"Touch It" was the lead single from Monifah

Monifah

Monifah is an American female R&B singer-songwriter.-Career:In 1996, her debut album, Moods...Moments was released. In 1997, she contributed the Heavy D. produced "I Still Love You" to the soundtrack of the film, Sprung. Monifah's second album was Mo'hogany. Released in the last quarter of 1998,...

's second album, Mo'hogany

Mo'hogany

Mo'hogany is the second album by R&B singer Monifah. It was released on August 25, 1998 through Uptown Records and featured production from Heavy D, Mario Winans and N.O. Joe...

. The R&B/dance hybrid was produced and written by Jack Knight

Jack Knight (songwriter)

Jack Knight is an American songwriter and producer. He is also a published author and founder of The Jack Knight Songwriters Academy.-Biography:...

 and Screwface, who used a sample of Laid Back

Laid Back

Laid Back is a Danish Post-punk group formed in Copenhagen by John Guldberg and Tim Stahl in 1979...

's 1983 hit, "White Horse

White Horse (Laid Back song)

"White Horse" is a 1983 crossover post-disco single written by Tim Stahl and John Guldberg of the Danish synth-pop duo Laid Back. In the U.S., the single was most successful on the dance chart where it spent three weeks at number one. The single also made the top five on the R&B singles chart and...

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Released as a single in the summer of 1998, the song became a world wide hit, reaching No. 9 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 and becoming a top 40 hit in several other countries. "Touch It" was Monifah's highest peak position on the U.S. charts (though it did not reach a gold certification like her 1996 hit "You") and also was her only to reach the Billboard Year-End charts

Billboard Year-End

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, reaching 77 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1998. The song may also be remembered for its colorful music video that featured Monifah performing the song in front of the United States armed forces

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Peak positions

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Billboard Hot 100	9
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	9
Billboard Hot Rhythmic Top 40	1
Billboard Mainstream Top 40	13
Australia (ARIA ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... )	5
Belgium (Ultratop Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts... )	7
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting... )	3
New Zealand (RIANZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... )	27

Year-End charts

End of year chart (1998)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	77