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Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'
| cover = Lovin',_Touchin',_Squeezin'_-_Journey.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Journey
| album = Evolution
| B-side = Daydream
| released = 25 June 1979 (US)
*September 1979 (Europe)
| recorded = Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, California, 1978
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Blues rock, doo-wop
| length = 3:55
| label = Columbia
| writer = Steve Perry
| producer = Roy Thomas Baker
| prev_title = Just The Same Way
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title = Too Late
| next_year = 1980
| misc =
}}
"'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. 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, piano, backing vocals
*Ross Valory bass guitar, backing vocals
*Steve Smith drums, backing vocals
Additional musicians
*Greg Werner backing vocalsCover 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 Snots jukebox in his basement.
References
Category:1979 songs
Category:1979 singles
Category:Journey (band) songs
Category:Songs written by Steve Perry
Category:Songs written by Neal Schon
Category:Song recordings produced by Roy Thomas Baker
Category:Music videos directed by Bruce Gowers
Category:Columbia Records singles
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