Hands To Myself

"Hands to Myself" is a song recorded by American singer Selena Gomez for her second studio album, Revival (2015). The track was written by Justin Tranter, Julia Michaels, and its producers Mattman & Robin and Max Martin. It was inspired to add fresh, female perspective to the album and was influenced by the music of Prince. "Hands to Myself" is an upbeat dance-pop and synthpop song, backed by lightly clicking percussion, hand claps, a dark guitar riff and "tribal pop" synths. Gomez uses both her higher vocal register for belting, as well as her lower range breathy vocals in an octave just above a whisper. She clips her enunciation of the lyrics which detail a come-hither. "Hands to Myself" was serviced to contemporary hit radio in the US on January 26, 2016, as the third single from Revival. Music critics were complimentary about Gomez's versatile vocal performance and the track's uncharacteristic production and lyrics. Commercially, "Hands to Myself" has reached number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100, and the top 10 in Canada, New Zealand and Slovakia. It also managed to reach the top 20 in Australia and the United Kingdom. An accompanying music video directed by Alek Keshishian was premiered as an Apple Music exclusive on December 21, 2015. The video depicts a film of Gomez dressed in lingerie playing a stalker of a Hollywood actor. Critics commended the video's cinematography and Gomez's appearance, hailing it as her sexiest and most revealing visual yet. Gomez promoted "Hands to Myself" with a televised performances on the 2015 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show and Saturday Night Live. The song has also been lip-synced to by the Victoria's Secret Angels in a promotional video, and used in Beats Electronics' commercial for their Beats Pill portable speaker. In 2016, the song was used in a television commercial for Pantene.

[Verse 1] Can't keep my hands to myself No matter how hard I'm trying to I want you all to myself You're metaphorical gin and juice So come on give me a taste Of what it’s like to be next to you Won't let one drop go to waste You're metaphorical gin and juice [Pre-Chorus] Cause all of the downs and the uppers Keep making love to each other And I'm trying, trying, I'm trying, trying All of the downs and the uppers Keep making love to each other And I'm trying, trying, I'm trying, but I [Chorus] Can't keep my hands to myself My hands to myself Can't keep my hands to myself My hands to myself [Verse 2] The doctors say you're no good But people say what they wanna say And you should know if I could I'd breathe you in every single day [Pre-Chorus] All of the downs and the uppers Keep making love to each other And I'm trying, trying, I'm trying, trying All of the downs and the uppers Keep making love to each other And I'm trying, trying, I'm trying, but I [Chorus] Can't keep my hands to myself My hands to myself Can't keep my hands to myself My hands to myself [Bridge] Can't keep my hands to myself I want it all, no, nothing else Can't keep my hands to myself Give me your all and nothing else Oh, I, I want it all I want it all, I want it all Can't keep my hands to myself I mean I could, but why would I want to? [Chorus] My hands to myself Can't keep my hands to myself My hands to myself Can't keep my hands to myself I want it all, no, nothing else Can't keep my hands to myself Give me your all and nothing else Can't keep my hands to myself [Produced By: Matt Man, Max Martin & Da Robin] [Written By: Julia Michaels, Justin Tranter, Matt Man, Max Martin & Da Robin]