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 disco band and wrote ...

Village People’s 1978 hit “YMCA” is the group’s most enduring song, and the hit single is frequently described as a “gay anthem” (even the Library Of Congress thinks it is). However, the band’s Victor ...

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 something ...

But now, the man who wrote the song that gave the Village People their biggest hit insists “there’s nothing gay” about the track. Anyone who thinks YMCA is anything other than an homage to black male ...