In celebration of the 30th anniversary of Australia’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, a website asked their readers to vote for what songs readers thought deserved to be called camp classics. I’d like to call it Songs Every Gay Man Should Know.
As I scrolled through the list, I realized that I only know of a few songs. This may be due to the fact that I’m not really a music fanatic. Another reason may be that the songs on the list are all foreign and some of them may not have been played here, ever. Or if they were aired here, either I was too young to remember or was too oblivious to music.
As I expected, a lot of the songs in the list were performed by artists who have been elevated to the status of gay icon. And some of them are actually gay too! So without further ado, here are the top 50 Gayest Songs of All Time:
50. Elton John and George Michael “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me”
49. Dead or Alive “You Spin Me (Like A Record)”
48. Pet Shop Boys “New York City Boy”
47. Diana Ross “Chain Reaction”
46. Deborah Harry “I Want That Man”
45. Cher “Strong Enough”
44. RuPaul “Supermodel (You Better Work)”
43. KD Lang “Constant Craving”
42. Culture Club “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me”
41. Chaka Kham “I’m Every Woman”
40. Wham “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”
39. Paul Lekakis “Boom Boom (Let’s Go Back To My Room)
38. Kym Mazelle “Young Hearts Run Free”
37. George Michael “Outside”
36. Donna Summer “I Feel Love”
35. Dannii Minogue “This Is It”
34. Belinda Carlisle “Summer Rain”
33. Peter Allen “I Go To Rio”
32. Sylvester “You Make Me Feel Mighty Real”
31. Heather Small “Proud”
30. CeCe Peniston “Finally”
29. Madonna “Express Yourself”
28. Cyndi Lauper “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”
27. Charlene “I’ve Never Been To Me”
26. Tim Curry “Sweet Transvestite”
25. Barry Manilow “Copacabana”
24. Barbara Streisand and Donna Summer “No More Tears”
23. Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)”
22. Sister Sledge “We Are Family”
21. Queen “I Want To Break Free”
The Top 20 after the jump.
20. Dolly Parton “9 to 5″
19. Coming Out Crew “Free, Gay and Happy”
18. Village People “In the Navy”
17. Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Relax”
16. Village People “Macho Man”
15. Judy Garland “Over the Rainbow”
14. Bronski Beat “Smalltown Boy”
13. Diana Ross “I’m Coming Out”
12. Cher “Believe”
11. Gloria Gaynor “I Am What I Am”
10. Alicia Bridges “I Love the Nightlife”
09. Madonna “Vogue”
08. Olivia Newton-John “Xanadu”
07. Kylie Minogue “Better The Devil You Know”
06. Pet Shop Boys “Go West”
05. Kylie Minogue “Your Disco Needs You”
04. The Weathergirls “It’s Raining Men”
03. Gloria Gaynor “I Will Survive”
02. Village People “YMCA”
And The Gayest Song of All Time is:
Abba’s Dancing Queen
If we conducted a similar list here in the Philippines, which songs do you think should be included?
AJ Reply:
March 8th, 2008 at 12:44 am
Quentin X »
Oh wow. Thanks for that info! I don’t think it’s sad that you’re familiar with most of the songs. I think I should be the one castigated for not knowing most of these songs! lol!
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