Touch (The Supremes song)

"Touch" is a soft ballad written by Pamela Sawyer and Frank Wilson, who also produced it as a single for Motown recording group The Supremes, who issued it as a single in 1971.

It was the title track of the group's fourteenth studio album of the same name. It was the first single in which sole original Supremes member Mary Wilson had a lead vocal on a released Supremes single. Cindy Birdsong also sings lead toward the end of the song.

The single, upon release, peaked at number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100 becoming the first post-Diana Ross Supremes song to miss the Top 40.^[1] It was also the last single in which Frank Wilson would serve as producer.

This single would later be covered two years later by The Jackson 5 as the b-side to their single "Hallelujah Day", with almost no changes to the lyrics, lead singer Michael Jackson was only fourteen at the time he recorded the song for the Skywriter album.

Personnel

Supremes version

• Lead and background vocals by Jean Terrell, Mary Wilson, and Cindy Birdsong
• Additional background vocals by The Andantes
• Produced by Frank Wilson
• Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers

Jackson 5 version

• Lead vocals by Michael Jackson and Jermaine Jackson
• Background vocals by Jackie Jackson, Tito Jackson and Marlon Jackson
• Produced by Hal Davis
• Instrumentation by various Los Angeles session musicians

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

References