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Music of the AIDS Epidemic

Library Professor Rachel Wexelbaum compiled this playlist based on research she had done for the presentation “The Art and Music of the AIDS Era” with Art Professor Godfre Leung. Please consult the references at the end of this playlist for more information.

1977: Ready for the 80's, The Village People

1981: Tainted Love, Soft Cell

1982: Do You Really Want to Hurt Me, Culture Club , Queen and

1983: Safety Dance, Men Without Hats Relax, Frankie Goes to Hollywood

1984: Safe Livin' in Dangerous Times, Automatic Pilot Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Wham! That’s the Way I Like It, Dead or Alive People Are People, Depeche Mode Smalltown Boy, Bronski Beat

1985: That's What Friends Are For, Dionne Warwick, , , Sex Over the Phone, The Village People

1986: We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off, Jermaine Stewart Boy Blue, I'm Not Perfect, A Different Corner,

1987: It's a Sin, Pet Shop Boys No Sex, Alex Chilton

1988: Chains of Love, Erasure Living with AIDS, Romanovsky & Phillips

1989: Halloween Parade,

1990: I've Got You Under My Skin, Gotta Lotta Livin' To Do, Peter Allsop

1991: The Show Must Go On, Queen On Every Corner, Ani DiFranco

1992: Let's Talk about AIDS, Salt n Pepa Living in Wartime, The Flirtations The Last Song, Elton John In This Life, Do You Really Want to Know, George Michael Blood Makes Noise, Suzanne Vega

1993: , Dreaming of the Queen, Pet Shop Boys Hold On, Sarah McLachlan

1995: Waterfalls, TLC One Sweet Day, Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men Jesus to a Child, George Michael Il Adore,

1996: America, Wu-Tang Clan They Are Falling All Around Me, Michael Callen w/Cris Williamson and Holly Near Hush, Hush, Hush, Paula Cole and

1999: Asimbonanga, Johnny Clegg

2001: What's Going On, Artists against AIDS Worldwide (including Britney Spears, Gwen Stefani, Destiny's Child, Wyclef, Mary J. Blige, Justin Timberlake, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Stipe, and Naz)

2007: Sing, Annie Lennox

2010: AIDS Theme Song, Uganda

2013: Azisenzeni Na, Bongani Magatyana, South African HIV/AIDS awareness song

References Attinello, P. (2002). Music and AIDS. glbtq. Retrieved from http://www.glbtqarchive.com/arts/music_aids_A.pdf

Charity songs. The Top 13. Retrieved from http://www.thetop13.com/charity-songs-L82/

Cinquemani, S. (2013, Jun 5). 15 songs about AIDS. Slant. Retrieved from http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/article/15-songs-about-aids/P3

Gilchrist, T.E. (2013, Feb 7). Music that inspired a movement. HIVPlus Mag. Retrieved from http://www.hivplusmag.com/people/2013/02/07/music-inspired-movement#article-content

Kennedy, J.R. (2014, Dec 1). World AIDS day: 5 songs about those . Global News. Retrieved from http://globalnews.ca/news/1700731/world-aids-day-5-songs-about-those-gone-too-soon/

Queer Music Heritage. (2007). Songs about AIDS. Queer Music Heritage. Retrieved from http://www.queermusicheritage.com/nov2007.html

Singing songs of AIDS in South Africa. (2010). The School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved from http://www.lse.ac.uk/researchAndExpertise/researchHighlights/WorldRegionsAndDevelopment /singing_songs_of_AIDS.aspx

Songs about the early years of HIV/AIDS. (2013, Oct 17). Metafilter post. Retrieved from http://ask.metafilter.com/250405/Songs-about-the-early-years-of-HIV-AIDS

Various Artists. (2007). Singing for life: Songs of hope, healing, and HIV/AIDS in Uganda. Smithsonian Folkways. Retrieved from http://www.folkways.si.edu/vilimina-nakiranda-and-the-bakuseka-majja-group-kibaale- village/olumbe-lubiibi-death-is-bad/world/music/track/smithsonian