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1968 single by The Doors

1968 single by the Doors

"Touch Me"
The Doors-touch me wild child.jpg
Single by the Doors
from the album The Soft Parade
B-side "Wild Child"
Released December 1968
Recorded November 1968
Studio Elektra Sound Recorders, Los Angeles
Genre
  • Pop[i]
  • soul[2]
  • proto-prog[three]
Length 3:eleven
Label Elektra
Songwriter(s) Robby Krieger
Producer(due south) Paul A. Rothchild
The Doors singles chronology
"Hello, I Love You lot"
(1968) 		"Affect Me"
(1968) 		"Wishful Sinful"
(1969)

"Touch Me" is a vocal by the Doors from their album The Soft Parade. Written by guitarist Robby Krieger in late 1968, information technology is notable for its extensive usage of brass and string instruments, including a solo by featured saxophonist Curtis Amy.[iv] [5]

It was released as a unmarried in Dec 1968 and reached No. three on the Billboard Hot 100 (their last Top Ten striking in U.s.a.) and No. 1 in the Cashbox Peak 100 in early on 1969 (the band'southward third American number-one single). The single also did well elsewhere, peaking at No. i in the RPM Canadian Singles Chart and at No. 10 in the Kent Music Study in Australia. However, despite the ring'southward commercial success the previous year, "Touch Me" did not chart in the Britain Singles Chart.

Composition

Co-ordinate to Bruce Botnick's liner notes, the vocal was initially referred to by its various working titles; "I'k Gonna Love You", from a line in the chorus, or "Hit Me", a reference to blackjack. The opening line was originally "C'mon, hitting me ... I'm not afraid", the line thus reflecting the first person vantage bespeak of a blackjack actor.[4] Lead singer Jim Morrison changed the lyric out of concern that rowdy crowds at their live shows would mistakenly believe that "hit me" was a challenge to physically assault him.[6] Additionally, at the finish of the song, Morrison tin be heard shouting "stronger than dirt", which was a slogan from Ajax commercial.[7]

Billboard described the single equally having "all the bulldoze and rhythm of their No. 1 winner, 'Hello, I Beloved You'," stating that "the Doors have a smash follow -upward here."[eight] Greenbacks Box described it as "a marvelous track" in which the Doors "add a helping of beat to their hard-hitting style."[nine]

Musical style and structure

"Touch Me" incorporates influences from traditional pop music.[x] The introduction is notated in the key of Bb Small with a 4/4 time signature.[11] The song'south writer, Robby Krieger interpolated the guitar riff from the 1967 4 Seasons song "C'monday Marianne".[7] The rail's final section piece includes a jazz-inflected saxophone solo played by Curtis Amy.[4] [v]

In the volume A to X of Culling Music, "Touch on Me" was described as a "solid gold soul classic".[2] Writing for AllMusic, critic Jason Elias wrote that the song has "the mode of pop and pure lounge."[12] Some critics suggested the rails blends popular[i] with psychedelic stone; a combination which was unique at the fourth dimension.[10] It has too been characterized, along with other album tracks, as an early effort of progressive stone.[three]

Other version

"Touch Me" was remixed with added bass and compression and this version appeared on a 1974 compilation called Heavy Metal released via Warner Bros. Special Products. The song was later released as ane of the first downloadable content songs for Rock Band iii, forth with several other songs by the band.[13]

Personnel

Per album liner notes:[iv]

The Doors

  • Jim Morrison – lead vocals
  • Ray Manzarek – keyboards
  • Robby Krieger – guitar
  • John Densmore – drums

Additional personnel

  • Paul Harris – orchestral arrangements
  • Harvey Brooks – bass guitar[xiv]
  • Curtis Amy – saxophone (solo)[5]

Chart history

Certifications

References

  1. ^ a b Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (January one, 2008). The New Rolling Rock Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 255. ISBN978-1439109397.
  2. ^ a b Taylor, Steve (2006). The A to X of Alternative Music. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 89. ISBN978-0826473967.
  3. ^ a b Deriso, Nick (July xviii, 2015). "Why the Doors Stumbled Through the Experimental The Soft Parade". Ultimate Classic Rock . Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d Botnick, Bruce; Fricke, David (2007). The Soft Parade (40th Anniversary edition CD booklet). The Doors. Rhino Records.
  5. ^ a b c Ursula Dawn Goldsmith, Melissa (2019). Listen to Classic Stone! Exploring a Musical Genre. ABC-CLIO. p. 94. ISBN978-1440865787.
  6. ^ Kielty, Martin (July 27, 2019). "Why Jim Morrison Refused to Sing the Original 'Touch Me'". Ultimate Classic Rock . Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  7. ^ a b Weidman, Rich (2011). The Doors FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Kings of Acid Rock. Backbeat Books. p. 159. ISBN978-i-61713-017-5.
  8. ^ "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard. December 21, 1968. p. 64. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  9. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. Dec 21, 1968. p. xiv. Retrieved December viii, 2021.
  10. ^ a b Ingalls, Chris (Nov 7, 2019). "The Doors' 'Soft Parade' Gets the Deluxe Edition Handling and a Take chances for Reassessment". PopMatters.
  11. ^ "Digital Sheet Music – The Doors – Touch Me". Sony/ATV Music Publishing. Retrieved March 15, 2021 – via Musicnotes.com.
  12. ^ Elias, Jason. "The Doors: 'Touch Me' – Review". AllMusic . Retrieved February fifteen, 2021.
  13. ^ IGN staff (October 22, 2010). "The Doors Most Loved Songs Kicking Off Rock Band 3 DLC". IGN . Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  14. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 183. ISBNone-85227-745-9.
  15. ^ "NZ Listener chart statistics for Affect Me". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  16. ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved September 2, 2018.
  17. ^ Joel Whitburn'southward Summit Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  18. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, February 8, 1969". Archived from the original on January 16, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  19. ^ "RPM's 100 Hits of 1969". RPM Weekly. January 10, 1970. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  20. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1969/Top 100 Songs of 1969". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  21. ^ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Summit 100 Pop Singles, December 27, 1969". Archived from the original on January 25, 2019. Retrieved January xix, 2018.
  22. ^ "American single certifications – The Doors – Touch Me". Recording Industry Association of America.

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