How To Touch a Girl

**How To Touch a Girl** is the second single from JoJo's sophomore album "The High Road."

The song was written by JoJo, Billy Steinberg & Josh Alexander (who also produced the song). It features an uncredited sample of Whitney Houston's 1985 hit song "Saving All My Love For You."

## Music Video

The video was directed by Syndrome. It first premiered on MTV's "TRL" on December 7, 2006.

It shows clips of JoJo sitting in a room filled with old vinyl records, sitting on a staircase and singing on a Los Angeles 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 portrayed by Cody Longo (who is seemingly her boyfriend) meets JoJo in her room with the albums and the two of them embrace.

## Chart Performance

Due to lack of promotion, "How to Touch a Girl" failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but managed to chart at #4 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart and #76 on the Billboard Pop 100.

## 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.*"

## Lyrics

<poem>
Mmm

I think I could like you
I already do
Feelings can grow but
They can go away too

You're takin my hand
Looking into my eyes
Don't be in a rush to
Get me tonight

Feel somethin happening
Could this be a spark?
To satisfy me, baby
Gotta satisfy my heart

Do you know how to touch a girl?
If you want me so much
First, I have to know
Are you thoughtful and kind?
Do you care what's on my mind?

Or am I just for show?
You'll go far in this world
If you know how to touch a girl

Do you know how to touch
Know how to touch a girl?
Do you know how to touch
Know how to touch a girl?

I think I could like you
But I keep holding back
Cause I can't seem to tell
If you're fiction or fact

Show me you can laugh
Show me you can cry
Show me who you really are
Deep down inside

Do you feel somethin happenin?
Could this be for real?
I don't know right now
But tonight we'll reveal

Do you know how to touch a girl?
If you want me so much
First I have to know
Are you thoughtful and kind?
Do you care what's on my mind?

Or am I just for show?
You'll go far in this world
If you know how to touch a girl

Bring me some flowers
Conversation for hours
To see if we really connect
And baby, if we do
Ooh, I'll be giving all my love to you
Ohh

Do you know how to touch a girl?
If you want me so much
First I have to know

Are you thoughtful and kind?
Do you care what's on my mind?
Or am I just for show?
You'll go far in this world
If you know how to touch a girl

Do you know how to touch
Know how to touch a girl? (Yeah, yeah)
Do you know how to touch
Know how to touch a girl?

You'll go far in this world
If you know how to touch a girl
<poem>