"Touch Me" is a house

House music

House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

 song by Portuguese producer

Record producer

A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

 Rui da Silva

Rui da Silva

Rui da Silva is a Portuguese producer and DJ, whose single "Touch Me" topped the UK Singles Chart in 2001.At the time, he was the only Portuguese musician to have a UK hit, and hence was the first to score a UK number one.-Career:...

 featuring vocals written and performed by British singer Cassandra Fox

Cass Fox

Cassandra Fox is a musical artist from England. She is best known for co-writing and singing on the 2001 hit single Touch Me which she produced with Rui Da Silva.-Biography:...

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"Touch Me" is arguably Rui da Silva's most popular song, spending one week at the number-one spot on the UK chart, the first song by a Portuguese musician to do so, lasting a total of 14 weeks on the chart alone and selling over 300,000 copies. The soulful vocal, trance chords, and deep house groove of "Touch Me" earned Rui an award for Best Single in the Muzik Magazine Dance Awards 2001, as well as a nomination for Best Breakthrough Artist at the Dance Star Awards.

"Touch Me" originally contained a sample of the Spandau Ballet

Spandau Ballet

Spandau Ballet are a British band formed in London in the late 1970s. Initially inspired by, and an integral part of, the New Romantic fashion, their music has featured a mixture of funk, jazz, soul and synthpop. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s, achieving ten Top Ten singles...

 song, "Chant No. 1". Because the sample was used without permission Rui Da Silva was sued by record company BMG and had to give share of the song away.

Vocalist Cassandra Fox co-wrote the song (Cass writing the lyrics, Silva writing the backing track) hanging out at Silva's studio after the two met when he saw her performing in the West End. Cassandra, however, felt dance music wasn't what she wanted to do, and shortly after the success of "Touch Me", parted ways with Silva.

In 2011 the song was sampled on Gil Scott-Heron

Gil Scott-Heron

Gilbert "Gil" Scott-Heron was an American soul and jazz poet, musician, and author known primarily for his work as a spoken word performer in the 1970s and '80s...

 and Jamie xx

Jamie xx

Jamie Smith is an English music producer and remix artist, who gained fame both as solo act and as a member of the London-based band The xx....

's "Ur Soul And Mine" from the album We're New Here

We're New Here

We're New Here is a remix album by American recording artist Gil Scott-Heron and English music producer Jamie "xx" Smith, released February 21, 2011, on XL Recordings and Young Turks Records. It is a reworking of Scott-Heron's studio album I'm New Here...

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Versions

1. "Touch Me" (Original Mix)
2. "Touch Me" (Saffron Mix)
3. "Touch Me" (Radio Edit)
4. "Touch Me" (Double 99 Club Mix)
5. "Touch Me" (Double 99 Dub Mix)
6. "Touch Me" (Peace Division
   Peace Division
   Peace Division is the production name for the tribal house duo Clive Henry and Justin Drake. Together, they have proven to be one of the most prolific UK tribal house producers starting with their first record in 1994....
   
    Higher Mix)
7. "Touch Me" (Peace Division Higher Dub)

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position

Cassandra Fox's version

Cassandra Fox released her own version in 2006, re-recording it with her own backing track for her album Come Here

Come Here

Come Here is Cass Fox's first full length album release as a solo artist.Commenting on her own album she said:"I want this album to touch people, That’s the most important thing to me; that it connects to people and perhaps tells them that whatever it is they want to do, they can do it. If I can,...

. Information of the re-release was posted on her personal web-site. "4 years after the track was originally number one, the track written and sung by Cass with Rui da Silva is being re-released on October 30th. Remixes come from X-Press 2

X-Press 2

X-Press 2 is an English electronic and dance music duo. The members are DJ Diesel and DJ Rocky . Ashley Beedle left to pursue solo projects in 2009.-History:...

, Tom Neville and Spencer & Hill and have already been getting plays on Radio 1 (Judge Jules) and Kiss FM."

Track listing

CD single

1. Touch Me (Spencer & Hill Radio Edit)
2. Touch Me (X-Press 2
   X-Press 2
   X-Press 2 is an English electronic and dance music duo. The members are DJ Diesel and DJ Rocky . Ashley Beedle left to pursue solo projects in 2009.-History:...
   
   's Rave and Bleep Vocal)
3. Touch Me (Tom Neville Mix)
4. Touch Me (Spencer & Hill Full Length Mix)
5. Touch Me (Tom Elmhirst Radio Edit ) ^*Hidden Track

12"

1. Touch Me (Spencer & Hill Full Length Mix)
2. Touch Me (Tom Neville Mix)
3. Touch Me (X-Press 2
   X-Press 2
   X-Press 2 is an English electronic and dance music duo. The members are DJ Diesel and DJ Rocky . Ashley Beedle left to pursue solo projects in 2009.-History:...
   
   's Rave and Bleep Vocal)

Download only (Via 7 Digital and iTunes)

1. Touch me (Mike Koglin & Jono Grant Remix)

External links

• Rui Da Silva on Myspace - Listen to & Free Download of "Touch Me" Original Version (8:35) Available Here (MP3 Mono @ 96 kbit/s)