"Macho Man"
Single by Village People
from the album Macho Man
B-side	"Just a Gigolo"
Released	February 1978
Format	7", 12"
Recorded	Sigma Sound Studios, New York City 1977
Genre	Disco
Length	3:30 (45") 5:21 (12"/LP)
Label	Casablanca Records
Writer(s)	Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo, Victor Willis and Peter Whitehead
Producer	Jacques Morali
Village People singles chronology
"I Am What I Am" (1978) "Macho Man" (1978) "Y.M.C.A." (1978)

"Macho Man" is a 1978 disco song performed by the Village People. It extols the virtues of working out and jogging: Every man ought to be a macho macho man / to live a life of freedom, machos make a stand.

The song "bubbled under" the charts during summer 1978 before picking up substantial airplay that August. It became the Village People's first charting hit, peaking at #25 four months before their #2 single "Y.M.C.A."^{[citation needed]}

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The song is played comically in many films, like Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, In & Out, Addams Family Values and the Nutty Professor remake and its sequel.

• In one episode of animated sitcom The Simpsons, Homer Simpson sang this song as "Nacho Man". In one installment of the weekly comic strip FoxTrot, Jason Fox and his friend Marcus sing the chorus over and over to annoy Jason's sister Paige, who grumbles, "I wish I hadn't told you I hate that song." Marcus asks, "Is it 'macho' or 'nacho'?"
• In the movie Austin Powers In Goldmember, Goldmember sarcastically complimented Dr. Evil by saying "You look like a Macho Man" and whispers "Village People".
• The song is quoted briefly in the P.D.Q. Bach opera, The Abduction of Figaro as a segue into the aria, "Macho Macho".
• The song was "covered" by Donald Duck on the Disney audio relase Mickey Mouse Disco.
• There is an episode of the Pokémon anime entitled "Machoke, Machoke Man". This is a play on the word macho and the Pokémon Machoke.
• The song is performed by Link and Gonzo on The Muppet Show episode 405.

• The song is referenced in the song B Movie by Gil Scott-Heron.
• In the third episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer the title character jogs into and around her kitchen singing the song.
• In an episode of King of the Hill, the song is played as background music while Bill is working out.
• This film is used as the theme song to the "Nutty Professor" remake film series.
• Used in the movie Doubting Thomas.
• Used in the sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun.
• Parodied by The Great Luke Ski, singing about how he would like to wrestle the former WWE wrestler, Macho Man Randy Savage.
• Used in the US TV drama Starsky and Hutch, The Discomania, episode.