Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)

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"Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)"
Samantha Fox - Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me) 7 inch Single Cover.jpeg
Standard picture sleeve for 7-inch single release
Single by Samantha Fox
from the album Touch Me
B-side "Drop Me a Line", "Want You to Want Me" or "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again"
Released1986 (1986)
Studio Battery Studios, London
Length3:48
Label Jive
Songwriter(s)
  • Graham Richardson
  • Mike Bissell
Producer(s)
Samantha Fox singles chronology
"Touch Me (I Want Your Body)"
(1986)
"Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)"
(1986)
"Hold On Tight"
(1986)
Music video
Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me) at VH1 Classic

"Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)" is a song by British singer Samantha Fox, released as the second single from her debut album, Touch Me (1986). The song was her second consecutive number one in Sweden, supplanting "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)". It was also a top ten hit in the UK, Switzerland, and Germany. The lyrics taunt the listener with lines such as "Are you strong enough?" and "I could get you underneath my thumb". Fox performed the song on a 1986 episode of Top of the Pops , and to this day remains a recurring feature of her live repertoire. [1]

Contents

The song has been called one of Fox's "prime examples of classic 1980s pop" along with the single "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)". [2]

Music video

The accompanying music video for "Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)" begins with Samantha Fox emerging from a limousine in a ruffled shirt and studded black leather jacket. Her valet looking on, Fox performs the number with her band while pulling several pranks on them. The clip featured ex-members of Hanoi Rocks and at the time, current members of The Cherry Bombz; Nasty Suicide, Timo "Timppa" Kaltio, Terry Chimes and Dave Tregunna as Fox's band.

Track listings

  1. "Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me) (Vixen Mix)" (6:13)
  2. "Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me) (Extended Version)" (5:18)
  1. "Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me) (Foxy Mix)" (6:13)
  2. "Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me) (Extended Version)" (5:18)
  3. "Drop Me a Line" (3:48)
  1. "Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me) (Extended Version)" (5:18)
  2. "Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me) (7" Version)" (3:48)
  3. "Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me) (Vixen Mix)" (6:13)
  4. "Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me) (Instrumental Version)" (3:48)
  5. "Want You to Want Me" (3:30)
  1. "Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)" (3:48)
  2. "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again" (5:10)
  1. "Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)" (3:48)
  2. "Want You to Want Me" (3:30)

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