List of gay anthems

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Year released Song title Artist(s) Notes
1920 "The Lavender Song" ("Das Lila Lied") Template:Sort <ref name="Disrupt">Template:Cite SSRN</ref>
1928 "Prove It On Me" Ma Rainey citation CitationClass=web

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1929 "If Love Were All" Template:Sortname Written for the operetta Bitter Sweet.<ref name="LGBTQ Jazz"/>
1932 "Mad About the Boy" Template:Sortname <ref name="Guardian-LGBT"/>
1937 "Easy Living" Template:Sortname, Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra Template:Efn
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1938 "Lush Life" Template:Sortname <ref name="Guardian-LGBT"/>
1939 "Over the Rainbow" Template:Sortname Featured in the film The Wizard of Oz. Written by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg. This song and the film gained such a following that gay men would use the phrase "friends of Dorothy" to refer to themselves.<ref name="QueerCinema-Judy">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="PinkHitParade">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="BillboardPrideAnthems">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="The Evolution Of The Queer Anthem" >{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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1952 "Hound Dog" Big Mama Thornton <ref name="The Evolution Of The Queer Anthem" />
1953 "Secret Love" Template:Sortname Written by Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster for a well known queer coded film, Calamity Jane, the song was embraced by the LGBTQ community as an anthem for expressing the joy of gay liberation.<ref name="Out.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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1954 "The Man That Got Away" Template:Sortname <ref name="CultureClash">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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1955 "Tutti Frutti" Little Richard <ref name="The Evolution Of The Queer Anthem" />
1957 "Somewhere (There's a Place for Us)" From the musical West Side Story <ref name="queer" /><ref name="PinkHitParade" /><ref name="LGBTQ Jazz" />
1958 "My Baby Just Cares for Me" Nina Simone citation CitationClass=web

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"Secretly" Jimmie Rodgers citation CitationClass=web

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1960 "As Long as He Needs Me" Shirley Bassey <ref name="queer" /><ref name="PinkHitParade" />
1961 '"Nous les amoureux" Jean-Claude Pascal citation CitationClass=web

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1962 "The Man I Love" Gene Howard <ref name="Guardian-LGBT"/>
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1963 "Hello Stranger" Barbara Lewis citation CitationClass=web

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1964 "You Don't Own Me" Lesley Gore citation CitationClass=web

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1966 "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" Dusty Springfield <ref name="queer" />
"Ballad of the Sad Young Men" Roberta Flack citation CitationClass=web

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1968 "Don't Rain on My Parade" Barbra Streisand <ref name="ShangelaPride" />
1970 "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Template:Sortname <ref name="queer" />
"Lola" The Kinks <ref name="The Evolution Of The Queer Anthem" /><ref name="Guardian-LGBT"/><ref name="50 LGBTQ+" />
"You Don't Own Me" Dusty Springfield <ref name="50 LGBTQ+" /><ref name="LA Weekly LGBTQ Anthems 1" />
1971 "March from a Clockwork Orange" Wendy Carlos <ref name="50 LGBTQ+" />
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"It Must Be Love" Labi Siffre <ref name="50 LGBTQ+" />
1972 "Walk on the Wild Side" Lou Reed <ref name="The Evolution Of The Queer Anthem" /><ref name="Guardian-LGBT"/><ref name="50 LGBTQ+" />
"All the Young Dudes" Mott the Hoople <ref name="Guardian-LGBT"/>
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1974 "Rebel Rebel" <ref name="LGBTQ Jazz" /><ref name="The Evolution Of The Queer Anthem" />
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"Love Is the Message" MFSB citation CitationClass=web

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"The Bitch Is Back" Elton John citation CitationClass=web

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1975 "I Was Born This Way" Carl Bean citation CitationClass=web

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"Home" Introduced by Stephanie Mills

Popularised by Diana Ross

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"Landslide" Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac <ref name=autogenerated1>Template:Cite news</ref>
1976 "Dancing Queen" ABBA citation CitationClass=web

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"The Killing of Georgie" Rod Stewart <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Guardian-LGBT"/>
"Turn the Beat Around" Vicki Sue Robinson <ref name="queer" />
"Somebody to Love" Queen <ref name="The Evolution Of The Queer Anthem" /><ref name="EWAllTime">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
1977 "I Feel Love" Donna Summer citation CitationClass=web

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"Gold Dust Woman" Fleetwood Mac <ref name="autogenerated1" />
1978 "Got to Be Real" Cheryl Lynn <ref name="BillboardPrideAnthems" /><ref name="Queer Subculture" />
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"I Will Survive" Gloria Gaynor <ref name="IdentijudytySocial">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="PopMusic">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name="MyAnthems-PaulOGrady">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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"Glad to Be Gay" Tom Robinson Band citation CitationClass=web

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"You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" Sylvester <ref name="The Evolution Of The Queer Anthem" /><ref name="BillboardPrideAnthems" /><ref name="PinkHitParade" /><ref name="Guardian-LGBT"/><ref name="LA Weekly LGBTQ Anthems 1" /><ref name="MyAnthems-BillyPorter" /><ref name="MyAnthems-JohannesRadebe" /><ref name="ChicagoTribPride" /><ref name="SeventeenPridePlaylist" /><ref name="Out History of Gay Pop" />
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"Macho Man" Village People citation CitationClass=web

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"Last Dance" Donna Summer <ref name="EWAllTime"/>
"I'm Every Woman" Chaka Khan citation CitationClass=web

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"Pride" Grace Jones citation CitationClass=web

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1979 "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" ABBA <ref name="PinkHitParade" />
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"You Know How to Love Me" Phyllis Hyman citation CitationClass=web

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"Don't Stop Me Now" Queen <ref name="50 LGBTQ+" /><ref name="Out History of Gay Pop" />
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"We Are Family" Sister Sledge citation CitationClass=web

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"No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand <ref name="queer" />
"Go West" Village People citation CitationClass=web

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"Stars" Sylvester <ref name="The Evolution Of The Queer Anthem" />
1980 "I'm Coming Out" Template:Sortname <ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="What Makes Gay Anthem">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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"Private Idaho" The B-52's <ref name="50 LGBTQ+" />
"Never Knew Love Like This Before" Stephanie Mills <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
1981 "Menergy" Patrick Cowley citation CitationClass=web

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"Pull Up to the Bumper" Grace Jones citation CitationClass=web

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"Puerto Pollensa" Written by Marilina Ross.

First popularized by Sandra Mihanovich

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"Tainted Love" Soft Cell <ref name="The Evolution Of The Queer Anthem" /><ref name="50 LGBTQ+" />
1982 "Edge of Seventeen" Stevie Nicks <ref name="Buzzfeed Lesbian" />
"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" Culture Club <ref name="The Evolution Of The Queer Anthem" /><ref name="PinkHitParade" /><ref name="Out History of Gay Pop" />
"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" Template:Sortname <ref name="queer" /><ref name="RahnePride" />
"It's Raining Men" The Weather Girls <ref name="queer" /><ref name="Buzzfeed Gay 2024" /><ref name="PinkHitParade" /><ref name="EWAllTime"/><ref name="LA Weekly LGBTQ Anthems 2" /><ref name="MyAnthems-PaulOGrady" /><ref name="What Makes Gay Anthem" /><ref name="ChicagoTribPride" /><ref name="MyAnthems-KimWoodburn" />
"Love My Way" The Psychedelic Furs <ref name="Jones"/>
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1983 "Church of the Poison Mind" Culture Club <ref name="50 LGBTQ+" />
"This Charming Man" The Smiths <ref name="50 LGBTQ+" />
"So Many Men, So Little Time" Miquel Brown <ref name="queer" /><ref name="PinkHitParade" />
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"Relax" Frankie Goes to Hollywood <ref name="The Evolution Of The Queer Anthem" /><ref name="BillboardPrideAnthems" /><ref name="50 LGBTQ+" />
"I Am What I Am" Template:Sort From the musical La Cage aux Folles.<ref name="PinkHitParade" /><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name="LGBTQ Jazz" />
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"Holiday" Madonna <ref name="queer" />
1984 "Din Daa Daa" George Kranz <ref name="Queer Subculture" />
"Smalltown Boy" Bronski Beat <ref name="ReadingGayVideos">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name="The Evolution Of The Queer Anthem" /><ref name="queer" /><ref name="BillboardPrideAnthems" /><ref name="LA Weekly LGBTQ Anthems 2" /><ref name="CharitySuePride" /><ref name="ChicagoTribPride" />
"Why?" <ref name="Guardian-LGBT"/>
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"I Want to Break Free" Queen <ref name="The Evolution Of The Queer Anthem" /><ref name="BillboardPrideAnthems" /><ref name="LA Weekly LGBTQ Anthems 2" /><ref name="O Pride" /><ref name="ChicagoTribPride" /><ref name="MyAnthems-JohannesRadebe" /><ref name="Switched On Pop, Gay Anthem" />
1985 "Conga" Miami Sound Machine citation CitationClass=web

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"Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin <ref name="queer" />
"How Will I Know" Template:Sortname <ref name="MyAnthems-DrRanj">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="EWAllTime"/>
"Miss Celie's Blues" Template:Sort, Rod Temperton and Lionel Richie Also known as "Sister" from the film The Color Purple. Sung by the character Shug to Celie in the film, this song has been called an anthem for the Black lesbian community.<ref name="LGBTQ Jazz" />
"Running Up That Hill" Kate Bush <ref name="MyAnthems-RufusWainwright" />
"So Macho" Sinitta, written by George Hargreaves <ref name="PinkHitParade" />
1986 "¿A quién le importa?" Alaska y Dinarama Gay anthem in the Spanish-speaking world.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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"Don't Leave Me This Way" The Communards citation CitationClass=web

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"Oh L'amour" Erasure citation CitationClass=web

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"Libertine" Mylène Farmer Gay anthem in the French-speaking world<ref name="The Evolution Of The Queer Anthem" />
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"True Colors" Cyndi Lauper citation CitationClass=web

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1987 "Seven Wonders" Fleetwood Mac <ref name=autogenerated1 />
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"It's a Sin" Pet Shop Boys <ref name="MyAnthems-RufusWainwright" />
"Sans contrefaçon" Mylène Farmer Gay anthem in the French-speaking world
1988 "A Little Respect" Erasure <ref name="BillboardPrideAnthems" /><ref name="CharitySuePride" /><ref name="queer" /><ref name="MyAnthems-AnnaRichardson" /><ref name="IntoPride" />
"Heaven Is a Place on Earth" Belinda Carlisle <ref name="Jones"/><ref name="69GayAnthemsBuzzFeed" />
"Fast Car" Tracy Chapman citation CitationClass=web

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"Mujer contra mujer" ("Une femme avec une femme") Mecano Gay anthem in the Spanish and French-speaking world.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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1989 "Work That Pussy" (Boom Boom remix) Ellis D <ref name="Queer Subculture" />
"Elements of Vogue" (David DePino mix) David Xtravaganza and Johnny Dynell
"Deep in Vogue" Malcolm McLaren
"Let's Go" Fast Eddie
"In Private" Dusty Springfield <ref name="BillboardPrideAnthems" />
"Express Yourself" Madonna citation CitationClass=web

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"Like a Prayer" <ref name="Gay National Anthem" />
"If I Could Turn Back Time" Cher <ref name="BillboardPrideAnthems" /><ref name="Billboard Pride Anthems" /><ref name="HarpersBizarre" /><ref name="MyAnthems-KimWoodburn" />
"Closer to Fine" Indigo Girls citation CitationClass=web

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"Part of Your World" (from the film The Little Mermaid) Composed by Ashman and Menken

Introduced by Jodi Benson

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1990 "Vogue" Madonna <ref name="The Evolution Of The Queer Anthem" /><ref name="ReadingGayVideos" /><ref name="PinkHitParade" /><ref name="Guardian-LGBT"/><ref name="LA Weekly LGBTQ Anthems 2" /><ref name="commes des garçons" /><ref name="IHeartRadioPride" /><ref name="BillboardPrideAnthems" /><ref name="Out History of Gay Pop" />
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"Show Me Love" Robin S. <ref name="CharitySuePride" />
1991 "Finally" CeCe Peniston <ref name="BillboardPrideAnthems" /><ref name="queer" /><ref name="Gay National Anthem" />
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"Justified and Ancient" The KLF and Tammy Wynette <ref name="MyAnthems-PaulOGrady" />
1992 "Constant Craving" K.d. lang <ref name="The Evolution Of The Queer Anthem" /><ref name="BillboardPrideAnthems" /><ref name="LA Weekly LGBTQ Anthems 2" />
"Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" Sophie B. Hawkins <ref name="EWAllTime"/>
"Supermodel (You Better Work)" RuPaul <ref name="SeventeenPridePlaylist" /><ref name="EWAllTime"/><ref name="LA Weekly LGBTQ Anthems 2" /><ref name="JaidaPride" /><ref name="Out History of Gay Pop" /><ref name="Buzzfeed Gay 2024" /><ref name="RuPaul Billboard Pride">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
"Deeper and Deeper" Madonna <ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="CharitySuePride" />
1993 "Come to My Window" Melissa Etheridge <ref name="BillboardPrideAnthems" /><ref name="Lesbian" /><ref name="Buzzfeed Lesbian" /><ref name="LA Weekly LGBTQ Anthems 2" /><ref name="HarpersBizarre" /><ref name="IntoPride" />
"Yes I Am" <ref name="Lesbian"/>
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"What's Up" 4 Non Blondes <ref name="Buzzfeed Gay 2024" />
1994 "A Deeper Love" Template:Sortname citation CitationClass=web

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"100% Pure Love" Crystal Waters citation CitationClass=web

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"Girls & Boys" Blur citation CitationClass=web

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"All I Want for Christmas Is You" Mariah Carey citation CitationClass=web

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1995 "Everlasting Love" Template:Sortname <ref name="Gloria Icon" />
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"Fastlove" Template:Sortname <ref name="MyAnthems-AnnaRichardson" />
"Jesus to a Child" <ref name="The Evolution Of The Queer Anthem" /><ref name="YMCA Bloom" />
"Waterfalls" TLC
"I Am the Body Beautiful" Salt N Pepa <ref name="LA Weekly LGBTQ Anthems 2" />
1996 "Cunty" Kevin Aviance citation CitationClass=web

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1997 "Fly Life" Basement Jaxx <ref name="Queer Subculture" />
"Free" Ultra Naté <ref name="queer">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="ChicagoTribPride" />
"Together Again" Janet Jackson <ref name="Gay National Anthem" /><ref name="69GayAnthemsBuzzFeed" /><ref name="queer" /><ref name="YMCA Bloom" /><ref name="EWAllTime"/><ref name="IntoPride" /><ref name="LA Weekly LGBTQ Anthems 2" />
"Close My Eyes" Mariah Carey citation CitationClass=web

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"Outside" Mariah Carey <ref name="Daily News"/>
"One More Hour" Sleater-Kinney <ref name="EWAllTime" />
1998 "Heaven's What I Feel" Template:Sortname <ref name="Gloria Icon" />
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"Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" (Hex Hector remix) Deborah Cox <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
"The Origin of Love" Introduced in Hedwig and the Angry Inch <ref name="BillboardPrideAnthems" /><ref name="Billboard Pride Anthems" /><ref name="Broadway Anthems" /><ref name="BroadwayBox PridePlaylist" />
"The Boy Is Mine" Brandy & Monica <ref name="Gay National Anthem" /><ref name="69GayAnthemsBuzzFeed" /><ref name="Gays Yell" /><ref name="Clear Gay Bar Bathroom" />
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1999 "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" Shania Twain <ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name="Gay National Anthem" /><ref name="69GayAnthemsBuzzFeed" /><ref name="SeventeenPridePlaylist" />
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"Heartbreaker" Mariah Carey <ref name="Gay National Anthem" />
"It's Not Right but It's Okay" (Thunderpuss remix) Template:Sortname <ref name="JanDragPlaylist">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="Gay National Anthem" /><ref name="69GayAnthemsBuzzFeed" /><ref name="LA Weekly LGBTQ Anthems 2" /><ref name="MyAnthems-Vivienne" /><ref name="SeventeenPridePlaylist" />
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