Y.M.C.A. (12″ version)

~ Recording by Village People

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Y.M.C.A. (extended version)6:42Village PeopleY.M.C.A.Village PeopleSingle
1.1Y.M.C.A. (extended version)6:47Village PeopleY.M.C.A.Village PeopleSingle
Casablanca Records (label founded by Neil Bogart)NBD 20144
1.1Y.M.C.A.6:47Village PeopleY.M.C.A.Village PeopleSingle
Barclay758 002
1.14Y.M.C.A. (disco mix)6:51Village PeopleGreatest HitsVillage PeopleAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)R2 70167
1.8Y.M.C.A.6:47Village PeopleBest of 12" Gold, Volume 12Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Old Gold (UK, hits reissues)OG 3412
1.1Y.M.C.A. (12″ version)6:46Village PeopleY.M.C.A.Village PeopleSingle
Old Gold (UK, hits reissues)OG 6510
1.1Y.M.C.A.6:48Village PeopleDisco Dance FeverVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Dino Music (subsidiary of EMI Netherlands BV)50217
1.1Y.M.C.A.6:47Village PeopleDance Classics - The Hits, Volume 9Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Unidisc (Canadian disco and dance music label)SPLK-7139
1.1Y.M.C.A6:53Village PeopleGreatest Hits and MoreVillage PeopleAlbum + Compilation
Musart (MX-based Discos Musart, cloverleaf logo in older releases), ToCo InternationalCDI-1055
1.14Y.M.C.A. (12" version)6:47Village PeopleThe Best of Village People (BMG club edition)Village PeopleAlbum + Compilation
Casablanca Records (label founded by Neil Bogart), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)314 522 039-2, D 102709
1.14Y.M.C.A. (12″ version)6:47Village PeopleThe Best of Village PeopleVillage PeopleAlbum + Compilation
Casablanca Records (label founded by Neil Bogart), Chronicles (a label under UMG’s Universal Music Enterprises division), PolyGram Records314 522 039-2, P2 22039
1.14Y.M.C.A. (12″ version)6:47Village PeopleThe Best of Village PeopleVillage PeopleAlbum + Compilation
Casablanca Records (label founded by Neil Bogart), Chronicles (a label under UMG’s Universal Music Enterprises division)P2 22039
2.6Y.M.C.A.6:38Village PeopleDance Classics Party: The 12″ VersionsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
BR Music (NL-based reissue label)BS 8104-2
1.11Y.M.C.A. (12″ mix)6:47Village People20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Village PeopleVillage PeopleAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-08-21
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)314 546 558-2
2.3Y.M.C.A.6:42Village PeopleDisco Fever AnthologyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
2 505818
4.6Y.M.C.A.6:46Village PeopleClassic Cuts Presents: The 12″ Box: DiscoVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Music Factory (UK promotional remix service)BX044
1.4Y.M.C.A.6:46Village PeopleGrand Prix 70’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • ES2010-09-07
Blanco y Negro Music (Spanish label/company from the 80s, later renamed as Blanco y Negro)MXCD 2082 (CB)
1.16YMCA (extended)6:44Village PeopleThe Best OfVillage PeopleAlbum + Compilation
3.1Y.M.C.A. (12″ version)6:42Village PeopleGoldVillage PeopleAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2019-11-15
Crimson (UK budget comps; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.)CRIMCD659
1.11Y.M.C.A. (12″ mix)6:47Village People20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Village PeopleVillage PeopleAlbum + Compilation
The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label)
Bootleg
1.93Y.M.C.A. (original 12 inch)6:47Village PeopleMaxi Singles 12″ uit de jaren 70–80‒90Various ArtistsOther + Compilation
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)

Relationships

producer:Jacques Morali
mixer:Michael Hutchinson (engineer)
lead vocals:Victor Willis (Victor Edward Willis, member of the Village People)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Casablanca Record and FilmWorks, Inc (imprint of Casablanca Record and FilmWorks, Inc., circa 1977-1980) (in 1978)
mash-ups:Sweet Child of Y (Guns ’n’ Roses vs. The Village People) by markwahlbird
recording of:Y.M.C.A.

Y.M.C.A.

lyricist:Victor Edward Willis (member of the Village People)
composer:Jacques Morali
publisher:Can’t Stop Music (US work publisher, affiliated with BMI)
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher)
Harlem West Music Group
Scorpio Music (work publisher of "Scorpio Music")
Zomba Music Publishing Ltd.
referred to in medleys:Megamix (order: 1)
later parody versions:A.N.T.S.
Åsa Bodén
DMCA
INS does OSPF
P-A-C-K
S.P.Q.R.
Uài casonsèi
YHWH
later translated parody versions:L.M.A.A.
later translated versions:Conditorei
CVJM
Laulumme soi
Lekker...
Miesstrippari
Y.M.C.A. (Minionese version)
YMCA好知己
YOUNG MAN (Y.M.C.A.)
is the basis for:Empire Today
T.I.M.E.