Love Touch

{{About|the Rod Stewart song|the song by Suzi Quatro|Oh Suzi Q.}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Use British English|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox song | name = Love Touch | cover = Love Touch cover.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Rod Stewart]] | album = [[Every Beat of My Heart (Rod Stewart album)|Every Beat of My Heart]] | B-side = Heart Is on the Line | released = 12 May 1986<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1986/Music-Week-1986-05-17.pdf|title=Music Week|page=8}}</ref> | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = | length = 4:03 | label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]] | writer = {{hlist||[[Mike Chapman|Michael Chapman]]|[[Holly Knight]]}} | producer = [[Mike Chapman|Michael Chapman]] | prev_title = [[People Get Ready (song)|People Get Ready]] | prev_year = 1985 | next_title = [[Another Heartache]] | next_year = 1986 }}

"'''Love Touch'''" is a song performed by [[Rod Stewart]] and written by [[Holly Knight]], Mike Chapman. It was released as a single in 1986 and peaked at #6 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''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" after being entangled in a complete sense of pride.

==Reception== ''[[Cash Box]]'' called it "a delightfully perky little ditty, melodic and catchy as the day is long."<ref name=cb>{{cite magazine|title=Single Releases|magazine=Cash Box|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1986/CB-1986-05-31.pdf|date=May 31, 1986|accessdate=2022-08-04|page=9}}</ref> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' said "[[steel drums]] carry unhurried rhythms, and the rocker is temporarily tamed into a crooner."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|date=May 31, 1986|accessdate=2022-08-04|page=61|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CSUEAAAAMBAJ|title=Reviews}}</ref>

Although it is among Stewart's most successful singles, 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== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" !Chart (1986) !Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|3|artist=Rod Stewart|song=Love Touch|chartid=0711|rowheader=true|access-date=8 May 2020}} |- {{single chart|Canadatopsingles|7|artist=Rod Stewart|song=Love Touch|chartid=0707|rowheader=true|access-date=8 May 2020}} |- {{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|27|artist=Rod Stewart|song=Love Touch|artistid=20537|rowheader=true|access-date=8 May 2020}} |- {{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|5|artist=Rod Stewart|rowheader=true|accessdate=18 December 2016}} |- {{single chart|Billboardhot100|6|artist=Rod Stewart|rowheader=true|accessdate=8 May 2020}} |- {{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|26|artist=Rod Stewart|rowheader=true|accessdate=8 May 2020}} |- !scope="row"|US [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]<ref name="Cash Box">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996]]|publisher=Sheridan Books, Inc.|year=2014|isbn=978-0-89820-209-0}}</ref> | align="center"|7 |- {{single chart|West Germany|14|artist=Rod Stewart|song=Love Touch|songid=1460|rowheader=true|accessdate=8 May 2020}} |} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year-end chart (1986) ! Rank |- |Canada Top Singles (RPM)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Top 100 Singles of '86 |magazine=RPM |date=December 27, 1986 |volume=45 |issue=14 |page=5 |url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0760&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0760.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0760}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|62 |- |[[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1986|US Top Pop Singles (''Billboard'')]]<ref>{{cite magazine |date=December 27, 1986 |title=1986 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles |page=Y-21 |magazine=Billboard |volume=98 |issue=52 |last1=Nielsen Business Media |first1=Inc }}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|82 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Rod Stewart songs]] [[Category:1986 singles]] [[Category:1986 songs]] [[Category:Songs written by Holly Knight]] [[Category:Songs written by Mike Chapman]] [[Category:Music videos directed by Mary Lambert]]