Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'

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"Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'"
Single by Journey
from the album Evolution
B-side	"Daydream"
Released	June 1979 (US) September 1979 (Europe) [1]
Recorded	Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, California, 1978
Genre	Blues rock, doo-wop
Length	3:55
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Steve Perry[2]
Producer(s)	Roy Thomas Baker
Journey singles chronology
"Just The Same Way" (1979) "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" (1979) "Too Late" (1980)

"Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" is a song by American rock group Journey, released as a single in 1979 from the album Evolution.

Chart performance[]

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.^[3] Outside the US, "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" reached No. 12 in Canada and No. 37 in New Zealand.

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, Michael Jackson, and Prince.

Personnel[]

• Steve Perry – lead vocals
• Neal Schon – guitars, backing vocals
• Gregg Rolie – keyboards, backing vocals
• Ross Valory – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Steve Smith – drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians[]

• Greg Werner – backing vocals^{[citation needed]}

Cover versions[]

• "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" was covered by progressive metal band Dream Theater on their EP, A Change of Seasons, in 1995.

Use in media[]

• The original recording of "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" appeared in the pilot episode of 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 song was used in the second episode of the fifteenth season of American Dad!, “Paranoid Frandroid”, as a song on Snot’s jukebox in his basement.

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