Touch, Peel and Stand
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| Single by Days of the New from the album Days of the New |
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| Released | 1997 | ||||
| Format | CD single | ||||
| Recorded | October, November 1996 | ||||
| Genre | Post-grunge Acoustic rock |
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| Length | 4:57 | ||||
| Label | Outpost | ||||
| Writer(s) | Days of the New | ||||
| Producer | Scott Litt | ||||
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"Touch, Peel and Stand," also titled "Touch, Peel & Stand," is the lead single off Days of the New's self-titled debut album. It was released in 1997 and remains one of the band's most popular and well known songs. The song reached #1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks and retained the spot for a record 16 weeks. On their list of Top Mainstream Rock Songs of the Decade, the song ranked in at #8 for '97 and #4 for '98.[1] "Touch, Peel and Stand" is known for its raw, acoustic feel and maintains considerable radio play to this day.
The cover art of the "Touch, Peel and Stand" CD single borrows a photograph from the band's debut album liner notes. This depicts the Wrestling Superstars figure of George "The Animal" Steele. The rubber figure is heavily battered with both his head and left arm torn off.
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[edit] Music video
The video for "Touch, Peel and Stand" has a disgruntled young man watching TV in a filthy, rundown house. On the TV screen, the band is performing the song in a gray, open-spaced room and appears to acknowledge the man through the screen. He eventually becomes enraged and tosses furniture around the room before entering the bathroom and cutting off his long hair and shaving his head bald. Photos of the band are seen throughout his house. The man is eventually seen, with clothes neatly tucked in, facing a closed curtain while the band continues to perform in the TV screen.
[edit] Appearances
The song was featured on compilations like X-Games, Vol. 3 in 1998, Shine! in 2000, and Total Rock and Crossing All Over, Vol. 7 in 2002. It can also be found on the soundtrack to Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows released in 1999 and Days of the New: The Definitive Collection released March 2008.
In January 2006, the song was featured in a TV commercial for TLC's reality television program Beyond the Bull.[2]
[edit] Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
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| Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 6 | 1998 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 | 1997 |
| Australian Singles Chart | 38 | 1997 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 35 | 1997 |
[edit] References
- ^ "Top Mainstream Rock Songs Of The Decade" AllBusiness.com (December 3, 1999). Retrieved on April 12, 2008.
- ^ "Beyond the Bull" AdTunes.com (December 30, 2005). Retrieved April 12, 2008.
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