Born This Way (song)

Born This Way
Lady Gaga
publication	February 11, 2011
length	4:20 min.
Genre (s)	Electropop , dance pop ,
text	Stefani Germanotta , Jeppe Breum Laursen
music	Stefani Germanotta, Paul Blair, Fernando Garibay, Jeppe Breum Laursen
album	Born This Way

Born This Way ( German  born in this way is) a song from the second studio album by American singer Lady Gaga , which was written by her and Jeppe Breum Laursen, and Gaga, Paul Blair, Fernando Garibay was produced and Jeppe Breum Laursen . The song released on February 11, 2011 is the first single from their second studio album Born This Way , which was released on May 23, 2011.

background

While touring the world for her Monster Ball Tour in 2010, she began developing ideas for her second studio album, Born This Way . The first song written was the title track Born This Way , which she supposedly wrote in ten minutes in Liverpool . Lady Gaga described the process as an Immaculate Conception . She explained, “I wrote the song in ten minutes ... and it's a completely magical song with a message. And after I wrote the song, the gates opened and the other songs just came. ” Perez Hilton was one of the first to hear the track. He commented, " Born This Way is a very 'gay song', but it's also a song that can relate to anyone, us outsiders, us freaks, all of us who feel different." White Shadow, one of the producers of the song stated that Gaga came up with the idea and topic behind the song. “We recorded it in many parts of the world, on the streets wherever it was possible. It sounds like it reads, but not like you think until you hear the song for the first time, ”he said of the song. Gaga wanted to record her own freedom song and explained the inspiration behind the song to Billboard :

“I want to write my 'this-is-who-the-fuck-I-am' anthem, but I don't want it to be hidden behind poetic magic and metaphors. I want it to be an attack, an attack on the question, because I think that especially in today's music everything is somehow blurred and the message is hidden in a lyric game. Back in the early 90s when Madonna, En Vogue, Whitney Houston and TLC were making music for women, the gay community and all excluded communities, the lyrics and melodies were very poignant and very spiritual and I said, 'That's the kind of thing Record I have to make. This is the record that will shake up the industry. ' It's not about the title. It's not about production. It's about the song. Anyone could sing 'Born This Way'. It could have been someone. "

On the 43rd episode of her internet video series Transmission Gagavision , Gaga told the interviewer that the greatest experience while writing Born This Way was how to put her insecurities behind and become more confident. “'Born This Way' is what I am. An artist in a constancy between half-fantasy / half-reality in all times, ”she added.

Cover illustration and publication

Lettering "Born This Way" from the single cover.

On February 8, 2011 , Lady Gaga tweeted the French words "Trois Jours" ("Three Days"), along with an image that is supposed to represent the cover image of Born This Way . Charlie Amter of The Hollywood Reporter described the cover art as "a return to the classic cover art of the 1980s ( Missing Persons , Roxy Music or Duran Duran ) or the 1970s". The cover image for Born This Way is in black and white . One sees a naked Lady Gaga showing three of her tattoos. Tanner Stransky from Entertainment Weekly praised the cover image: "You can finally see Lady Gaga on the cover image happier than with her public appearance." Archana Ram from the same publication immediately noticed the very strong resemblance to the cover image of Kylie Minogue's single 2 Hearts (2007) on. Nicole Eggenberger from OK! said: “The cover image shows Lady Gaga's true identity. She shows her wild side again and proudly shows off her glamor with her make-up! ”Leah Collins of Dose thinks the tattoos and heavy make-up are an ironic reference to the title Born This Way . About.com's Bill Lamb said, "The way Lady Gaga shows herself between male and female on the cover art goes back to classics like David Bowie's cover art on Young Americans ."

After receiving the 2010 MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year for “ Bad Romance ”, Gaga sang a few lines from the song: “I'm beautiful in my way, 'cause God makes no mistakes; I'm on the right track, baby, I was born this way. " As a "Christmas present", Gaga announced on Twitter on New Years Day 2011 that the release dates for the song and album Born This Way would be February 13th and May 23rd, respectively. However, the song was released two days earlier, on February 11th. Before the song was published, Gaga posted the full text of Born This Way on Twitter at the end of January .

criticism

Responses to the song have been generally positive, although The Hollywood Reporter and Time took the initial response as mixed. Meghan Casserly from Forbes gave the song a positive rating: “ Born This Way has perhaps the biggest message of any song. The message of Born This Way and the title as an anthem speaks to every person on the planet ”. Popjustice gave Born This Way a positive review, comparing it to Madonna's Deeper and Deeper , Express Yourself and Vogue .

The Guardian rated Born This Way as “a disco that's stranger than its meat dress .” Artistdirect's Rick Florinogave Born This Way a 5 out of 5 stars and described it as “a modern pop classic,” and commented “Nobody can create a melody like Lady Gaga and the refrain of Born This Way shows the mood of their monsters ”. People rated Born This Way as "the club anthem that expresses all of Gaga's vocal skills". Billboard gave Born This Way a positive review: “It's a great dance floor anthem that the crowds will love. Lady Gaga can only be praised this time. Her strong singing and the message that Born This Way brings acrosswith her sexuality surpass anything ”. Nick Levine of Digital Spy gave Born This Way 5 out of 5 stars and described it as a "life anthem in a fantastic pop song". Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine also gave Born This Way a positive rating: "The message and the song are so unique that it will leave a positive impression on everyone."

Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield gave the song four out of five stars and said that “ Born This Way sums up the whole complex Gaga myth, all of her political and Catholic fears, and“ smeared lipstick ”into one brilliant pop song. [The song is] an event, a statement, the most anticipated song in the history of record music, or at least since Britney's Hold It Against Me . "

Lady Gaga sings Born This Way for the first time on the Monster Ball Tour in Atlantic City in February 2011

Yahoo! Music criticized Born This Way on the grounds: "Overrated, Born This Way will not promise many fans what they expect from Lady Gaga". Similarities between Born This Way and When Love Takes Over , Waterfalls and three Madonna songs: Express Yourself , Ray of Light and Vogue were also noted. Annie Yuan of The Hollywood Reporter described the song as "a landmark pop anthem". Spin's Kevin O'Donnell gave Born This Way a mixed rating, comparing the song and its message to Michael Jackson's Black or White . He went on to say, “There's so much hype surrounding the release of Born This Way that you think Lady Gaga is releasing a song as epic as A Day in the Life by The Beatles or Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen . Imagine what she would have shown up with if she had written Born This Way for more than 10 minutes . "

Fans and critics noted similarities with Madonna's Express Yourself . Some critics think the similarities to Express Yourself destroy the real impact of Born This Way . Commenting on the imitative nature of Born This Way, Neil McCormick of the Daily Telegraph commented, “[Actually] Born This Way is a newer version of Madonna's Express Yourself , with a touch of Vogue , but that's too much Madonna for someone trying to establish themselves as the new Madonna with their own identity ”. However, Gaga said on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno that she had received an email from Madonna in which Madonna expressed her sympathy for the song. A few days later, CNN reported that, according to her management, Madonna never sent an email to Lady Gaga. Two months later, when Gaga was interviewed by NME magazine, she commented on the comparison with Express Yourself :

“If you compare the songs, only the progression is similar. Incidentally, it is the same one that has played a role in disco music for 50 years. Just because I'm the first artist in 25 years to use it on Top 40 radio doesn't mean I'm a plagiarist, it just means I'm pretty damn smart. Sorry. "

Born This Way has also been criticized in Asia and Latin America for allegedly showing signs of racism against their cultures in the lyrics to Born This Way . The Latino groups MECha and Chicanos Unidos Arizona said the lyrics contain the words " Chola " and " Orient " to tarnish the Latino and Asian cultures, "these are the signs of racism against our cultures".

Radio stations in Malaysia decided to censor certain lines from Born This Way , such as "No matter gay, straight or bi, lesbian, transgendered life, I'm on the right track, baby." In order not to violate the strict moral laws of Violating Malaysia. Instead, only an incomprehensible murmur can be heard in the radio version. Speaking of censorship in an interview with Google, Gaga said, “I want to say to all of these young people in Malaysia who want these lines to be played on the radio that it is your job, your duty as young people to make it happen that your voices are heard. "She added:" You have to do everything you can. "

Appearances

Lady Gaga sang Born This Way for the first time at the 2011 Grammy Awards on February 13, 2011. She appeared at the awards ceremony in a huge vessel that was carried by models and from which she later stepped out on stage, which her "rebirth" should symbolize. During the performance, Lady Gaga played an improvisation on the organ based on the organ work Toccata and Fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach . The song was included in the program of The Monster Ball Tour from February 19, 2011.

Music video

The music video was shot in New York from January 22 to January 24, 2011 . The director of the video is Nick Knight . Thierry Mugler model Rick Genest, known for his tattoos, appears as a guest star in several shots. In the aforementioned settings, Lady Gaga can be seen with the same tattoos. The video was released on February 28, 2011.

Charts

On February 16, 2011, Billboard announced that Born This Way had reached # 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song became the 1,000th number one hit in chart history and the 19th song ever to debut at number 1. According to her own statements, it was the biggest honor of her career so far. Born This Way is Lady Gaga's eighth consecutive top ten song. It's also her third number one hit. The single sold 448,000 downloads in just three days in the United States, the largest sales of a debuting song by a female artist. The previous record was held by Britney Spears and her song Hold It Against Me , which recorded 411,000 downloads in the United States. In just five days, Born This Way sold over a million digital copies worldwide on iTunes, making it the fastest-selling single in iTunes history. The song was number 1 on the Hot 100 for six weeks, making it the first song since Elton John's Candle in the Wind 1997 in 1997 that entered number one and held its position for over a month. Born This Way has sold over 3,498,000 copies in the United States to date . In Canada, the song also debuted at number 1 and held that position for seven weeks.

Born This Way debuted at number 1 in Australia and became her third number one hit there. The single was awarded double platinum for 140,000 copies sold. In Great Britain, the song rose to number 3 on the charts on February 13 with 60,000 copies sold, although unlike the other titles it was only available for 34 hours and not a full week. The song debuted at number 1 in New Zealand, Spain, Finland, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Ireland, where it became her fifth number one hit. Born This Way debuted in Italy at number 2 on the charts. Born This Way also debuted at number 2 in Sweden , as well as in Norway, Belgium, Germany, Austria and France. In Germany, Born This Way became the first song to reach number 1 in the German single charts only through downloads . In Japan the song reached number 1 in the charts and only became the third international song in Japan to reach the top of the Japanese charts. The song reached number 28 in South Korea.

Chart placements

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	1 (29 weeks)	29
Austria (Ö3)	1 (26 weeks)	26th
Switzerland (IFPI)	1 (30 weeks)	30th
United Kingdom (OCC)	3 (42 weeks)	42
United States (Billboard)	1 (20 weeks)	20th

Further interpretations

Gaga and Maria Aragon sing Born This Way on stage in Toronto on March 3, 2011.

On March 3, 2011, during a concert in Toronto, Canada, Gaga sang an acoustic version of the song with ten-year-old Maria Aragon. Gaga was impressed with Aragon's singing abilities when the ten year old uploaded her own rendition of Born This Way on Youtube. Aragon quickly came into contact with Gaga and was allowed to sing the song with her on stage. "Aragon represents what the song is about," Gaga told her Canadian audience after the performance. Aragon was later allowed to attend the radio station Hot 103, where she sang the chorus of Born This Way over a telephone . Already on February 23, 2011, Aragon sang the song on The Ellen DeGeneres Show .

The song was covered by various performers, including Madonna ( left ) and Katy Perry ( right ).

American pop singer Katy Perry sang a cover version of Born This Way in Paris on March 7, 2011 during her California Dreams Tour . Katy's performance was accompanied by two guitarists. The television series Glee covered the song during an episode in season two. The episode was also named after the title of the song Born This Way and aired in the United States in April 2011. Her version of the song was released as a download and sold 73,000 units in the first week of release, making the song debut on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 44.

The American singer-songwriter and parodist Weird Al Yankovic parodied Born This Way under the title Perform This Way . His version was released on April 25, 2011, as the first single from his thirteenth album Alpocalypse . BBC Radio 1's Alex Full as Cornish Fairy and singer Kirsten Joy Gill also recorded a cover version of the song entitled Cornish This Way in August 2011. On May 20, 2012, a video was published on the Internet showing Madonna at a concert on her MDNA tour . She sings a medley of Express Yourself and Born This Way , followed by She's Not Me , a song from her album Hard Candy from 2008, with which Madonna created a media spectacle and many critics speculated that Madonna dissed Gaga and her song, which caused it it is encouraged that Madonna called it "reductive".

On May 10, 2013 Tim P. sang the song in the talent show " The Voice Kids ".

On July 26, 2018, the song was interpreted by the main cast of the Disney Channel series Story of Andi in the final episode of the series.

Publications

country	date	format
Worldwide	February 11, 2011	Download, radio
Germany	March 11, 2011	CD single
Austria
United Kingdom	March 14, 2011
United States	March 15, 2011

Web links

• Lady Gaga: Official Website
• Simfy : Born This Way

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