Macho Man

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"Macho Man" is a 1978 disco hit by the Village People, celebrated for its campy macho imagery and enduring status as a gay anthem and pop-culture staple.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Macho Man canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Macho Man ⓘ
artist Village People ⓘ
associatedAct Village People ⓘ
associatedWithSubculture LGBT community ⓘ
chartPositionAustraliaKentMusicReport 14 ⓘ
chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles 22 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardDanceClubSongs 3 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 25 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
culturalImpact helped define late-1970s disco aesthetics ⓘ
reinforced Village People’s camp macho image ⓘ
danceStyleAssociated disco dancing ⓘ
decade 1970s ⓘ
describedAs camp classic ⓘ
gay anthem ⓘ
followedBy Y.M.C.A. ⓘ
format 12-inch single ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ
genre disco ⓘ
hasCoverArtMotive hyper-masculine imagery ⓘ
hasMusicVideo true ⓘ
hasNotableLyric "Body, wanna feel my body" ⓘ
"Every man wants to be a macho man" ⓘ
hasTheme camp ⓘ
gay culture ⓘ
hyper-masculinity ⓘ
isTitleTrackOf Macho Man ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 3:28 ⓘ
partOf Village People discography ⓘ
linked to: Village People
performer Village People ⓘ
popCultureStatus pop-culture staple ⓘ
precededBy San Francisco (You’ve Got Me) ⓘ
producer Jacques Morali ⓘ
recordLabel Casablanca Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1978-02-25 ⓘ
releaseYear 1978 ⓘ
usedInMedia advertising ⓘ
film ⓘ
television ⓘ
writer Henri Belolo ⓘ
Jacques Morali ⓘ
Peter Whitehead ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Victor Willis → coWroteSong → Macho Man ⓘ
Village People → notableWork → Macho Man ⓘ
Macho Man → album → Macho Man ⓘ
Macho Man → isTitleTrackOf → Macho Man ⓘ
In the Navy → follows → Macho Man ⓘ
Jacques Morali → notableWork → Macho Man ⓘ
Henri Belolo → coWriterOf → Macho Man ⓘ