Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High) Explained

Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High)
Cover:	Every_Time_You_Touch_Me_(I_Get_High)_-_Charlie_Rich.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Charlie Rich
Album:	Every Time You Touch Me
B-Side:	Pass On By
Released:	April 1975
Studio:	Columbia (Nashville, Tennessee)^[1]
Genre:	Country
Length:	2:59
Label:	Epic 8-50103
Producer:	Billy Sherrill
Prev Title:	It's All Over Now
Prev Year:	1975
Next Title:	All Over Me
Next Year:	1975

"Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High)" is the title track from the 1975 album by Charlie Rich. The song was written by Rich and Billy Sherrill and peaked at number three on the country chart.^[2] "Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High)" also peaked at number nineteen on the Billboard Hot 100 (Rich's final top 40 hit) and fared better on the Easy Listening chart where it spent one week at number one.^[3]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1975)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[4]	86
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Top Singles	31
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1975)	Position
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[5]	13
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	34

Notes and References

Book: Kosser, Michael. How Nashville Became Music City, U.S.A.: A History Of Music Row. Backbeat Books. Lanham, Maryland, US. 2006. 978-1-49306-512-7. 155-160.
Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 289.
Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 203.
Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 251.
Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1975. Billboard. August 7, 2021.
Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1975. Billboard. August 7, 2021.