My Born This Way Fantasy Era

[crazygato 497]

What’s urs?  Keep in mind charts and impact. Here’s mine: 

1. Born This Way (February 2011)#1

2.  Marry The Night (May 2011)#1

Promo Singles: You And I + Hair *

3. The Edge of Glory (August 2011)#3

4. Judas (December 2011)#12**

5. Hair (March 2012) #8***

6. Heavy Metal Lover ft. Ke$ha (May 2012) #15
 

* “You And I” actually peaks at #3 on the BBH100 with “Hair” reaching #8 as promo singles. “You And I” actually becomes a radio single in some parts of the US and Canada. But it’s not a worldwide release and never gets a MV. 
 

** fan favorite “Judas” peaks at #12 on the BBH100 during the release of the album due to heavy downloads. It becomes a popular track and eventually the 4th single after TEOG. 

*** “Hair” becomes the official 5th single, although it was previously a promotional single and had already peaked at #8. The US version is serviced as a piano ballad to radios. Europe and the rest of the world get a more dance oriented / EDM version of the song.  It also helps promote the BTWB tour. 
 

I was a little bored so I hope you like this release strategy. It’s my fantasy era so in my mind the music videos are also different except for BTW and Judas, which are flawless!  I also feel the era would have performed better this way and had more longevity.

Also, am I the only one who has this weird obsession/ compulsion to imagine the “what could have beens” of Gaga and other artists??? Please LMK you pus- uh- I mean, kitties!!! 

[dynamite 53,936]

The same as it was but a better video for the anthem that is The Edge of Glory and Judas being #1

[Head Empty 24,838]

45 minutes ago, crazygato said:

6. Heavy Metal Lover ft. Ke$ha (May 2012)

No disrespect to Kesha but this hurts my soul

Heavy Metal Lover is such a perfect and quintessential "GAGA" song that it feels criminal to water it down in any way.

[PartySick 153,458]

Hair is not a good enough song to be a proper single and no way it's even cracking the top 40 a year after the album is released  

Stripping Yoü and I of its single status and video despite how iconic it is feels like a crime  it's been a reoccurring staple in her shows where as other singles like Marry the Night basically disappeared after the BTW era  it's one of the best songs on the album, it absolutely deserves to be a single!

HML with Kesha? Evil  

The only thing I'd change about the era we got is for her to pull a John Wayne/911 with Scheiße 'cause she clearly always adored that song. It deserves a video!

[Gorehound 4,496]

Heavy Metal Lover ft. Ke$ha????? Ew ew EWWW NO! Go to jail!

Kesha is cute and all but why butcher such an amazing song like that  

[crazygato 497]

20 minutes ago, Head Empty said:

Heavy Metal Lover is such a perfect and quintessential "GAGA" song that it feels criminal to water it down in any way.

 

7 minutes ago, PartySick said:

HML with Kesha? Evil  

 

4 minutes ago, Gorehound said:

Heavy Metal Lover ft. Ke$ha????? Ew ew EWWW NO! Go to jail!

Kesha is cute and all but why butcher such an amazing song like that  

Woah! Didn’t know I’d get this reaction!

To clarify, HML would NEVER have reached top 20 if released as a single, never mind a 6th single! So what does her team do? They release a radio remix for it featuring Ke$ha. It’s something labels do for the track to gain more attention/ peak higher, and TBH it’s kinda fun to have some sleazy remix of the song (this was 2012, hello)! I get it, HML is the GOAT, but I personally would have wanted it to peak higher especially since it would have been the 6th and last single. Don’t worry, in my fantasy rollout, Ke$ha would not even have appeared in the MV! Radios would both play the official and remix version of the song. 

[Gorehound 4,496]

1 hour ago, crazygato said:

 

 

Woah! Didn’t know I’d get this reaction!

To clarify, HML would NEVER have reached top 20 if released as a single, never mind a 6th single! So what does her team do? They release a radio remix for it featuring Ke$ha. It’s something labels do for the track to gain more attention/ peak higher, and TBH it’s kinda fun to have some sleazy remix of the song (this was 2012, hello)! I get it, HML is the GOAT, but I personally would have wanted it to peak higher especially since it would have been the 6th and last single. Don’t worry, in my fantasy rollout, Ke$ha would not even have appeared in the MV! Radios would both play the official and remix version of the song. 

Haha no worries I get you xx, but HML is just completely untouchable imo. No one would compliment it as a feature it's just pure diamond-cut Gaga. And no offence but early 2000's Kesha was just far too trashy to suit anything on BTW imo, it would be like hanging the Mona Lisa in MacDonalds (how very ARTPOP ). Also I think you'd be surprised. If the label were more daring you just don't know how well HML might have done, especially if it was played in every club possible (especially in Europe, and if it was boosted with a killer sexy video and lots of striking TV performances). It's definitely too avant garde for the general public but people thought that about Bad Romance etc. so who knows. It deserves more credit than that and the chorus is truly infectious. 

However you're right a dirty heavy club remix of it would've been cool, but I'd definitely pick someone more sophisticated than Kesha of all people if it were to have a feature on it.

Edited 11 hours ago by Gorehound

[Gorehound 4,496]

3 hours ago, crazygato said:

What’s urs?  Keep in mind charts and impact. Here’s mine: 

1. Born This Way (February 2011)#1

2.  Marry The Night (May 2011)#1

Promo Singles: You And I + Hair *

3. The Edge of Glory (August 2011)#3

4. Judas (December 2011)#12**

5. Hair (March 2012) #8***

6. Heavy Metal Lover ft. Ke$ha (May 2012) #15
 

* “You And I” actually peaks at #3 on the BBH100 with “Hair” reaching #8 as promo singles. “You And I” actually becomes a radio single in some parts of the US and Canada. But it’s not a worldwide release and never gets a MV. 
 

** fan favorite “Judas” peaks at #12 on the BBH100 during the release of the album due to heavy downloads. It becomes a popular track and eventually the 4th single after TEOG. 

*** “Hair” becomes the official 5th single, although it was previously a promotional single and had already peaked at #8. The US version is serviced as a piano ballad to radios. Europe and the rest of the world get a more dance oriented / EDM version of the song.  It also helps promote the BTWB tour. 
 

I was a little bored so I hope you like this release strategy. It’s my fantasy era so in my mind the music videos are also different except for BTW and Judas, which are flawless!  I also feel the era would have performed better this way and had more longevity.

Also, am I the only one who has this weird obsession/ compulsion to imagine the “what could have beens” of Gaga and other artists??? Please LMK you pus- uh- I mean, kitties!!! 

 

Hmmm. See I think the overall rollout for the BTW era was pretty perfect overall, my only issue is that a small group of songs (like fan favourites) never really saw the light of day which is a shame.

 

1. I'd keep Born This Way as the lead cuz it did extremely well and was immensely culturally impactful and just such an important song. I think the only thing I'd alter is the music video. Gaga even admitted that the video did not turn out the way she wanted so I'd get her to reshoot it until she was happy.

2. And for the sake of the fans I'd keep Judas as second single cuz regardless of the stupid backlash it received at the time, that song is f*cking incredible and deserves it's spot, and time has told that it's iconic af.

3. I'd also keep The Edge Of Glory as third single due to its success. It was a good decision, but I'd 100% have a better music video made for it.

(Then for the promotional singles, I think here Gaga could've had space to pay homage to her more avant garde, darker songs. So definitely Scheiße (since it's the ultimate fan favourite), Heavy Metal Lover, and Bloody Mary. Give them all amazing music videos and maybe tie them together into a Lana Del Rey Tropico-like film or something idk would've been rly cool. Get Steven Klein involved cuz everything he touched with Gaga was pure gold ).

4. You And I was also a great choice as a single and pandered very well to the GP. The video is great to.

5. Marry The Night works fine as the final single. I know it didn't do very well on the charts but the era was starting to run it's course by then anyway. But it was a very poetic and cathartic way to end the era, especially with that epic biographical music video. 

 

[AVeryGagaHolyDick 23,328]

2 hours ago, dynamite said:

The same as it was but a better video for the anthem that is The Edge of Glory and Judas being #1

TEOG’s video is perfect as it is, it couldn’t have been better imo

[dynamite 53,936]

4 minutes ago, AVeryGagaHolyDick said:

TEOG’s video is perfect as it is, it couldn’t have been better imo

I like it but it was a rush job after the actual planned video was cancelled last minute.. the song deserved something more

Edited 10 hours ago by dynamite

[meltedplastic 153]

girl the era was perfect

[qoqo 3,361]

Motorcycle cover remains

tracklist (no deluxe versions):

1. Marry The Night

2. Born This Way

3. Black Jesus + Amen Fashion

4. Judas

5. Scheiße

6. Bad Kids

7. Fashion Of His Love

8. Yoü And I

9. Americano

10. Electric Chapel

11. Bloody Mary

12. Government Hooker

13. Heavy Metal Lover

14. The Edge Of Glory

1st single - Born This Way, feb 11 with feb 13 grammys performance

2nd single - Judas, may 9

Album + Marry The Night mv, may 23

3rd single - Yoü And I, aug 23 with aug 28 vmas performance

4th single - Scheiße, nov 11 with mv

5th single - Heavy Metal Lover, feb 10 with feb 12 grammys performance

 

[RochestrMonstr 2,815]

I used to do this kind of thing for fun too. BTW and ARTPOP, since they were such front-loaded eras besides the tours, always seemed to have dozens of alternate possibilities for both! 

One of the few things right about our society today is the fact that justice was served for Born This Way. The five best album tracks out-stream some singles. Wrongs are righted. 

[ChvVolk 2,206]

1. Scheisse [I think anything would've done well as the lead because of all the hype surrounding the era]

2. Born This Way 

3. Heavy Metal Lover 

4. The Edge of Glory [to bounce back in case HML was a flop lol]

5. Judas and Bloody Mary with a tied music video 

 

Would've added Black Jesus to the standard soundtrack

[Anderson123 37,517]

I love Born This Way era as it was and wouldn't change it but wonder what could've been if she got the singles she wanted:

1. Marry The Night
2. Born This Way
3. Scheiße
4. The Edge of Glory

Judas and Hair are also great singles but Bloody Mary, Heavy Metal Lover and maybe even Government Hooker would've been amazing to get as promo singles with music videos.