Automatic Lover

{{For|The Real McCoy song|Automatic Lover (Call for Love)}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Automatic Lover

| cover = Dee_D._Jackson-Automatic_Lover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Dee D. Jackson

| album = Cosmic Curves

| B-side =

| released = 1978

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Disco

| length = 3:55

| label =

• Jupiter Records
• Mercury Records

| writer =

• Gary Unwin
• Patty Unwin

| producer = Gary Unwin

| prev_title = Man of a Man

| prev_year = 1977

| next_title = Meteor Man

| next_year = 1978

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|bTFCwKvlKZo|"Automatic Lover"}}}}

}}

"Automatic Lover" is a 1978 song by English singer and musician Dee D. Jackson, released as the lead single from her debut album, Cosmic Curves (1978). The song was very successful on the charts in Europe, reaching number two in Sweden, number three in Ireland, number four in the UK{{cite book|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2006|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|edition=19th|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|location=London|isbn=1-904994-10-5|page=273}} and number five in both Norway and West Germany.{{cite book|editor-last=Ehnert|editor-first=Günter|title=Hit Bilanz. Deutsche Chart Singles 1956–1980|location=Hamburg|publisher=Taurus Press|year=1990|page=105}} It also charted in Australia and climbed high up the South African singles charts. In Brazil, the success was such that the Brazilian media produced its own version of Dee D. Jackson. The accompanying music video for the song features Jackson performing with a robot. The refrain, "See me, feel me, hear me, love me, touch me", was sampled on the Friends of Matthew track, "Out There" in 1991, released on Pulse 8 Records. A trance remix of "Out There" by Lange was released on Serious Records in 1999 to moderate success, in the UK.

The song's "robotic" backing vocals were provided by Jimmy McShane, who subsequently toured Europe with Jackson and her band as a stage dancer and backing singer.{{cite news |last=Jasper |first=Tony |title=Jungle monster from boy in leopard skin |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0004985/19850823/012/0012 |newspaper=Manchester Evening News |date=23 August 1985 |page=12 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024}}{{cite book |last=McAleer |first=Dave |title=The Omnibus Book of British and American Hit Singles, 1960-1990 |publisher=Omnibus Press |year=1990 |page=15 |isbn=9780711921801}}{{cite magazine |editor=Chris White |title=Talent: Chart newcomer |magazine=Music Week |date=17 August 1985 |page=24 |issn=0265-1548}}