Gaga single choices mistakes

[juju 18,907]

Just now, derbloodbruder said:

I agree. I feel like I'm in the minority but I think all of her lead single choices make complete sense. Yes..even the iconic PERFECT ILLUSION. 

Perfect Illusion had me as shook as when Bad Romance dropped... it was left-field of the pop scene, bombastic, over the top, incredibly energetic. She's never disappointed! 

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Just now, that juju said:

Perfect Illusion had me as shook as when Bad Romance dropped... it was left-field of the pop scene, bombastic, over the top, incredibly energetic. She's never disappointed! 

PERFECT ILLUSION is simply yas on all levels. And IA with the comparison to BR. 

[AVeryGagaHolyDick 25,438]

1 hour ago, Bathory said:

Nnnnn that would really contradict Gaga, because she's said in the past that she wouldn't release different singles in different parts of the world, because she wants to bring fans together, not separate them. Especially if one of the songs is BTW which is a total Gaga anthem about unity 

Only a couple of countries understand the lyrics, and the sound was very impopular outside of the US.

PLUS didn't Gaga release Eh, Eh in a few countries? DITD in a few countries? Monster in France? And I'm wondering if Boys Boys Boys wasn't released somewhere since it had an official single cover...

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2 hours ago, kevindjibouti said:

Only a couple of countries understand the lyrics, and the sound was very impopular outside of the US.

PLUS didn't Gaga release Eh, Eh in a few countries? DITD in a few countries? Monster in France? And I'm wondering if Boys Boys Boys wasn't released somewhere since it had an official single cover...

Monster wasn't released anywhere and Eh, Eh și DITD weren't released simultaneously with other singles in other territories.

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17 hours ago, FfFfFfFF said:

Monster wasn't released anywhere and Eh, Eh și DITD weren't released simultaneously with other singles in other territories.

Monster WAS released in France at the same time as DITD. and Eh, Eh was released in Europe at the same time as LoveGame was released in the US

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6 minutes ago, kevindjibouti said:

Monster WAS released in France. and Eh, Eh was released in Europe at the same time as LoveGame was released in the US

None of these things are true.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LoveGame#Release_history

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eh,_Eh_(Nothing_Else_I_Can_Say)#Release_history

[joannethenight 4,947]

The Fame
1. Just Dance
2. Poker Face
3. Paparazzi
4. LoveGame
5. Starstruck

The Fame Monster
1. Bad Romance
2. Telephone
3. Alejandro

Born This Way
1. Born This Way
2. The Edge Of Glory
3. Judas
4. Yoü and I
5. Heavy Metal Lover

ARTPOP
1. Do What U Want (solo or another featuring)
2. Applause
3. Dope with country edit
4. G.U.Y.

Joanne
1. Perfect Illusion
2. Million Reasons
3. John Wayne
4. Hey Girl

[Ziggy 11,835]

22 hours ago, Drin Lon said:

I like most of your choices but not all. 

If I had to keep it as objective as possible:

The Fame

1.Just Dance #1

2.Poker Face #1

3.LoveGame #5

4.Starstruck  (it's already Gold in the US and it had Flo Rida in it...) #4-#6

5.Paparazzi  (when Gaga released BR Paparazzi was still rising so if she hadn't released BR immediately it would have peaked higher) #4

6.Boys Boys Boys (Radio used to play it even tho is wasn't an official single...) #6-#8

The Fame Monster 

1.Bad Romance (maybe if released after Tik Tok dominating the charts, it would have gone #1 soo) #1

2.Telephone #3

3.Alejandro (It's her biggest hit in a lot of countries, especially Europe, so I wouldn't change anything about it. I'm gonna say tho that the video put some people off even tho I love it.)

4.Monster (Kind of like Boys, it's very radio friendly and catchy for the time and radio would play it sometimes even tho it wasn't an official single. The production is very Bad Romance.) #4-#6

5.Dance In The Dark (I don't think that it's as radio friendly as Monster or as catchy as Alejandro, but it has a better chorus than both of them and most people like it.) #5-#8

Born This Way 

1.Born This Way (the song is a smash and if Interscope hadn't pushed Judas down radios throat even tho religious people were throwing law suits and sh*t, it would have stayed longer in the charts. Great lead single ) #1

2.The Edge Of Glory (Do I even have to explain why this song would have gone #1 with a better video and proper release...) #1

3.Marry The Night (Gaga's best song definitely deserved to be a single. After 2 consecutive #1 smashes it would have definitely done well. I mean, it stayed in the charts for more than PI even tho it was the last single of a controversial era.) #5-#6

4.Hair (Relatable. Catchy. Poppy. Radio Friendly. Peaked at #12 only on sales, when will Joanne's lead . I don't thing I need to say anything else.) #4-#6

5.Yoü And I (It would have been a last single after the first 4 being all definite hits. Idk about WW, but in the US it would have smashed even harder ) #5

ARTPOP 

So the era was delayed, it was supposed to begin Q1 of 2013. But I'm not gonna get into that, just saying that if it had gone according to plans singles and things in general would have been a different story. 

Anyway, keeping in mind that Gaga broke her hip and the era was delayed, these should have been the singles imo.

1.Applause (Released the week of the VMAs. The Katy Drama would have been no where as big. If released according to plans, with the video and the VMAs performance the same week, it would have had HIGH chances of debuting at #1.) #1-#2

2.Gypsy ( The most radio friendly relatable heartfelt song on the album. If released after Applause it would have been a sure top3 smash /) #3

3.Do What U Want ft. Xtina (Spring RnB smash/) #3-#5

4.MANiCURE (Most of the GP loves it and Billboard stans the song and even compared it to Poker Face. It's one of the most classic pop songs on the album) #6-#10

Joanne

1.A-Yo (It's as radio friendly as it get keeping in mind that it's from Joanne. Catchy af. The type of song the GP always eats up and Gaga loves it so it would have proably gotten a good video. If it had a video or a live performance its first week it could have even peaked at #5 tbh.) #5-#8

2.MR (Anyone who tracked MR knows how hesitant radio was to it, cause of the PI fiasco. Now imagine how much they'd support it after A-Yo being a moderate top5/top10 hit, and seeing how good MR was doing in sales. After the Super Bowl it would have definitely peaked at #2 with actual radio support. If you're overly positive you can even say at #1 ) #1-#2

3. John Wayne (The song would have ridden off the hype of the SB and with some Payola and promo it could have done decent.) #8-#15

4. The Cure (It at least needed a radio deal . If it had one, I could have seen it peak at sth like #8 tbh even without promo, I mean, it's almost Platinum SPS)

 

 

 

 

 

I agree with all of these minus Hair. I think Hair is a bit too schmaltzy for most and a little everywhere. With that said, idk if I'd have dropped any other singles from the album anyway except maybe Scheiße as a promo. As a full-fledged single I think the gibberish is off-putting to some but it highlights the darker industrial side of the album well and puts her money where her mouth is in terms of weirdness not being very present in her music. Other than that, I agree with you both in list and in reason. You made some great compelling points here! Though, I may have stuck MTN second as I think it transitions well from BTW and then to TEOG really well. The disco sound of BTW to the disco-y funk of MTN to the pure arena pop of TEOG flow well if you listen to them back to back.

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2 hours ago, FfFfFfFF said:

None of these things are true.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LoveGame#Release_history

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eh,_Eh_(Nothing_Else_I_Can_Say)#Release_history

both are, wikipedia isn't a source sorry. everybody knows that eh eh got released here while lovegame got released in the us... and monter got released on french radios, it was overplayed with ditd

edit: you use wiki but the same pages in other languages say otherwise

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7 minutes ago, kevindjibouti said:

both are, wikipedia isn't a source sorry. everybody knows that eh eh got released here while lovegame got released in the us... and monter got released on french radios, it was overplayed with ditd

Monster just wasn't released as a single, gurl.  

And wiki has good information about the releases but I'd be glad if you prove me otherwise.

[EdgeofGlory1604 459]

i totally agree about milking the Fame Monster. its full of potential hits. so here's how i woulda released the music.

1. JUST DANCE

2. POKER FACE

3. PAPARAZZI

4. LOVE GAME

5. BAD ROMANCE

6. TELEPHONE (ft. Beyonce)

7. DANCE IN THE DARK

8. ALEJANDRO

9. MONSTER

10. BORN THIS WAY

11. THE EDGE OF GLORY

12. MARRY THE NIGHT

13. YOU AND I

14. SCHEIBE

15. APPLAUSE

16. DO WHAT U WANT (ft. R. KELLY)

17. GYPSY

18. VENUS

19. DIAMOND HEART

20. MILLION REASONS

21. JOANNE 

22. THE CURE 

[VOLANTIS 16,406]

On 8/23/2017 at 7:04 PM, Nono said:

I would never use Born this way as a lead because if she released marry the night(for example) as a lead it would still be #1 on billboard because she was coming from the mega successful era, with that said, Born this way single was not number one because of the song but because of Gaga and her impact so if you think about it, She should have never put it because the comparison almost killed our girl and it was not worth it, she could have number one with for example edge of glory as a lead and she wouldnt have the backlash at all

Born This Way wasn't "just another number 1 song". The song broke records. Changed lives like Marry The Night could not have. I highly doubt Marry The Night would have done as well as BTW.

 

Also the Madonna controversy helped Gaga too let's not get carried away. 

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22 hours ago, kevindjibouti said:

And I'm wondering if Boys Boys Boys wasn't released somewhere since it had an official single cover...

It had an official Cover? 

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2 hours ago, Ziggy said:

I agree with all of these minus Hair. I think Hair is a bit too schmaltzy for most and a little everywhere. With that said, idk if I'd have dropped any other singles from the album anyway except maybe Scheiße as a promo. As a full-fledged single I think the gibberish is off-putting to some but it highlights the darker industrial side of the album well and puts her money where her mouth is in terms of weirdness not being very present in her music. 

Well Hair was released as a promo single and it peaked decently plus, let's be honest, it is one of the most radio-friendly tracks on the album. It also reminds me of TEOG, and it's a half ballad, so it could have come in handy in 2011 were Adele made ballads trendy .

2 hours ago, Ziggy said:

Other than that, I agree with you both in list and in reason. You made some great compelling points here! Though, I may have stuck MTN second as I think it transitions well from BTW and then to TEOG really well. The disco sound of BTW to the disco-y funk of MTN to the pure arena pop of TEOG flow well if you listen to them back to back.

I just don't think MTN could have gone #1 and it would have also hurt TEOG's chances of going #1, and I really wanted 2 #1 hits from BTW .

And you, my friend, have taste  BTW -> MTN -> TEOG really do sound good one after the other!

 

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I think the only mistake she made was  G.U.Y. Other than that she had indeed many lost opportunities ( like Heavy Metal Lover, Speechless, Aura or Bloody Mary).