Gay anthem explained

A gay anthem is a popular song that has become widely popular among, or has become identified with, the gay community. Not all songs labelled as "gay anthems" were written intentionally to become gay anthems, but those that do are often marked by themes of perseverance, inner strength, acceptance, pride, and unity.[1] Research in 2007 suggested that the song most commonly identified as a gay anthem is "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor, and described the song as "a classic emblem of gay culture in the post-Stonewall and AIDS eras".[2] [3]

Other classic gay anthems include Village People's "Y.M.C.A.",[4] [5] The Weather Girls's "It's Raining Men", Diana Ross's "I'm Coming Out", and ABBA's "Dancing Queen".

Themes

Although every song is individual, the criteria for what makes a gay anthem has shown a trend among the years. In the 2002 book Queer, the following ten main themes were listed that are common among many, if not all gay anthems:[6] [1]

Sources of gay anthems

Madonna's "Vogue", George Michael's Fastlove, Mariah Carey's "Hero", Lisa Stansfield's The Real Thing, Ultra Naté's "Free", Janet Jackson's "Together Again", Cher's "Believe", Mylène Farmer's "Sans contrefaçon" and "Libertine", Jessica Simpson's "I Think I'm in Love with You" and "A Public Affair", Kylie Minogue's "Spinning Around","Can't Get You Out of My Head" and "Padam Padam", Geri Halliwell's "It's Raining Men", Dannii Minogue's "I Begin to Wonder", Melanie C's "Never Be the Same Again" and "Think About It", Tamar Braxton's "Hot Sugar" and "My Man", Lady Gaga's "Born This Way", and Ariana Grande's "Break Free" are considered as gay anthems for the new generation.

Through the first decade of the 21st century, chart-topping popular songs became a "refuge of unambiguous support for gay rights" in a time when legal support for LGBT rights in the US was lagging (Don't Ask, Don't Tell would be repealed in 2011, and same-sex marriage would only be fully legalized in 2015). Even before its single release, Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" was predicted by Elton John to replace Gloria Gaynor's classic gay anthem "I Will Survive". UK LGBT rights charity Stonewall named Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful" the most empowering song of the 2000s decade for LGBT people.[7] [8]

List of historically significant gay anthems

Year releasedSong titleArtist(s)Notes
1920data-sort-value="Lavender Song""The Lavender Song" ("Das Lila Lied")[9]
1928"Prove It On Me"Ma Rainey[10]
1929"If Love Were All"Written for the operetta Bitter Sweet.
1932"Mad About the Boy"
1937"Easy Living", Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra
"My Funny Valentine"Rodgers and Hart[11]
1938"Lush Life"
1939"Over the Rainbow" Featured in the film The Wizard of Oz. Written by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg. This song and the film gained such a following that gay men would use the phrase "friends of Dorothy" to refer to themselves.[12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
1952"Hound Dog"Big Mama Thornton
1953data-sort-value="Secret Love""Secret Love (Doris Day song)"Written by Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster for a well known queer coded film, Calamity Jane (film), the song was embraced by the LGBTQ+ community as an anthem for expressing the joy of gay liberation.[17] When asked about how she felt during a 2011 interview with The Advocate, she replied, "I was not aware of that, but that's wonderful."[18]
1954data-sort-value="Man That Got Away""The Man That Got Away"[19] [20]
1955"Tutti Frutti"Little Richard
1957"Somewhere (There's a Place for Us)"From the musical West Side Story
1958"My Baby Just Cares for Me"Nina Simone[21]
"Secretly"Jimmie Rodgers[22]
1960"As Long as He Needs Me"Shirley Bassey
1962data-sort-value="Man I Love""The Man I Love"Gene Howard
"Happiness is a Thing Called Joe"Troy Walker[23] [24]
1963"Hello Stranger"Barbara Lewis[25]
1964"You Don't Own Me"Lesley Gore[26] [27]
1966"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"Dusty Springfield
"Ballad of the Sad Young Men"Roberta Flack[28]
1968"Don't Rain On My Parade"Barbra Streisand
1970"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
"Lola"The Kinks
"You Don't Own Me"Dusty Springfield
1971"March from a Clockwork Orange"Wendy Carlos
"Stonewall Nation"Madeleine Davis[29]
"It Must Be Love"Labi Siffre
1972"Walk on the Wild Side"Lou Reed
"All the Young Dudes"Mott the Hoople
"Friends"[30] [31] [32] [33]
"Starman"[34] [35] [36]
1974"Rebel Rebel"
"I Will Always Love You"[37]
"Jolene"[38] [39] [40]
"Love Is the Message"MFSB[41]
"The Bitch Is Back"Elton John[42]
1975"I Was Born This Way"Carl Bean[43]
Valentino[44]
"Home"Introduced by Stephanie MillsPopularised by Diana Ross[45]
"Landslide"Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac[46]
1976"Dancing Queen"ABBA[47]
data-sort-value="Killing of Georgie""The Killing of Georgie"Rod Stewart[48]
"Turn the Beat Around"Vicki Sue Robinson
"Jolene"
"Somebody to Love"Queen
1977"I Feel Love"Donna Summer[49]
"Gold Dust Woman"Fleetwood Mac
1978"Got to Be Real"Cheryl Lynn
"Baby I'm Burning"
"I Will Survive"Gloria Gaynor[50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55]
"Glad to Be Gay"Tom Robinson Band[56] [57]
"You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"Sylvester
"I Love the Nightlife"
"Macho Man"Village People[58] [59]
"Y.M.C.A."[60] [61]
"Last Dance"Donna Summer
"I'm Every Woman"Chaka Khan[62]
"Pride"Grace Jones[63]
1979"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"ABBA
"Boys Keep Swinging"
"You Know How to Love Me"Phyllis Hyman[64]
"Don't Stop Me Now"Queen
"It's My House"[65]
"We Are Family"Sister Sledge[66]
"Knock on Wood"[67] CX3468302576.
"No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)"Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand
"Go West"Village People[68]
"Stars"Sylvester
1980"I'm Coming Out"[69] [70] [71] [72] [73] [74] [75] [76]
"9 to 5"
"Private Idaho"The B-52's
"Never Knew Love Like This Before"Stephanie Mills[77]
1981"Menergy"Patrick Cowley[78]
"Pull Up to the Bumper"Grace Jones[79]
"Puerto Pollensa"Written by Marilina Ross.First popularized by Sandra Mihanovich[80] [81]
"Tainted Love"Soft Cell
1982"Edge of Seventeen"Stevie Nicks
"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"Culture Club
"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"
"It's Raining Men"The Weather Girls
"Love My Way"The Psychedelic Furs
"Right on Target"Paul Parker[82]
1983"Church of the Poison Mind"Culture Club
"This Charming Man"The Smiths
"So Many Men, So Little Time"Miquel Brown
"Relax"Frankie Goes to Hollywood
"I Am What I Am"From the musical La Cage aux Folles.[83]
Gloria Gaynor[84]
"Holiday"Madonna
1984"Din Daa Daa"George Kranz
"Smalltown Boy"Bronski Beat[85]
"Why?"[86]
"You Think You're a Man"Divine[87]
"I Want to Break Free"Queen
1985"Conga"Miami Sound Machine[88]
"Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves"Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin
"How Will I Know"[89]
"Miss Celie's Blues", Rod Temperton and Lionel RichieAlso known as "Sister" from the film The Color Purple. Sung by the character Shug to Celie in the film, this song has been called an anthem for the Black lesbian community.
"Running Up That Hill"Kate Bush
"So Macho"Sinitta, written by George Hargreaves
1986"¿A quién le importa?"Alaska y DinaramaGay anthem in the Spanish-speaking world.[90] [91]
"Don't Leave Me This Way"The Communards[92] [93]
"Oh L'amour"Erasure[94]
"Libertine"Mylène FarmerGay anthem in the French-speaking world
"Kiss"Prince[95]
"True Colors"Cyndi Lauper[96] [97]
1987"Seven Wonders"Fleetwood Mac
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"[98] [99]
"It's a Sin"Pet Shop Boys
"Sans contrefaçon"Mylène FarmerGay anthem in the French-speaking world
1988data-sort-value="Little Respect""A Little Respect"Erasure
"Heaven Is a Place on Earth"Belinda Carlisle
"Fast Car"Tracy Chapman[100]
"Mujer contra mujer" ("Une femme avec une femme")MecanoGay anthem in the Spanish and French-speaking world.[101] [102] [103] [104]
1989"Work That Pussy" (Boom Boom remix)Ellis D
"Elements of Vogue" (David DePino mix)David Xtravaganza and Johnny Dynell
"Deep in Vogue"Malcolm McLaren
"Let's Go"Fast Eddie
"In Private"Dusty Springfield
"Express Yourself"Madonna[105]
"Like a Prayer"
"If I Could Turn Back Time"Cher
"Closer to Fine"Indigo Girls[106]
"Part of Your World" (from the film The Little Mermaid)Composed by Ashman and MenkenIntroduced by Jodi Benson[107] [108] [109] [110] [111] [112]
1990"Vogue"Madonna
"Freedom! '90"[113]
"Show Me Love"Robin S.
1991"Finally"CeCe Peniston
"Better The Devil You Know"[114]
"In My Life"
"Losing My Religion"R.E.M.[115]
"Justified and Ancient"The KLF and Tammy Wynette
1992"Constant Craving"K.d. lang
"Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover"Sophie B. Hawkins
"Supermodel (You Better Work)"RuPaul[116]
"Deeper and Deeper"Madonna[117]
1993"Come to My Window"Melissa Etheridge
"Yes I Am"
"I'm Every Woman" (theme from the film The Bodyguard)
"Rebel Girl"Bikini Kill[118]
1994data-sort-value="Deeper Love""A Deeper Love"[119]
"100% Pure Love"Crystal Waters[120]
"All I Want for Christmas Is You"Mariah Carey[121]
1995"Everlasting Love"
"I Kissed a Girl"[122]
"Fastlove"
"Jesus to a Child"
"Waterfalls"TLC
"I Am the Body Beautiful"Salt N Pepa
1996"Cunty"Kevin Aviance[123]
"Seasons of Love" (theme from the musical Rent)Introduced in the musical Rent[124] [125]
"Take Me or Leave Me" and Fredi Walker[126]
"Wannabe"Spice Girls[127]
1997"Fly Life"Basement Jaxx
"Free"Ultra Naté
"Together Again"Janet Jackson
"Close My Eyes"Mariah Carey[128]
"Outside"Mariah Carey
"One More Hour"Sleater-Kinney
1998"Heaven's What I Feel"
"Believe"Cher[129]
"Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" (Hex Hector remix)Deborah Cox[130]
data-sort-value="The Origin of Love""The Origin of Love"Introduced in Hedwig and the Angry Inch
data-sort-value="Boy Is Mine""The Boy Is Mine"Brandy & Monica
"Outside"
1999"Man! I Feel Like a Woman!"Shania Twain[131]
"Waiting for Tonight"[132] [133]
"Strong Enough"Cher[134]
"Heartbreaker"Mariah Carey
"It's Not Right but It's Okay" (Thunderpuss remix)[135]
2000"Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)"Mariah Carey[136]
"Let's Get Loud"
"Spinning Around"
"Proud"Heather Small
"Stronger"[137]
"Sobreviviré"Mónica Naranjo[138]
2001"Lady Marmalade" (theme from the film Moulin Rouge!)Christina Aguilera, Mýa, Lil' Kim and Pink
Song for the Lonely"Cher
"It's Raining Men" (theme from the film Bridget Jones's Diary)
"Keep on Livin'"Le Tigre
"Murder on the Dancefloor"Sophie Ellis-Bextor[139]
"There You'll Be" (theme from the film Pearl Harbor)
"Your Disco Needs You"
"Can't Get You Out of My Head"[140] [141]
2002"¿A quién le importa?"ThalíaGay anthem in the Spanish-speaking world and cover of the Alaska and Dinarama song from 1986.[142] [143]
"Beautiful"Christina Aguilera[144] [145] [146] [147]
"Love at First Sight"[148]
"No More Drama" (Thunderpuss remix)Mary J. Blige[149]
2003"Defying Gravity"Idina Menzel[150]
"Fighter"Christina Aguilera
"Me Against the Music" featuring Madonna
"Dragostea Din Tei"O-Zone[151]
"Mr. Brightside "The Killers[152]
2004"Take Your Mama"Scissor Sisters
2005"Hung Up"Madonna[153]
2006"Listen"Beyoncé[154] [155]
"Freakum Dress"
"Stars Are Blind"
data-sort-value="Best of Both Worlds" "The Best of Both Worlds"[156] [157]
"Buttons"
"Todos Me Miran"Gay anthem in the Spanish-speaking world[158] [159] [160]
2007"Get Me Bodied"Beyoncé
"Gimme More"[161]
"Untouched"The Veronicas[162]
"My Love Is Pink"Sugababes[163]
"Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control)"Groove Armada and Mutya Buena[164]
"Into the New World"Girls' Generation[165] [166]
2008"The Promise"Girls Aloud[167]
2009"Untouchable"[168]
"She Wolf"Shakira[169]
2010"We R Who We R"Kesha[170]
"All The Lovers"[171] [172]
"Get Outta My Way"[173]
"Firework"Katy Perry
"Raise Your Glass"Pink
"Dancing on My Own"Robyn[174] [175]
"Y'all Get Back Now"Big Freedia
2011"Born This Way"Lady Gaga[176] [177] [178]
[179]
"Feels Like"DJ MikeQ
"Till the World Ends"Some parts are written by Kesha and Female Fatale remix featured Kesha and Nicki Minaj
"Run The World (Girls)"Beyoncé
"Love On Top"
2012"Call Me Maybe"[180]
"Euphoria"Loreen[181] [182] [183] [184]
"Flatline"Sugababes
"Same Love"Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert[185] [186]
"Thinkin Bout You"Frank Ocean[187]
"Let's Have a Kiki"Scissor Sisters
2013"Land of Lola"Billy Porter[188] [189] [190] [191]
"Raise You Up/Just Be"[192]
"Follow Your Arrow"[193]
"People Like Us"[194] [195]
"Closer"Tegan and Sara[196]
"She Keeps Me Warm"Mary Lambert
"Brave"Sara Bareilles
"Girls / Girls / Boys"Panic! at the Disco[197] [198] [199] [200] [201]
"Let It Go"[202] [203] [204] [205]
"Work Bitch"[206] [207] [208]
2014"True Trans Soul Rebel"Against Me![209]
"Break Free"[210]
"Born An Angel"[211] [212]
"Really Don't Care"Demi Lovato featuring Cher Lloyd[213] [214]
"Sissy That Walk"RuPaul[215] [216] [217]
2015"Beauty Never Lies"Bojana Stamenov[218] [219]
"Run Away with Me"
"Cool for the Summer"Demi Lovato[220]
"Girls Like Girls"Hayley Kiyoko[221]
"King"Years & Years
2016"Secret Love Song, Pt II"Little Mix[222] [223]
"Vroom Vroom"Charli XCX
"Work from Home"Fifth Harmony
"Into You"[224]
"Only a Girl"Gia Woods
"Formation"Beyoncé[225] [226] [227] [228] [229] [230]
"Hold Up"
"Sorry"
roswpan=1"Change"Christina Aguilera[231] [232] [233]
"Telepathy"[234] [235] [236]
"Touch"Little Mix
"LGBT"CupcakKe
"All In"Monsta X[237]
TomodachiHikaru Utada[238]
2017"Loving Someone"[239] [240]
data-sort-value="Joke" "The Joke"Brandi Carlile[241] [242]
"Heart Attack"Chuu[243] [244] [245] [246]
"Cut to the Feeling"[247] [248]
"New Rules"[249] [250]
"Chanel"Frank Ocean[251] [252] [253]
"Power"Little Mix[254]
"Boys"Charli XCX[255] [256]
"Call Me Mother"RuPaul[257]
"This Is Me" (theme from the film The Greatest Showman)Keala Settle[258] [259] [260] [261] [262]
"Honey"Kehlani[263]
"Heaven" and Betty Who[264] [265] [266] [267] [268] [269]
"Mystery of Love" (theme from the film Call Me by Your Name)Sufjan Stevens[270] [271]
"Visions of Gideon"
2018"Curious"Hayley Kiyoko
"Strawberries & Cigarettes"[272] [273] [274]
"My My My!"
"Bloom"[275]
"Make Me Feel"[276] [277] [278]
"Pynk"
"No Tears Left to Cry"
"Thank U, Next"[279] [280] [281]
"I'm Not Afraid"Holland[282] [283] [284]
"Rainbow"[285]
"Immaterial"Sophie
"Colour"MNEK and Hailee Steinfeld[286] [287]
"Why Did You Do That?"Lady Gaga
2019"On a Roll"Ashley O[288]
"Break Up (Bye Bye)"The Frock Destroyers[289] [290] [291]
"Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels"Todrick Hall[292]
"Don't Start Now"[293] [294]
"Show Yourself"[295] [296] [297]
data-sort-value="Little Bit Alexis" "A Little Bit Alexis"Annie Murphy[298] [299] [300]
"Lights Up"Harry Styles[301] [302] [303] [304] [305]
"You Need to Calm Down"Taylor Swift[306]
"Flash Pose"Pabllo Vittar feat. Charli XCX
2020"Betty"[307] [308] [309]
"Physical"[310]
"Man's World"Marina Diamandis[311]
"Rain On Me"Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande[312] [313]
"Supernova"Kylie Minogue
2021"Younger Me"Brothers Osborne[314] [315]
"Agatha All Along"Kathryn Hahn[316] [317] [318]
"Montero (Call Me by Your Name)"Lil Nas X[319]
"UK Hun?"United Kingdolls
"Come Through"Priyanka feat. Lemon
"Walk"Saucy Santana
2022"Boyfriend"Dove Cameron[320] [321]
"This Hell"Rina Sawayama[322] [323]
"Cozy"Beyoncé[324] [325] [326]
"Heated"
"Pure/Honey"
"Bad Habit"Steve Lacy[327] [328] [329] [330]
"Unholy"Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras[331]
"Casual"Chappell Roan
2023"Let Loose" Loosey LaDuca[332]
"Not Strong Enough"Boygenius
"Because of You"Gustaph[333] [334]
"Padam Padam"Kylie Minogue[335] [336] [337] [338] [339] [340]
"Rush"Troye Sivan[341] [342]
"Speed Drive"Charli XCX[343]
"Float"Janelle Monáe[344]
"Lipstick Lover"[345] [346]
"Ice SlippinOmar Apollo[347]
"Bongos"Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion[348]
"Got Me Started"Troye Sivan
"Loveher"Romy[349] [350]
"Red Wine Supernova"Chappell Roan
"One of Your Girls"Troye Sivan[351]
2024"Yes, And?"Ariana Grande[352] [353] [354]
"Bodyguard"Beyoncé
"Good Luck, Babe!"Chappell Roan[355] [356]
"Nasty"Tinashe
"360"Charli XCX
"Lunch"Billie Eilish[357] [358] [359]
"Birds of a Feather"[360]
"Joyride"[361]

See also

Notes and References

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