and that the first Village People album was totally about gay life.” “However, I don’t mind that gays think of the song as their anthem,” he later added. Willis also addressed backlash to ...

Village People's first album debuted in 1977 and featured the hit song "San Francisco (You've Got Me)." The group is best known, however, for such hits as "Y.M.C.A." (from the 1978 album "Cruisin ...