Touch Me, Tease Me
| "Touch Me, Tease Me" | ||||
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 1999 cover for the UK release | ||||
| Single by Case featuring Foxy Brown and Mary J. Blige | ||||
| from the album The Nutty Professor and Case | ||||
| Released | April 30, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1995; Quad Studios (New York, NY) | |||
| Genre | R&B, hip hop soul | |||
| Length | 4:10 | |||
| Label | Def Jam | |||
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"Touch Me, Tease Me" is a 1996 song by American R&B singer and songwriter Case. It serves as the second single from his self-titled debut album (1996). The single proved successful, it reached number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100, was ranked 63rd in the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1996 and was Gold certified by the RIAA.[1][2][3] It further reached number 26 in the UK charts.[4]
It features vocals from R&B artist Mary J. Blige and rapper Foxy Brown, with backing vocals by Vernell Foster (later known as Vee of Koffee Brown) and contains a sample of the 1985 classic "P.S.K. (What Does It Mean?)" by Schooly D.
The song also features in the soundtrack to the Eddie Murphy film The Nutty Professor, which scenes are intercut in its music video.
Samples and covers
In 1996 hip hop group The LOX freestyled over the instrumental to "Touch Me, Tease Me" on Hot 97.
The song was later covered by Welsh boyband 3SL in 2002 and reached number 16 on the UK Singles Chart, ten places higher than the original.[5]
In 2009 50 Cent recorded an abbreviated version titled "Touch Me". In its music video, he is seen wearing the same attire as Case in the original version.
In 2018 King Combs (son of Sean "Diddy" Combs) sampled "Touch Me, Tease Me" for his single "Love You Better" featuring vocals from Chris Brown.
References
- ^ "Chart history: Case". Billboard.com. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ "1996: Year-End USA Charts (Singles)". Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ "Touch Me, Tease Me. Case". RIAA. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ "Official singles Chart for Touch Me Tease Me". Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 558. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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