"Touch Me I'm Sick" is the first song appearing on Mudhoney's Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles album. It features a catchy, upbeat hard rock riff produced by an Electro-Harmonix Big Muff distortion pedal. The song is easily Mudhoney's most important and influential to date.^{[citation needed]} Mudhoney's lead singer Mark Arm has acknowledged that the song was the defining moment in the band's career.^{[citation needed]} Image File history File links MudhoneyTouchMeImSick. ... Software development stages In computer programming, development stage terminology expresses how the development of a piece of software has progressed and how much further development it may require. ... Mudhoney is a grunge band, formed in Seattle in 1988. ... Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles is a compilation album by the grunge band Mudhoney. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Riff is also an alternate spelling of Rif, a region of Morocco. ... The Electro Harmonix logo Electro Harmonix is a company that makes electronic sound processors based in New York. ... NYC re-issue & a Russian Sovtek version The Big Muff is a famous distortion box produced in New York City by the Electro-Harmonix company, along with their Russian sister company Sovtek, primarily for use with the electric guitar. ... Singer/Guitarist Mark Arm Mark Arm is the vocalist for the grunge band Mudhoney. ...

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In retrospect, it's The Yardbirds' "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" by way of The Stooges' "Sick of You". At the time I was trying for the stuttering R&B guitar of The Nights and Days.

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Trivia

• References to the song title include "Touch Me, I'm Dick" from the movie Singles.

• A book entitled 'Touch Me, I'm Sick' by Charles Peterson was released comprised of photos of the 90's Grunge era.

• The song was originally titled "Touch me, I'm a Stick".