Please Don't Touch (song)

"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	His Master's Voice 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)

"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]

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 1987, The psychobilly band, I Spit on Your Gravy included a cover on their album, Fruit Loop City ^[4]
• In 1989, The Meteors on their recording, Attack of the Chainsaw Mutants. ^[5]
• 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. ^[6]

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. "I Spit on Your Gravy - Fruit Loop City". Discogs . Retrieved 22 August 2025.
5. "Attack of the Chainsaw Mutants/Hell in the Pacific - The Meteors - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 1 December 2018.
6. "Desert Shores - Throw Rag - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 1 December 2018.