Sydney restaurateur Kylie Kwong says it's ironic that a Divinyls song that was once frowned upon by older women is likely to become the saviour of so many lives.
Kwong, who was a friend of the late-Australian rock chick Chrissy Amphlett, is an ambassador for Cancer Council's NSW's I Touch Myself project, which will be launched in Sydney on Wednesday.
Amphlett died in New York in April 2013 following a long battle with breast cancer She was 53 years old.
Her dying wish was for the band's 1990 international hit I Touch Myself, about female masturbation, to become an anthem for women to touch themselves with self-breast examinations.
Amphlett's cousin Little Pattie and Olivia Newton-John are among the 10 Australian women who sing the raunchy lyrics in a touching black-and-white music clip.
"When that song came out, I was 18 or 19," Kwong tells AAP. "It was so incredible and she was this sexual goddess and that's what she was all about.
"For women she was very empowering and very liberating.
"To think all these years later, this song has been transformed into an incredible breast-cancer anthem which potentially could save so many lives."
The music clip has been released but it will be launched officially on Wednesday, alongside a photographic exhibition, at the Blender Gallery.
Also singing on the clip are Kate Ceberano, Megan Washington, Katie Noonan, Deborah Conway, Suze DeMarchi, Sarah Blasko, Connie Mitchell and Sarah McLeod.
"I'm absolutely proud to be a part of the campaign as one of the ambassadors and we talk about how she touched our lives," Kwong says.
"It was her dying wish for it be a breast-cancer song."
Kwong says Amphlett and her husband Charley Drayton used to visit her restaurant in Sydney. The chef would ask the Divinyls star to sing tunes to the kitchen staff in return for free meals.
"One night she sang I'm Jealous to my four chefs and they've never forgotten it," Kwong says.
The chef says Drayton was the driving force behind the project and wanted to ensure Amphlett's legacy lives on.
"Charley pushed and pushed for this and I can't wait to see the pride on his face tomorrow," Kwong says.
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