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((Short description|1973 single by Diana Ross))
((Refimprove|date=February 2022))
((Infobox song
| name       = Touch Me in the Morning
| cover      = Touch Me in the Morning by Diana Ross UK single solid centre side-A.png
| alt        = side-A label
| caption    = Solid center variant of the UK single
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Diana Ross]]
| album      = [[Touch Me in the Morning (album)|Touch Me in the Morning]]
| B-side     = [[I Won't Last a Day Without You]]
| released   = May 3, 1973
| format     =
| recorded   = 1973
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[adult contemporary]]
| length     = 3:26 (single version)
| label      = [[Motown]]
| writer     = [[Ron Miller (songwriter)|Ron Miller]], [[Michael Masser]]
| producer   = Michael Masser, Tom Baird
| prev_title = [[Good Morning Heartache]]
| prev_year  = 1972
| next_title = [[You're a Special Part of Me]]
| next_year  = 1973
| misc       = ((External music video|header=Audio|((YouTube|nvZfQzlS9t8|"Touch Me In The Morning"))))
))

"'''Touch Me in the Morning'''" is a song recorded by [[Diana Ross]] on the [[Motown]] label. It was written by [[Ron Miller (songwriter)|Ron Miller]] and [[Michael Masser]], and produced by the latter and Tom Baird. It was released on May 3, 1973 as the first single from [[Touch Me in the Morning (album)|her album of the same name]]. In 1973, it became Ross's second solo No. 1 single on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].

==Background/Recording==
It was conceived by then-unproven songwriter and producer [[Michael Masser]]. He had been recruited by Motown CEO [[Berry Gordy]] and A&R chief [[Suzanne de Passe]]. Masser teamed up with the proven ballad lyricist [[Ron Miller (songwriter)|Ron Miller]] to write it.

According to Masser, in a video documentary about Ross, she "always tried to push hard to get the vocals right for this particular song", calling it a "draining experience" that resulted in several near-emotional breakdowns when she wasn't up to her abilities. It was recorded in the early morning hours, as was her custom after she began raising her children. In a [[Barbara Walters]] [[Mother's Day]] interview special, her second-oldest daughter, [[Tracee Ellis Ross]], said Diana would put them to bed and record all night, in order to wake her children and send them to school the next morning.

==Release==
Motown released the song as a single and it hit No. 1 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] singles chart,<ref name="Hot100"/> becoming her longest-charting record until 1980, remaining on the chart for 21 weeks.  It also spent a week at No. 1 on the [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|adult contemporary chart]], her first No. 1 on that chart.<ref name="BillboardAC"/> [[Sherlie Matthews]], [[Clydie King]] and [[Venetta Fields]] sang background vocals. [[Bob Babbitt]] played bass.

It marked a turning point in the career of Diana Ross, reinvigorating her singing career, coming immediately after her [[Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] in her acting debut, ''[[Lady Sings the Blues (film)|Lady Sings the Blues]]''.

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Chart (1973)
! Peak<br />position
|-
| Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="australian-charts1">((cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092 |title=Forum – 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts) |website=Australian-charts.com |access-date=2016-10-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602084720/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092 |archive-date=2016-06-02 ))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|5
|-
((single chart|Canadatopsingles|6|chartid=4924|access-date=December 22, 2023))
|-
((single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|2|chartid=4874|access-date=December 22, 2023))
|-
|Spain  
| style="text-align:center;"|11
|-
((single chart|UK|9|date=19730729|artist=Diana Ross|song=Touch Me in the Morning|access-date=December 22, 2023))
|-
((single chart|Billboardhot100|1|artist=Diana Ross|song=Touch Me in the Morning|access-date=December 22, 2023|refname="Hot100"))
|-
((single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|5|artist=Diana Ross|song=Touch Me in the Morning|access-date=December 22, 2023))
|-
((single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|1|artist=Diana Ross|song=Touch Me in the Morning|access-date=December 22, 2023|refname="BillboardAC"))
|-
| US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref>((cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112062235/http://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19730811.html|archive-date=2022-11-12|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19730811.html |title=Top 100 1973-08-11 |work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox Magazine]] |access-date=2014-12-23|url-status=dead))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!align="left"|Chart (1973)
! style="text-align:center;"|Position
|-
|Australia<ref name="australian-charts1"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|38
|-
((single chart|Canadatopsingles|66|chartid=100214|access-date=December 22, 2023|refname="CanadaRPMYearEnd"))
|-
|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1973.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1973/Top 100 Songs of 1973 |website=Musicoutfitters.com |access-date=2016-10-08))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|10
|-
|US ''Cash Box''<ref>((cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112062235/https://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/1973YESP.html | archive-date=2022-11-12 | url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/1973YESP.html |title=Top 100 Year End Charts: 1973 |work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox Magazine]] |access-date=2016-06-25 | url-status=dead))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|5
|}
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==Personnel==
* Lead vocals by [[Diana Ross]]
* Backing vocals by [[Sherlie Matthews]], [[Venetta Fields]], [[Clydie King]]
* Instrumentation by [[The Wrecking Crew (music)|The Wrecking Crew]] 
* Brass and strings by LA session musicians
* Arranged by [[Gene Page]]
* producer: [[Michael Masser]], Tom Baird
* song writer: [[Ron Miller (songwriter)|Ron Miller]], [[Michael Masser]]

==References==
((Reflist))

==Bibliography==
* [[Joel Whitburn|Whitburn, Joel]] (1996). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)

==External links==
* [https://secondhandsongs.com/work/124412/versions List of cover versions of "Touch Me in the Morning"] at SecondHandSongs.com

((Diana Ross))

[[Category:1973 singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Ron Miller (songwriter)]]
[[Category:Songs written by Michael Masser]]
[[Category:Diana Ross songs]]
[[Category:Andy Williams songs]]
[[Category:The Nolans songs]]
[[Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles]]
[[Category:Cashbox number-one singles]]
[[Category:Motown singles]]
[[Category:1973 songs]]
[[Category:Pop ballads]]
[[Category:Rhythm and blues ballads]]

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