Touch Me When We're Dancing

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“Touch Me When We're Dancing”
Touch Me When We're Dancing resembles the "Made in America" cover.
Single by The Carpenters from the album Made in America
A-side	"Touch Me When We're Dancing"
B-side	"Because We Are in Love (The Wedding Song)"
Released	June 19, 1981
Format	7" single
Recorded	1980-1981
Genre	Pop
Length	03:19
Label	A&M Records 2344
Writer(s)	Ken Bell, Terry Skinner and J. L. Wallace
Producer	Richard Carpenter
The Carpenters singles chronology
"I Believe You" (1978) "Touch Me When We're Dancing" (1981) "(Want You) Back In My Life Again" (1981) (1987)

"Touch Me When We're Dancing" is a song written by Terry Skinner, J. L. Wallace, and Kenny Bell. Skinner and Wallace headed the Muscle Shoals, Alabama session group Bama, who first recorded this song and released it as a single in 1979. It was later released by The Carpenters in 1981 and Alabama in 1986.

[edit] Versions

[edit] Bama version

The Bama version was the first recorded. Released as a single on Free Flight Records, it entered the Billboard Hot 100 in 1979, peaking at #86.

[edit] The Carpenters' version

Running 3:19, the Carpenters' version was released on their Made in America album in 1981. It was the last of their singles to be in the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was their first top 40 hit since 1977 (and their first top 20 song in America since 1976). The B-side, "Because We Are in Love", was played at Karen Carpenter's wedding to Thomas Burris on August 31, 1980.

[edit] Alabama version

The Alabama version was released on their 1986 album The Touch. It went on to become a number one hit on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart later that year, their 20th straight chart-topper in a string that dated back to 1980.