"Touch It" is the lead single from American R&B singer Monifah's second album, Mo'hogany. The song was produced and written by Jack Knight and Screwface. It uses a sample of Laid Back's 1983 hit "White Horse", so songwriters Tim Stahl and John Guldberg are given writing credits.
Released as a single on July 21, 1998, the song became a worldwide hit, charting within the top 20 in Australia, Belgium, and Canada. In the United States, it peaked at number nine on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Hot R&B Singles charts, giving Monifah her highest-peaking single in the US. The song's music video features Monifah performing the song in front of the United States Armed Forces.
Track listings US CD and cassette single, Australian CD single "Touch It" (radio edit) "Touch It" (album version) "Suga Suga" (snippet) "Fallin' in Love" (snippet) "Better Half of Me" (snippet)
US 12-inch single "Touch It" (LP version) — 4:46 "Touch It" (clean LP version) — 4:47 "Touch It" (instrumental) — 4:35
UK CD and 12-inch single "Touch It" (clean radio edit) "Touch It" (Clark Kent remix) "Touch It" (Ignorants remix) "Touch It" (Maurice Joshua main edit)
UK cassette single and European CD single "Touch It" (clean radio edit) "Touch It" (Clark Kent remix)
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1998–1999)PeakpositionCanada (Nielsen SoundScan)14Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)66US Billboard Hot 1009US Hot R&B Singles (Billboard)9US Rhythmic Top 40 (Billboard)1US Top 40 Tracks (Billboard)13
Year-end charts Chart (1998)PositionCanada (Nielsen SoundScan)100UK Urban (Music Week)38US Billboard Hot 10077US Hot R&B Singles (Billboard)63US Rhythmic Top 40 (Billboard)23 Chart (1999)PositionAustralia (ARIA)30Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)54Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)65Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)145US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)54US Rhythmic Top 40 (Billboard)45
Certifications
Release history RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)United StatesJuly 21, 1998Rhythmic contemporary radio Misprinted as July 14 on source.July 28, 1998Urban radioAugust 11, 1998Contemporary hit radioUnited KingdomJanuary 18, 1999Universal
Cover versions and samples 2001: Mytown sampled the lyrics referencing Jack Knight and Dakoda House in "Party All Night" from their self-titled album 2003: Dannii Minogue sampled the song and the 1983 original "White Horse" by Laid Back on the track "Push" from the album Neon Nights 2014: Nena Buddemeier (ft. DJ Tomekk)
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