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From Fox News: Village People founding member Victor Willis has changed his tune on President-elect Donald Trump’s use of the band’s iconic disco anthem “Y.M.C.A.” as the song makes a resurgence on the charts.
“I decided to allow the president-elect’s continued use of ‘Y.M.C.A.’ because he seems to genuinely, genuinely like the song and so many other artists were stopping him from using their music,” Willis told “Fox & Friends First” on Thursday after years of asking Trump to stop using the song.
“So I decided to contact BMI [Broadcast Music, Inc.] and told them not to terminate his political use license because he seemed to be bringing so much joy to the American people with his use of Y.M.C.A.”
Trump dancing to “Y.M.C.A.” during the 2024 campaign caught fire on social media and in the sports world. Now Willis, who sang and co-wrote the song, credits the president-elect for the tune topping the Billboard sales charts 46 years later.
Back in June 2020, Willis had demanded that Trump stop using his songs, “Y.M.C.A.” and “Macho Man” at his rallies, and had stated that he preferred his music be “kept out of politics.”
Now, Willis has changed his tune, and is even acknowledging that he would even considering performing at Trump’s inauguration.
“However, because the president-elect has done so much for ‘Y.M.C.A.’ and brought so much joy to so many people, the song has actually gone back to No. 1, and it’s still No. 1 today, so if he were to ask the Village People to perform the song live for him, we’d have to seriously consider it,” he said.
WATCH BELOW:
Trump received the Patriot of the Year award at the Fox Nation Patriot Awards event Thursday night. The event concluded with the Y.M.C.A. song and the crowd joining in with Trump as he danced to the song.
The ‘Patriot of the Year’ caps off a spectacular evening with the iconic Trump Dance. 🕺🔥 pic.twitter.com/VomubaxDdJ
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) December 6, 2024
🔥 Trump’s dance as he took the stage at the Patriot Awards just now was so epic
Check out those new moves 🤣 pic.twitter.com/FmQetjEy7z
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) December 6, 2024
The Y.M.C.A. song and Trump dance has caught on like wildfire… even for toddlers:
HE’S THE CUTEST LITTLE TRUMP EVER! 🥳🥳🇺🇸@PapiTrumpo #TrumpDance pic.twitter.com/aaGNB9TJYf
— On A Trump Bender 3-Times A Charm! (@TrumpBender_3) November 24, 2024
Over 100 Staten Island Patriots showed up in the cold to give thanks to 45-47 and have an impromptu ‘Trump Dance’ contest! 🕺🏻🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/3WeozM7FaE
— Bobby Levy (@realBobbyLevy) November 29, 2024
Village People founder changes tune, endorses Trump’s use of ‘YMCA’: Bringing ‘joy to the American people’ https://t.co/hD42QD5Ljm
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 6, 2024
THE JOY IS BACK! Sports players going viral with Trump dance imitations, NFL responds
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