During his previous two campaigns, President-elect Donald Trump used the disco song YMCA as a standard at his rallies. Additionally, recent research indicates that interest in the song is rising, much like Trump’s electoral fortunes.
Four decades later, the Village People’s 1978 hit has had a busy month, with Google search interest soaring, measured listenership on the song-tracking website last.fm tripling, and, finally, the song reaching the top of one Billboard sales chart for the first time.
At the conclusion of his 2020 rallies, Trump started dancing to the tune, jumping to the beat while putting his fists in the air.
You know what makes them happy? YMCA, Trump stated in a 2022 podcast. The YMCA encourages individuals to get up and move.
This year, as athletes started imitating Trump’s celebrations on the field, the dance gained popularity beyond of Trump’s political circle.
The song is allegedly about the nonprofit Young Men’s Christian Association and the community centers it operates in numerous American cities. It is taken from the Village People’s album Cruisin. Although Village People member Felipe Rose told HuffPost in 2014 that there is nothing gay about the song, those who spent time at the YMCA in Manhattan, which is said to have served as the song’s inspiration, stated that what transpired there was more complicated than what the lyrics suggest. Despite this, the song has since become a gay anthem.
Additionally, the song is a standard at sporting events around the nation, especially in New York, where it is played during the sixth inning of home games by Trump’s cherished New York Yankees.
According to Google Trends data, this month has seen more searches for the song than any other month in the search engine’s history.
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