Doors guitarist Robby Krieger wrote this song as "Hit Me," based on fights he had with his girlfriend. The lyric was, "C'mon, hit me, I'm not afraid." In a rare show of restraint, lead singer Jim Morrison insisted on changing it to "Touch Me."
At the end of the song, Morrison chants "Stronger than dirt!" The line is from an Ajax commercial popular at the time where a white knight rides around destroying dirt. The last four chords of the song were also lifted from the commercial.
"Touch Me" was released as a single seven months before The Soft Parade album came out, with "Wild Child" on the B-side.
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