"Touch'N You" is a song by American rapper

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, featuring vocals from American singer Usher. It was released as the first single from his fifth studio album, ''

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'' on May 22, 2012. The song was produced by Rico Love and Pierre Medor. The music video was directed by Chris Robinson and features

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, Wale,

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, actress and model Tae Heckard as Ross's leading lady.

Background and conception

On January 4, 2011, in an interview with the radio show "The Breakfast Club" (broadcast on the station Power 105), Rick Ross revealed that he planned to release an album titled ''God Forgives, I Don't''. Ross released the album's original first two singles – " You the Boss", a collaboration with fellow rapper

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, and " I Love My Bitches" – on October 4, 2011. Both songs received a moderate amount of airplay on

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radio stations in the United States, with the former peaking at number 62 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and the latter at number 72 on the US

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chart. Ross originally planned to release ''God Forgives, I Don't'' on December 13, 2011, but after Ross suffered

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s on two separate flights between

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and the

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(where he was due to perform) on October 14, 2011, he was briefly hospitalized, and the album's release was indefinitely delayed. After he left hospital, Ross began to record new material for ''God Forgives, I Don't'': as a result, neither "You the Boss" or "I Love My Bitches" appears on the album's final track listing. Media reports also speculated that " Stay Schemin'", a collaboration with rappers

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originally released as a single from Ross' mixtape ''

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'', was to be re-purposed as the first single from ''God Forgives, I Don't'': however, it does not appear on the album. Whilst Ross was recording new material for ''God Forgives, I Don't'', American record producer and songwriter Rico Love played several productions to Spiff TV, the

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manager for Maybach Music Group, Ross' record label, with the intention of playing Ross a production that the late rapper The Notorious B.I.G. would have recorded were he still alive. On the advice of Spiff TV and fellow rapper

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, who also listened to the productions, Love played the production that would eventually be used for "Touch'N You" to Ross, who decided upon hearing it that it would be used for ''God Forgives, I Don't''s first single. "Touch'N You" was distributed to digital retailers by

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on May 22, 2012.

Music video

The music video was released on June 19, 2012. It was directed by Chris Robinson. As of March 2024, the music video has 20 million views.

Track listing

;Digital download # "Touch'N You" (featuring Usher) – 4:12

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

{{Usher singles 2012 singles Rick Ross songs Usher (musician) songs Music videos directed by Chris Robinson (director) Songs written by Rick Ross Maybach Music Group singles Songs written by Rico Love Songs written by Usher (musician) 2011 songs Songs written by Pierre Medor