See The Divinyls ‘I Touch Myself’ Turned Into A Touching Breast Cancer PSA

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In April of 2013, Dininyls frontwomen Chrissy Amphlett died from breast cancer after an ultrasound and mammogram missed the cancer. Later, Amphlett found a lump on her own through self-examination.

It’s said that her dying wish was to have the 1990 hit, I Touch Myself, be a reminder to all women to check themselves regularly for signs of breast cancer. The Australian advocacy group, Cancer Council New South Wales, took it upon themselves to work with supporters and other singers to create this new version of the song.

Participating in the creation are Olivia Newton-John, Sarah Blasko, Connie Mitchell, Sarah McLeod, Katie Noonan, Little Pattie, Megan Washington, Deborah Conway and Suze DeMarchi.

The song, always strangely sexual in tonality., takes on an entirely new meaning with this PSA effort that’s tru

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