How to Touch a Girl
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| Single by JoJo | |||||||||
| from the album The High Road | |||||||||
| Released | November 14, 2006 | ||||||||
| Format | Digital download, promo CD single | ||||||||
| Recorded | Cryptic Studios (Los Angeles, California) |
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| Genre | R&B, soul | ||||||||
| Length | 4:29 (Album Version) 4:02 (Radio Edit) |
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| Label | Blackground, Universal | ||||||||
| Writer(s) | Billy Steinberg, Josh Alexander, Joanna Levesque | ||||||||
| Producer(s) | Billy Steinberg, Josh Alexander | ||||||||
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"How to Touch a Girl" is a song by American singer JoJo from her second studio album, The High Road (2006). Released as the album's second single to Top 40 radio in December 2006, the song was written by JoJo, Billy Steinberg, and Josh Alexander and produced by Steinberg and Alexander. Its release marks the first time a single with a writing credit from JoJo was eligible to chart.[citation needed] The song contains an uncredited sample of Whitney Houston's 1985 classic hit "Saving All My Love for You".[citation needed]
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Critical reception
The song was well received by critics. Chuck Taylor of Billboard said that "'How to Touch a Girl' again casts the youngster with a crafty melody, albeit strikingly similar in structure to the previous hit. Despite the bizarre, almost perverse title, this track could propel the burgeoning talent all the way."[citation needed] In a review of The High Road, Bill Lamb called the song "a near perfect piece of teen pop."[1]
Chart performance
Although the song appeared within the lower regions of the pop charts, it failed to chart on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 due to lack of promotion from her label Blackground Records, becoming JoJo's second single to do so, the first being 2005's "Not That Kinda Girl". The single did, however, peak at number four on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles and number 76 on the Billboard Pop 100.
Music video
The music video, directed by Syndrome, premiered on MTV's TRL on December 7, 2006. The video shows clips of JoJo sitting in a room filled with old vinyl records, sitting on a staircase, and singing on a Los Angeles rooftop at sunset. There are also scenes of her in an apartment in a green dress; special effects allow JoJo to be seen multiple times in the same shot. There is also a storyline involving a young couple on a date. Near the end of the video, a boy played by Cody Longo, seemingly her boyfriend, meets JoJo in her room with the albums, and the two embrace.
Track listing
- U.S. promo CD single
- "How to Touch a Girl" (Radio Edit) – 4:02
- "How to Touch a Girl" (Instrumental) – 4:30
- "How to Touch a Girl" (Call Out Hook) – 0:42
Charts
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles[2] | 4 |
References
External links
- Articles with dead external links from October 2010
- Articles with unsourced statements from December 2014
- 2000s ballads
- 2006 singles
- JoJo (singer) songs
- Pop ballads
- Rhythm and blues ballads
- Songs written by Billy Steinberg
- Songs written by Josh Alexander
- 2006 songs
- Song recordings produced by Billy Steinberg
- Blackground Records singles
- Universal Music Group singles
