"Reach Out" is a song by American rock band Cheap Trick, released in 1981 as a single from the soundtrack of the 1981 film Heavy Metal.

Walter Yetnikoff, president of CBS Records at the time, allowed Irving Azoff and Full Moon to release "Reach Out".

[3][4] Upon release, The Milwaukee Journal commented: "...but the real treat of the LP is one of the two Cheap Trick cuts, "Reach Out," penned, in part, by the group's new bass player as of a year ago, Pete Comita.

"[5] Record World called it a "throbbing rocker [that] spotlights Robin Zander's vocal hysteria and Rick Nielsen's kamikaze guitar runs.

"[6] Bret Adams of AllMusic spoke of the song in a review of the Heavy Metal soundtrack, noting "Cheap Trick's "Reach Out" and "I Must Be Dreamin'" rely more on synthesizers than power-pop guitars.