Lady Gaga Recorded So Happy I Could Die and Alejandro ten Years ago Today

[27monster27 13,632]

July 24th, 2009.

They were recorded in Spain at Sonic Vista Studios.

Two fantastic songs in one day. 

[Anderson123 38,795]

Imagine recording both Alejandro AND So Happy I Could Die the same night in your early 20's.

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Didn’t I mention this? 

[David Ward 9,398]

7 minutes ago, Alan123 said:

Imagine recording both Alejandro AND So Happy I Could Die the same night in your early 20's.

My face would probably look like this

[Lemon Pie 1,318]

ICONIC

[Sneaky Oliver 22,236]

How do we know these things?

But I can’t imagine how she felt leaving the studio that night completely unaware of the record she was making and how huge she would become few months later... 

[Zander 14,911]

I still think the Alejandro demo reigns supreme over the final version. 

[mariomania1234 11,368]

I still find it amazing how she wrote a record like The Fame Monster with all the promo and touring she was doing. Or hell, even writing a better and more ambitious record like Born This Way during the grueling Monster Ball Tour. It's kind of insane.

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4 minutes ago, Zander said:

I still think the Alejandro demo reigns supreme over the final version. 

I've thought that for almost 10 years. It punches harder. The album version is hokey.

[27monster27 13,632]

16 minutes ago, Twitter said:

Didn’t I mention this? 

Wait did you? 

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1 minute ago, 27monster27 said:

Wait did you? 

 

[LaLa 19,704]

Out of curiosity I went through my things to see what I (also aged 23 at the time) was doing on July 24 2009.... I was meant to be taking the train to go visit my sister, but the rail service went on strike and I had to scramble and take a 12 hour bus ride instead 

I'd say Gaga had the more successful day 

[Enzo 37,977]

Imagine recording those two songs the same day ugh her power 

[geopang 4,831]

23 years old and wrote some of the best songs of her career

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30 minutes ago, Zander said:

I still think the Alejandro demo reigns supreme over the final version. 

I think they sound very similar, but the final version sounds fuller and deeper and the violin is less pronounced (and maybe re-recorded, it sounds different than in the demo).