Touch Me (The Doors song)
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| "Touch Me" | ||
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| Single by The Doors | ||
| from the album The Soft Parade | ||
| B-side(s) | "Wild Child" | |
| Released | 1968 | |
| Format | 7" single | |
| Genre | Rock and roll | |
| Length | 3:11 | |
| Label | Elektra | |
| Writer(s) | John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison | |
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| The Doors singles chronology | ||
| Hello, I Love You (1968) |
Touch Me (1968) |
Wishful Sinful (1969) |
"Touch Me" is a song by The Doors from their album The Soft Parade. It is notable for its extensive usage of brass and string instruments to accent Jim Morrison's vocals, and was one of the most popular Doors songs ever released. It was released as a single in December 1968.
One of the most famous television appearances of the Doors is of the group performing "Touch Me" on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
At the end of the song, Ray Manzarek can be heard singing the phrase "stronger than dirt" over the last four notes of the song, a comic reference to the jingle for Ajax laundry detergent.
Ian Astbury covered the song for the Doors tribute album, Stoned Immaculate: The Music of the Doors.
In Oliver Stone's 1991 biopic of Jim Morrison The Doors Jim Morrison is portrayed as having modified the lyrics at a concert whilst under the influence of alcohol to make a song about oral sex.
It was also hummed in School of Rock, by Jack Black, when he was teaching Lawrence what to play on the keyboard. It is on the School of Rock soundtrack.
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