Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'

"Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" is a song by American rock group Journey, released as a single in 1979 from the album Evolution. It became Journey's first Top 40 hit in the United States, reaching No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November of that year.[2] Outside the US, "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" reached No. 12 in Canada and No. 37 in New Zealand.

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

Cover versions

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

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.

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.

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

References

1. https://www.discogs.com/Journey-Lovin-Touchin-Squeezin/release/1860388
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 334.