Please Don't Touch (song)

"Please Don't Touch" is the debut single by English rock and roll group Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, released in 1959 and reaching number 25 on the UK Singles Chart.^[1]

"Please Don't Touch"
Single by Johnny Kidd & the Pirates
B-side	"Growl" (Johnny Kidd/Guy Robinson)
Released	8 May 1959 (UK)
Recorded	Abbey Road: 18 April 1959
Genre	Rock and roll
Label	HMV POP 615 (UK)
Songwriter(s)	Johnny Kidd Guy Robinson
Producer(s)	Walter J. Ridley
Johnny Kidd & the Pirates singles chronology
"Please Don't Touch" (1959) "If You Were The Only Girl In The World" (1959)

Personnel

• Johnny Kidd – vocals
• Mike West, Tom Brown – backing vocals
• Alan Caddy – lead guitar
• Tony Doherty – rhythm guitar
• Johnny Gordon – bass
• Ken McKay – drums (McKay was replaced during the session by Don Toye)

Cover versions

• In 1980, Lemmy chose to record the song as the A-side of the Headgirl (Motörhead and Girlschool collaboration) St. Valentine's Day Massacre^[2][3]
• In 1989, The Meteors on their recording, Attack of the Chainsaw Mutants.^[4]
• In 1992, the Stray Cats recorded a rockabilly version of the song for their album Choo Choo Hot Fish.
• In 2003 the song was covered by Throw Rag on their Desert Shores album.^[5]

References

1. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 301. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
2. Burridge, Alan (April 1991). "Motörhead". Record Collector (140): 19.
3. Kilmister, Ian and Garza, Janiss White Line Fever (2002) — Simon & Schuster pp. 126,143-144 ISBN 0-684-85868-1.
4. "Attack of the Chainsaw Mutants/Hell in the Pacific - The Meteors - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
5. "Desert Shores - Throw Rag - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 December 2018.