Touch Myself

"Touch Myself" is song recorded by American singer Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins for the soundtrack album to the film, Fled. It was released by Rowdy Records as the album's lead single and as Watkins' first solo single apart from her group TLC on July 18, 1996.

For the Divinyls song, see I Touch Myself.

"Touch Myself"
Single by T-Boz
from the album Fled
Released	July 18, 1996 (1996-07-18)
Recorded	1996; DARP Studios (Atlanta, Georgia)
Genre	R&B hip hop soul dance groove
Length	3:58
Label	Rowdy LaFace Arista
Songwriter(s)	Dallas Austin
Producer(s)	Austin
T-Boz singles chronology
"Word to the Badd!!" (1991) "Touch Myself" (1996) "Ghetto Love" (1997)

A music video (directed by Bille Woodruff) was made with and without clips from the film.

A remix was also made featuring rapper Richie Rich, and produced by Jermaine Dupri. The remix also had a music video which did not contain clips from the movie. In 1997 it was released as the third single from Richie Rich's 1996 album Seasoned Veteran. It peaked at number 40 giving her her first top 40 hit.

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[1]	48
U.S. Hot Dance Music[2]	3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2]	40
USUS R&B/Hip-Hop(Billboard)[2]	23

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the CD single.[3]

Recording and management

• Recorded and mixed at DARP Studios (Atlanta, GA)
• Mastered at The Hit Factory (New York City, New York)
• Contains a sample of "Hey Young World", written by Ricky Walters and performed by Slick Rick, published by Def American Songs, Inc., courtesy of Def Jam Recordings, Inc.
• Contains a sample from "Who the Cap Fits", written by Edmund Carl Aiken, Jr. PKA Shinehead, and performed by Shinehead, published by African Love Music/Def American Songs, Inc. under license from African Love Music
• Managed by Hiriam Management
• Published by EMI April Music Inc., Darp Music (ASCAP)

Personnel

Dallas Austin – writing, production, instrumentation, executive production Atvi Speights – recording engineer, mixing Leslie Brathwaite – recording engineering Carl Glover – recording assistant Brian Smith – recording assistant Sol Messiah – scratching Rick Sheppard – MIDI and sound designing

Debra Killings – background vocals Chris Gehringer – mastering Antonio M. Reid – executive production Kenneth Edmonds – executive production Perri Reid – executive production Dah Len – photography Davett Singletary – creative direction Christopher Stern – art direction

References

1. UK Singles - 1952-2009 Enter T-Boz in the search field
2. Touch Myself at AllMusic
3. Touch Myself (CD single) (Compact Disc liner notes). T-Boz. United States: Rowdy. 1996. 75444-35080-2.CS1 maint: others (link)