"I Touch Myself" | ||||
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Single by Divinyls | ||||
from the album Divinyls | ||||
B-side | "Follow Through" | |||
Written | 1990 | |||
Released | 19 November 1990 | |||
Studio | Groove Masters (Santa Monica, California) | |||
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Length | 3:44 | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
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"I Touch Myself" on YouTube |
"I Touch Myself" is a song recorded by Australian rock band Divinyls. It was written by the songwriting team of Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg along with Christine Amphlett and Mark McEntee of the Divinyls.[3] It was released in November 1990 by Virgin as the lead single from the band's fourth album, Divinyls (1991), and deals with the subjects of eroticism and female masturbation.[4] The single achieved success, reaching No. 1 in Australia and No. 4 on the US Billboard Hot 100. In January 2018, Australian network Triple M ranked the song at No. 60 in its list of the "most Australian" songs of all time.[5] In 2023, Billboard magazine ranked it among the "500 Best Pop Songs of All Time".[6]