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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"
Released	3 March 1967
Recorded	15 February 1967
Studio	Philips Studios, Stanhope House, London
Genre	Pop beat
Length	2:34
Label	Fontana
Songwriter(s)	Ken Howard Alan Blaikley
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.

Release

"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.

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.

Reception

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". 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".

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".

Track listing

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

References

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2. ^ "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.

• 1967 songs
• 1967 singles
• Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich songs
• Fontana Records singles
• Songs written by Alan Blaikley
• Songs written by Ken Howard (composer)
• Song recordings produced by Steve Rowland