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song performed by

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and

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. The song was written by Jason Nevins, Lisa Molina,

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and James Wirrick. It

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. The song is the sixth and final single from Minogue's fifth album '' Club Disco'' (2007). It was released as a

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on 3 December 2007 in the United Kingdom to mixed reviews from

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. The song was released in Minogue's native Australia on 19 January 2008, but was not eligible to chart in Australia because its

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contained too many

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es by other artists. It entered the top fifty in the UK and became Minogue's thirteenth Upfront Club Chart number one. The song's

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, directed by Andy Soup, was filmed in London, England, and features Minogue in a multi-coloured studio surrounded by a starry background and four dancers.

Background and reception

"Touch Me Like That" was written by record producer

and singer/songwriter Lisa Molina. It

s the

of the

song "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" originally performed and co-written by

and James Wirrick."Touch Me Like That - Tops Club Charts"
DanniiMusic.com. 15 November 2007. Retrieved 16 November 2007. Minogue was offered to provide vocals for the song by Nevins'

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Matt Waterhouse, who was a close friend of Minogue's.Haluska, Krissi
"Jason Nevins tells GenQ how to "Touch Me like that""
. GenQ. 6 February 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2008. Minogue recorded her vocals in

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, England, after Nevins had sent her an

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version of the song to her

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inbox. Nevins produced and programmed the song from his home in

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."Dannii Minogue: Club culture's princess of pop"
InTheMix.com.au. 5 February 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2008. Minogue has cited "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" as one of her favourite disco songs and compared recording "Touch Me Like That" to the "best chocolate cake you ever ate". Nevins had previously

ed Minogue's song "

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" in 2002, but the two had not previously met. He enjoyed working with Minogue and described working with her as "great". "Touch Me Like That" premiered on ''

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'' in United Kingdom on 3 October 2007. In a review for

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, Nick Levine described the song as a "sticky, sweaty club banger" that will guarantee that "Team Minogue’s winning streak continues".

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wrote that the song was a "quaintly dated electro disco workout" and rated it five out of ten stars."New Music Releases: Dannii Minogue 'Touch Me Like That' (All Around The World)"

. 3 December 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2008. Alex Needham of ''

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'' was not impressed with the track, describing it as "dodgy

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- and not in a good way, either".Needham, Alex
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''

''. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2008.

Chart performance

"Touch Me Like That" was officially released in the United Kingdom and Ireland as a digital download on 3 December 2007. The song debuted on the UK Singles Chart on 11 December 2007 at number forty-eight. In Ireland, the track reached number two on the Irish Dance Chart. In Scotland the song debuted and peaked at 18 and stayed in the chart for 6 weeks. In Australia, "Touch Me Like That" was released on 19 January 2008. The

, which featured thirteen tracks, was not eligible to chart because it contained too many remixes by other artists.

Music video

The

for "Touch Me Like That" was directed by Andy Soup and filmed in London, England."Dannographii: Touch Me Like That"
DanniiMusic.com. Retrieved 13 April 2008. It features Minogue in a multi-coloured studio surrounded by a starry background and four dancers. The video begins with

spinning the song on his

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, with a starry background behind him. Minogue, wearing a short white dress and a curly hairdo, is then shown in a room of mirrors and on a suspended dance floor. The final sequence of the video features Minogue in a red dress, surrounded by a spinning cage in a digital room. As the video concludes, all of the scenes are intercut and gradually fade. Minogue was responsible for finding the song's video director and for its concept. Nevins had only two days to film the video because he was busy working on music for the

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s. The video shoot marked the first time Minogue and Nevins had met in person, as previous communication had been through

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Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Touch Me Like That". UK CD single #"Touch Me Like That" (Radio edit) – 3:31 #"Touch Me Like That" (

Extended mix) – 6:28 #"Touch Me Like That" ( Jack Rokka mix) – 6:32 #"Touch Me Like That" (

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Club mix) – 6:36 #"Touch Me Like That" ( StoneBridge Club mix) – 7:58 #"Touch Me Like That" ( LMC mix) – 5:22 #"Touch Me Like That" (Music video) UK 12" vinyl picture disc #"Touch Me Like That" (Jason Nevins Extended mix) – 6:28 #"Touch Me Like That" (Space Cowboy mix) – 5:32 #"Touch Me Like That" (Soul Seekerz Dirty dub) – 7:06 #"Touch Me Like That" (Jack Rokka dub) – 6:37 Australian CD single #"Touch Me Like That" (Radio edit) – 3:31 #"Touch Me Like That" (Space Cowboy Radio edit)^* – 3:31 #"Touch Me Like That" (Stonebridge Club mix) – 7:58 #"Touch Me Like That" (Jason Nevins

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mix) – 6:28 #"Touch Me Like That" (Soul Seekerz Club mix) – 6:36 #"Touch Me Like That" (Soul Seekerz eel MeDirty dub) – 7:06 #"Touch Me Like That" (Jack Rokka remix) – 6:32 #"Touch Me Like That" (Jack Rokka dub) – 6:37 #"Touch Me Like That" (LMC mix) – 5:22 #"Touch Me Like That" (Fugitives Touched Up mix) – 6:24 #"Touch Me Like That" (Jason Nevins Extended mix) – 6:28 ^# #"Touch Me Like That" (Space Cowboy dub) – 4:28 #"Touch Me Like That" (Stonebridge dub) – 6:24 * Mispressing causing track 2 to be a double up of the 'Radio edit', instead of the 'Space Cowboy mix'. As a result, the 'Space Cowboy mix' is not present on the disc.
# Mispressing causing track 11 to be a double up of the 'Jason Nevins Extended mix'.

Personnel

The following people contributed to "Touch Me Like That":"Touch Me Like That" (CD single liner notes). All Around the World. December 2007. *Dannii Minogue – lead vocals, backing vocals *Jason Nevins – songwriter, production, drum

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* Terry Ronald – backing vocals, mixing, vocal

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*Ian Masterson –

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, mixing, vocal production *Valerie Etienne and Michaela Breen – backing vocals *Andrew Hobbs – photography

Charts

References

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