Do You Wanna Touch Me


"Do You Wanna Touch Me", also referred to as "Do You Wanna Touch Me? " is a song by the 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, 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 " was later covered by rock singer Joan Jett in 1980 for her debut solo studio album, Bad Reputation. 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 The commercial was withdrawn when the company learned that Glitter, now a convicted sex offender, had written the song.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.

Track listings and formats

7" and 12" vinyl
  1. "Do You Wanna Touch Me " – 3:24
  2. "Victim of Circumstance" – 2:54US 12" vinyl promo
  3. "Do You Wanna Touch Me " – 3:39
  4. "Summertime Blues" – 2:23Australian and New Zealand 12" vinyl
  5. "Do You Wanna Touch Me " – 3:24
  6. "Victim of Circumstance" – 2:54
  7. "Summertime Blues" – 2:16Brazilian and Greek 7" vinyl
  8. "Do You Wanna Touch Me " – 3:24
  9. "Bad Reputation" – 2:48Ireland, Spain and United Kingdom 7" vinyl
  10. "Do You Wanna Touch Me " – 3:24
  11. "Jezebel" – 3:25 Mexican 7" vinyl
  12. "Do You Wanna Touch Me " – 3:24
  13. "Wooly Bully" – 2:18

Credits and personnel

Credits and personnel are adapted from the Bad Reputation album liner notes.

''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". 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.