Touch Me (Rui da Silva song)

"Touch Me"
Single by Rui da Silva featuring Cassandra
Released1 January 2001 (2001-01-01)
Genre
Length
  • 8:36 (original mix)
  • 3:40 (radio edit)
Label
Composer(s)Rui da Silva
Lyricist(s)Cassandra Fox
Producer(s)Rui da Silva
Rui da Silva singles chronology
"Touch Me"
(2001) 		"Feel the Love"
(2002)
Cass Fox singles chronology
"Touch Me"
(2001) 		"Out of My Reach"
(2005)
Music video
"Touch Me" on YouTube

"Touch Me" is a song by Portuguese house music producer Rui da Silva and British singer-songwriter Cassandra Fox. The song began to gain popularity after being played in dance clubs in October 2000. The track was originally scheduled for release in December 2000, but it was postponed to avoid competing with songs that would experience sales surges resulting from the Christmas holiday period. It was eventually released on 1 January 2001.

The single spent one week at number one on the UK Singles Chart and sold over 600,000 copies, earning a platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). It was the first progressive house song to reach number one in the UK as well as the first song by a Portuguese act to top the chart.[1][2] The song also reached number one in Ireland and Silva's native Portugal while peaking inside the top 10 in Flanders, Greece, and Spain. In the United States, it reached number seven on the Billboard Dance Club Play chart. "Touch Me" earned Rui an award for Best Single in the Muzik magazine Dance Awards 2001.[3]

  1. ^ Passantino, Dom (10 April 2006). "Gotta Get Thru This: Dom Passantino's Survey of the New Millennium's UK #1 Singles". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 June 2006. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  2. ^ Jones, Alan (13 January 2001). "Chart Commentary". Music Week. p. 11.
  3. ^ "New Order honoured at dance awards". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 12 October 2001. Retrieved 11 January 2021.