Mention the Village People and you’ll probably hear a snicker or two, or get a pointed pursed lip and side-eye. Still, their outsize fantasy, one that they’d work tirelessly to achieve, would prove to be enough. Learn more about how that came to be below.Īside from their shared dream of becoming rich and famous, Village People–all six band members–really didn’t have much in common. Today, on the final day of Pride, the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry, with the help of author Josiah Howard, looks back at one of its most recent and best-known additions–the Village People’s “YMCA.” Though, today, you’ll hear the track at everything from a school dance to a 50th anniversary party, it has also been adopted by the gay community as one of its unofficial anthems.
