s performance of the song on “The Jimmy Kimmel Show” last November that sparked the unlikely union, with an impressed Hill calling on his agent to set up a meeting. “He did such an amazing job,” Hill said, describing Pacquiao’s delivery as “sincere” and “honest.”
Pacquiao impresses trainer with dynamite camp – USA Today
Pacquiao is in the final stages of preparation in Hollywood for his bout with Mosley at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas on May 7, and the Filipino congressman hasn’t been so singularly focused on boxing for quite a while… Yet the Pacquiao circus is still among the most entertaining shows in sports. The successful singer is releasing another single — a cover of Dan Hill’s syrupy 1977 ballad, “Sometimes When We Touch”…
Manny Pacquiao to release “Sometimes When We Touch” – Reuters
Boxing champion Manny Pacquiao is adding another job to his resume.The welterweight champion, Filipino congressman and actor is releasing a song on April 28…Pacquiao, 32, recorded the song with its creator, Dan Hill, who made it a top ten hit in 1978.
Dan Hill duets with Manny Pacquiao - Asian Journal
DAN Hill was a love-struck teenager at 19 years old when he composed one of the most romantic ballads this world ever heard. Little did he know, his ode to a quite unrequited love would zoom in popularity and become a timeless and emotionally stirring song which the world would know as Sometimes When We Touch…
Manny Pacquiao shows gentle side crooning 70’s love song – The Toronto Star
Sometimes When We Touch, the enduring yet oft-despised love song, speaks of a “hesitant prize fighter.” But there’s nothing hesitant in Pacquiao as he belts out his favourite tune. The boxer is emoting right alongside his musical hero: The man who penned the hit which has sold more than five million copies, Toronto singer/songwriter Dan Hill…
Dan Hill wants to record song with Manny – The Manila Standard
GRAMMY and Juno award-winning singer and songwriter Dan Hill, who was responsible for the hit song “Sometimes When We Touch,” met with Manny Pacquiao on Friday at his hotel in New York.
Spoof of Pacquiao’s ‘Sometimes When We Touch’ goes viral – ABS-CBN News
A music video spoofing a favorite song of pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao has gone viral. The website, funnyordie.com, released a “never-before-seen” music video of the Filipino boxing champion. The video of the song, “Sometimes When I Punch,” shows Pacquiao fantasizing “about life outside the ring”.
