Songs About Self-Love

Rare tunes about masturbation from Macy Gray and more.

Macy Gray, 'B.O.B.' - For the most part, R&B is about the pain and pleasures of being in love, hip hop is about the struggle and rock-n-roll is about living on the edge. It's a rare occasion when a song emerges about self-love, the kind of relationship Macy Gray sings about in her new ditty "B.O.B. (Battery Operated Better)."Not afraid of sharing her alone time, Macy opens up with lyrics about her vibrator that include, "He fits like a glove, always up for love / He gets me so excited / I turn him on / We go baby go / Start the fire and lightning / Ooh aah ooh, I love my baby BOB." While Macy explores the solo route with her new cartoon/lyric video (which you can see here) check out a few more artists who've lyrically explored the joys of self-satisfaction. Read on. — Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)(Photo: Kevin Winter/Ge...

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Macy Gray, 'B.O.B.' - For the most part, R&B is about the pain and pleasures of being in love, hip hop is about the struggle and rock-n-roll is about living on the edge. It's a rare occasion when a song emerges about self-love, the kind of relationship Macy Gray sings about in her new ditty "B.O.B. (Battery Operated Better)."Not afraid of sharing her alone time, Macy opens up with lyrics about her vibrator that include, "He fits like a glove, always up for love / He gets me so excited / I turn him on / We go baby go / Start the fire and lightning / Ooh aah ooh, I love my baby BOB." While Macy explores the solo route with her new cartoon/lyric video (which you can see here) check out a few more artists who've lyrically explored the joys of self-satisfaction. Read on. — Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)(Photo: Kevin Winter/Ge...

Keyshia Cole, 'She' - Keyshia Cole unearths a new side of herself on this single from her album Point of No Return. "It's one of them nights... Getting high off my own supply feels so right," she croons.(Photo: Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images)

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Keyshia Cole, 'She' - Keyshia Cole unearths a new side of herself on this single from her album Point of No Return. "It's one of them nights... Getting high off my own supply feels so right," she croons.(Photo: Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images)

Janet Jackson, 'If' - Ms. Jackson (if you're nasty) got through her solo nights with fantasies about a lover she couldn't have. "How many nights I've laid in bed excited over you / I've closed my eyes and thought of us a hundred different ways / I've gotten there so many times I wonder how 'bout you," she sang.(Photo: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

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Janet Jackson, 'If' - Ms. Jackson (if you're nasty) got through her solo nights with fantasies about a lover she couldn't have. "How many nights I've laid in bed excited over you / I've closed my eyes and thought of us a hundred different ways / I've gotten there so many times I wonder how 'bout you," she sang.(Photo: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

Richie Rich Featuring T-Boz, 'Touch Myself' - Bay area rap vet Richie Rich connected with T-Boz for this 1996 hit. Encouraging his woman, the Oakland MC spit, "Get it straight, a player don't hate, he congratulate / While you demonstrate you giving yo N-I-G a break / I let ya fingers be the reason that I stay out late / When double R come home / Ya touching teasing like Case / Bringing the shakes plus joy like Anita Bake."(Photos from Left: Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Clear Channel, Richie Rich via Twitter)

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Richie Rich Featuring T-Boz, 'Touch Myself' - Bay area rap vet Richie Rich connected with T-Boz for this 1996 hit. Encouraging his woman, the Oakland MC spit, "Get it straight, a player don't hate, he congratulate / While you demonstrate you giving yo N-I-G a break / I let ya fingers be the reason that I stay out late / When double R come home / Ya touching teasing like Case / Bringing the shakes plus joy like Anita Bake."(Photos from Left: Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Clear Channel, Richie Rich via Twitter)

Chuck Berry, 'My Ding-A-Ling' - Rock legend Chuck Berry didn't have a problem when he recorded his No. 1 hit paying ode to self gratification. "My ding-a-ling, my-ding-a-ling, I want to play with my ding-a-ling," he declared.(Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) 

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Chuck Berry, 'My Ding-A-Ling' - Rock legend Chuck Berry didn't have a problem when he recorded his No. 1 hit paying ode to self gratification. "My ding-a-ling, my-ding-a-ling, I want to play with my ding-a-ling," he declared.(Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) 

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Tweet Featuring Missy Elliott, 'Oops (Oh My)' - Tweet and Missy spoke on the joys of self pleasure on their 2002 hit "Oops (Oh My)." The songstress was enjoying herself as she sung, "From this body, so buttery brown and tantalizing / You woulda thought I needed help from this feeling that I felt / So shook I had to catch my breath."(Photo: Matthew Peyton/Getty Images)

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Tweet Featuring Missy Elliott, 'Oops (Oh My)' - Tweet and Missy spoke on the joys of self pleasure on their 2002 hit "Oops (Oh My)." The songstress was enjoying herself as she sung, "From this body, so buttery brown and tantalizing / You woulda thought I needed help from this feeling that I felt / So shook I had to catch my breath."(Photo: Matthew Peyton/Getty Images)

Royce da 5'9", 'My Friend' - Royce Da 5'9" paid homage to his third leg on "My Friend," from his 2002 debut, Rock City. Talking about his and his jimmy's exploits, he also discussed their time alone when he spit, "I need him for the health, I guess I'm a bit abusive / I choke him up and beat him when he's thinking for himself / Something I really don't love doing, cuz I feel guilty and try to make it up to him."(Photo: Dominic Chan/ WENN.com)

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Royce da 5'9", 'My Friend' - Royce Da 5'9" paid homage to his third leg on "My Friend," from his 2002 debut, Rock City. Talking about his and his jimmy's exploits, he also discussed their time alone when he spit, "I need him for the health, I guess I'm a bit abusive / I choke him up and beat him when he's thinking for himself / Something I really don't love doing, cuz I feel guilty and try to make it up to him."(Photo: Dominic Chan/ WENN.com)

The Pussycat Dolls, 'I Don't Need a Man' - The Pussycat Dolls let the world know they were self-sufficient when they recorded "I Don't Need a Man," from their 2005 debut. The message was quite obvious as they sang, "I don't need a man to make me feel good / I get off doing my thing... / So let me break it down / I can get off when you ain't around."(Photo: Matthew Simmons/WireImage)

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The Pussycat Dolls, 'I Don't Need a Man' - The Pussycat Dolls let the world know they were self-sufficient when they recorded "I Don't Need a Man," from their 2005 debut. The message was quite obvious as they sang, "I don't need a man to make me feel good / I get off doing my thing... / So let me break it down / I can get off when you ain't around."(Photo: Matthew Simmons/WireImage)

Kelly Rowland, 'Feeling Me Right Now' - Kelly hit the club and had a ball as she found the right person to go home with — herself — on this self-pleasing track off her album Here I Am. Getting in the mood, she sings, "So back, back, back it up, you're the one I got my eye on / Don't give me your number, its already in my iPhone / I just want you close, close, close, close, nearer / Been watching you all night up in the mirror."(Photo: Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images)

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Kelly Rowland, 'Feeling Me Right Now' - Kelly hit the club and had a ball as she found the right person to go home with — herself — on this self-pleasing track off her album Here I Am. Getting in the mood, she sings, "So back, back, back it up, you're the one I got my eye on / Don't give me your number, its already in my iPhone / I just want you close, close, close, close, nearer / Been watching you all night up in the mirror."(Photo: Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images)

Ne-Yo, 'She Uses Me (Masturbation)' - Ne-Yo knows how women feel about him and championed ladies to use his music for any way they pleased when he flipped Kelly Rowland's "Motivation." "She rubbing lotion on her body / Pretending that her hands are mine / Touching herself how she want me to touch her / I'm not a star in her mind, I'm her lover."(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Ne-Yo, 'She Uses Me (Masturbation)' - Ne-Yo knows how women feel about him and championed ladies to use his music for any way they pleased when he flipped Kelly Rowland's "Motivation." "She rubbing lotion on her body / Pretending that her hands are mine / Touching herself how she want me to touch her / I'm not a star in her mind, I'm her lover."(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Missy Elliott, 'Toyz' - Missy kicked her male friend out the bed on this track from her fifth album, This Is Not a Test!, in 2003. Getting straight to the point, Misdemeanor sang, "I keep my butterfly close when you don't wanna be bothered / Don't come waking me up, 'cause I ain't giving you nada / 'Cause I got me a toy."(Photo: Don Arnold/Getty Images) 

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Missy Elliott, 'Toyz' - Missy kicked her male friend out the bed on this track from her fifth album, This Is Not a Test!, in 2003. Getting straight to the point, Misdemeanor sang, "I keep my butterfly close when you don't wanna be bothered / Don't come waking me up, 'cause I ain't giving you nada / 'Cause I got me a toy."(Photo: Don Arnold/Getty Images)