Touch My Body

Chicago radio station B96 premiered “Touch My Body,” the lead single from Mariah's E=MC² album, on February 12, 2008. “Tricky and The-Dream were in the studio and Dream started to sing all these things like ‘with the camera up in here’ and all that stuff but he was talking about it from a guy's perspective and I was like, ‘Wait a minute. No, I have to turn this around,” Mariah explained. “I finished writing the record with a friend of mine, Cristyle Johnson, and we were coming from a girl's point of view and I was like, ‘Let me flip this a little and say, the camera's gonna leave with me when I do. And if you run your mouth and brag about this secret rendezvous, I will hunt you down’.”

“Touch My Body” was officially released on March 24, 2008, and became Mariah's eighteenth number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making her the solo artist with the most number-one songs in US history — surpassing the record previously held by Elvis Presley. “I really can never put myself in the category of people who have not only revolutionized music but also changed the world,” Mariah told The Associated Press. “That's a completely different era and time. I'm just feeling really happy and grateful.” “Touch My Body” spent two weeks atop the Hot 100 chart and was certified 3x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on September 26, 2022.

In the United Kingdom, “Touch My Body” peaked at number five on the Official Singles Chart, Mariah's highest position since “We Belong Together” peaked at number two in 2005. It became Mariah's twenty-fourth Top 10 single in the country and was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry on December 28, 2018.

Remixes

The “Touch My Body” remix, featuring Rick Ross and The-Dream, became available on March 28, 2008. “Whenever an artist of Mariah's caliber is involved you gotta bring your A game,” Rick Ross explained. “‘Touch My Body’ is a big record and I just had to add that street flavor, that Maybach music.” The dance remixes, produced by Craig C., Seamus Haji & Paul Emmanuel and Subkulcha, took the song to the top of Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart during the week of May 10, 2008.

Music Video

The music video for “Touch My Body” was directed by Brett Ratner and filmed at Shawn Sedaghat's house in Beverly Hills, California. The video, which premiered on February 27, 2008, features an appearance by actor Jack McBrayer playing a computer technician who falls in love with Mariah at first sight. “[Brett Ratner] had some time because of the writers' strike, and he was really feeling the record,” Mariah told MTV. “The idea of Jack McBrayer came up, and I was like, ‘That's amazing!’ Because he is hilarious. Why take this so seriously? They're videos.”

Releases

United States

In the United States, “Touch My Body” was only commercially released on 12" Vinyl, including the Main and Instrumental versions of both the Album Version of “Touch My Body” and the Remix featuring Rick Ross and The-Dream.

Europe

The European “Touch My Body” CD Single features the Radio Edit and the Seamus Haji Radio Edit of the song, while the Maxi Single — an enhanced CD — includes the Radio Edit, the Remix featuring The-Dream, the Seamus Haji Club Mix and the “Touch My Body” music video. The UK got an exclusive Vinyl release, a 12" Picture Disc featuring the Radio Edit, the Craig C. Radio Edit and the Instrumental Version of the song.

Australia and Asia

Only the “Touch My Body” Maxi Single, containing the Radio Edit, the Remix featuring The-Dream, the Seamus Haji Club Mix and the “Touch My Body” music video, was released in Australasia. The Japanese “Touch My Body” Maxi Single, released April 2, includes the same three tracks with the exception of the music video.

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Lyrics

Album Version

I know that you been waiting for it, I'm waiting too
In my imagination I be all up on you
I know you got that fever for me 102°
And boy I know I feel the same
My temperature's through the roof

If there's a camera up in here
Then it's gon' leave with me when I do
If there's a camera up in here
Then I best not catch this flick on You Tube
Cause if you run your mouth
And brag about this secret rendezvous
I will hunt you down
Cause they be all up in my business
Like a Wendy interview
But this is private 'tween you and I

Touch my body, put me on the floor
Wrestle me around, play with me some more
Touch my body, throw me on the bed
I just wanna make you feel like you never did
Touch my body, let me wrap my thighs
All around your waist, just a little taste
Touch my body, know you like my curves
Come on and give me what I deserve
And touch my body

Boy you can put me on you like a brand new white tee
I'll hug your body tighter than my favorite jeans
I want you to caress me like a tropical breeze
And float away with you in my Caribbean seas

If there's a camera up in here
Then it's gon' leave with me when I do
If there's a camera up in here
Then I best not catch this flick on You Tube (You Tube)
Cause if you run your mouth
And brag about this secret rendezvous
I will hunt you down
Cause they be all up in my business
Like a Wendy interview
But this is private 'tween you and I

Touch my body, put me on the floor
Wrestle me around, play with me some more
Touch my body, throw me on the bed
I just wanna make you feel like you never did
Touch my body, let me wrap my thighs
All around your waist, just a little taste
Touch my body, know you like my curves
Come on and give me what I deserve
And touch my body

I'm gonna treat you like a teddy bear
You won't wanna go nowhere
In the lap of luxury
Laying intertwined with me
You won't want for nothin' boy
I will give you plenty joy

Touch my body, put me on the floor
Wrestle me around, play with me some more
Touch my body, throw me on the bed
I just wanna make you feel like you never did
Touch my body, let me wrap my thighs
All around your waist, just a little taste
Touch my body, know you like my curves
Come on and give me what I deserve
And touch my body


Written by M. Carey, C. Stewart, T. Nash, C. Johnson.
Produced by C. “Tricky” Stewart, Terius “The-Dream” Nash and Mariah Carey.

Remix featuring The-Dream

I know that you been waiting for it, I'm waiting too
In my imagination I be all up on you
I know you got that fever for me 102°
And boy I know I feel the same
My temperature's through the roof

If there's a camera up in here
Then it's gon' leave with me when I do
If there's a camera up in here
Then I best not catch this flick on YouTube
Cause if you run your mouth
And brag about this secret rendezvous
I will hunt you down
Cause they be all up in my business
Like a Wendy interview
But this is private 'tween you and I

Touch my body, put me on the floor
Wrestle me around, play with me some more
Touch my body, throw me on the bed
I just wanna make you feel like you never did
Touch my body, let me wrap my thighs
All around your waist, just a little taste
Touch my body, know you like my curves
Come on and give me what I deserve
And touch my body

The-Dream:
Yes indeed, it's the American dream
Girl I wanna touch your, work your, taste your body
Want you to do it to my, get up on my, sit up on my body

If there's a camera up in here
It might leave when I do, when I do
If there's a camera up in here
Load that right on up to YouTube, I'm just playin'
Hey MC tell me what to say when they find out 'bout me and you
The tabloid's callin' us out
And I cannot deny it when I'm up in here with you
You're amazing, love it when you say

Mariah:
Touch my body, put me on the floor
Wrestle me around, play with me some more
Touch my body, throw me on the bed
I just wanna make you feel like you never did
Touch my body, let me wrap my thighs
All around your waist, just a little taste
Touch my body, know you like my curves
Come on and give me what I deserve
And touch my body

I'm gonna treat you like a teddy bear
You won't wanna go nowhere
In the lap of luxury
Laying intertwined with me
You won't want for nothin' boy
I will give you plenty joy

Touch my body, put me on the floor
Wrestle me around, play with me some more
Touch my body, throw me on the bed
I just wanna make you feel like you never did
Touch my body, let me wrap my thighs
All around your waist, just a little taste
Touch my body, know you like my curves
Come on and give me what I deserve


Written by M. Carey, C. Stewart, T. Nash, C. Johnson.
Produced by C. “Tricky” Stewart, Terius “The-Dream” Nash and Mariah Carey.

Remix featuring Rick Ross & The-Dream

Rick Ross:
Limousine dreams, cavalier cream
To ride wit a boss yeah she gotta be a queen
I can't be Trilla from the jump
Her people was a chump
He max her credit card I stuff 'em mattress wit them lumps
You my girl, you my girl, you gotta say it twice
She all Gucci down all green and red stripes
Back to the dress, green logo on her pants
Shitzu wit her unless she solo on her set
I'm goin for the neck, you gotta know what's next
I'll touch her body till she whisper
I'll touch her body till she whistle
I can't be Trilla and at last still pillin' cash

Mariah:
I know that you been waiting for it, I'm waiting too
In my imagination I be all up on you
I know you got that fever for me 102°
And boy I know I feel the same
My temperature's through the roof

Touch my body, put me on the floor
Wrestle me around, play with me some more
Touch my body, throw me on the bed
I just wanna make you feel like you never did
Touch my body, let me wrap my thighs
All around your waist, just a little taste
Touch my body, know you like my curves
Come on and give me what I deserve
And touch my body

If there's a camera up in here
Then it's gon' leave with me when I do
If there's a camera up in here
Then I best not catch this flick on YouTube
Cause if you run your mouth
And brag about this secret rendezvous
I will hunt you down
Cause they be all up in my business
Like a Wendy interview
But this is private 'tween you and I

Touch my body, put me on the floor
Wrestle me around, play with me some more
Touch my body, throw me on the bed
I just wanna make you feel like you never did
Touch my body, let me wrap my thighs
All around your waist, just a little taste
Touch my body, know you like my curves
Come on and give me what I deserve
And touch my body

The-Dream:
Yes indeed, it's the American dream
Girl I wanna touch your, work your, taste your body
Want you to do it to my, get up on my, sit up on my body

If there's a camera up in here
It might leave when I do, when I do
If there's a camera up in here
Load that right on up to YouTube, I'm just playin'
Hey MC tell me what to say when they find out 'bout me and you
Cause Page Six is callin' us out
And I cannot deny it when I'm up in here with you
You're amazing, love it when you say

Mariah:
Touch my body, put me on the floor
Wrestle me around, play with me some more
Touch my body, throw me on the bed
I just wanna make you feel like you never did
Touch my body, let me wrap my thighs
All around your waist, just a little taste
Touch my body, know you like my curves
Come on and give me what I deserve
And touch my body

Every little way you'd like to touch my body baby

Touch my body, put me on the floor
Wrestle me around, play with me some more
Touch my body, throw me on the bed
I just wanna make you feel like you never did
Touch my body, let me wrap my thighs
All around your waist, just a little taste
Touch my body, know you like my curves
Come on and give me what I deserve
And touch my body, let me wrap my thighs
All around your waist, just a little taste
Touch my body, know you like my curves
Come on and give me what I deserve
And touch my body


Written by M. Carey, C. Stewart, T. Nash, C. Johnson, W. Roberts.
Produced by C. “Tricky” Stewart, Sean “Sepp” Hall The Hitmaker. Co-produced by Mozartt.