In spite of the song’s cross-generational appeal, “you’d be hard-pressed to find Y.M.C.A. on the play list at any gay club, ...

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 ...

The Village People's "YMCA" often plays at the end of Trump rallies, but its appearance during a photo opp in Saudi Arabia is causing some raised eyebrows.

Victor Willis, lead singer of the Village People, wrote a lengthy defense of Donald Trump using hit song "Y.M.C.A." and corrected belief that it was a "gay anthem." ...

The song “YMCA” is not a gay anthem, ... The song has nothing to do with gay life now or in the 70s. And we think it’s great that after 45 years, he’s making money off of it.

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 ...

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 ...

“YMCA” also reappeared in the top 15 songs on the Billboard dance/electronic sales chart at the end of October before climbing its way to the Number 1 spot during the week of November 17.

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 1978 song “YMCA” is only sort of about the Young Men’s Christian Association – a British organisation that provided men with accommodation and various athletic activities. The YMCA was founded on ...

In June 2020, Willis himself issued a statement asking Trump to stop playing “YMCA” and a second Village People song, “Macho Man,” following the administration’s response to the then ...