How to Touch a Girl

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"How to Touch a Girl"

Single by JoJo
from the album The High Road
Released	November 14, 2006
Format	Digital download
Recorded	Los Angeles, California
Genre	R&B/Pop
Length	4:29
Label	Blackground/Universal
Writer(s)	Billy Steinberg, Josh Alexander, Joanna "JoJo" Levesque
Producer(s)	Billy Steinberg, Josh Alexander
Chart positions
#12 ( Philippines) #104 (U.S.)
JoJo singles chronology
"Too Little Too Late" (2006)	"How to Touch a Girl" (2006)	"Anything" (2007)

"How to Touch a Girl" is a pop song written by Billy Steinberg, Josh Alexander, and Joanna "JoJo" Levesque for JoJo's second studio album The High Road (2006). It was co-produced by Billy Steinberg and Josh Alexander. "How to Touch a Girl" is the second single from the album. "How to Touch a Girl" was released to Top 40 radio in December 2006. The release of "How to Touch a Girl" marks the first time a single with a writing credit from JoJo was eligible to chart.

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[edit] Critical reception

The song was well received by critics. Chuck Taylor of Billboard said that "'How to Touch a Girl' again casts the youngster with a crafty melody, albeit strikingly similar in structure to the previous hit. Despite the bizarre, almost perverse title, this track could propel the burgeoning talent all the way." In a review of The High Road, Bill Lamb called the song "a near perfect piece of teen pop".^[1]

[edit] Music video

The music video, directed by Syndrome, premiered on TRL on December 7, 2006. The video shows clips of JoJo sitting in a room filled with old vinyl records, sitting on a staircase, and singing on a rooftop at sunset. There are also scenes of her in an apartment in a green dress. Special effects allow JoJo to be seen multiple times in the same shot. There is also a storyline involving a young couple on a date. Near the end of the video, a boy meets JoJo in her room with the albums. He is seemingly her boyfriend, and the two embrace.

[edit] Charts

Although the song appeared within the lower regions of the pop charts, it failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming JoJo second single to do so, the first being "Not That Kinda Girl". The single did, however, peak at #4 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (which is equivalent to #104 if the Billboard Hot 100 went beyond 100 spots) and #76 on the Billboard Pop 100.