Madonna's " Vogue", Mariah Carey's " Hero", Ultra Naté's " Free", Janet Jackson's " Together Again", Cher's " Believe", Jessica Simpson's " I Think I'm in Love with You" and " A Public Affair", Kylie Minogue's " Spinning Around" and " Can't Get You Out of My Head", Geri Halliwell's " It's Raining Men", Dannii Minogue's " I Begin to Wonder", Melanie C's " Never Be the Same Again" and " Think About It", Tamar Braxton's " Hot Sugar" and " My Man", Lady Gaga's " Born This Way", and Ariana Grande's " Break Free" are considered as gay anthems for the new generation. UK LGBT rights charity Stonewall named Christina Aguilera's " Beautiful" the most empowering song of the 2000s decade for LGBT people, and Elton John predicted it would replace "I Will Survive" as the pre-eminent gay anthem.
You are not alone: Songs about coming together as a community or reassurance to the lonely that there are others like them out there.Overcoming hardship in love: Usually a narrative of a wronged lover who comes back stronger than before.Big-voiced divas: Rather than particular to the songs, this area of gay anthems is more akin to a cult of personality of a large gay male following for some particular diva-style pop music vocalists who are almost always black, female gay icons.
In the 2002 book Queer, the following ten main themes were listed that are common among many, if not all gay anthems: Melanie Brown was shown kissing another woman in her " For Once in My Life" video, making this song a hymn of the gay community.Īlthough every song is individual, the criteria for what makes a gay anthem has shown a trend among the years.