copies).Д«ranigan's fifth album Touch (released July 7, 1987) marked a change in her career. The album went gold, and the single was eventually certified platinum (sales of more than two million U.S. radio stations were initially unreceptive to 'Gloria' the song's combination of American and European sound predated the imminent second 'British invasion' of popular music by several months, but after it was embraced by dance clubs it eventually won them over, becoming one of the biggest hits of the 1980s. Branigan's version was reworked with Tozzi's own arranger, Greg Mathieson, who updated its production with fellow Producer Jack White to give it what Branigan called 'an American kick' to match the new English lyrics. 'Gloria', an Italian love song recorded in 1979 by Umberto Tozzi and successful in several European countries, was released as the album's second single. The album alternated four energetic up-tempo songs with five ballads, including one of the few songs written solely by Branigan, 'I Wish We Could Be Alone'. 69 on the Billboard charts in early 1982. The first single from the album was 'All Night with Me', which reached No. (Other bonus cuts include the 12' extended single versions of 'Gloria' and 'Looking Out For Number One', as well as a previously unreleased song intended as a B-side.) But by then the music fans were tiring of disco and wanted a new sound.Д«ranigan's 9-track debut album, Branigan, was released in March 1982. None of these three singles (or the B-side, 'When') were included on her first album, but all four songs were eventually released on CD over 30 years later in 2014 as bonus cuts on a U.S. Two other early Atlantic singles, 'Tell Him' and 'Fool's Affair', followed. The strength and range of her voice actually impeded her career for several years while the label went through the process of categorizing her as a pop singer, and her 1981 single 'Looking Out for Number One', from her unreleased album Silver Dreams, made a brief appearance on the U.S.

In 1979, after a chance meeting with manager Sid Bernstein on her return from Europe, Branigan was signed by Ahmet Ertegun to Atlantic Records.

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