Joan Jett – Do You Wanna Touch Me
Description
“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)” 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. In Canada, the song spent two weeks at No. 8.
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 The commercial was withdrawn when the company learned that Glitter, now a convicted sex offender, had written the song.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.
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
| Genre | Glam rock | |||
| Length | 3:48 (album version) 3:24 (single version) |
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| Label | Boardwalk | |||
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