7 on VH1's list of The 100 Greatest Dance Songs of the 20th Century. In 2009, "Y.M.C.A." set a Guinness World Record when over 44,000 people danced to Village People's live performance of the song at the 2008 Sun Bowl game in El Paso, Texas. In September 2000 "Y.M.C.A." was used as the Space Shuttle wake-up call on day 11 of STS-106. The song remains popular and is played at many sporting events in the US and Europe, with crowds joining in on the dance by spelling out the four letters of the song's title via arm movements. 1 in the UK around the same time, becoming the group's biggest hit. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in early 1979, placing behind both " Le Freak" by Chic and " Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" by Rod Stewart. 2 on Billboard 's Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart, while the song reached No. " Y.M.C.A." is a song by American disco group Village People, written by Jacques Morali (also the record's producer) and singer Victor Willis and released in October 1978 as the only single from their third studio album, Cruisin' (1978). Sigma Sound Studios ( New York, New York)
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