Find your freedom in the music, find your Jesus, find your Kubrick

 

 

02. Dance in the Dark 9.4844

 

In second place it's the ALBUM TRACK from Gaga's extended EP following on from the debut album. Yes, Dance in the Dark has outdone even my wildest expectations and taken home the silver medal, a very, very worthy position (and a long way ahead of the #3 song!) for a non-single. So why has this song done so well... well it's pretty clear. It's one of the most exciting, dark, heart-breaking, energetic songs that Gaga has put her name to. Structurally it's a pretty standard song, featuring intense production, Gaga's distinct vocals and a beautiful message of mistrust, loneliness and sorrow all concocted together in a dance-pop, thrilling package. The song deals with issues of insecurity (sexual and personal) and uses the metaphor of being alone in a room filled with people but owning it and grooving through the solitude. A strong choice of potential single (it was pushed as a digital single in some countries) but for every other region it remained a concealed gem and a diamond in the darkness. As a result of this, it certainly has not been overexposed and instead has matured into a firm favourite for many listeners, including on this forum! And I haven't even mentioned the middle-8 <3

 

A personal response... I am ECSTATIC about this. Even with Gaga out of the picture, this is my favourite ever song, bar none. A special moment.

 

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:o

 

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:rap:

 

 

 

I'm a free bitch, baby

 

 

01. Bad Romance 9.6061

 

Which means it's done it again. The winner of seemingly every award on this website let alone in the Gaga forum. Gaga's most iconic single, in so many ways steals the victory with a comfortable lead and a mightily impressive score. Bad Romance was the lead single from 'The Fame Monster' and came at the peak of Gaga's fame. Following on from the huge debut era, Gaga needed a song to show that she wasn't just a one-trick pony and she did it and then some with this. It begins with the monstrous cry, a moment of sheer ecstasy and bliss whenever it plays and it's instantly clear that Gaga has arrived and she is summoning her monsters. With haunting, horrific verses to shrieking, ear-shattering choruses, to a fiercely, fabulous middle-8 the song HAS IT ALL. It's always an experience and never boring.

 

The music video was iconic too and while introducing the BATH HAUS it showed every other pop star going just HOW to do the music video. It made headlines everywhere, amassing humongous views on Youtube, stealing awards left right and centre i(most particularly at the VMAs where it was nominated for TEN awards, taking home 7 of them :drama:) and showcasing her brilliant visionary artistry. A humongous single too, peaking in the top 3 basically everywhere and becoming a huge monster seller across the globe. It cemented her position on top of the pop throne and remains to this day a hugely important, iconic and masterful moment of pop. A true MONSTER in every single way.

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SONGS

 

1. xx Bad Romance 9.6061

2. xx Dance in the Dark 9.4844

3. xx Poker Face 9.1515

4. xx The Edge of Glory 9.0303

5. xx Just Dance (feat. Colby O'Donis) 9.0000

6. xx Do What U Want 8.9394

7. xx Marry The Night 8.8636

8. xx Paparazzi 8.7879

9. xx Alejandro 8.7576

10. xx Telephone (feat. Beyonce) 8.7576

11. xx Gypsy 8.6935

12. xx Applause 8.5606

13. xx Monster 8.5323

14. xx Born This Way 8.3939

15. xx Scheiße 8.3125

16. xx Judas 8.1667

17. xx Heavy Metal Lover 8.0645

18. xx Sexxx Dreams 7.8333

19. xx G.U.Y. 7.8226

20. xx So Happy I Could Die 7.6613

21. xx Artpop 7.5000

22. xx I Like It Rough 7.4333

23. xx Bloody Mary 7.3871

24. xx Government Hooker 7.3065

25. xx Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) 7.2727

26. xx Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) 7.2609

27. xx Americano 7.2581

28. xx Fashion 7.2368

29. xx Boys, Boys, Boys 7.2167

30. xx Til It Happens to You 7.2000

31. xx LoveGame 7.1250

32. xx Speechless 7.0781

33. xx Aura 7.0625

34. xx The Fame 7.0000

35. xx I Want Your Love 7.0000

36. xx Beautiful, Dirty, Rich 6.9516

37. xx Highway Unicorn (Road to Love) 6.9516

38. xx Starstruck (feat. Space Cowboy and Flo Rida) 6.8871

39. xx You and I 6.8030

40. xx Bad Kids 6.7903

41. xx White Christmas 6.7500

42. xx Venus 6.7188

43. xx Electric Chapel 6.6129

44. xx Hair 6.3438

45. xx Paper Gangsta 6.3000

46. xx MANiCURE 6.2833

47. xx Lush Life 6.2778

48. xx Teeth 6.0161

49. xx Fashion of His Love 5.9516

50. xx Money Honey 5.9500

51. xx Fashion! 5.8667

52. xx Retro, Dance, Freak 5.8529

53. xx Dope 5.8500

54. xx Black Jesus | Amen Fashion 5.8333

55. xx Big Girl Now (New Kids on the Block feat. Lady Gaga) 5.7813

56. xx The Queen 5.7581

57. xx No Floods 5.6923

58. xx Vanity 5.6667

59. xx Chillin' (Wale feat. Lady Gaga) 5.6607

60. xx Brown Eyes 5.5667

61. xx Wonderful 5.5385

62. xx Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye 5.4706

63. xx Disco Heaven 5.4655

64. xx Summerboy 5.4000

65. xx Orange Coloured Sky 5.4000

66. xx Christmas Tree 5.3200

67. xx Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered 5.2813

68. xx Donatella 5.2414

69. xx Mary Jane Holland 5.2167

70. xx Rock Show 5.2143

71. xx Video Phone (Beyonce feat. Lady Gaga) 5.1452

72. xx Swine 5.0690

73. xx PARTYNAUSEOUS (feat. Kendrick Lamar) 4.9000

74. xx Again Again 4.6207

75. xx Jewels N' Drugs 4.3667

 

ALBUMS

 

1. xx THE FAME MONSTER 9.5645

2. xx BORN THIS WAY 8.9355

3. xx THE FAME 7.8871

4. xx ARTPOP 7.3103

5. xx BORN THIS WAY: THE REMIX 5.5250

6. xx CHEEK TO CHEEK 5.4722

7. xx THE REMIX 5.2727

 

 

Thank you to everyone that has taken part, rated and commented :wub: It's been such a fun one!

What an absolutely perfect top 2 :wub: Genuinely if we had up to 3 11s these two would have grabbed them for sure! :D

 

I'd also like to say a huge thank you to everybody :D hope you all enjoyed!

DITD waaay too high.

 

And since when has it had a video?!

 

Monster and Teeth are better. DITD is kinda Steps-lite tbh!! You can see how it leads into the cheesy Born This Way. Better video than Alejandro though even if I've never seen it!!

And since when has it had a video?!

 

lmfao that's not gaga, i think it's Bal in a wig.

 

 

YES at that top 2 though. Top 3 in fact. Flawless. I didn't realise everyone else adored DITD as much as I do?

 

Thanks HausofLotti for this!

Great winner :music:

 

Thanks for the hosting, Haus and Lotti! :cheer:

 

'Hotti' tho

Thanks for this, had a blast, 'Bad Romance' is a very worthy winner and totally shocked at 'Dance In The Dark' at #2, definitely her biggest missed opportunity. Dunno why she didn't just release this after 'Bad Romance', 'Telephone' & 'Alejandro' they were all successful enough to squeeze another single out and this definitely would have become another smash hit for her.

 

Also really glad that 'Do What U Want' did so well here, definitely the best track on 'Artpop' and probably my alltime fave single of hers, along with 'Just Dance' & 'Bad Romance'.

My theory on the DITD non-release is that she didn't want it to overshadow the release of 'Born This Way' (song). When you think about it DITD and BTW are quite similar songs structurally and lyrically and releasing them one after the other may have lessened the impact of the latter. (Take note Michael I am not saying they sound the same - DITD is not Steps-lite cheese!!1 its more their similar structures and the middle-8s etc).

 

Also she timed the reveal of the BTW album at the VMAs and wanted the song around Grammy season so another release may have ruined this time schedule. Or maybe she didn't want to be even more overexposed before BTW came.

 

But whatever the reason, in a way it's good it remained an album track because it will forever be untainted and left as a pure, untouched moment in her discography.

Thank you for this, loved it! Worthy winner and pleased to see DITD so high! the single that got away!

Only just caught up with the rest of this :ph34r: #toomuchofaloungehoe

 

'Bad Romance' does seem like the "correct" winner, of course it was gonna do it. And I'm certainly pleased, it really is "always an experience" like Haus said! 'Dance in the Dark' being second is nice too, I knew Buzzjack loved it (as do I) and it's great to see it come so high. Would've loved to see 'Alejandro' higher, it's one of my favourites and I much prefer it to 'Do What U Want' (which came higher) for instance, which I've grown in my affections to, but it still doesn't do as much for me as a lot of her other sangs.

 

Thanks 'Hotti' (:mellow:) for hosting and you guys did a fab set of commentary as well! Oh yeah and Cameron's comment gave me a bit of life as well lol

 

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