Touch, Peel and Stand

Infobox Single
Name = Touch, Peel and Stand


Artist = Days of the New
from Album = Days of the New
B-side =
Released = 1997
Format = CD single
Recorded = October, November 1996
Genre = Post-grunge
Acoustic rock
Length = 4:57
Label = Outpost
Writer = Days of the New
Producer = Scott Litt
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single =
This single = "Touch, Peel and Stand" (1997)
Next single = "The Down Town" (1998)

"Touch, Peel and Stand," also titled "Touch, Peel "&" Stand," is a song by Days of the New and the lead single from their self-titled debut album. It was released in 1997 and remains arguably the band's most popular and well known song. 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. [ [http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-retail-stores-not/4623257-1.html "Top Mainstream Rock Songs Of The Decade"] AllBusiness.com (December 3, 1999). Retrieved on April 12, 2008.]

"Touch, Peel and Stand" is known for its raw, acoustic feel and maintains considerable radio play to this day. Despite the fact that Travis Meeks writes all songs by Days of the New, and considers it his own personal project, he has praised Matt Taul's cymbal-heavy percussion in the song. In a 2008 interview, Meeks noted, "As far as I’m concerned, he owns the track." [Herron, Matt [http://leoweekly.com/?q=node/7333 "You're talking to a miracle - Travis Meeks heals one piece at a time"] LEOWeekly.com (July 16, 2008). Retrieved on August 26, 2008.]

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.

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.

Appearances

The song as performed live on "Late Night with David Letterman" in 1998.

"Touch, Peel and Stand" 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 ' released in 1999 and ' released March 2008.

In January 2006, the song was featured in a TV commercial for TLC's reality television program "Beyond the Bull". [ [http://adtunes.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=20829 "Beyond the Bull"] AdTunes.com (December 30, 2005). Retrieved April 12, 2008.]

Track listings

The CD single, released in 1998, also includes two B-sides, "Independent Slaves" and "Got to be You." The former was also included on the "" soundtrack while the latter appeared on "2 Guitars, Bass & Drums: Songs For Survival".

#Touch, Peel & Stand
#Independent Slaves
#Got to be You

Chart positions

References

External links

* [http://music.aol.com/video/touch-peel-and-stand/days-of-the-new/1447196 "Touch, Peel and Stand" Music Video @ AOL Music]