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Touch Me, Touch Me

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"Touch Me, Touch Me"
Cover of the single released in Germany
Single by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
B-side"Marina"
Released3 March 1967
Recorded15 February 1967[1]
StudioPhilips Studios, Stanhope House, London
Genre
Length2:34
LabelFontana
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Steve Rowland
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich singles chronology
"Save Me"
(1966) 		"Touch Me, Touch Me"
(1967) 		"Okay!"
(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.[2]

Release

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"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.[3]

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.[4]

Reception

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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".[5] 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".[6]

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".[7]

Track listing

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7": Fontana / TF 798

  1. "Touch Me, Touch Me" – 2:34
  2. "Marina" – 2;21

7": Fontana / 267 686 TF (Netherlands and Austria)

  1. "Touch Me, Touch Me" – 2:34
  2. "Nose for Trouble" – 4:01

Charts

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Chart (1967) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] 45
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[9] 14
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[10] 39
Germany (GfK)[11] 8
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[12] 31
New Zealand (Listener)[13] 7
UK Singles (OCC)[2] 13

References

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  1. ^ "Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick, & Tich – February 1967". 8 May 2017. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick Tich: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  3. ^ Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – Touch Me, Touch Me / Nose For Trouble (1967, Vinyl), retrieved 19 August 2021
  4. ^ "Band Biography part 2 - 1965-1966". www.dddbmt.com. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  5. ^ "New Singles" (PDF). Record Mirror. 4 March 1967. p. 9. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  6. ^ "New Pop Records" (PDF). Melody Maker. 4 March 1967. p. 13. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Dave Dee: The golden goose lays a dud egg" (PDF). Disc. 4 March 1967. p. 15. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  8. ^ Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940–1969. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.
  9. ^ "Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – Touch Me Touch Me" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  10. ^ "Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – Touch Me Touch Me" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  11. ^ "Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – Touch Me Touch Me" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  12. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  13. ^ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". www.flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
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