This is the best thing she's done since The Fame era.

 

It's a simple pop song, it's what made her so successful in the first place. I know her fans love her egotistical nature, but it really does not reflect brilliantly to the casual public IE myself. This is back to basics and obviously people must be feeling it for it to be the second single and it's doing so well worldwide..

Total #1 on iTunes is 70 countries.

Number 1 primarily due to per album sales

This era seemed f**ked up from the beginning to me now this?!?! It deffo puts what she will be performing on Sunday to some confusion thats for sure!

 

If this is now OFFICIALLY the second single then she should perform this on Sunday with R.Kelly (If he is available) then it will give the song some more recognition and longevity!

Seriously, most on board I've been with a Gaga track since "Bad Romance".

Number 1 primarily due to per album sales

Won't they be showing up in the albums chart as opposed to people "cherry picking" it? :unsure:

'Venus' is still being released on Monday and will still have a video according to Gaga.

The public don't know a damn thing about Venus. To them it doesn't exist yet. So how can the campaign be a mess? People need to stop over analysing and look at the bigger picture. We know this song appeals to the casual fans she lost last time so let it do its job.

Thinking about it, for all we know Venus doesn't even exist! Or it does and it was never intended to be a single. But I don't see why GaGa would want to release a buzz single a few days before her new official one so I'd rather think it was her plan all along.

I think this is a great decision! I also played Sexxx Dreams to someone yesterday and they loved it (they hate Gaga). 3rd single please! :D

GaGa did make a massive deal on Twitter the other day about announcing 'Venus' as the second single to be fair, but I think this will work well.

 

It's really catchy!

It's not a mess commercially obviously (i mean the song has managed to beat the record previously held by 'Someone Like You' by topping iTunes charts in 83 different countries!!) but i just hope she isn't rushing this decision at the first whiff of a hit.

 

She's filmed stuff for Thanksgiving already in the US and apparently didn't perform any of the promo singles (guessing that includes DWUW) so will she re-record that for a chance of extra promo for the single? And lord knows when we'll get a music video given the effort she's gone into planning the 'Venus' video which is still coming. She might also be deleting the song and re-adding it as a single on iTunes which will make it count on the charts so if she's doing that she needs to be FAST or just add it on Sunday so X Factor can propel it up. I'm not really fussed because we're getting a damn good song out of it but just a little wary that it will take a lot more effort to get the single going because of all the scrapped plans for 'Venus'/starting over from scratch (and i'm known to stress/freak out anyway so bear with me :kink:)..

That record doesn't really mean much as a BUNCH of new itunes stores opened earlier this year.

The public don't know a damn thing about Venus. To them it doesn't exist yet. So how can the campaign be a mess? People need to stop over analysing and look at the bigger picture. We know this song appeals to the casual fans she lost last time so let it do its job.

Thinking about it, for all we know Venus doesn't even exist! Or it does and it was never intended to be a single. But I don't see why GaGa would want to release a buzz single a few days before her new official one so I'd rather think it was her plan all along.

She made a big deal out of it being the second single over twitter and had even confirmed she was performing 'Venus' on X Factor as well as getting things ready for the video though. She made more of a big deal about that song than she did for 'Do What You Want' as a promo single. So the people who knew about DWYW, would most certainly have known about 'Venus' I think.

I'm talking about the public at large Jonjo, not the small percentage of them who follow Lady Gaga on Twitter. Nobody has heard Venus on the radio, seen it on vevo... It's just been hyped among the fans. I don't know why those same fans seem so against her trying a new sound with the second single.

I'm talking about the public at large Jonjo, not the small percentage of them who follow Lady Gaga on Twitter. Nobody has heard Venus on the radio, seen it on vevo... It's just been hyped among the fans. I don't know why those same fans seem so against her trying a new sound with the second single.

 

This completely. No-one who is not a Lady GaGa fan has heard of Venus or is readily excited to hear it. It's not like it's been out for a few weeks and everyone is starting to get a feel of the track. I'm not even sure how much it has been picked up on my journalists etc.

 

Do What You Want is getting good publicity, and it seems stupid to launch another track when the promo single is doing so well. You're taking a risk that the public will latch on the the promo single and not Venus, thus Venus flopping on its arse completely and Do You Want riding high in the charts.

 

Her Monsters will do anything for her. But she's lost the casual fan completely, this is a stripped back, catchy pop song. It's not making some crazy statement, which is why I think the general public are picking up on the track.

'Do What U Want' is not eligible to chart. What a waste!

Shame about being ineligible! Hopefully they change the rule, but I don't think they will. Perhaps they should release a separate single version ASAP though? Looks like there's lots of unhappy people on Twitter! :lol:

Definitely in my top five favourite Gaga songs now. So effortless and I think this is the first song for years that I HAVE to play repeatedly after I've just heard it. Really impressed with what she's done and I think this is an early contender for my favourite songs of 2013.

This will be massive in America. It needs to happen.

It's perfect for the time of year. God, consider me STOKED for ARTPOP, tbh.