Queer icon Robyn has been a firm favourite of Sing King’s for years. Number 13 in our Pride Karaoke Songs playlist is Robyn’s ‘Dancing On My Own’. With lyrics like ‘No matter gay, straight, or bi / lesbian, transgendered life / I’m on the right track baby / I was born to survive’ pop songs don’t come as inclusive and celebratory as this one. Lady Gaga – Born This WayĪrguably the apex of gay anthems, Mother Monster gets a second entry in our Top Pride Karaoke Songs playlist for the defiant ‘Born This Way’. So I wanted to write a super-positive anthem.” And that she did. She said at the time of the single’s release: “Young people need a role model to tell them they’re beautiful exactly the way they are and that they don’t have to be apologetic about themselves. ‘We R Who We R’ was written in the wake of a series of gay teen suicides across hte US.
While we can’t vouch for that, no Pride Karaoke Songs playlist would be complete without it. Written by Nile Rodgers, he reportedly got the idea when he saw three men who looked like Diana Ross while standing at the urinal in a gay club. I’m Coming Out by living legend Diana Ross is a gay anthem for obvious reasons.
