| "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]
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- ^ Gawne, Holley (17 October 2021). "Check out 14 of the most iconic Aussie pub rock songs". Tone Deaf. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ Wiser, Carl. "Billy Steinberg: Songwriter Interviews".
- ^ Surnow, Rose (22 April 2013). "Masturbation Pioneer and "I Touch Myself Singer," Divinyls' Chrissy Amphlett, Dead at 53". Cosmopolitan. Hearst Corporation. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
- ^ "Here Are The Songs That Made Triple M's 'Ozzest 100'". Musicfeeds. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List". Billboard. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.