| Do You Wanna Touch Me? | |
| Cover: | GaryGlitterDoYouWannaTouchMe7InchSingleCover.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Gary Glitter |
| Album: | Touch Me |
| B-Side: | I Would If I Could but I Can't |
| Released: | January 1973 |
| Recorded: | 1972 |
| Genre: | Glam rock |
| Length: | 3:19 |
| Label: | Bell |
| Producer: | Mike Leander |
| Prev Title: | I Didn't Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock and Roll) |
| Prev Year: | 1972 |
| Next Title: | Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again |
| Next Year: | 1973 |
"Do You Wanna Touch Me", also referred to as "Do You Wanna Touch Me? (Oh Yeah)" is a song by English glam rock singer Gary Glitter, written by Glitter with Mike Leander and produced by Leander. It was released as the lead single from his second studio album, Touch Me (1973), peaking at No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1973, his third successive UK hit. The single also reached No. 9 in Ireland and No. 11 in Australia.
| Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) | |
| Cover: | Joan Jett - Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah).jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Joan Jett |
| Album: | Bad Reputation |
| B-Side: | "Victim of Circumstance" |
| Genre: | Glam rock |
| Length: | 3:48 (album version) 3:24 (single version) |
| Label: | Boardwalk |
| Producer: | |
| Chronology: | Joan Jett |
| Prev Title: | Crimson and Clover |
| Prev Year: | 1982 |
| Next Title: | Nag |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
"Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" was later covered by rock singer Joan Jett in 1980 for her debut solo studio album, Bad Reputation (1981). Following the success of "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" nearly two years later, the song was released as a single in the summer of 1982 and reached No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 that September.[1] In Canada, the song spent two weeks at No. 8.[2]
Jett's version of the song appears in a 2008 TV commercial for Hewlett-Packard's TouchSmart computers. The commercial was withdrawn when the company learned that Glitter, now a convicted sex offender, had written the song. On 29 October 2008, it was reported that Glitter would receive £100,000 in royalties from Hewlett-Packard for the advertisement.[3]
Credits and personnel are adapted from the Bad Reputation album liner notes.[10]
| Chart (1982) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report) | 18 |
| Austria | 19 |
| Canada RPM Top Singles[11] | 8 |
| Germany | 19 |
| New Zealand (RIANZ) | 11 |
| Switzerland | 12 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[12] | 20 |
| US Billboard Mainstream Rock | 21 |
| US Cash Box Top 100 | 29 |
| Chart (1982) | Rank |
|---|---|
| Canada [13] | 73 |
| US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[14] | 123 |
In 2011, the song was covered by guest star Gwyneth Paltrow and other cast members for the season 2 episode 15 of the musical television series Glee, "Sexy". The performance caused some controversy in the UK over the resulting royalty payments to Glitter, who was by then a convicted sex offender. The charity Kidscape described the song's inclusion as "wholly inappropriate".[16] The UK version of the album does not therefore include the song, but replaces it with the cover of "Afternoon Delight" by Starland Vocal Band from the same episode.
The Cure played this song several times during the Head Tour in 1985.[17]
