(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear

Infobox Single
Name = (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear


Artist = Blondie
from Album = Plastic Letters
B-side = 'Poet's Problem'
'Detroit 442'
Released = April 1978
Format = Vinyl 7" & 12" single
Recorded = 1977
Genre = Power pop/New Wave
Length = 2:43
Label = Chrysalis (UK)
Writer = Gary Valentine
Producer = Richard Gottehrer
Certification =
Last single = "Denis"
(1978)
This single = (I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear
(1978)
Next single = " Picture This"
(1978)
Misc = Audiosample
Upper caption = Audio sample
Audio file = Blondie - (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear.ogg

"(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear" is a song from the 1977 album "Plastic Letters" by Blondie, and was the second single off that album, following up the international breakthrough single "Denis", reaching number 10 in the UK in May 1978. It was never released as a single in the US.

It was written by former bass player Gary Valentine, for his then girlfriend before his departure from the band. Valentine had also written the band's first single, "X-Offender".

The single was issued in both 7" & 12" formats in the UK, with two songs on the B-side, as were previous singles, "Rip Her to Shreds" and "Denis (Denee)". One of the single's B-side tracks was "Detroit 442", and the other was Jimmy Destri's "Poets Problem", which was not on the original release of "Plastic Letters". "Poets Problem" was first issued on CD on the 1993 rarities compilation "Blonde and Beyond" and later as a bonus track on both the 1994 and 2001 re-releases of "Plastic Letters".

"(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear" was included on Blondie's first 'greatest hits' compilation, "The Best of Blondie", released in October 1981.

Cover versions

In 1995, Annie Lennox covered the song for her album "Medusa". The song didn't make it on to the album but was released as the B-side of the single, "A Whiter Shade of Pale".

Release history

;UK 7" and 12" (CHS 2217)

ide one

# "(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear" (Gary Valentine) – 2:43

ide two

# "Poets Problem" (Jimmy Destri) – 2:20
# "Detroit 442" (Jimmy Destri, Chris Stein) – 2:28

Chart peaks