Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Jul 31, 2024 10:06:37 GMT
Released, with Wild Child as a B-Side, as a taster for the forthcoming album The Soft Parade.
This was the first time the band used brass & strings and this was a hit and miss with fans.
A Hit as it reached #1 but a miss because many fans who had been with the band since 1966/67 were not comfortable with the band they knew
working with a more poppy sound.
Doors guitarist Robby Krieger wrote this song as "Hit Me," based on fights he had with his girlfriend.
The lyric was, "C'mon, hit me, I'm not afraid." In a rare show of restraint, Jim Morrison insisted on changing it to "Touch Me."
At the end of the song, the band chants "Stronger than dirt!".
This is from an Ajax commercial popular at the time where a white knight rides around destroying dirt.
The last four chords of the song were also lifted from the commercial.
USA 1968 Chart #1
The B Side Wild Child was at odds with that and would have been at home on the bands first couple of LPs.
The album would not appear until Summer 1969 so it was through singles the band would promote the LP.
Most Doors fans place it #6 in their list of albums but it was an interesting experiment sadly marred by the insanity of the producer
who sought a standard the band was not capable of instead of working to the bands strengths as a progressive rock band.
In some countries the song was released before Xmas in 1968 whilst others saw an early 1969 release.
This was an odd one as it was a hit in Switzerland #10, New Zealand #6, Australia #10, Austria #16 and Canada #1.
Yet other parts of Europe not so. Germany #39, Netherlands #21 with France and the UK failing to chart even after having some decent reviews in the music media.
Another important market was Japan where Touch Me reached #20 and was in their chart for 21 weeks.
USA 1968 Different label
This was the first time the band used brass & strings and this was a hit and miss with fans.
A Hit as it reached #1 but a miss because many fans who had been with the band since 1966/67 were not comfortable with the band they knew
working with a more poppy sound.
Doors guitarist Robby Krieger wrote this song as "Hit Me," based on fights he had with his girlfriend.
The lyric was, "C'mon, hit me, I'm not afraid." In a rare show of restraint, Jim Morrison insisted on changing it to "Touch Me."
At the end of the song, the band chants "Stronger than dirt!".
This is from an Ajax commercial popular at the time where a white knight rides around destroying dirt.
The last four chords of the song were also lifted from the commercial.
USA 1968 Chart #1
The B Side Wild Child was at odds with that and would have been at home on the bands first couple of LPs.
The album would not appear until Summer 1969 so it was through singles the band would promote the LP.
Most Doors fans place it #6 in their list of albums but it was an interesting experiment sadly marred by the insanity of the producer
who sought a standard the band was not capable of instead of working to the bands strengths as a progressive rock band.
In some countries the song was released before Xmas in 1968 whilst others saw an early 1969 release.
This was an odd one as it was a hit in Switzerland #10, New Zealand #6, Australia #10, Austria #16 and Canada #1.
Yet other parts of Europe not so. Germany #39, Netherlands #21 with France and the UK failing to chart even after having some decent reviews in the music media.
Another important market was Japan where Touch Me reached #20 and was in their chart for 21 weeks.
USA 1968 Different label
