The Way I Want To Touch You

This song is about a woman who has met the love of her life, and is willing to give herself to him like no one before. Toni Tennille wrote it about The Captain (Daryl Dragon), who she married later in 1974.

This was the first song Captain & Tennille recorded. Dragon had worked with The Beach Boys and hired Tennille to tour with the band as a keyboard player. In 1974, they financed and produced this single themselves, and it was a hit in the Los Angeles area, leading to a record deal with A&M Records. When their first major label release "Love Will Keep Us Together" became a huge hit in 1975, "The Way I Want To Touch You" was re-released and also became a hit.

Shirley Bassey recorded this in 1976.