Y.M.C.A. Lyrics The opening track and lead single of the Village People’s 1978 album Cruisin'.

Village People "YMCA": Young man, there's no need to feel down. I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground. I said, yo...

Most of the lyrics have been changed to encourage young people. This version is also notable for having a call-and-response in the middle where Saijo and a group of child singers chant the …

YMCA Lyrics by The Village People from the Disco Music: Originals album- including song video, artist biography, translations and more: Young man, there's no need to feel down I said, young …

Young man, there's no need to feel down. I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground. There's no need to be unhappy. Young man, there's a place you can go. I said, young man, when …

No man, young man, does it all by himself Young man, young man, put your pride on the shelf Y.M.C.A., and just go to the Y.M.C.A. Young man, young man I was once in your shoes...

It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a. You can hang out with all the boys ... It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a. You can do whatever you feel ... Young man, are you listening to me? I said, young man, what …

Song meaning of YMCA by Village People, and what it is about. YMCA by the Village People is one of the most famous songs from the disco era. It is also known as a gay anthem.

It was supposedly written with a specific branch of the YMCA in mind - the McBurney Branch, that until recently used to be on W23rd Street in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan.

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