Touch Me (The Doors song)

"Touch Me" is a song by The Doors from their album The Soft Parade. It is notable for its extensive usage of brass and string instruments to accent Jim Morrison's vocals, and was one of the most popular Doors songs ever released. It was released as a single in December 1968.

One of the most famous television appearances of the Doors is of the group performing "Touch Me" on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.

At the end of the song, one of the Doors can be heard singing the phrase "stronger than dirt" over the last four notes of the song, a comic reference to the jingle for Ajax laundry detergent.

The song was originally supposed to be titled "Hit Me," however Morrison felt that "Touch Me" was a more suggestive title. It was written by Robbie Krieger after getting in a fight with his girlfriend.

Ian Astbury covered the song for the Doors tribute album, "Stoned Immaculate: The Music of the Doors".

It was also hummed in School of Rock, by Jack Black, when he was teaching Lawrence what to play on the piano. It is on the School of Rock soundtrack.