Thursday, March 6, 2025

ESSENTIAL LGBT+ ANTHEMS. #35-31. More: Sunday.    

 

100 ESSENTIAL LGBTQ+ ANTHEMS

 

Caffè Lattè presents the 100 anthems of the Rainbow community. Some get us up on our feet or will have us weep. They celebrate diversity and tell of the hardships endured by members of the community.

35

GIMME! GIMME! GIMME!

(A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT) ABBA

In 1979, this disco-flavoured ABBA song topped the European chart.

34

DIVA Dana International

The first transgender performed winning song at the Eurovision Song Contest. Dana International faced deatyh threats and hostility when she competed in 1998.

33

TOGETHER AGAIN Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson was inspired to write “Together Again” following the death of a close friend. Producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and her husband René Elizondo helped complete the song’s concept.

32

MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X

The first artist to come out of the closet while at #1 in America was Lil Nas X with 2018’s “Old Town Road”. He returned to the chart summit with “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” in 2021.

31

I KISSED A GIRL Katy Perry

Released in 2008, this song topped the charts in America, Britain, Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

 

 

Single cover

 

Check out the Spotify playlist:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1mFqgTQSN0TPsEZnUNknTq?si=48d50eb1ce83493d


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