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- “Grace Kelly,” Mika, 2007. Several of Mika’s songs could have made this list (“We Are Golden,” “Lollipop,” or “Last Party,” a song about Freddie Mercury’s infamous last party before he died), but “Grace Kelly” is why we fell in love with him in the first place: He’s authentically queer and has no interest in conforming.
- “No More Tears (Enough Is Enough),” Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer, 1979. With two gay icons on one song, “No More Tears” opens with Streisand crooning “It’s raining, it’s pouring/ My love life is boring me to tears.”
- “Heavy Cross,” Gossip, 2009. A self-described “fat, feminist lesbian from Arkansas,” Beth Ditto has never looked as glamorous as she does in the video for this daring ultimatum.
- “Go West,” Pet Shop Boys, 1993. After performing the song — originally by The Village People — at an AIDS benefit in Manchester, the duo recorded it as a single in 1993.
- Madonna, “Vogue” Madonna has long embraced and stood up for her LGBTQ+ fanbase. After meeting José Gutiérrez Xtravaganza and Luis Xtravaganza of Harlem’s “House Ball” community, prominently featured in the 1990 film Paris Is Burning, she was inspired to bring their voguing dance style to the mainstream with her now-iconic club hit “Vogue.”
- Robin S, “Show Me Love” Not to be confused with gay icon Robyn’s 1997 hit of the same name, Robin S’s “Show Me Love” is a feel-good house track about searching for true love after a series of hardships, a concept all-too-relatable to many LGBTQ+ individuals.
- CeCe Peniston, “Finally” Similarly, this 1991 dance hit is another positive, upbeat song about “meeting Mr. Right” after a long romantic drought. Though it was her only song to reach the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, to this day, CeCe Peniston appears at pride festivals across the country to perform “Finally,” a bonafide queer anthem.
- Crystal Waters, “Gypsy Woman (She’s Homeless)” After an encounter with an unhoused woman dressed in full glam who recently lost her retail job, singer Crystal Waters was inspired to write “Gypsy Woman (She’s Homeless).”
Feb 29, 2024 · The world is a better place for CeCe Peniston writing poetry instead of focusing on Dr Judd's chemistry class. But she doesn't want to set the wrong example. "Don't listen to me, kids," she laughs.
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Jun 1, 2017 · For Gay Pride Month, Billboard asked numerous pop culture luminaries to write ‘love letters’ to the LGBTQ community. Below, CeCe Peniston — whose 1991 hit “Finally” is a gay club classic ...
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Jun 4, 2024 · 65: CeCe Peniston: Finally (1991) The US singer-songwriter’s signature song was impossible to avoid in the early 90s, as the commercial gay scene slowly began to extend its influence and appeal. This muscular house-pop confection is rightly regarded as one of the classics of its era and, in recent years, has even started appearing in polls of ...
CeCe Peniston. Cecilia Veronica " CeCe " Peniston ( / siːˈsiː ˈpɛnɪstən /; born September 6, 1969) [1] is an American singer and former beauty queen. [2] In the early 1990s, she scored five number one hits on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play. Her signature song "Finally" reached the number 5 spot on the Hot 100 [3] and number ...
Jun 24, 2014 · Newer artists did represent, with Lady Gaga, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Frank Ocean and yes, a song from “Frozen” all in the top 20. ... “Finally” (CeCe Peniston); “Beautiful” (Christina ...
