# What is the gayest song of the 90's?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-gayest-song-of-the-90s/239119
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [April 9, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-gayest-song-of-the-90s/239119 "2004-04-09T03:47:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2004, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-gayest-song-of-the-90s/239119/41 "2004-04-09T20:30:22Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#):
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> I have (a horrific đ ) memory of Marc Almond dueting a love song with a rather fat male singer (who had a rather Operatic voice). But canât find the name of the song from web browsing. I remember it got a fair bit of airplay, and was excruciatingly camp.
Would that be Jimmy Somerville dueting with Almond on a cover of âI Feel Love/Johnny Remember Meâ?
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### Author:  [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-gayest-song-of-the-90s/239119/42 "2004-04-09T20:32:19Z")
[QUOTE=Priam]
[QUOTE=Captain Amazing]
Disco in general seems to be associated in a lot of peopleâs minds with homosexuality. Itâs possible thatâs just because disco happened to be thriving during the beginning of the modern gay rights movement, when gays were becoming more and more visable, but thatâs just a guess of mine.
> [@](#):
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> Actually the reason is a lot more basic than that. Disco was first popular in gay dance clubs before spreading into the mainstream, thus its association with the gay community by the wider world.
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> Gayest song? _Smalltown Boy_ by Bronski Beat. I think at some point or another every gay person (GLB, maybe even T) has felt like that boy. But then again I havenât had my daily influx of caffeine yet.
BTW, Jimmy Somerville just released a new album which if you pay for a membership can be downloaded at [emusic.com](http://emusic.com).
I listen to his "Read My Lipsâ album often.
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### Author:  [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2004, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-gayest-song-of-the-90s/239119/43 "2004-04-09T20:44:39Z")
What _are_ you people talking about? Those are crappy songs, not gay songs,and theyâre not even from the right period.
He asked for gay songs from the '90s.
Well, thereâs a couple.
Thereâs room for debate, but in my opinion, the gayest song from the '90s, the one that best exemplifies the gay '90s is [Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)](http://www.rienzihills.com/SING/daisy.htm). What could be more gay than being with your sweetie on a two-person bicycle.
Some others, though, include [A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight](http://www.rienzihills.com/SING/hottimeintheoldtowntonight.htm), [And The Band Played On](http://www.rienzihills.com/SING/andthebandplayedon.htm) and [Sweet Rosie OâGrady](http://www.rienzihills.com/SING/sweetrosiegrady.htm)
And just in case I misunderstood the OP and he did, in fact, want crappy songs from the '90s, the _worst_ (although probably most popular) song from the era was the ghastly, treacley [After The Ball](http://www.rienzihills.com/SING/aftertheball.htm). Bah. Itâs downright cloying.
Fenris, whoâs surprised he beat **Eve** to this! đ đ
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### Author:  [@helieo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/helieo)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-gayest-song-of-the-90s/239119/44 "2004-04-09T20:53:43Z")
IMHO, it has to be Madonna singing âVogueâ
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### Author:  [@Stan\_Doubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Doubt)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-gayest-song-of-the-90s/239119/45 "2004-04-09T21:08:45Z")
Definitely something by Turbonegro.
_Midnight NAMBLA, Sailor Man_, or maybe _Rendezvous with Anus_.
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### Author:  [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-gayest-song-of-the-90s/239119/46 "2004-04-09T21:09:23Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#):
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> I have (a horrific đ ) memory of Marc Almond dueting a love song with a rather fat male singer (who had a rather Operatic voice). But canât find the name of the song from web browsing. I remember it got a fair bit of airplay, and was excruciatingly camp.
Marc Almond did a duet with Gene Pitney - _Somethingâs Got A Hold Of My Heart_
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### Author:  [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-gayest-song-of-the-90s/239119/47 "2004-04-09T21:51:56Z")
> [@Stan Doubt](#):
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> Definitely something by Turbonegro.
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> _Midnight NAMBLA, Sailor Man_, or maybe _Rendezvous with Anus_.
âIn Norway, punk rockers go out with punk rock girls or telephone hookers, unless, they go out with themselves and do homosexual activityâ.
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### Author:  [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2004, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-gayest-song-of-the-90s/239119/48 "2004-04-09T22:25:42Z")
> [@Fenris](#):
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> What _are_ you people talking about? Those are crappy songs, not gay songs,and theyâre not even from the right period.
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> He asked for gay songs from the '90s.
_Hey_âŚ
âGirls and Boysâ was on the album âParklifeâ, released in 1994, and is one fucking _gay_ song, if you ask me. I think that fits all the criteria, smartass.
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### Author:  [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2004, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-gayest-song-of-the-90s/239119/49 "2004-04-09T22:29:30Z")
> [@Loopydude](#):
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> _Hey_âŚ
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> âGirls and Boysâ was on the album âParklifeâ, released in 1994, and is one fucking _gay_ song, if you ask me. I think that fits all the criteria, smartass.
Whooosh. đ
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### Author:  [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2004, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-gayest-song-of-the-90s/239119/50 "2004-04-09T22:29:45Z")
Iâd call âGirls and Boysâ pansexual, just like most of Bowieâs work, not specificaly gay.
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### Author:  [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2004, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-gayest-song-of-the-90s/239119/51 "2004-04-10T03:14:44Z")
> [@Chastain86](#):
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> Game, set, and match. No gayer. Itâs like, how much more gay could this be? and the answer is none. None more gay.
Am I the only person who read this with Mojo JoJoâs voice?
FB
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### Author:  [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2004, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-gayest-song-of-the-90s/239119/52 "2004-04-10T04:03:31Z")
Really? I heard it in the voice of an English hard rock star. đ
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### Author:  [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2004, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-gayest-song-of-the-90s/239119/53 "2004-04-10T04:29:45Z")
Another vote for âIâm Too Sexy.â
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### Author:  [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2004, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-gayest-song-of-the-90s/239119/54 "2004-04-10T17:46:19Z")
> [@Lisa-go-Blind](#):
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> Really? I heard it in the voice of an English hard rock star. đ
Bing.
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### Author:  [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-gayest-song-of-the-90s/239119/55 "2004-04-10T18:03:59Z")
> [@Loopydude](#):
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> _Hey_âŚ
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> âGirls and Boysâ was on the album âParklifeâ, released in 1994, and is one fucking _gay_ song, if you ask me. I think that fits all the criteria, smartass.
_whooooooosh_
I didnât have to think too hard about âHot Time in the Old Town Tonightâ or âBicycle Built For Twoâ to realize that Fenris posted those as songs of the Gay (Eighteen-)Nineties.
Thoâ I was going to say something like âIn The Baggage Car Ahead.â
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### Author:  [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2004, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-gayest-song-of-the-90s/239119/56 "2004-04-11T04:37:30Z")
What about âI Could Never Be Your Womanâ, O-Town. A sucky AND gay song!
As for any era, âDancing Queenâ, ABBA. They always seem to play that when someone comes out.
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### Author:  [@Hamish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamish)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2004, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-gayest-song-of-the-90s/239119/57 "2004-04-11T07:16:15Z")
I was going to say âSmalltown Boy,â but that was on _The Age of Consent_ album in 1984. A tad before the 90âs. Then I was going to say âHomosexualityâ by the Pet Shop Boys, but their version was released in 2000, and itâs the cover of a Modern Rocketry song from 1986.
This gay guy spent the 90âs listening to Kurt Cobain and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, though, so my knowledge of popular gay music from the era is probably very limited (the RHCP have quite a few tunes which are queer-positive, to say the least, but probably nothing anyone here has heard of). So Iâll say âI wouldnât normally do this kind of thingâ by the Pet Shop Boys, which came out in '93, the same year I did đ
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