Love Touch

"Love Touch" is a song performed by Rod Stewart and written by Gene Black, Holly Knight and Mike Chapman. It was released as a single in 1986 and peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was featured in the end credits of the Robert Redford romantic comedy, Legal Eagles, hence it is often listed with the subtitle "Theme from Legal Eagles" (it does not appear on the film's soundtrack album). It does, however, appear on Stewart's album, Every Beat of My Heart. 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."

"Love Touch"
Single by Rod Stewart
from the album Every Beat of My Heart
B-side"Heart Is on the Line"
ReleasedJune 1986
Length4:03
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Gene Black, Michael Chapman, Holly Knight
Rod Stewart singles chronology
"People Get Ready"
(1985)		 "Love Touch"
(1986)		 "Another Heartache"
(1986)

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.

Chart performance
Chart (1986) Peak
position
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[1] 3
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[2] 7
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[3] 27
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[4] 5
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 6
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[6] 26
West Germany (Official German Charts)[7] 14
Year-end chart (1986)Rank
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[8] 62
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[9] 82
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References
  1. "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 0711." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  2. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0707." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  3. "Rod Stewart: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  4. "Rod Stewart Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  5. "Rod Stewart Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  6. "Rod Stewart Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  7. "Offiziellecharts.de – Rod Stewart – Love Touch". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  8. "Top 100 Singles of '86". RPM. Vol. 45 no. 14. 27 December 1986. p. 5.
  9. Nielsen Business Media, Inc (27 December 1986). "1986 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. 98 (52): Y-21.
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