BIASED but one of her best. The video is life-affirming. I was scarily OBSESSED with it at the time (and still am lol) :cheeseblock:

This track is Gagas best !!

 

It's in my Top 5 Gaga songs too tbh, and used to be Top 3 before A Star Is Born

This was such a pop music moment! I'm still a bit salty we never got Part III to the video trilogy. :lol: I remember at one point a song called Ratchet was rumoured to be released as the threequel with Bey and Azealia. :lol: Actually the Chromatica era would be the perfect time to follow it up 10 years on. :o There's a lot of good will towards Gaga these days after her Hollywood slayage.

 

Also noticed this in OP:

Bonus fact: The guest vocalist on this was going to be someone else, but then the guest vocalist wanted to put the song on her own greatest hits album, so Lady Gaga made alternative arrangements.

This must be Britney, right? She had a GH album out around the same time. :o

Yep it was Britney! The song itself was originally written by Gaga for Britney's Circus album but then she never put it on the album. Then when Gaga was releasing the song herself she wanted to feature Britney but then Britney suddenly decided she wanted the song as a single for her greatest hits album :lol: Flip flopping by Britney meant that Gaga was fed up and gave the feature to Beyoncé instead :wub:

 

Telephone discussion bringing three AF's together here :lol:

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I just cannot imagine Britney doing Beyonce's bit though. :lol: Or in the video come to think of it. :lol:

Yeah I can't think of anyone but Beyonce being on this track. I think Beyonce's attitude and the lower tone of voice compared to Gaga makes it work so well. Also, could you imagine Britney doing that dialogue? Beyonce just about made it work! :lol:

As much as I love Britney, this song is not for her: Beyoncé OWNS her part and the video <3