Touch (Amerie song) explained

Touch
Cover:Amerie single touch.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Amerie
Album:Touch
Studio:Sony Music (New York City)
Genre:Crunk&B[1] [2]
Length:3:38
Label:Columbia
Producer:Jonathan "Lil Jon" Smith
Prev Title:1 Thing
Prev Year:2005
Next Title:Talkin' About
Next Year:2005

"Touch" is a song by American singer Amerie from her second studio album of the same name (2005). Written by Amerie, Lil Jon, Sean Garrett, Craig Love, LRoc, and LaMarquis Jefferson and produced by Lil Jon, the track was released on May 31, 2005, as the album's second single. While "Touch" reached the top 20 in the United Kingdom and Ireland and number 33 in Australia, it failed to match the success of "1 Thing" in the United States, missing the Billboard Hot 100 and reaching number 95 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Track listings

  1. "Touch" (album version) – 3:38
  2. "Touch" (Partners in Rhyme Mix featuring T.I.) – 3:59
  3. "Touch" (The Milk Bros Remix featuring T.I.) – 7:51
  4. "Touch" (instrumental) – 3:31
  5. "Touch" (video)
  1. "Touch" (album version) – 3:38
  2. "Touch" (Remix featuring T.I.) – 3:23
  3. "Touch" (Touch This Remix)
  4. "Touch" (Touch This Remix radio edit)
  5. "Touch" (video)

A1. "Touch" (remix featuring T.I.) – 3:23

A2. "Touch" (remix a capella featuring T.I.) – 3:21

B1. "Touch" (instrumental) – 3:31

B2. "Touch" (album version) – 3:38

  1. "Touch" (album version) – 3:38
  2. "Touch" (remix featuring T.I.)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2005)!scope="col"
Peak
position
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[3] 66
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)[4] 9
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[5] 95

Year-end charts

Chart (2005)!scope="col"
Position
UK Urban (Music Week)[6] 35

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)
United StatesMay 31, 2005Rhythmic contemporary radioColumbia[7]
United KingdomAugust 22, 2005CD[8]
AustraliaSeptember 26, 2005[9]

Notes and References

  1. Cinquemani. Sal. April 20, 2005. Review: Amerie, Touch. Slant Magazine. March 14, 2023. Takes a stab at Crunk & B on the Lil’ Jon-produced title track....
  2. Romero . Angie . Amerie: Touch . . 13 . 7 . June 2005 . 161 . 1070-4701 . Google Books. https://web.archive.org/web/20200730233315/https://books.google.com/books?id=-iYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA161. dead. July 30, 2020. Though the requisite Lil Jon crunk-and-B title track....
  3. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=amerie|chart=European Hot 100}} European Hot 100 Singles ]. . January 20, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130725041339/http://www.billboard.com/artist/278898/amerie/chart?f=349 . July 25, 2013.
  4. Web site: Amerie – Touch . . nl . February 6, 2020.
  5. Amerie Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs). Billboard. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20211117171203/https://www.billboard.com/artist/amerie/chart-history/bsi/. November 17, 2021. April 17, 2023.
  6. 2005 Urban Top 40. Music Week. 22. January 14, 2006. August 5, 2023.
  7. Going for Adds. Radio & Records. 1608. 21. May 27, 2005. June 22, 2021.
  8. New Releases: Singles. Music Week. 49. August 20, 2005.
  9. Web site: The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 26th September 2005. ARIA. 28. September 26, 2005. dead. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20051019140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20051020-0000/issue813.pdf. October 19, 2005. June 22, 2021.

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