"The Way I Want to Touch You" is a song by Captain and Tennille. The song was written by Toni Tennille

Toni Tennille

Cathryn Antoinette "Toni" Tennille is one-half of the 1970s Grammy Award-winning duo Captain & Tennille. Tennille has also done musical work independently of her husband Daryl Dragon. Tennille has a contralto vocal range.-Biography:...

 and had been released on both the Butterscotch Castle and the Joyce record labels in 1974 before being included on the duo's Love Will Keep Us Together album in 1975. "The Way I Want to Touch You" was the duo's follow-up to their chart-topping hit, "Love Will Keep Us Together

Love Will Keep Us Together

"Love Will Keep Us Together" is a popular song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield in 1973. It was first released in the United Kingdom on Sedaka's 1973 LP The Tra-La Days Are Over, which was never released in the U.S. The song arrived in the U.S...

". It peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 and became their second number one on the Easy Listening chart.

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In 1975, Captain & Tennille recorded this song in Spanish "Como Yo Quiero Sentirte" for the Spanish version of their debut album "Por Amor Viviremos"

In 1995, They re-recorded this song and others for their "20 Years of Romance" cd.