"Can't Touch It" is a song performed by Australian singer-songwriter, Ricki-Lee Coulter

Ricki-Lee Coulter

Ricki-Lee Coulter is an Australian recording artist and television and radio presenter. In 2004, Coulter was placed seventh place on the second season of Australian Idol...

. It was released on 4 August 2007 and serves as the lead single

Lead single

A lead single is usually the first single released by a musician or a band before the release of its home album.During the era of the grammophone record, all music arrived in the marketplace as what is now termed a single, one potential hit song backed by an additional song of generally less...

 from her second album, Brand New Day

Brand New Day (Ricki-Lee album)

Brand New Day is the second studio album by Australian singer-songwriter, Ricki-Lee Coulter. It was released in Australia on 11 August 2007 and in Japan on 9 January 2008. It debuted on the ARIA Albums Chart at number thirty-seven and gained a gold accreditation. The album produced Coulter's most...

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"Can't Touch It" debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart

ARIA Charts

The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...

 at number two and was eventually certified platinum.

A remix of the song was released as an extended play in May 2008 through record labels, Hed Kandi

Hed Kandi

Hed Kandi is an UK-based record label and a music brand which was established in 1999 by Mark Doyle, specialising in funky, soulful house music. Hed Kandi's catalogue includes both artist albums and various genres of club compilations. As well as producing music albums and compilations, Hed Kandi...

 and Ministry of Sound UK

Ministry of Sound

Ministry of Sound London, commonly referred to as simply Ministry of Sound or MoS, is a nightclub based in London, United Kingdom and an associated record label. It was ranked fourth in the 2010 DJ Magazine top 100 clubs poll 2010. As well as the nightclub in London, there is another in Egypt and...

 and re-titled "U Wanna Little of This". It peaked at number one on the UK Commercial Club Pop Charts and at number two on the UK Upfront Club Charts.

Background

"Can't Touch It" was co-written by Coulter, Brian Kieruff and Josh Schwartz in New York

New York

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 and produced by Andrew De Sylva. She explained, "the song is about me and my best friend going out for a night out in New York, not needing the guys, and just having a great night".

Promotion

In 2008, Australian network channel nine

Nine Network

The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...

 used "Can't Touch It" to promote American drama series Cashmere Mafia

Cashmere Mafia

Cashmere Mafia is an American television dramedy which ran on ABC from January 6, 2008 to February 20, 2008. The series was created by Kevin Wade, who also served as executive producer alongside Darren Star, Gail Katz, Jeff Rake and Michael Pressman, with Susie Fitzgerald co-executive producing....

, while the song was used in America to advertise the Lipstick Jungle

Lipstick Jungle (TV series)

Lipstick Jungle is an American comedy-drama television series created by DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler for NBC Universal Television Studio . The hour-long series was based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Candace Bushnell, who also served as executive producer alongside...

. In April 2010 "Can't Touch It" featured on the movie trailer for the movie Sex and the City 2

Sex and the City 2

Sex and the City 2 is a 2010 American romantic comedy film directed by Michael Patrick King. It is the sequel to the 2008 film Sex and the City, which is based on the HBO TV series of the same name....

. It also featured in the film's soundtrack released on 25 May 2010. The song most recently featured on episode 103 of the American cheerleading

Cheerleading

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 comedy-drama

Comedy-drama

Comedy-drama is a genre of theatre, film and television programs which combines humorous and serious content.-Theatre:Traditional western theatre, beginning with the ancient Greeks, was divided into comedy and tragedy...

 series, Hellcats

Hellcats

Hellcats is an American cheerleading comedy-drama television series that originally aired on The CW in the United States from September 8, 2010 to May 17, 2011...

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Music video

The music video

Music video

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 features Coulter with her girlfriends at a nightclub

Nightclub

A nightclub is an entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night...

. It features a cameo appearance

Cameo appearance

A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...

 by her good friend and former Australian Idol

Australian Idol

Australian Idol is a Logie Award-winning Australian singing competition, which began its first season on July 2003 and ended its run in November 2009. As part of the Idol franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program Pop Idol, which was created by British entertainment executive...

contestant Dan O'Connor, who acts as a bartender

Bartender

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 and love interest. It was filmed in Lotus Bar.

Track listing

• Digital download/CD single

1. "Can't Touch It" (radio edit) – 2:53
2. "Take Me to a Place" – 4:32
3. "Can't Touch It" (Rok Coalition remix) – 4:35
4. "Can't Touch It" (a cappella) – 2:47
5. "Can't Touch It" (Instrumental) – 2:56
6. "Can't Touch It" (Rok Coalition Extended Remix) – 8:33

• Remix EP

1. "U Wanna Little of This" (radio edit) – 2:17
2. "U Wanna Little of This" (original) – 2:52
3. "U Wanna Little of This" (Club Mix) – 6:19
4. "U Wanna Little of This" (WAWA vocal mix) – 7:22
5. "U Wanna Little of This" (WAWA Dub) – 6:56
6. "U Wanna Little of This" (Milk Inc Remix) – 5:28
7. "U Wanna Little of This" (Rok Coalition Remix) – 4:34
8. "U Wanna Little of This" (DJ Puddy) – 4:32
9. "U Wanna Little of This" (Mr V Remix) – 5:21

Charts

"Can't Touch It" debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart

ARIA Charts

The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...

 at number two. The song spent twenty-three weeks in the ARIA top 50 including eight weeks in the top-ten and was eventually certified platinum. It ranked #33 on the ARIA End of Year top 50 Australian artists singles chart. A remix of the song was released on 18 May 2008 through record label, Hed Kandi

Hed Kandi

Hed Kandi is an UK-based record label and a music brand which was established in 1999 by Mark Doyle, specialising in funky, soulful house music. Hed Kandi's catalogue includes both artist albums and various genres of club compilations. As well as producing music albums and compilations, Hed Kandi...

 and re-titled "U Wanna Little of This". It peaked at number one on the UK Commercial Club Pop Charts and at number two on the UK Upfront Club Charts.

Chart (2007)	Peak position
ARIA Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	2

Certification

Country	Certification	Sales
Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	Platinum	70,000+

ARIA End of Year Charts

Chart (2008)	Rank position
Top 50 Australian Artists Singles	#33

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
Australia	4 August 2007	CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	Shock Records Shock Records Shock Records is Australia's largest independent record label. It helps distribute records from overseas records labels such as Epitaph Records, and also for small record labels designed specifically for that band such as Cement Records...