| "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" | ||||||||||||||||
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7" single |
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| Single by Samantha Fox | ||||||||||||||||
| from the album Touch Me | ||||||||||||||||
| B-side | "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again" | |||||||||||||||
| Released | 30 March 1986 (UK) 5 November 1986 (US) 1 February 1987 (Germany) |
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| Format | 7" single, 12" maxi | |||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 1985 | |||||||||||||||
| Genre | Pop, Rock R&B | |||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:44 | |||||||||||||||
| Label | Jive Records | |||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Jon Astrop, Pete Q. Harris, Mark Shreeve | |||||||||||||||
| Producer | Jon Astrop, Pete Q. Harris | |||||||||||||||
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"Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" was the first hit for British singer Samantha Fox. It was released in 1986 from her first album Touch Me. The single was a worldwide hit, peaking at number four in the United States (usually a tough market for international acts), number three in her native UK, and topping the Australian and Canadian charts. In Canada, the single stayed for seven weeks at number one. The single stayed at the top of Sweden's music chart for eight weeks, succeeded by Fox's second single "Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)". "Touch Me" is deemed to be the singer's signature song.
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The song, recorded at Battery Studios, London, is about her searching for a man. The video featured her performing to a packed crowd wearing ripped denim jeans. During the song she pulls a young man from the crowd and teases him before moving on to someone else. A stand-out scene from the video is the close-up shot of Fox as she is heard moaning in a sexual manner. The song itself is layered with sexual lines, including: "Like a tramp in the night, I was begging for you, to treat my body like you wanted to" and of course the chorus itself, "Touch me, touch me, I wanna feel your body, your heartbeat next to mine, touch me, touch me NOW!".
| Chart (1986/87) | Peak position |
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| Austrian Singles Chart[1] | 2 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 12 |
| French SNEP Singles Chart[2] | 4 |
| German Singles Chart[3] | 4 |
| Irish Singles Chart[4] | 3 |
| Italian FIMI Singles Chart | 3 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 5 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart[5] | 1 |
| South African Singles Chart | 1 |
| Spanish Singles Chart | 10 |
| Swedish Singles Chart[6] | 1 |
| Swiss Singles Chart[7] | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart[8] | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[9] | 41 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[9] | 27 |
| End of year chart (1986) | Position |
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| Austrian Singles Chart[10] | 12 |
| Dutch Top 40[11] | 98 |
| Swiss Singles Chart[12] | 2 |
| End of year chart (1987) | Position |
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| Billboard Hot 100[13] | 44 |
| Country | Certification | Date | Sales certified |
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| Canada[14] | Gold | 26 February 1987 | 50,000 |
| France[15] | Silver | 1986 | 200,000 |
| UK[16] | Silver | 1 April 1986 | 200,000 |
| Preceded by "The Final Countdown" by Europe |
Swedish number-one single 9 July 1986 - 13 August 1986 (8 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)" by Samantha Fox |
| Preceded by "Jeanny" by Falco |
Norwegian VG-Lista number-one single 27/1986 - 30/1986 (4 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Papa Don't Preach" by Madonna |
| Preceded by "Midnight Lady" by Chris Norman |
Swiss number-one single 15 June 1986 - 6 July 1986 (4 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Venus" by Bananarama |
| "Touch Me" | ||||||||
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| Single by Günther featuring Samantha Fox | ||||||||
| Released | 2004 | |||||||
| Recorded | 2004 | |||||||
| Genre | Pop, Dance music | |||||||
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In August 2004, an Eurodance cover version was produced by Swedish music artist Günther with Samantha Fox performing new vocals for the song. The video also features Fox.
| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
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| Swedish Singles Chart[17] | 1 |
| Preceded by "I Won't Cry" by Elin Lanto |
Swedish Singles Chart number-one single November 25, 2004 - December 2, 2004 |
Succeeded by "Call on Me" by Eric Prydz |
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