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{{more citations needed|date=March 2018}}
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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| name = Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'
| name = Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin{{'-}}
| cover = Lovin',_Touchin',_Squeezin'_-_Journey.jpg
| cover = Lovin',_Touchin',_Squeezin'_-_Journey.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
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| album = [[Evolution (Journey album)|Evolution]]
| album = [[Evolution (Journey album)|Evolution]]
| B-side = Daydream
| B-side = Daydream
| released = 25 June 1979 (US)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Journey#search_section|title=RIAA certifications}}</ref>
| released = June 1979 (US)
*September 1979 (Europe) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Journey&titel=Lovin%27%2C+Touchin%27%2C+Squeezin%27&cat=s|title=Journey singles}}</ref>
*September 1979 (Europe) <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Journey&titel=Lovin%27,+Touchin%27,+Squeezin%27&cat=s|title=Journey - Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'|first=Steffen|last=Hung|website=Hitparade.ch|access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref>
| recorded = [[Cherokee Studios]], [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], 1978
| recorded = [[Cherokee Studios]], [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], 1978
| studio =
| studio =
| venue =
| venue =
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]<ref name="Breithaupt 2000">{{cite book|title= Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s|first1=Don|last1=Breithaupt|first2= Jeff|last2= Breithaupt|date= July 17, 2000|chapter= Artificial Heart: Corporate Rock|page= 57|publisher=[[St. Martin's Press|St. Martin's Griffin]]|isbn=978-0-312-19821-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kh04AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT95}}</ref>
| genre = [[Blues rock]], [[doo-wop]],[[boat rock]]
| length = 3:55
| length = 3:55
| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| writer = [[Steve Perry]]<ref>https://www.discogs.com/Journey-Lovin-Touchin-Squeezin/release/1860388</ref>
| writer = [[Steve Perry]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1860388-Journey-Lovin-Touchin-Squeezin|title=Journey – Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' (1979, Santa Maria Pressing, Vinyl)|access-date=28 December 2021|website=Discogs.com}}</ref>
| producer = [[Roy Thomas Baker]]
| producer = [[Roy Thomas Baker]]
| prev_title = Just The Same Way
| prev_title = Just The Same Way
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| next_title = Too Late
| next_title = Too Late
| next_year = 1980
| next_year = 1980
| misc = {{External music video|type=single|{{YouTube|fTkHFQC3wow|Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'}}}}
}}
}}


"'''Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin''''" is a song by American rock group [[Journey (band)|Journey]], released as a single in 1979 from the album ''[[Evolution (Journey album)|Evolution]]''.
"'''Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin{{'-}}'''" is a song by American rock group [[Journey (band)|Journey]] released as a single in 1979 from the album ''[[Evolution (Journey album)|Evolution]]''. Lyrically, the song is about a woman who is cheating on her boyfriend, the narrator, but at the end of the song the woman's lover is cheating on her. Distraught, the woman goes to the narrator in the hope that he will take her back, but he rebuffs her and tells her "Now it's your time, girl, to cry."


==Chart performance==
==Chart performance==
The song was Journey's first Top 40 hit in the United States, reaching No. 16 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in November of that year.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=334}}</ref> Outside the US, "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" reached No. 12 in Canada and No. 37 in New Zealand.
The song was Journey's first Top 40 hit in the United States, reaching No. 16 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in November of that year.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=334}}</ref> Outside the US, "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin{{'-}}" reached No. 12 in Canada and No. 37 in New Zealand.


==Music video==
==Music video==
In July 1979, a music video was released for this song. It was directed by [[Bruce Gowers]], best known for directing videos for [[Queen (band)|Queen]], [[Michael Jackson]], and [[Prince (musician)|Prince]].
In July 1979, a music video was released for this song. It was directed by [[Bruce Gowers]], best known for directing videos for [[Queen (band)|Queen]], [[Michael Jackson]], and [[Prince (musician)|Prince]].



==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*[[Steve Perry]] – lead vocals
*[[Steve Perry]] – lead vocals
*[[Neal Schon]] – guitars, backing vocals
*[[Neal Schon]] – guitars, backing vocals
*[[Gregg Rolie]] – keyboards, backing vocals
*[[Gregg Rolie]] – keyboards, piano, backing vocals
*[[Ross Valory]] – bass guitar, backing vocals
*[[Ross Valory]] – bass guitar, backing vocals
*[[Steve Smith (musician)|Steve Smith]] – drums, backing vocals
*[[Steve Smith (musician)|Steve Smith]] – drums, percussion


===Additional musicians===
===Additional musicians===
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==Cover versions==
==Cover versions==
*"Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" was covered by progressive metal band [[Dream Theater]] on their EP, ''[[A Change of Seasons]]'', in 1995.
*"Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin{{'-}}" was covered by progressive metal band [[Dream Theater]] on their 1995 EP ''[[A Change of Seasons]]'', as part of "The Big Medley" which closes the EP.


==Use in media==
==Use in media==
*The original recording of "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" appeared in the pilot episode of ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'' and was used and recorded by the cast of ''Glee'' in a mash-up with "[[Any Way You Want It]]" for the first-season finale.
*The original recording of "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin{{'-}}" appeared in the pilot episode of ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'' and was used and recorded by the cast of ''Glee'' in a mash-up with "[[Any Way You Want It]]" for the [[Glee (season 1)|season one]] [[Journey to Regionals|finale]].
*The song was used in the second episode of the [[American Dad! (season 15)|fifteenth season]] of [[American Dad!]], “Paranoid Frandroid”, as a song on [[List of American Dad! characters|Snot’s]] jukebox in his basement.
*The song was used in the second episode of the [[American Dad! (season 15)|fifteenth season]] of ''[[American Dad!]]'', “Paranoid Frandroid”, as a song on [[List of American Dad! characters|Snot’s]] jukebox in his basement.

== Certifications ==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'|artist=Journey|type=single|award=Platinum|access-date=January 26, 2024|number=2|relyear=1979|certyear=2024}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:1979 songs]]
[[Category:1979 songs]]
[[Category:1979 singles]]
[[Category:1979 singles]]
[[Category:Songs about infidelity]]
[[Category:Journey (band) songs]]
[[Category:Journey (band) songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Steve Perry]]
[[Category:Songs written by Steve Perry]]

Latest revision as of 05:25, 23 November 2024

"Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'"
Single by Journey
from the album Evolution
B-side"Daydream"
Released25 June 1979 (US)[1]
  • September 1979 (Europe) [2]
RecordedCherokee Studios, Los Angeles, California, 1978
GenreRock[3]
Length3:55
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Steve Perry[4]
Producer(s)Roy Thomas Baker
Journey singles chronology
"Just The Same Way"
(1979) 		"Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'"
(1979) 		"Too Late"
(1980)
Music video
Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' on YouTube

"Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" is a song by American rock group Journey released as a single in 1979 from the album Evolution. Lyrically, the song is about a woman who is cheating on her boyfriend, the narrator, but at the end of the song the woman's lover is cheating on her. Distraught, the woman goes to the narrator in the hope that he will take her back, but he rebuffs her and tells her "Now it's your time, girl, to cry."

Chart performance

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The song was Journey's first Top 40 hit in the United States, reaching No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November of that year.[5] Outside the US, "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" reached No. 12 in Canada and No. 37 in New Zealand.

Music video

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In July 1979, a music video was released for this song. It was directed by Bruce Gowers, best known for directing videos for Queen, Michael Jackson, and Prince.

Personnel

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Additional musicians

[edit]

Cover versions

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  • "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" was covered by progressive metal band Dream Theater on their 1995 EP A Change of Seasons, as part of "The Big Medley" which closes the EP.

Use in media

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[6] 2× Platinum 2,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "RIAA certifications".
  2. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Journey - Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  3. ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (July 17, 2000). "Artificial Heart: Corporate Rock". Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-312-19821-3.
  4. ^ "Journey – Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' (1979, Santa Maria Pressing, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 334.
  6. ^ "American single certifications – Journey – Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
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