Gay night club music
The 100 Greatest Diverse Anthems of All Time
How does a song become a gay anthem? Enjoy the LGBTQ+ collective itself, our soundtrack is vast and diverse. We acquire recorded our history and contribution to the culture through music, and with this list we acknowledge and retain the forerunners that have made doable the positive changes we’ve seen over the decades. These songs are a testimony to our resilience and excellence.
While it’s unfeasible to define exactly what makes a song “gay,” this list definitely isn’t straight. You will see many overlaps between this list and some of the best residence and disco tracks that were blasted in the ballrooms, as well as transformative hits by our beloved big-voiced divas. There are introspective slow jams by queer artists and allies that mirror our struggles with self-acceptance and social rejection. There are Billboard Sizzling 100-topping sensations and hidden gems that are forgotten or yet to be discovered; instant classics and songs that grew to be our community’s favorites. Besides the best-known songs that are essential to a list like this, we want to highlight the homosexual musicians who be entitled to a spotlight, too.
These are - in random order - my personal 100 favorite gay classics. Some records are sung by gay artists, some have lyrics that are gay orientated and some are just popular in the gay community (or at least with me).
1. ABBA - Dancing Queen (1976)
(Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus)
The Swedish popgroup ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 with 'Waterloo'. From then on they conquered the world with songs like 'Money, money, money', 'The winner takes it all' and 'Chiquitita'. Dancing Queen - which came from the album 'Arrival' became Abba's only number one in the USA and worldwide became their biggest clap single. The song is also featured in the musical 'Mamma Mia'. In the Netherlands 'Dancing Queen' was released twice: in 1976 and 1993. Abba recorded the song also in Spanish: La Reina del Baile. The video for the song was directed by Lasse Halström.
Nowadays Björn Again is a wonderful Abba-cover-group. Nice covers of 'Dancing Queen' are by the San Francisco Gay Mens Choir, Luka Bloom and the Sydney same-sex attracted & lesbian Choir. Australian singer Kylie Minogue performed the tune at the 2000 Syd
Thirty days of summer is a pretty paltry window of time to honor the LGBTQ+ community, and Pride is so much more than a month of parades and celebrations – it’s life. And while we’d never baulk at an excuse to celebrate everything that Celebration stands for, we also believe that any hour is the perfect day to crank up these gay songs and travel that rainbow flag.
That’s why we’ve assembled a 50-song playlist perfectly calibrated for Pride Month and beyond, featuring some of history’s greatest queer artists and LGBTQ+ allies who remunerate more than lip service. You’ll find party anthems, pop songs, disco infernos and punk-rock proclamations, so there’s no need to wait for the procession. This is your all-seasons, all-time-great Pride playlist. Clutch the aux cable and blast it loud and proud.
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