"(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear" is a song from the 1977 album Plastic Letters by Blondie, and was the second single off that album, following up the international breakthrough single "Denis", reaching number 10 in the UK in May 1978. It was never released as a single in the US.
[edit] Song information
It was written by former bass player Gary Valentine, for his then girlfriend Lisa Jane Persky before his departure from the band. Valentine had also written the band's first single, "X-Offender".
The single was issued in both 7" & 12" formats in the UK, with two songs on the B-side, as were previous singles, "Rip Her to Shreds" and "Denis". One of the single's B-side tracks was "Detroit 442", and the other was Jimmy Destri's "Poets Problem", which was not on the original release of Plastic Letters. "Poets Problem" was first issued on CD on the 1993 rarities compilation Blonde and Beyond and later as a bonus track on both the 1994 and 2001 re-releases of Plastic Letters.
"(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear" was included on Blondie's first 'greatest hits' compilation, The Best of Blondie, released in October 1981.
[edit] Cover versions
Tracey Ullman covered the song in her 1983 album, You Broke My Heart in 17 Places. In 1995, Annie Lennox covered it as the B-side of her single, "A Whiter Shade of Pale".
[edit] Release history
- UK 7" and 12" (CHS 2217)
[edit] Side one
- "(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear" (Gary Valentine) – 2:43
[edit] Side two
- "Poets Problem" (Jimmy Destri) – 2:20
- "Detroit 442" (Jimmy Destri, Chris Stein) – 2:28
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10 |
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