How Bronski Beat’s ‘Smalltown Boy’ became an enduring anthem of queer liberation (DJ Mag)

By |2024-05-23T20:07:22-04:00May 23rd, 2024|Classics, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ Mag, Gay, International, LGBTQIA+, London, Music|

  Released on 25th May 1984, ‘Smalltown Boy’ launched the gay synth-pop band Bronski Beat into the charts and onto dancefloors with its glorious synths, hi-NRG production and Jimmy Somerville’s soaring falsetto, which sang a story of rejection, pain and escape. Here, with the help of musicians, its iconic video's director and others, Bailey Slater [...]