Facebook post<\/a>, Willis noted, \u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of talk, especially of late, that Y.M.C.A. is somehow a gay anthem. As I\u2019ve said numerous times in the past, that is a false assumption based on the fact that my writing partner was gay, and some (not all) of Village People were gay, and that the first Village People album was totally about gay life.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cSadly, when the President Elect started using the song, people attempting to brand the song as a gay anthem reached a fever pitch as many used it to say, oh, Trump don\u2019t know the song is a gay anthem? This was done in a manner to attempt to shame the President Elect\u2019s use of the song,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Victor Willis, who clarified that he is not gay, emphasized that he wrote 100 percent of the lyrics for \u201cY.M.C.A.\u201d The song\u2019s music was composed by the late French producer Jacques Morali.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs I stated on numerous occasions, I knew nothing about the Y being a hangout for gays when I wrote the lyrics to Y.M.C.A., and Jacques Morali (who was gay) never once stated such to me. In fact, Jacques never once told me how to write my lyrics otherwise I would have said to him, you don\u2019t need me, why don\u2019t you simply write the lyrics,\u201d Willis continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cI therefore wrote Y.M.C.A. about the things I knew about the Y in the urban areas of San Francisco, such as swimming, basketball, track, and cheap food and cheap rooms. And when I say, \u2018hang out with all the boys\u2019 that is simply 1970s black slang for black guys hanging out together for sports, gambling, or whatever. There\u2019s nothing gay about that.\u201d<\/p>\n
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