Posted on 11/29/2024 12:57:50 PM PST by Kid Shelleen
President-elect Donald Trump made the disco classic “Y.M.C.A.” a staple at his rallies during his past two campaigns. And new data shows that, much like Trump’s political fortunes, interest in the song is on the upswing.
The 1978 hit by the Village People has had a busy month four decades later, with skyrocketing search interest on Google, a tripling of measured listenership on the song-tracking site last.fm and, finally, the topping of one Billboard sales chart for the first time.
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The Trump dance is all over the place. Something so simple...target audience....everyone...
The last pop hit about a dictator was “Spring Time for Hitler”. /S
If a time traveler went back to 1978 to tell Jacques Morali and Victor Willis their newly written song Y.M.C.A would someday be adopted by fans of a President of the United States and sung at gatherings all over the country, they would have thought it was impossible.
When I was equipment handling for mobile disco DJs in (late 70s? early 80s?) it didn’t occur to me that we would someday have a disco president with his own dance.
“””””If a time traveler went back to 1978 to tell Jacques Morali and Victor Willis their newly written song Y.M.C.A would someday be adopted by fans of a President of the United States and sung at gatherings all over the country, they would have thought it was impossible.”””””
The theme song for the right no less.
It’s a happy song that makes people smile and everyone does the Trump dance
Often heard at ballgames etc to get crowd
going. Maybe that will stop if owners
object to Trump adopting it...
4 years ago: BLM Riot Turns Into Trump
Rally (MAGA lyrics included)
https://youtu.be/NnzPEyTpByU?si=BTqMGY2fDS7AMaWU
The first time I heard the song was on American Bandstand and the band remarked that it was the first time they ever saw the dance being done.
Maybe Trump will win over the gay vote with this? A lot of homosexuals are fed up with the trans coup as it is.:)
“everyone does the Trump dance”
We couldn’t help ourselves — the family did the Trump Dance yesterday after Thanksgiving dinner.
Wiki: “In the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump once again used the song at his rallies, usually performing the Trump Dance while it played. (Village People’s) Willis has lamented his use of the song since 2020, and even considered a lawsuit to block Trump from using the song, but confessed there’s “not much he can do about it” and decided it was “beneficial” to have the song back on the charts. Willis also stated he does not support Mr. Trump.”
It was the theme of the gay disco world. The brass was so good it would grab you. Never did like “Macho Man” or “In the Navy’ much. The Village People weren’t around all that long.
Starbucks is using HOLD ON song on their Christmas commercial. Honestly I was shocked when I heard the commercial.
Let’s be honest. It’s a pretty mediocre song, at best. But it’s high energy and it’s become the unofficial MAGA anthem so that’s got to count for something.
I agree about “Hold On! I’m Coming” but the Hayes estate let their politics get in the way. I guess they don’t need the money. Or maybe they thought they could extract more money from the Trump campaign. If so, they miscalculated, big time.
I wish we had a like button. I love that your family did that
And that is it. Period.
That is their narrative.
Only Donald Trump could turn the gayest song in history into a conservative anthem. Dude is a god.
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