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Contents 1 AFD 2 Old talk 3 ¿A quién le importa? 4 Verification 5 Original research moved from article 5.1 Notable gay anthems 6 Gay Anthems

[edit] AFD

kept: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gay anthem

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[edit] Old talk

This page would have a slew more legitimacy and credibility if some evidence was noted regarding why these songs should or are considered gay anthems.

For example,

• "It's Raining Men" gained wide recognition as a gay anthem (assuming it didn't beforehand) from its use in the "Men On Film" recurring sketch on In Living Color.

Keith D. Tyler ¶ [AMA] 07:24, Mar 12, 2005 (UTC)

That's when it became known to the general public as a gay anthem, years after it lost favor in gay clubs. Davodd 03:42, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ¿A quién le importa?

Is Thalía's A quién le importa a cover of the earlier hit by Alaska?--Error 20:55, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)

"Body Talk" by Imagination. Just a classic anywhere and for everyone, but dragged into the Gay genre by being sexualised and hightened by the camp overacting by the bad themselves.

[edit] Verification

This article has some severe verification problems. I know little about "gay anthems", but it seems people can (and are) adding whatever song pops into their head. I think this is the sort of article that is better treated as an article (with a few examples given in the text), rather than a list . -R. fiend 16:01, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Original research moved from article

Until we have sources to cite to verify these, it is best we not clutter up the article with this controversial list.

[edit] Notable gay anthems

• "100% Pure Love" by Crystal Waters
• "A Little Respect" by Erasure
• "¿A quién le importa?" by Alaska y Dinarama
• "All the Things She Said" by t.A.T.u.
• "All Things (Theme from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy)" by Widelife
• "As Long As He Needs Me" from the musical Oliver! (later versions sung by Shirley Bassey, Judy Garland, and Cilla Black)
• "Atomic" by Blondie
• "Bad Reputation" by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
• "Ballad of Cleo and Joe" by Cyndi Lauper
• "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera
• "Believe" by Cher
• "Best of My Love" by The Emotions
• "Better Be Good to Me" by Tina Turner
• "Better The Devil You Know" by Kylie Minogue
• "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65
• "Boys Keep Swinging" by David Bowie
• "Boys Will Be Boys" by The Duncan Sisters
• "Brand New Lover" by Dead or Alive
• "Cabaret" by Liza Minnelli
• "Candle in the Wind" by Elton John
• "Can't Get You Out of My Head" by Kylie Minogue
• "Chains of Love" by Erasure
• "Cheri Cheri Lady" by Modern Talking
• "Condemnation" by Depeche Mode
• "Dancing Queen" by ABBA
• "Desátame" by Mónica Naranjo
• "Deeper and Deeper" by Madonna
• "Depuis qu'il vient chez nous" by Dalida
• "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" from the musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (sung in the Broadway production by Carol Channing, the movie remake by Marilyn Monroe, and by Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge! Other versions sung by Ethel Merman, Emmylou Harris, and Susannah McCorkle))
• "Diamonds Are Forever" by Shirley Bassey
• "Take Your Mama" by Scissor Sisters
• "Désenchantée" by Mylène Farmer
• "Dirrty" by Christina Aguilera
• "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" by Culture Club
• "Do You Wanna Funk" by Sylvester
• "Don't Leave Me This Way" by Thelma Houston
• "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me" by Elton John (later remade as a duet with George Michael)
• "Dragostea din tei" by O-Zone
• "Escape" by Enrique Iglesias
• "Everytime" by Britney Spears
• "Express Yourself" by Madonna
• "Fade to Grey" by Visage
• "Father Figure" by George Michael
• "Fighter" by Christina Aguilera
• "Flamboyant" by Pet Shop Boys
• "Flawless (Go to the City)" by George Michael
• "Freedom '90" by George Michael
• "G.A.Y." by Geri Halliwell
• "Get the Party Started" by P!nk
• "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" by ABBA
• "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper
• "Go West" by the Village People (later version sung by Pet Shop Boys)
• "Got to Be Real" by Cheryl Lynn
• "God Is a DJ" by P!nk
• "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John
• "Gypsy Woman" by Crystal Waters
• "Heartbreaker" by Mariah Carey
• "Heartbreak Hotel" by Whitney Houston f. Faith Evans and Kelly Price
• "Here I Am" by Rosetta Pebble
• "Hold That Sucker Down" by QT Quartet
• "Holler" by the Spice Girls
• "How Will I Know" by Whitney Houston
• "Hung Up" by Madonna
• "I Am What I Am" from the musical La Cage aux Folles (later versions sung by Shirley Bassey and Gloria Gaynor)
• "Ich bin wie du" by Marianne Rosenberg
• "I Don't Want to Be" by Gavin DeGraw
• "I Feel Love" by Donna Summer
• "I Honestly Love You" by Olivia Newton-John
• "I Learned from the Best" by Whitney Houston
• "I Love Men" by Eartha Kitt
• "I Need a Man" by Grace Jones
• "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" Whitney Houston
• "I Want Your Sex" by George Michael
• I Was Born This Way by Carl Bean
• "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor
• "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" by Culture Club
• "I'm Beautiful" by Bette Midler
• "I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross
• '"I'm Gonna Be Strong" by Cyndi Lauper
• "I'm Outta Love" by Anastacia
• "I'm Still Standing" by Elton John
• "I'm the Only One" by Melissa Etheridge
• "In The Evening" by Sheryl Lee Ralph
• "Independent Women Pt. 1" by Destiny's Child
• "It Should Have Been Me" by Jayne Edwards
• "It's Not Alright But It's Okay" by Whitney Houston
• "It's a Sin" by Pet Shop Boys
• "It's Raining Men" by Weather Girls (later version sung byGeri Halliwell)
• "I've Never Been to Me" by Charlene
• "Jump (For My Love)" by The Pointer Sisters
• "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club
• "Killer Queen" by Queen
• "Kleiner Satellit" by Blümchen
• "Knowing Me, Knowing You" by ABBA
• "La Vie En Rose" by Edith Piaf (later versions sung by Marlene Dietrich, k.d. Lang, Grace Jones, Bette Midler, Cyndi Lauper, Donna Summer, and many others)
• "Lady Marmalade" by LaBelle (and the cover by P!nk, Lil' Kim, Mya, and Christina Aguilera)
• "Liberation" by Pet Shop Boys
• "Like I Love You" by Justin Timberlake
• "Little Queen" by Heart
• "Love at First Sight" by Kylie Minogue
• "Love Is a Stranger" by Eurhythmics
• "Love You Just A Little While" by Janet Jackson
• "Macho Man" by The Village People
• "Mama I'm Strange" by Melissa Etheridge
• "Mamma Mia" by ABBA
• "Michael" by Franz Ferdinand
• "Man! I Feel like a Woman!" by Shania Twain
• Monkey by George Michael
• "My Imagination" by SK8
• "Muscles" by Diana Ross
• "Never Let Me Down Again" by Depeche Mode
• "New Attitude" by Patti LaBelle
• "New Millennium Girl" by Billy More
• "New York City Boy" by Pet Shop Boys
• "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" by Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer
• "On a Night Like This" by Kylie Minogue
• "One by One" by Cher
• "Outside" by George Michael
• "Over the Rainbow" by Judy Garland
• "Overprotected (The Darkchild Remix)" by Britney Spears
• "People are People" by Depeche Mode
• "Philadelphia Freedom" by Elton John
• "Pour ne pas vivre seul" by Dalida
• "Proud" by Heather Small
• "Queen Bitch" by David Bowie
• "Reflection" by Christina Aguilera
• "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood
• "Rise Up" by Parachute Club
• "Ride It" by Geri Halliwell
• "Say a Prayer" by Cyndi Lauper
• "Smalltown Boy" by Bronski Beat
• "Secret Love" by Doris Day
• "Sexhibition" by Janet Jackson
• "Since U Been Gone" by Kelly Clarkson
• "Slow" by Kylie Minogue
• "Smalltown Boy" by Bronski Beat
• "Sobreviviré" by Mónica Naranjo
• "So Macho" by Sinitta
• "So Many Men, So Little Time" by Miquel Brown
• "Somebody to Love" by Queen
• "Somebody Told Me" by The Killers
• "Someday" by Alcazar
• "Song for the Lonely" by Cher
• "Soy Yo" by Marta Sánchez
• "Steppin' Out" by Joe Jackson
• "Strong Enough" by Cher
• "Stronger" by Britney Spears
• "Supreme" by Robbie Williams
• "Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora
• "The French Song" by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
• "The Great Pretender" by Freddie Mercury
• "The Way of Love" by Cher
• "That's the Way Love Goes" by Janet Jackson
• "This is My Life" by Shirley Bassey
• "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper
• "Together Again" by Janet Jackson
• "Underneath It All" by No Doubt
• "Vogue" by Madonna
• "Waiting for Tonight" by Jennifer Lopez
• "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham!
• "We Are Family" by Sister Sledge
• "West End Girls" by Pet Shop Boys
• "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" by Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield
• "What Is Love" by Haddaway
• "What's Love Got to Do with It" by Tina Turner
• "Where Is My Man" by Eartha Kitt
• "Why" by Bronski Beat
• "YMCA" by The Village People
• "Your Disco Needs You" by Kylie Minogue
• "You Don't Own Me" by Lesley Gore
• "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" by Sylvester
• "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" by Dead or Alive
• "Young Hearts Run Free" by Candi Staton

Moved unverified list here.... Davodd 23:58, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gay Anthems

• "Vogue" (Madonna)
• "Express Yourself" (Madonna)
• "Hung Up" (Madonna)
• "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)" (Crystal Waters)
• "Hey Now (Girls Just Want To Have Fun)" (Cyndi Lauper)
• "I Will Survive" (Gloria Gaynor)
• "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (Kylie Minogue)
• "Go West" (The Village People)
• "It's Raining Men" (The Weather Girls)
• "So Macho"(Sinitta)
• "Over the Rainbow" (Judy Garland)
• "Don't Stop Me Now" (Queen)
• "Dancing Queen" (ABBA)
• "Boys Keep Swinging" (David Bowie)
• "Take Your Mama" (Scissor Sisters)
• "I Am What I Am" (Gloria Gaynor)
• "So Many Men, So Little Time" (Miquel Brown)
• "I'm Coming Out" (Diana Ross)
• "Outside" (George Michael)