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Late Village People singer Victor Willis asked Trump to drop ‘YMCA’ at rallies
But while the song has been popular for decades, it became even more widely popular for, let’s say, a quite surprising group of people.
Donald Trump has been playing the song at his rallies for years while performing his signature stiff-armed fist-pump dance.
Per Variety, speaking to a crowd in Florida in May, Trump said his wife, Melania, “hates” when he dances to the song he branded the “gay national anthem.”
“We love that song,” Trump added.
Over the years, a number of major artists and bands, including Aerosmith, Adele, Celine Dion, Elton John, Foo Fighters, and Guns N’ Roses, have asked Donald Trump to stop playing their songs at his events.
And in fact, the same went for Village People. In 2020, Victor Willis told BBC News World America that while he and the band “benefited greatly” from the song being played by Trump, he and his group had never endorsed Trump.
“We have even asked him to stop playing his music at his rallies,” Willis said, The Independent reported.