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"Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'"
Single byJourney
from the albumEvolution
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	Steve Perry[4]
Producer	Roy Thomas Baker
Journey singles chronology
"Just The Same Way" (1979) "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" (1979) "Too Late" (1980)
Music video
Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' onYouTube

"Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" is a song by American rock groupJourney released as a single in 1979 from the albumEvolution. 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."

The song was Journey's first Top 40 hit in the United States, reaching No. 16 on theBillboard 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.

In July 1979, a music video was released for this song. It was directed byBruce Gowers, best known for directing videos forQueen,Michael Jackson, andPrince.

• 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

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

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

• The original recording of "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" appeared in the pilot episode ofGlee and was used and recorded by the cast ofGlee in a mash-up with "Any Way You Want It" for theseason onefinale.
• The song was used in the second episode of thefifteenth season ofAmerican Dad!, “Paranoid Frandroid”, as a song onSnot’s jukebox in his basement.
• In episode 2, season 3 of Scrubs, J.D. mentions booking a Journey cover band called the Lovin', Touchin', Squeezins for Turk and Carla's wedding.

• 1979 songs
• 1979 singles
• Songs about infidelity
• Journey (band) songs
• Songs written by Steve Perry
• Songs written by Neal Schon
• Song recordings produced by Roy Thomas Baker
• Music videos directed by Bruce Gowers
• Columbia Records singles

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