"Touch Me in the Morning" is a popular song recorded by Diana Ross on the Motown label. It became her second Billboard Pop number one single in 1973.

This song was conceived by then-unproven songwriter and producer Michael Masser, who had been recruited by Motown CEO, Berry Gordy, and A&R chief, Suzanne de Passe, to create another huge hit recording three years after Ross' successful solo debut album, for which she recorded a 1970 cover of Ashford and Simpson's "Ain't No Mountain High Enough". Masser teamed up with the proven ballad lyricist Ron Miller to write this song.

According to Masser, in a video documentary about Ross, the singer "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 by Ross when she felt the song wasn't up to her abilities. The song was recorded in the early morning hours, as was Diana Ross' custom after she began raising her children. According to Ross' second-oldest daughter, Tracee Ellis Ross, during a Barbara Walters Mother's Day interview special, her mother would put them to bed, record all evening, in order to wake her children & send them to school the next morning. At this time, Mrs. Ernestine Ross, Diana's mother, handled the evening babysitting duties.

Motown released the song as a single and the song hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, becoming Ross' longest-charting record, remaining on the chart for 21 weeks. It also spent a week at #1 on the adult contemporary chart, the singer's first #1 on this chart. Sherlie Matthews, Clydie King and Venetta Fields sang background vocals for Miss Ross's recording.

This song marked a turning point in both the careers of Diana Ross and Mr. Masser as it reinvigorated Ross's singing career coming immediately after her Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her acting debut in Lady Sings the Blues, and it introduced Masser to an audience that would become accustomed to his prowess at writing good love songs.

"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"  ·"Remember Me"  ·"I'm Still Waiting"  ·"Surrender"  ·" Touch Me in the Morning "  ·"All of My Life"  ·"You Are Everything"  ·"Theme from (Do You Know Where You're Going To)"  ·"Love Hangover"  ·"Upside Down"  ·"I'm Coming Out"  ·"My Old Piano"  ·"It's My Turn"  ·"Endless Love"  ·"Why Do Fools Fall in Love"  ·"Mirror, Mirror"  ·"Work That Body"  ·"Muscles"  ·"Missing You"  ·"Chain Reaction"  ·"When You Tell Me That You Love Me"  ·"One Shining Moment"  ·"Not Over You Yet"

Lady Sings the Blues(1972)  · Mahogany(1975)  · The Wiz(1978)  · Out of Darkness(1994)  · Double Platinum(1999)

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