| "Macho Man" | ||||
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| Single by Village People | ||||
| from the album Macho Man | ||||
| B-side | "Key West" | |||
| Released | June 24, 1978 | |||
| Recorded | 1978 | |||
| Studio | Sigma Sound, New York City | |||
| Genre | Disco | |||
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| Label | Casablanca | |||
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| Producer(s) | Jacques Morali | |||
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| "Macho Man" on YouTube | ||||
"Macho Man" is a song by American disco group Village People, released as the second single and title song of their album Macho Man (1978).[1][2] The song entered the Billboard Hot 100 on June 24, 1978[3] (when the album had already been charting since March[4]) before picking up more airplay that August. It became the Village People's first charting hit in the United States, peaking on the Hot 100 at number 25 on the week of September 2.[5][6][1]
A medley with "I Am What I Am" and "Key West" reached number four on the Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart.[6] On the survey of Chicago radio superstation WLS-AM, "Macho Man" spent two weeks at number three.[7]
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- ^ Peter Shapiro (2015-06-23). Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. pp. 271–. ISBN 978-1-4668-9412-9.
- ^ Music: Top 100 Songs - Billboard Hot 100 Chart - Billboard
- ^ Top 200 Albums - Billboard
- ^ Music: Top 100 Songs - Billboard Hot 100 Chart - Billboard
- ^ a b "The Village People Awards". Allmusic. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
- ^ "wls102878". Oldiesloon.com. 1978-10-28. Retrieved 2016-10-13.