Do You Wanna Touch Me
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Single by Gary Glitter | ||||
from the album Touch Me | ||||
B-side | "I Would If I Could but I Can't" | |||
Released | January 1973 | |||
Recorded | 1972 | |||
Genre | Glam rock | |||
Length | 3:19 | |||
Label | Bell | |||
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Producer(s) | Mike Leander | |||
Gary Glitter singles chronology | ||||
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"Do You Wanna Touch Me", also referred to as "Do You Wanna Touch Me? (Oh Yeah)" is a song by English glam rock singer Gary Glitter, written by Glitter with Mike Leander and produced by Leander. It was released as the lead single from his second studio album, Touch Me (1973), peaking at No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1973, his third successive UK hit. The single also reached No. 9 in Ireland and No. 11 in Australia.
Joan Jett version
"Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" | ||||
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Single by Joan Jett | ||||
from the album Bad Reputation | ||||
B-side | "Victim of Circumstance" | |||
Released | July 23, 1982 (1982-07-23) | |||
Genre | Glam rock | |||
Length | 3:48 (album version) 3:24 (single version) | |||
Label | Boardwalk | |||
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"Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" on YouTube | ||||
"Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" was later covered by rock singer Joan Jett in 1980 for her debut solo studio album, Bad Reputation (1981). Following the success of "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" nearly two years later, the song was released as a single in the summer of 1982 and reached No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 that September.[1] In Canada, the song spent two weeks at No. 8.[2]
Jett's version of the song appears in a 2008 TV commercial for Hewlett-Packard's TouchSmart computers. The commercial was withdrawn when the company learned that Glitter, now a convicted sex offender, had written the song. On 29 October 2008, it was reported that Glitter would receive £100,000 in royalties from Hewlett-Packard for the advertisement.[3]
Track listings and formats
- 7" and 12" vinyl[4]
- "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" – 3:24
- "Victim of Circumstance" – 2:54
- US 12" vinyl promo[5]
- "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" – 3:39
- "Summertime Blues" – 2:23
- Australian and New Zealand 12" vinyl[6]
- "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" – 3:24
- "Victim of Circumstance" – 2:54
- "Summertime Blues" – 2:16
- Brazilian and Greek 7" vinyl[7]
- "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" – 3:24
- "Bad Reputation" – 2:48
- Ireland, Spain and United Kingdom 7" vinyl[8]
- "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" – 3:24
- "Jezebel" – 3:25 (UK release labeled as "Jezebel," but actual cut was "Bad Reputation")
- Mexican 7" vinyl[9]
- "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" – 3:24
- "Wooly Bully" – 2:18
Credits and personnel
Credits and personnel are adapted from the Bad Reputation album liner notes.[10]
- Joan Jett – vocals, guitar, backing vocals
- Gary Glitter – writer
- Mike Leander – writer
- Lea Hart – guitar, backing vocals
- Kenny Laguna – piano, backing vocals, producer
- John Earle – saxophone
- Paul Simmons – drums, backing vocals
- Jeff Peters – bass, backing vocals
- Ritchie Cordell – backing vocals, producer
- John Earle – saxophone
- Mark Dodson – engineer, associate producer
- Butch Yates – assistant engineer
- Malcolm Davis – mastering
Chart performance
Weekly charts
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Release history
Region | Date | Formats(s) | Label(s) | Ref(s). |
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United States | July 23, 1982 (1982-07-23) | Adult rock | [15] |
Glee cover controversy
In 2011, the song was covered by guest star Gwyneth Paltrow and other cast members for the season 2 episode 15 of the musical television series Glee, "Sexy". The performance caused some controversy in the UK over the resulting royalty payments to Glitter, who was by then a convicted sex offender. The charity Kidscape described the song's inclusion as "wholly inappropriate".[16] The UK version of the album Glee: The Music, Volume 5 does not therefore include the song, but replaces it with the cover of "Afternoon Delight" by Starland Vocal Band from the same episode.
Cover by the Cure
The Cure played this song several times during the Head Tour in 1985.[17]
See also
- "Oh Yeah!", a Green Day song that samples Jett's version of the song.
References
- ^ "Joan Jett & the Blackhearts". Billboard.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1982-10-09. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
- ^ "Celebrity | Yahoo News UK". Uk.news.launch.yahoo.com. 2016-10-03. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
- ^ Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) (United States 7-inch vinyl liner notes). Joan Jett & the Blackhearts. The Boardwalk Entertainment Co. 1982. NB-11-150-7.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) (United States 7-inch vinyl liner notes). Joan Jett & the Blackhearts. The Boardwalk Entertainment Co. 1982. NB-11-150-7.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) (Australian 12-inch vinyl liner notes). Joan Jett & the Blackhearts. Liberation Records. 1982. LMD 201.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) (Greek 7-inch vinyl liner notes). Joan Jett & the Blackhearts. Epic Records. 1982. EPC A 2985.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) (United Kingdom 7-inch vinyl liner notes). Joan Jett & the Blackhearts. Epic Records. 1982. EPC A2674.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) (Mexican 7-inch vinyl liner notes). Joan Jett & the Blackhearts. Columbia Records. 1982. K-30,270.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Bad Reputation (Vinyl liner notes). Joan Jett. The Boardwalk Entertainment Co. 1981. NB1 33251.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1982-10-09. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
- ^ "National Music Formats: Added This Week". Radio & Records. No. 442. July 23, 1982. p. 58.
- ^ "Gwyneth Paltrow in Gary Glitter controversy over Glee". Telegraph. 2011-03-11. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
- ^ "The Cure concerts 1985". Cure-concerts.de. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
External links
- Joan Jett - Do You Wanna Touch Me on YouTube
- Do You Wanna Touch Me at Discogs (list of releases)
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