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The songwriter behind smash hit pop song YMCA has said his wife will sue anyone who refers to the song as a gay anthem. In a post on Facebook on Monday, the Village People’s Victor Willis also ...
The 1978 disco song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart last month, fueled by President-elect Donald Trump's use of it at his campaign rallies and his subsequent victory on Nov. 5.. In a ...
Village People’s 1978 hit “YMCA” is the group’s most enduring song, and the hit single is frequently described as a “gay anthem” (even the Library Of Congress thinks it is).However ...
The Village People’s lyricist and lead singer has hit out at the “false assumption” that the band’s biggest hit, “YMCA,” is a “gay anthem.” ...
The Village People’s lyricist and lead singer has hit out at the “false assumption” that the band’s biggest hit, “YMCA,” is a “gay anthem.” Victor Willis, who headed up the 1970s ...
If you thought that YMCA by Village People was a gay anthem, think again. According to Victor Willis, who wrote the lyrics, the famous song is entirely heterosexual – and anyone suggesting ...
The lyrics of “YMCA” allude to “the things I knew about the Y in the urban areas of San Francisco such as swimming, basketball, track, and cheap food and cheap rooms,” Willis wrote.
“YMCA” also reappeared in the top 15 songs on the Billboard dance/electronic sales chart at the end of October before climbing its way ... The song’s lyrics contain multiple double entendres ...
The song, whose lyrics go 'Young man… it’s time to hang out with all the boys!' was released on an album called Cruisin'. Y.M.C.A stands for ‘Young Men’s Christian Association'—a non ...
Victor Willis of Village People, the group behind Donald Trump’s favorite campaign song, “Y.M.C.A.,” disagrees with Trump’s assertion that the song is “the gay national anthem.”. Trump ...
The Village People have had an on-again, off-again relationship with the president-elect and his use of “YMCA” in rallies. In February 2020, the band OK’ed Trump’s use of their music.Then ...
The Village People’s lyricist and lead singer has hit out at the “false assumption” that the band’s biggest hit, “YMCA,” is a “gay anthem.” Victor Willis, who headed up the 1970s ...