Touchin' on My
{{Infobox song
| name = Touchin' on My
| cover = Touchinonmy.png
| alt =
| border = yes
| type = single
| artist = 3OH!3
| album = Streets of Gold
| released = {{Start date|2011|01|20}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = {{flatlist|
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| length = {{duration|m=3|s=03}}
| label = Photo Finish
| writer = * Sean Foreman
| producer = Matt Squire
| chronology = 3OH!3
| prev_title = Hit It Again
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = You're Gonna Love This
| next_year = 2012
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|-iGQ2JydtRk|"Touchin' on My"}}}}
}}
"Touchin' On My" is a song by American hip-hop duo 3OH!3. It was the first promotional single and the third single released from their third studio album Streets of Gold. It was released as a digital download on May 18, 2010, and was released as a single on January 20, 2011.
Release
"Touchin' On My" was released on May 18, 2010, via iTunes as the first promotional single from Streets of Gold.{{cite web|url=https://www.coloradodaily.com/2010/05/19/boulders-3oh3-rolling-on-streets-of-gold-video/|title=Boulder's 3OH!3 rolling on 'Streets of Gold' (VIDEO)|website=Colorado Daily|author=Wendy Kale, Kalene McCort|date=May 19, 2010|access-date=October 25, 2024}} It was later released as the album's third single on January 20, 2011, gaining radio airplay, as well as a music video released in promotion.
Live performances
The duo performed the track during their tour with Cobra Starship in the spring of 2010.{{cite web|url=https://www.westword.com/music/3oh-3-and-cobra-starship-at-the-fillmore-dont-think-just-start-touchin-on-my-5699217|title=3OH!3 and Cobra Starship at The Fillmore: Don't Think, Just Start "Touchin On My"|website=Westword|author=Kiernan Maletsky|date=May 24, 2010|access-date=October 25, 2024}} They also performed the song at the 2024 When We Were Young Festival.{{cite web|url=https://idobi.com/news/3oh3-when-we-were-young-watch/|title=3OH!3 Perform 'STARSTRUKK' at When We Were Young|website=idobi Radio|author=Maria Serra|date=October 19, 2024|access-date=October 25, 2024}}
Critical reception
David Jeffries of AllMusic referred to the song as "cute", positively commenting on the use of "a censor's bleep into its synth pop melody".{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0002001908|pure_url=yes}}|title=Streets of Gold – 3OH!3|last=Jeffries|first=David|author-link=|date=June 29, 2010|work=AllMusic|accessdate=August 6, 2020}} Emily Mackay of NME criticized the song, commenting that "There's no lamer sound in 'offensive' pop than the blarts in 'Touchin' On My': 'Touchin' on my -----While I'm touching on your ----- '".{{cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-3oh3-11444-306098|title=Album review: 3OH!3 – 'Alive Till I'm Dead' (Virgin)|last=Mackay|first=Emily|date=July 11, 2010|work=NME|accessdate=August 6, 2020}} Jody Rosen of Rolling Stone stated that "The formula is the same: dopey electro rock bolstering "raps" about drinking ("Wake up next to pharaohs hung over in Cairo") and getting girls to "touch on" their privates", in reference to "I Know How to Say" and "Touchin' on My" respectively.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/streets-of-gold-199975/|title=Streets of Gold|last=Rosen|first=Jody|date=June 22, 2010|magazine=Rolling Stone|accessdate=August 6, 2020}} Bree Davies of Westword stated that the track "follows a well-worn formula for 3OH!3: It's an EKG beat-styled sex jam that lyrically walks the thin line between jokey and raunchy. Though their music barely stands out among their pop-rap contemporaries -- er, Kesha."{{cite web|url=https://www.westword.com/music/3oh-3s-latest-video-touchin-on-my-is-a-total-smirk-fest-5681658|title=3OH!3's latest video "Touchin' on my" is a total smirk-fest|website=Westword|author=Bree Davies|date=January 24, 2011|access-date=October 25, 2024}}
Chart performance
In the United States, "Touchin' on My" debuted and peaked at number 49 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the issue dated June 5, 2010. The song dropped to number 89 the following week, spending a total of two weeks on the chart. In Canada, the song also spent two weeks on the Canadian Hot 100 chart, having debuted and peaked at number 22 for the issue dated June 5, 2010.
Music video
The video was filmed by director Isaac Ravishankara in December 2010.{{Cite web|url=http://www.videostatic.com/vs/2010/12/booked-3oh3-isaac-ravishankara-dir.html|title = BOOKED: 3OH!3 - Isaac Ravishankara, dir|website = VideoStatic}} The video premiered on January 20, 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/3oh3_premiere_touchin_on_my_video/|title=3OH!3 premiere "Touchin On My" video|magazine=Alternative Press|date=January 20, 2011|access-date=October 25, 2024}} The music video starts with a man walking in his underwear out into the street and 3OH!3 runs the man over in their car. The music video is framed around Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte walking around different scenes rapping into the camera. To fit the theme of the song, the members faces, scenes, body parts are blurred out. One scene includes 3OH!3 walking into a room where an evidently pornographic scene is being filmed. Everything in those following scenes including the faces and body parts are blurred out. The ending of the video involves someone giving Motte a F*** and Foreman fighting over a bomb that is about to explode. They don't drop the bomb, this is a reference to how in the song "Touchin on My" the duo didn't drop the 'F-bomb' though it was implied throughout the song.{{cite web |url=http://music.aol.com/blog/2011/01/20/3oh-3-touchin-on-my-video/ |title=3OH!3, 'Touchin on My' -- Video Premiere - AOL Music Blog |website=music.aol.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123173525/http://music.aol.com/blog/2011/01/20/3oh-3-touchin-on-my-video/ |archive-date=2011-01-23}} Foreman gives Motte the bomb and runs and leave Motte alone, and the video fades to black as it explodes to Motte.
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+Chart performance for "Touchin' On My" |
| scope="col"|Chart (2010)
!scope="col"|Peak |
|---|
| {{singlechart|Canada|22|artist=3OH!3|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 6, 2020}|refname="can100"}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|49|artist=3OH!3|accessdate=August 6, 2020|rowheader=true|refname="hot100"}} |
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+2022 chart performance for "Touchin' On My" |
| scope="col"|Chart (2022)
!scope="col"|Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard Japan){{cite web|title=Billboard Japan Hot Overseas – Week of June 29, 2022|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=d_and_a_overseas&year=2022&month=07&day=04|website=Billboard Japan|language=ja|date=June 29, 2022|access-date=June 29, 2022}}
| 7 |
Release history
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Release dates for "Touchin' On My" ! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row"| Various
| May 18, 2010 | rowspan="2"| Photo Finish | align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/ca/album/touchin-on-my-single/371587674|title=Touchin' On My - Single by 3OH!3|website=Apple Music|access-date=October 25, 2024}} |
|---|
| scope="row"| United States
| January 20, 2011 |
References
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Category:Songs written by Nathaniel Motte