![]() The gay community also quickly adopted it as an anthem, especially since the song proclaims that a “young man” can find “everything for you men to enjoy” and “many ways to have a good time” as they “hang out with all the boys.” Some gay men interpreted the lyrics as an allusion to cruising for sex at the YMCA’s facilities.īut Village People’s straight Black lead singer Victor Willis - who dressed as the group’s policeman and co-wrote the song with the band’s straight producer Henri Belolo and its gay producer Jacques Morali - told News Corp Australia in 2017 that the song was actually inspired by Willis’ youth spent watching his friends playing basketball at a New York City YMCA. The catchy song quickly became a hit - arguably ranking it among the 100 greatest dance songs of all time. But what is the meaning of the song “YMCA”? ![]() The album featured “YMCA,” an upbeat disco track praising the Young Men’s Christian Association’s (YMCA) community centers as a great place for physical recreation and temporary lodging. In 1978, Village People, a disco band of six men deliberately stylized as sexy macho gay characters, released its album Cruisin’.
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