| Touch Me, Touch Me | |
| Caption: | Cover of the single released in Germany |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich |
| B-Side: | Marina |
| Released: | 3 March 1967 |
| Recorded: | 15 February 1967[1] |
| Studio: | Philips Studios, Stanhope House, London |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 2:34 |
| Label: | Fontana |
| Producer: | Steve Rowland |
| Prev Title: | Save Me |
| Prev Year: | 1966 |
| Next Title: | Okay! |
| Next Year: | 1967 |
"Touch Me, Touch Me" is a song by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, released as a single in March 1967. It peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart.
"Touch Me, Touch Me" was released with the B-side "Marina", written by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich. However, in a few European countries, the Netherlands, Austria, Yugoslavia and Greece, "Touch Me, Touch Me" was released with the B-side "Nose for Trouble", taken from the band's debut album Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich.
The single fell short of the band's expectations by missing out on the UK top-ten. This led writers Ken Howard and Alain Blaikley to become "aware of the fast movement in the pop business again" and that "their previously successful beat-driven style was worn out". Therefore, the band's following single "Okay!" saw another slight change in direction.[2]
Reviewing for Record Mirror, Peter Jones described "Touch Me, Touch Me" as the band's "sixth hit in a row" and "a change of approach, too, but the same instant impact, with good lyrics and a commercial driving beat".[3] In Melody Maker, the song was described as "not such a smash as "Bend It", but it contains all the usual Dave Dee ingredients, i.e. a somewhat suggestive title, a drum beat that sounds like an asthmatic dog barking, soaring harmonies and a full stop at the end that sounds as if the recording engineer had been shot through the head and fallen off his controls".[4]
However, Penny Valentine for Disc was less impressed, writing that "this record just goes to prove that every so often a golden goose can lay a dud egg" and that it lacks "that certain hit something". She added that "the group sound as though they have hiccoughs and the record doesn't sound too big a hit".[5]
7": Fontana / TF 798
7": Fontana / 267 686 TF (Netherlands and Austria)
| Chart (1967) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] | 45 |
| New Zealand (Listener)[7] | 7 |