Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'

"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."

"Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'"
Single by Journey
from the album Evolution
B-side	"Daydream"
Released	25 June 1979 (US)[1] September 1979 (Europe) [2]
Recorded	Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, California, 1978
Genre	Rock[3]
Length	3:55
Label	Columbia
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

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.^[5] 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, percussion

Additional musicians

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

Cover versions

• "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

• 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 season one 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.

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[6]	2× Platinum	2,000,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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.