"Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" is a song by the English pop singer
Samantha Fox from her debut studio album, Touch Me (1986).
A successful topless model, Fox had been invited to attend an open audition for
Jive Records, as the label was seeking "a British
Madonna" to sing the song.[3] She was successful and was offered a five album deal.[3]
Written by
Mark Shreeve, Jon Astrop, and Pete Q. Harris, and produced by the latter two, the song was released on 10 March 1986 as Fox's debut single and the
lead single from the Touch Me album.
"Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" was a worldwide success, peaking at number three on the
UK Singles Chart and number four on the US
Billboard Hot 100, while topping the charts in Australia, Canada, Finland, Greece, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and Switzerland.
Lyrics and music video
The song is about her searching for a man. The accompanying
music video featured Fox performing to a packed crowd wearing ripped jeans and a denim jacket. The singer declined suggestions she film a raunchy video with bed sequences, insisting a concert performance scenario would better serve her ambitions to be taken seriously, and feeling the song's lyrics were already sexy enough.[3]
During the song, she pulls a young man from the crowd and teases him before moving on to someone else. The song is loaded with sexual innuendos.
Track listings
7-inch single
"Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" – 3:44
"Never Gonna Fall in Love Again" – 5:06
7-inch single (US and Canada)
"Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" – 3:44
"Drop Me a Line" – 3:46
12-inch single
"Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" (extended version) – 5:19
"Never Gonna Fall in Love Again" – 5:07
12-inch maxi single – Remixes
"Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" (blue mix) – 5:49
"Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" (alternative version) – 4:09
"Tonight's the Night" – 3:16
US 12-inch maxi single
"Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" (extended version) – 5:19
"Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" – 3:44
"Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" (blue mix) – 5:49
"Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" (alternative version) – 4:09
In 2004, Swedish singer
Günther covered the song for his debut studio album, Pleasureman (2004). His version features new vocals by Fox, who also appears in the accompanying music video.