Touch Me (Rui Da Silva song)

"Touch Me" is probably Rui da Silva's most popular song, spending one week at the #1 spot on UK charts, the first song by a Portuguese musician to do so, lasting a total of 14 weeks on the charts alone and selling some 300,000 copies. The soulful vocal, trance chords, and deep house groove of "Touch Me" earned Rui an award for Best Single in the Muzik Magazine Dance Awards 2001^{[citation needed]}, as well as a nomination for Best Breakthrough Artist at the Dance Star Awards^{[citation needed]}.

"Touch Me" originally contained a sample of the Spandau Ballet track "Chant No. 1". Because the sample was used without permission Rui Da Silva was sued by record company BMG and had to give share of the song away.^[1]

Vocalist Cassandra Fox co-wrote the song (Cass writing the lyrics, Silva writing the backing track) hanging out at Silva's studio after the two met when he saw her performing in the West End. Cassandra, however, felt dance music wasn't what she wanted to do, and shortly after the success of "Touch Me", she parted ways with Silva.

1 Version
2 Re-Release
3 Notes
4 External links

[edit] Version

"Touch Me" (Original Mix)
"Touch Me" (Saffron Mix)
"Touch Me" (Radio Edit)
"Touch Me" (Double 99 Club Mix)
"Touch Me" (Double 99 Dub Mix)
"Touch Me" (Peace Division Higher Mix)
"Touch Me" (Peace Division Higher Dub)

[edit] Re-Release

The Song was re-released on 30th October 2006. This was the version from Cass Fox's album Come Here^[2]

[edit] Notes

^ Rui Da Silva Interview. [1]
^ Cass Fox (2006). Cass Fox Online CassMusic.net (accessed 11th Sept 2006)

Preceded by "Can We Fix It?" by Bob the Builder	UK Singles Chart number one single January 7, 2001 - January 14, 2001	Succeeded by "Love Don't Cost a Thing" by Jennifer Lopez