Touch, Peel and Stand

"Touch, Peel and Stand"
Single by Days of the New
from the album Days of the New
B-side	"Independent Slaves" "Got to Be You"
Released	December 20, 1997[1]
Genre	Post-grunge acoustic rock
Length	4:57
Label	Outpost
Songwriter(s)	Travis Meeks
Producer(s)	Scott Litt
Days of the New singles chronology
"Touch, Peel and Stand" (1997) "The Down Town" (1998)

"Touch, Peel and Stand" is a song by the rock band 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. It was named, ″Greatest of All-Time Mainstream Rock Song″ by Billboard magazine.^[2] The song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and retained the spot for a then-record sixteen weeks. Shortly after this success, the song rose to #6 on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart, becoming their first Top 10 hit on the chart.

"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 the majority of the 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."^[3]

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.