Touch (Pia Mia song)

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"Touch"
Pia Mia - Touch.png
Single by Pia Mia
Released30 October 2015
Genre
Length3:26
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Pia Mia singles chronology
"Do It Again"
(2015)
"Touch"
(2015)
"Boys & Girls"
(2016)

"Touch" is a song recorded by American singer Pia Mia. It was released as the second single from her upcoming debut studio album on 30 October 2015 by Interscope Records. It was written by Pia Mia, co-written and produced by Stargate. The song has peaked to number 47 on both the Australian Singles Chart and the UK Singles Chart.

Contents

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Touch" was first released onto YouTube on 5 November 2015 at a total length of three minutes and thirty-seven seconds. O'Shea Jackson Jr. makes a cameo appearance as Pia's love interest. [1]

Track listing

Digital download [2]
No.TitleLength
1."Touch"3:26

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [3] 47
Ireland (IRMA) [4] 83
New Zealand Heatseekers (Recorded Music NZ) [5] 10
Scotland (OCC) [6] 28
UK Singles (OCC) [7] 47

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [8] Silver200,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United States 30 October 2015 [2] Digital download

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