Was Alejandro the Wrong Choice?

[DiscoHeaven23 35,007]

4 minutes ago, Secret said:

It is so iconic in Europe, You can't say a Name similar To 'alejandro' without listening to people singing the song

 

3 minutes ago, Swan said:

Not at all, it was a pretty huge hit in Europe. It is pretty much her most popular song here, maybe along with Poker Face.

 

2 minutes ago, Gallus said:

Its slaying EU radios even today... i can hear it at least once a week

 

 

Oh wow! good to hear. 

[SychosSoChic 9,995]

It was Alejandro or Dance In the Dark, maaaaaybe So Happy I Could Die, and Alejandro is obviously the most radio friendly of the three.

The controversy dat video sparked doe

[LUCARTPOP 5,924]

No  

Basically every song on The Fame Monster could've been a single, but I prefer other songs over Alejandro though, in terms of GP, I think Alejandro would've been the best option. 

[Gallus 1,525]

People will always say aleeejandroo while singing.... Its so ICONIC we have spanish class and we were talking about spanish names (our 1st class of spanish) and someone said aleejandrooo and one added ferrrnandoo and we all laughed. ( i added fernado btw)

[Daredevil 2,133]

The 14-year old me would say yes, it was the wrong choice. I really didn't like the video and DITD would have been better as a single. It's the song that "made Gaga gay" and alienated her.  But now, 5 years later,  I think it's one of her most iconic songs (yes, I live in Europe). I really like the music video and it's one of my favourites. 

[Diamond Heart 4,400]

No tbh, Alejandro was flawless and huge in Europe. 

[mishamonster 50]

How do you have an album titled The Fame MONSTER, go on the MONSTER Ball Tour, fans are called little MONSTERS, then have a great, radio friendly song titled MONSTER, and not release it?! Made no sense to me.  

[OmgSum1Actually 3,041]

It was an amazing choice, because it was a huge hit in Europe and made her go in textbooks because Alejandro sampled Vittorio Monti' Czardas 

/get ur educatuuun/

[FameHookah 4,601]

No , it slayed latin america so hard

 

The issue was the digusting madonnaesque  video/looks

 

It started her downfall..

[OmgSum1Actually 3,041]

1 minute ago, FameHookah said:

No , it slayed latin america so hard

 

The issue was the digusting madonnaesque  video/looks

 

It started her downfall..

That's why Born This Way topped the charts and she had an amazing tour

[TRILL MONSTER 1,113]

I think the gp really got into the song 

 

cause if you say the name alejandro...even the straight boys say it like the song 

 

 

[FameHookah 4,601]

4 minutes ago, OmgSum1Actually said:

That's why Born This Way topped the charts and she had an amazing tour

No, actually BTW made it worse

 

People were expecting another TF or TFM

 

BTW rode TFM success as TFM rode TF success

 

Then ARTPOP suffered the damage BTW did..

[Chris Evans 8,917]

imo DITD wouldn't work as a single and Monster wouldn't either

Even though DITD is my favorite off the album the three singles that were chosen are like the holy trinity to me

[LaLuna 12,732]

No. To me, Telephone was the wrong choice. Yes, we got a great video out of it, but I think a lot of fans were hoping for DITD to be a single, but instead we got Telephone. Don't get me wrong, it's a good song, but nowhere near as good as DITD. I mean, there's a reason she used it to open the Monster Ball...

[Chris Evans 8,917]

14 minutes ago, mishamonster said:

How do you have an album titled The Fame MONSTER, go on the MONSTER Ball Tour, fans are called little MONSTERS, then have a great, radio friendly song titled MONSTER, and not release it?! Made no sense to me.  

I used to think this too I believe it was planned as the 4th single then scrapped but now I don't think it's radio friendly anymore it could've had a catchier chorus