"Touch my body" is co-written by Mariah, Cri$tyle and Terius "The-Dream" Nash for
the album "E=MC2", and the first single off the album. It was produced by Mariah and
Tricky Stewart. Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, stated: "Touch My Body rides a relatively
restrained slow-dance groove, with some light, orchestral-synth flourishes thrown in.
The rhythm is almost completely carried by an effortless keyboard bump, the easygoing
repetitiveness of which eventually wears the listener down, and sets up a delicate frame
for Carey to sing around."
The song was chosen as the lead single of the album during a vote with producer L.A. Reid
and staff in Island Records. The song was transmitted digitally to radio stations on
February 12 at 6:30pm ET for immediate airplay via All Access. The single went for adds
on radio station playlists on February 19. "Touch my body" premiered on Chicago's hit
rhythmic radio station, B96, ahead of schedule at 4:00pm.
Reviews of the song by critics have been generally positive. Billboard was quite positive,
saying that "this sensual jam is 100% Mariah, packed with satisfying harmonic layers and
hooky background 'oh's', supersonic verses and a chorus as catchy as a winter sniffle."
Blender stated that it was a "pop genius making genius pop".Bill Lamb from About.com also
gave "Touch my body" a positive review, giving it 4 out of 5 stars, stating that the
single "is simple, sexy elegance from one of the most enduring of pop stars". Newsday also
named it as the "Song of the Week", commenting that it was "the best opening single she's
had since Heartbreaker". Digital Spy was also positive, saying "its cooing, sensual charms
soon take hold, suggesting the wind's still very much behind the Carey comeback
bandwagon".
Some critics were less positive. Slant Magazine's Sal Cinquemani said that the single
"isn't exactly filled with combustible energy and it lacks the full-throttle belting that
accompanied the Return of the Voice three years ago, but it features all of the
characteristics one expects from a latter-day Mariah track". Website Urban Review stated
that although the song had that "Mariah feel" to it, it was "underwhelming". Rolling Stone
gave it 3.5 stars in its March 6, 2008 issue, as they felt that "this hyperdirty single
has Mariah's storied vocal range... blunted in favor of generic, highly digitized heavy
breathing, but it is a spare, slick track composed mostly of synths and finger snaps".
Brett Ratner is the director of the video. Ratner also directed Mariah's videos for "I
still believe", "Heartbreaker", "Thank God I found you", "It's like that", and "We belong
together". In an interview with AllHipHop.com, Ratner said, "Mariah is musically at the
top of her game and has never looked better. This will be our 6th music video we have
collaborated on and definitely the best one yet visually, as well as musically. The video
for Touch My Body is the perfect combination of fantasy and comedy with Mariah looking
more beautiful than she has ever looked, ever." The video also stars Jack McBrayer from
30 Rock, a show that Mariah is a fan of.
On April 2, 2008, "Touch my body" became Mariah's 18th Number 1 single on Billboard's
Hot 100.
| CD-SINGLES |
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5" CD-single (3293)
no catalogue number
collection Wojciech Sichniewicz
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Radio Version)
2. Touch my body (Instrumental) | |
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5" CD-single from Australia (2976)
no catalogue number
promo, picture disc
collection Peter Bozoski
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Radio Edit) | |
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5" CD-single from Australia (2939)
1766285
collection Jamie Griffith
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body
2. Touch my body (Remix feat. The-Dream)
3. Touch my body (Seamus Haji - Club)
4. Touch my body (video) | |
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5" CD-single from Brazil (2977)
2802879
promo
collection YoungTaek Lim
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Single Version)
2. Touch my body (Seamus Haji Radio Edit)
3. Touch my body (Seamus Haji - Club)
4. Touch my body (Craig C's Radio Edit)
5. Touch my body (Craig C's Club) | |
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5" CD-single from China (2963)
no catalogue number
promo
collection Jay New
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Seamus Haji - Club Remixes) | |
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5" CD-single from Denmark (3095)
no catalogue number
promo
collection Wojciech Sichniewicz
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body | |
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5" CD-single from Europe (2935)
no catalogue number
promo
collection David Hinz
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Radio Edit) | |
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5" CD-single from Europe (2934)
MCTOUCHCDP1
promo
collection Gonçalo Peres
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Radio)
2. Touch my body (Instrumental) | |
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5" CD-single from Europe (2953)
MCTOUCHCDX1
promo
collection Gustavo Veloso
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Radio Edit)
2. Touch my body (Seamus Haji Radio Edit)
3. Touch my body (Craig C's Radio Edit)
4. Touch my body (Seamus Haji Club Mix)
5. Touch my body (Craig C's Club Mix) | |
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5" CD-single from Europe (2945)
602517662841
collection Bernadette Kasander
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Radio Edit)
2. Touch my body (Seamus Haji Radio Edit) | |
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5" CD-single from Europe / France (3035)
602517662841
collection Marco Hendriks
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Radio Edit)
2. Touch my body (Seamus Haji Radio Edit) | |
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5" CD-single from Europe (2949)
602517662858
collection Bernadette Kasander
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Radio Edit)
2. Touch my body (Remix feat. The-Dream)
3. Touch my body (Seamus Haji Club Mix)
4. Touch my body (video) | |
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5" CD-single from France (3070)
no catalogue number
promo
collection Mike Furhmann
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body | |
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5" CD-single from Germany (2957)
00602517670464
collection Dave Corneau / David Hinz
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Radio Edit)
2. Touch my body (Seamus Haji Radio Edit) | |
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5" CD-single from Japan (3050)
no catalogue number
promo
collection Eric Sin (Xinyue Wu)
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body | |
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5" CD-single from Japan (2959)
UICL-5024
collection YoungTaek Lim
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Radio Edit)
2. Touch my body (feat. The-Dream)
3. Touch my body (Seamus Haji Club Mix) | |
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5" CD-single from Japan (3087)
UICL-5024
promo
collection Stefano Veneziani
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Radio Edit)
2. Touch my body (feat. The-Dream)
3. Touch my body (Seamus Haji Club Mix)
This CD-Single is exactly the same as item 2959, but on the front cover are
promo stickers and on the CD is written "sample loaned". | |
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5" CD-single from Mexico (3283)
CDP 202099
promo
collection Andy Hermawan Tjondrodihardjo
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Radio) | |
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5" CD-single from Mexico (3021)
CDP 202100
promo
collection K. Nakajima / Michael Spinelli
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Radio Edit)
2. Touch my body (Seamus Haji Radio Edit)
3. Touch my body (Craig C's Radio Edit)
4. Touch my body (Seamus Haji Club Mix)
5. Touch my body (Craig C's Club Mix) | |
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5" CD-single from South-Korea (2951)
DP9779/176 628-5
collection YoungTaek Lim / Soyeon Park
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Radio Edit)
2. Touch my body (Remix feat. The-Dream)
3. Touch my body (Seamus Haji Club Mix)
4. Touch my body (video) | |
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5" CD-single from South-Korea (3368)
DP9779/176 628-5
promo
collection YoungTaek Lim
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Radio Edit)
2. Touch my body (Remix feat. The-Dream)
3. Touch my body (Seamus Haji Club Mix)
4. Touch my body (video)
This CD-Single is exactly the same as item 2951, but on the front cover is a promo sticker. | |
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5" CD-single from Thailand (2948)
176 628-5
collection Chawalit Tawatcharaporn
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Radio Edit)
2. Touch my body (Remix feat. The-Dream)
3. Touch my body (Seamus Haji Club Mix)
4. Touch my body (video) | |
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5" CD-single from the UK (2943)
no catalogue number
promo
collection Wojciech Sichniewicz
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Radio Edit) | |
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5" CD-single from the UK (3114)
no catalogue number
promo
collection Samantha Cullen
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Radio Edit)
The back cover is different from item 2943. | |
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5" CD-single from the UK (3311)
no catalogue number
promo
collection Wojciech Sichniewicz
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Radio Edit)
The back cover is different from item 2943 and item 3114. | |
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5" CD-single from the UK (3037)
TOUCHMYCJ1
promo
collection K. Nakajima
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Radio)
2. Touch my body (Instrumental) | |
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5" CD-single from the UK (2946)
1766284
collection Wojciech Sichniewicz / Bernadette Kasander
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Radio Edit)
2. Touch my body (Seamus Haji Radio Edit) | |
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5" CD-single from the UK (2996)
1766284
promo
collection Thomas
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Radio Edit)
2. Touch my body (Seamus Haji Radio Edit)
This CD-Single is exactly the same as item 2946, but on the back cover is a
sticker saying "promo only - not for sale". | |
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5" CD-single from the UK (3018)
no catalogue number
promo
collection David Hinz
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Seamus Haji Readio Edit)
2. Touch my body (Craig C Radio Edit)
3. Touch my body (Seamus Haji Club Mix)
4. Touch my body (Craig C Club Mix) | |
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5" CD-single from the UK (2947)
1766285
collection Wojciech Sichniewicz
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Radio Edit)
2. Touch my body (Remix feat. The-Dream)
3. Touch my body (Seamus Haji Club Mix)
4. Touch my body (video) | |
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5" CD-single from the UK (2942)
no catalogue number
promo
collection Stephen Slack
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Seamus Haji Club Mix)
2. Touch my body (Craig C Club Mix)
3. Touch my body (Seamus Haji Radio Edit)
4. Touch my body (Craig C Radio Edit)
5. Touch my body (Original) | |
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5" CD-single from the UK (3011)
no catalogue number
called "Urban Remixes", most likely a bootleg
collection Bernadette Kasander
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (R'n'b Remix feat. The Dream)
2. Touch my body (Tricky Remix feat. The Dream & Rick Ross - Intro)
3. Touch my body (Tricky Remix feat. The Dream & Rick Ross - Instrumental)
4. Touch my body (Love Hate Remix feat. The Dream & Rick Ross)
5. Touch my body (Desert Storm Remix feat. Cam'Ron)
6. Touch my body (Original) | |
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5" CD-single from the UK (3010)
no catalogue number
most likely a bootleg
collection Bernadette Kasander
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Radio Edit)
2. Touch my body (Intro Version)
3. Touch my body (Instrumental)
4. Touch my body (Acapella)
5. Touch my body (Seamus Haji Radio Edit)
6. Touch my body (Seamus Haji Club Mix)
7. Touch my body (Tiesto Remix)
8. Touch my body (Craig C Radio Mix)
9. Touch my body (Craig C Club Mix)
10. Touch my body (Kris Menace Mix)
11. Touch my body (Matrix Dappa Remix)
12. Touch my body (R'n'b Remix feat. The Dream) | |
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5" CD-single from the USA (3108)
no catalogue number
promo
collection Andy Tjondrodihardjo
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Love/Hate Remix feat. Rick Ross and The-Dream) | |
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5" CD-single from the USA (2944)
no catalogue number
promo
collection Jamie Griffith
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Radio Edit)
2. Touch my body (Instrumental) | |
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5" CD-single from the USA (2937)
ISLR 16820-2
promo
collection Jay New / Jamie Griffith
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Radio Edit)
2. Touch my body (Instrumental) | |
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5" CD-single from the USA (2986)
ISLR 16880-2
promo
collection Cleyton Bento
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Seamus Haji & Paul Emanuel Radio Edit)
2. Touch my body (Craig C Radio Edit)
3. Touch my body (Subkulcha Radio Edit)
4. Touch my body (Seamus Haji & Paul Emanuel Club Remix)
5. Touch my body (Craig C Club Remix)
6. Touch my body (Subkulcha Remix)
7. Touch my body (Seamus Haji & Paul Emanuel Dub)
8. Touch my body (Craig C Dub) | |
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5" DVD-Single from (3080)
no catalogue number
promo
collection Marcel Trupia
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (incl. slate) | |
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12" vinyl maxi-single from Europe (2941)
LC00407 MCTOUCHVP1
promo
collection Jonathan Castro
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Radio)
2. Touch my body (Instrumental) | |
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12" vinyl maxi-single from Europe (3013)
MCTOUCHVX1
promo, called "Remixes"
collection Gustavo
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Seamus Haji Radio Edit)
2. Touch my body (Seamus Haji Club Mix)
3. Touch my body (Craig C's Radio Edit)
4. Touch my body (Craig C's Club Mix) | |
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12" vinyl maxi-single from Italy (3025)
NWI 272 Mix 2008
called "Remixes"
collection Cristiano Mancini
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Seamus Haji & Paul Emanuel Club)
2. Touch my body (Craig C Club)
3. Touch my body (Radio Edit) | |
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12" vinyl maxi-single from the UK (2950)
1766281
picture disc
collection Bernadette Kasander / Wojciech Sichniewicz
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Radio Edit)
2. Touch my body (Craig C'S Radio Edit)
3. Touch my body (Instrumental)
4. Touch my body (Seamus Haji Club Mix) | |
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12" vinyl maxi-single from the UK (3040)
MCMRMX01DJ
promo, called "RNB Remix EP"
collection Wojciech Sichniewicz
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Main - R. Kelly Remix)
2. Touch my body (Clean ft The Dream - Remix)
3. Touch my body (Clean ft Bizzy Bone & Enemigo - Remix)
4. Touch my body (Clean ft Camron - Remix)
5. Touch my body (Instrumental ft Camron - Remix) | |
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12" vinyl maxi-single from the USA (3008)
B0011159-11
collection Bernadette Kasander
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Main)
2. Touch my body (Instrumental)
3. Touch my body (Remix featuring Rick Ross and The-Dream)
4. Touch my body (Instrumental) | |
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12" vinyl maxi-single from the USA (3229)
DEFR-17999
promo
collection Wojciech Sichniewicz
Tracklisting:
1. Touch my body (Main)
2. Touch my body (Remix feat. The Dream)
3. Touch my body (Instrumental)
4. Finer things (DJ Felli Fel feat. Kanye West, Ne-Yo, Jermaine Dupri & Fabolous) (Clean)
5. Finer things (Instrumental) | |
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| SHEET MUSIC |
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sheet music from the USA (3138)
HL 00353770
Hal Leonard Corporation
piano - vocal - guitar
8 pages
collection Raymond Yang | |
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