Love Touch
| "Love Touch" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Rod Stewart | ||||
| from the album Every Beat of My Heart | ||||
| B-side | "Heart Is on the Line" | |||
| Released | 12 May 1986[1] | |||
| Length | 4:03 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Michael Chapman | |||
| Rod Stewart singles chronology | ||||
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"Love Touch" is a song performed by Rod Stewart and written by Holly Knight, Mike Chapman and Gene Black. It was released as a single in 1986 and peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is played over the end credits of the Robert Redford-Debra Winger romantic comedy Legal Eagles and is often listed with the subtitle "Theme from Legal Eagles" even though it doesn't appear on the film's soundtrack album, distributed by MCA Records. The song is a plea from someone who has been fighting with his lover, but is apologizing and asking for another chance to "be good."
Reception
[edit]Cash Box called it "a delightfully perky little ditty, melodic and catchy as the day is long."[2] Billboard said "steel drums carry unhurried rhythms, and the rocker is temporarily tamed into a crooner."[3]
Although it is among Stewart's most successful songs, he rarely performs "Love Touch" in concert. Stewart holds a low opinion of the song's lyrics, calling it "one of the silliest songs I've ever recorded," in the liner notes of Encore: The Very Best of Rod Stewart Volume 2.
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[4] | 3 |
| Canada Top Singles (RPM)[5] | 7 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[6] | 27 |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[7] | 5 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[8] | 6 |
| US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[9] | 26 |
| US Cashbox[10] | 7 |
| West Germany (GfK)[11] | 14 |
| Year-end chart (1986) | Rank |
|---|---|
| Canada Top Singles (RPM)[12] | 62 |
| US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[13] | 82 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 8.
- ^ "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. 31 May 1986. p. 9. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Reviews". Billboard. 31 May 1986. p. 61. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 0711." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0707." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ "Rod Stewart: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ "Rod Stewart Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ "Rod Stewart Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ "Rod Stewart Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996. Sheridan Books, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-209-0.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Rod Stewart – Love Touch" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles of '86". RPM. Vol. 45, no. 14. 27 December 1986. p. 5.
- ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc (27 December 1986). "1986 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 52. p. Y-21.
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