(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear

"(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear"
UK vinyl single picture sleeve
Single by Blondie
from the album Plastic Letters
B-side	"Poet's Problem" "Detroit 442"
Released	April 1978
Recorded	1977
Studio	Plaza Sound Studios
Genre	New wave[1]
Length	2:43
Label	Chrysalis (UK)
Songwriter(s)	Gary Valentine
Producer(s)	Richard Gottehrer
Blondie singles chronology
"Denis" (1978) "(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear" (1978) "Picture This" (1978)
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"(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear" is a song by the American band Blondie, from their 1978 album Plastic Letters. Written by former Blondie bassist Gary Valentine, the song was based on the telepathic connections that Valentine believed he experienced with his girlfriend, journalist Lisa Jane Persky, while on tour. Though Valentine had recently left the band, drummer Clem Burke convinced the band to record the song for Plastic Letters.

"Presence, Dear" was released in 1978 as the second single from Plastic Letters, reaching number 10 in the UK singles chart in May 1978. It was never released as a single in the US. The song has since seen critical acclaim and has been ranked by some music writers as one of the band's best songs.