The Village People – YMCA

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I was born on 5th January 1979. Little did I know that one of the cheesiest party anthems ever created was at Number 1…

In fact, I first became aware of YMCA in 1993 when a remix was in the chart. I don’t remember owning a copy but do remember liking it.

Memories of YMCA include dancing embarrassingly in nightclubs in my late teens and never being able to do the C in the right direction.

Recently our daughter has heard the song in school discos and so I find myself practising the dance moves with her!

It’s a party classic and one that people will be dancing to in another 40 years’ time.

7/10

UK Number Ones since I was born in January 1979

I loved following the UK music charts all my life. Particularly since the 1990s (which is obviously the best decade for music) I have always kept up-to-date with what is at Number 1 and still read the list every week like when I was a teenager.

As I have turned 40, I wanted to think about how my music tastes have evolved over the years. I have an urge to keep a music blog and thought it would be fun to go back through the Number One singles since I was born. I start this journey on the 5th January 2019, 40 years after I was born. At this point there has been 918 Number 1 singles, but of course, this number will rise as time goes on.

I have an eclectic music taste and you are bound to disagree with lots of my thoughts. Don’t like YMCA? Well, good. Leave a comment!