Village People是一个创建于1977年的美国男子演唱组合，由法国制作人Jacques Morali、Henri Belolo和主唱Victor Willis组成。该组合的名字来源于曼哈顿的格林尼治村，因其作为同性恋社区而闻名。成员们分别扮演警察、印第安酋长、建筑工人、士兵、摩托车手和牛仔等角色，代表着美国男性气概和同性恋幻想形象。他们的音乐以其舞台服装和暗示性歌词而著名，旨在吸引迪斯科音乐的大量同性恋听众。该组合迅速走红，并在国际上取得了多首迪斯科和舞曲热门单曲，包括“Macho Man”、“In the Navy”、“Go West”和他们最著名的单曲“YMCA”。2020年3月，美国国会图书馆将“YMCA”列入国家录音注册表，以保护被认为具有“文化、历史或美学意义”的音频记录。截至2023年，周渝民 Willis是该组合唯一的原始成员。

村民组合的成员分别装扮成警官、印第安酋长、建筑工人、士兵、摩托车手和牛仔。他们知名的歌曲有Macho man, Sex over the phone, Go west，以及最著名的Y.M.C.A。在全球范围内售出了超过1亿张唱片。

Village People是由同性恋组成的组合（乡村基佬），最初创建的目标观众是同性恋流行的幻想角色，起步时因为同性恋当时不受大众理解，所以小范围出道，后来歌曲的火热迅速领他们进入主流。

Alex Briley - 士兵

David "Scar" Hodo - 建筑工人

Felipe Rose - 印第安酋长

Glenn Hughes - 皮衣暴走族。2001年因肺癌去世。

Randy Jones - 牛仔

Victor Willis 警官

Eric Anzalone - 皮衣暴走族。1995年开始

G. Jeff Olson - 牛仔

Ray Simpson - 警官

Ray Stephens- 警官。1985-1990。1990年去世。

Mark Lee - 建筑工人。 1982-1989

U2乐队曾在其音乐录影带Discothèque中装扮成村民。

唱片列表

Village People (1977)

Macho Man (1978)

Cruisin' (1978)

Go West (1979)

Live and Sleazy (1979)

Can't Stop the Music (1980)

Renaissance (1981)

美国福克斯广播公司 On The Box (1982)

In the Street (1983)

Sex Over the Phone (1985)

Greatest Hits (1988)

Greatest Hits '89 Remixes (1989)

The Best Of Village People (1994)

The Very Best Of (1998)

提起YMCA，估计80年代以后出生的朋友们大多不甚了了；而对于生于70年代或者更早一些的朋友来说，印象最深的大概莫过于那首存在众多不同语言翻唱版的Y-M-C-A以及那双手高高举过头顶（Y）、双手弯曲置于双肩（M）、双手向右（C）、双手面前交叉（A）的标志性集体舞蹈动作。当年这首歌曲在迪斯科的流行程度至今让人难以忘怀，全场上下整齐一致的动作，将氛围急速推升至最HIGH点。

YMCA是Village People最著名也是最经典的歌曲。

歌词：

young man, there' no need to feel down.

i said, young man, pick yourself off the ground.

i said, young man,'cause you're in a new town

there's no need to be unhappy.

young man, there's a place you can go.

i said, young man, when you're short on your dough.

you can stay there, and i'm sure you will find

many ways to have a good time.

it's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.

they have everything for you men to enjoy,

you can hang out with all the boys ...

it's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.

you can get yourself cleaned, you can have a good meal,

you can do whatever you feel ...

young man, are you listening to me?

i said, young man, what do you want to be?

i said, young man, you can make real your dreams.

but you got to know this one thing!

no man does it all by himself.

i said, young man, put your pride on the shelf,

and just go there, to the Y-M-C-A.

i'm sure they can help you today.

it's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.

they have everything for you men to enjoy,

you can hang out with all the boys ...

it's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.

you can get yourself cleaned, you can have a good meal,

you can do whatever you feel ...

young man, i was once in your shoes.

i said, i was down and out with the blues.

i felt no man cared if i were alive.

i felt the whole world was so tight ...

that's when someone came up to me,

and said, young man, take a walk up the street.

there's a place there called the Y-M-C-A.

they can start you back on your way.

it's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.

they have everything for you men to enjoy,

you can hang out with all the boys ...

Y-M-C-A...