Tracks of My Tears

Let's hear it for our music heritage

Few would dispute that the LGBTIQ community has a strong link with popular music. The gay revolution came with a soundtrack of pop to which we danced, iconic hits that often came out of the gay disco scene and took the pop world by storm and of course vice versa coming from the mainstream.

Here are 20 great hits that did just that and is by no means a complete list:

  1. Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive (1979)
  2. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax (1984)
  3. Soft Cell - Tainted love (1981)
  4. Baccara - Yes sir, I can boogie (1977)
  5. Disco Tex and his Sex-o-lettes - Get dancin (1974)
  6. Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (1978)
  7. The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men (1983)
  8. Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out (1980)
  9. Gina G - Ooh aah....just a little bit (1996)
  10. Yazoo - Don't go (1982)
  11. Dead or Alive - You spin me around (1985)
  12. Erasure - Lay all your love on me (1992)
  13. Communards - Never can say goodbye (1987)
  14. Gloria Gaynor - I am what I am (1984)
  15. Bronski Beat - Why (1984)
  16. Miquel Brown - So Many Men, So Little Time (1983)
  17. Pet Shop Boys - Go West (1993)
  18. Boys Town Gang - Can't Take My Eyes Off You (1982)
  19. Village People - Y.M.C.A (1978)
  20. Cyndi Lauper - Girls just wanna have fun (1984)