"Everytime We Touch" is a cover song by German Trance and Eurodance trio Cascada, taken from their 2006 debut album of the same name.
Musically, the song was composed as a Eurodance track with a pulsating synthesizer, jackhammer beat, and Europop lyrics.
The song was met with generally positive reviews from critics, with the majority of them praising its dance-pop sound and its potential appeal to the American market.
The accompanying music video depicts lead singer Natalie Horler in a library, trying to communicate with her love interest.
[2] This version of "Everytime We Touch" was written and composed by Manuel Reutier and Yann Pfeifer, who borrowed the refrain that Stuart MacKilliop, Maggie Reilly, and Peter Risavy had written and composed; Reutier and Pfeifer also jointly produced the selection under their DJ names of DJ Manian and Yanou respectively, being as they were the two DJs who made up the band Cascada.
[5] The maxi single release features remixes by 2-4 Grooves and Rocco vs. Bass-T along with the ballad mix by Yanou.
[4] In Austria, "Everytime We Touch" was released on 4 September 2006 in the same format with all nine tracks featured on the U.S. maxi single but in a different order.
[8] Many of the contemporary critics, upon reviewing the song and parent album, noted that "Everytime We Touch" features characteristics of techno[9] and dance-pop.
[10] The Rocco vs. Bass-T remix features "a breaks-y instrumental bridge toward the middle with a quirky sample medley for a few bars" with segments of chopped vocals.
[10] Dan Winter's mix includes a "thicker Euro-rave synthline, longer instrumental expanses," and influences of 80's electro.
[7] Ken Barnes of USA Today praised the song as an "insanely infectious concoction" in his review of the parent album.
"[13] Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times commented that the song is "more shameless than earnest" and praised it as "an energetic dance-pop confection".
[11] Chuck Taylor of Billboard lauded the song for its "fine vocal, mesmerizing melody, and high-energy production", claiming that the formula "sets it apart from the tried and true on top 40.
In the United Kingdom, "Everytime We Touch" debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number 41 for the week of 30 July 2006.
[19] In Austria, "Everytime We Touch" lasted a total of 21 weeks on the Singles Top 75 chart, peaking at number 15.