Touch Me (Yoko Ono song)
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| "Touch Me" | |
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| Single by Yoko Ono & Plastic Ono Band | |
| from the album Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band | |
| A-side | "Power to the People" (John Lennon & Plastic Ono Band) |
| Released | March 22, 1971 (US only) |
| Recorded | September–October 1970 |
| Studio | Abbey Road Studios, London[1] |
| Length | 3:40 |
| Label | Apple |
| Songwriter(s) | Yoko Ono |
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"Touch Me" is a song written by Yoko Ono that was first released on her 1970 album Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band. An edited version was later released in the U.S. as the B-side to John Lennon's single "Power to the People".
"Touch Me" was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London during recording sessions in September and October 1970.[1][2]
"Touch Me" features vocals by Ono backed by Lennon on guitar, Klaus Voormann on bass guitar and Ringo Starr on drums.[1] Beatle biographer John Blaney describes the instrumentation provided by Lennon, Voormann and Starr as a "jazz-rock fusion" and states that "their investigations into group dynamics [produce] a wave of sound to support Ono's vocal modulations."[1] On the other hand, Beatle biographer Bruce Spizer states that the song consists of "little more than Yoko wailing over a changing and disjointed musical backdrop."[2] Music lecturers Ben Urish and Ken Bielen describe the song as "a gritty effort, with grumbling and staccato guitar work from Lennon under Ono's alternately fractured and wavering vocals."[3] Music critic Johnny Rogan describes the song as a "highly wrought performance by Yoko, reinforced by instrumental contributions from Lennon, Voormann and Starr."[4] In addition to instrumentation, the song includes the sound of a tree falling early on.[3]
