List of gay anthems

This is a list of historically significant gay anthems.

{|class="wikitable sortable"

! scope="col" | Year released

! scope="col" | Song title

! scope="col" | Artist(s)

! scope="col" class=unsortable | Notes

! scope="row" |1920

|data-sort-value="Lavender Song"|"The Lavender Song" ("Das Lila Lied")

! scope="row" |1928

|"Prove It On Me"

|Ma Rainey

! scope="row" |1929

|"If Love Were All"

|Written for the operetta Bitter Sweet.

|"My Funny Valentine"

|Rodgers and Hart

! scope="row" |1938

|"Lush Life"

|

! scope="row" |1952

| "Hound Dog"

| Big Mama Thornton

| When asked about how she felt during a 2011 interview with The Advocate, she replied, "I was not aware of that, but that's wonderful."

! scope="row" |1954

|data-sort-value="Man That Got Away"|"The Man That Got Away"

! scope="row" |1955

| "Tutti Frutti"

| Little Richard

! scope="row" |1960

|"As Long as He Needs Me"

|Shirley Bassey

! scope="row" rowspan=2|1962

|data-sort-value="Man I Love"|"The Man I Love"

|Gene Howard

! scope="row" |1963

|"Hello Stranger"

|Barbara Lewis

! scope="row" |1964

|"You Don't Own Me"

|Lesley Gore

|"It Must Be Love"

|Labi Siffre

|"Starman"

|rowspan=2|

|"Jolene"

|"Love Is the Message"

|MFSB

|"The Bitch Is Back"

|Elton John

! rowspan="4" |1975

| rowspan="2" |"I Was Born This Way"

|Carl Bean

|Valentino

|"Landslide"

|Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac

! scope="row" rowspan=4|1976

|"Dancing Queen"

|ABBA

! rowspan="2" scope="row" |1977

|"I Feel Love"

|Donna Summer

! rowspan="11" scope="row" |1979

|"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"

|ABBA

|"Don't Stop Me Now"

|Queen

|"We Are Family"

|Sister Sledge

!"Rainbow Connection"

|Kermit the Frog

|"No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)"

|Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand

| "Stars"

| Sylvester

|"Private Idaho"

|The B-52's

! scope="row" rowspan="4" |1981

|"Menergy"

|Patrick Cowley

|"Tainted Love"

|Soft Cell

! scope="row" rowspan=8|1983

|"Church of the Poison Mind"

|Culture Club

|"Relax"

|Frankie Goes to Hollywood

|"Holiday"

|Madonna

|"I Want to Break Free"

|Queen

|"Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves"

|Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin

|"Don't Leave Me This Way"

|The Communards

|"Libertine"

|Mylène Farmer

| Gay anthem in the French-speaking world

|"True Colors"

|Cyndi Lauper

! rowspan="10" scope="row" |1989

|"Work That Pussy" (Boom Boom remix)

|Ellis D

|rowspan=4|

! scope="row" rowspan=3|1990

|"Vogue"

|Madonna

|"Better The Devil You Know"

|"In My Life"

|"Justified and Ancient"

|The KLF and Tammy Wynette

|"Deeper and Deeper"

|Madonna

|"100% Pure Love"

|Crystal Waters

|"Girls & Boys"

|Blur

|"Feel What You Want"

|Kristine W

|"All I Want for Christmas Is You"

|Mariah Carey

|"Seasons of Love" (theme from the musical Rent)

|Introduced in the musical Rent

|"Take Me or Leave Me"

| and Fredi Walker

! rowspan="6" scope="row" |1997

|"Fly Life"

|Basement Jaxx

|"Outside"

|Mariah Carey

|data-sort-value="The Origin of Love"|"The Origin of Love"

|Introduced in Hedwig and the Angry Inch

|"Let's Get Loud"

! rowspan="9" scope="row" |2001

|"Lady Marmalade" (theme from the film Moulin Rouge!)

|Christina Aguilera, Mýa, Lil' Kim and Pink

|"It's Raining Men" (theme from the film Bridget Jones's Diary)

|"There You'll Be" (theme from the film Pearl Harbor)

|"Beautiful"

|Christina Aguilera

! scope="row" |2004

|"Take Your Mama"

|Scissor Sisters

! rowspan="7" scope="row" |2006

|"Listen"

| rowspan="2" |Beyoncé

|"Freakum Dress"

|"Buttons"

|"Something Kinda Oooh"

|Girls Aloud

! rowspan="4" scope="row" |2007

|"Get Me Bodied"

|Beyoncé

|"Untouched"

|The Veronicas

!2008

|"I Kissed a Girl"

|Katy Perry

! rowspan="2" scope="row" |2009

|"Untouchable"

|Girls Aloud

|"Same Love"

|Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert

|"Can't Remember to Forget You"

|Shakira

|"Really Don't Care"

|Demi Lovato featuring Cher Lloyd

|"Sissy That Walk"

|RuPaul

! scope="row" rowspan="6" |2015

|"Beauty Never Lies"

|Bojana Stamenov

|"Run Away with Me"

|"King"

|Years & Years

||"Telepathy"

|"Touch"

|Little Mix

|"I Know a Place"

|Muna

| data-sort-value="Joke" |"The Joke"

|Brandi Carlile

|"Cut to the Feeling"

|"Mystery of Love" (theme from the film Call Me by Your Name)

|rowspan=2|Sufjan Stevens

|rowspan=2|

|"Visions of Gideon"

! rowspan="14" scope="row" |2018

|"Crayons"

|Cupcakke

|"Curious"

|Hayley Kiyoko

|"I'm Not Afraid"

|Holland

|"Rainbow"

! rowspan="9" scope="row" |2019

|"On a Roll"

|Ashley O

|"Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels"

|Todrick Hall

| data-sort-value="Little Bit Alexis" |"A Little Bit Alexis"

|Annie Murphy

|"Lights Up"

|Harry Styles

|"You Need to Calm Down"

|Taylor Swift

|"Physical"

|"Rain On Me"

|Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande

! rowspan="5" |2021

|"Agatha All Along"

|Kathryn Hahn

|from the miniseries "WandaVision"

|"This Hell"

|Rina Sawayama

|"Cozy"

| rowspan="2" |Beyoncé

|"Unholy"

|Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras

|Replaced Lacy's song "Bad Habits" at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in October 2022, marking the first time two consecutive number one songs were performed by out queer artists. Lacy is bisexual; Petras is a transgender woman and Smith is non-binary (previously publicly identified as a homosexual man) The song also entered on Billboard Philippines Hot 100.

|"Casual"

|Chappell Roan

|"Not Strong Enough"

|Boygenius

|"Padam Padam"

|Kylie Minogue

|"Lipstick Lover"

|"Ice Slippin"

|Omar Apollo

|"Got Me Started"

|Troye Sivan

|"Red Wine Supernova"

|Chappell Roan

|"Bodyguard"

|Beyoncé

List of gay anthems

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