Monster (song)
| monster | |
|---|---|
| Lady Gaga | |
| length | 4:01 min. |
| Genre (s) | Synth pop |
| Author (s) | Stefani Germanotta, RedOne , Space Cowboy |
| album | The Fame Monster |
Monster is a song by the American singer Lady Gaga from her album The Fame Monster . The song describes Lady Gaga's "fear of the sex monster". It was supposed to be published in Germany on November 5, 2010, but it didn't.
Background and composition
In an interview with MTV News, Lady Gaga said that “Monster” describes the fear of “attachment and the fear of love that is bad for you. I fall in love with the monster ”.
Monster was written in the key of C major by Lady Gaga and Space Cowboy. Gaga's vocal range extends from the low notes of E3 to the high notes of B4. The song was recorded at Record Plant Studio in Los Angeles in 2009. The song includes stuttering, synthesizers and 1980s drums. The song also uses heavy bass lines, descending lines and “massive” choirs, while someone praises Lady Gaga for being “hot as hell”. The lyrics contain metaphors related to zombies and monsters , such as: B. "He ate my heart and then he ate my brain" ("He ate my heart, and then he ate my brain") and "He's a wolf in disguise ... But I can't stop staring in those evil eyes" ( "He's a wolf who disguised himself ... But I can't stop staring into those evil eyes".).
The song makes an allusion to her first single Just Dance with the line “I wanna just dance but he took me home instead” . The “rude awakening” during and after a party plays a major role in both songs.
reception
The song received mixed reviews from critics. Michael Hubbard from musicOMH named “Monster” a potential single, praised the musical composition, but criticized the lyrics. Evan Sawdey from PopMatters also criticized the metaphors used in the lyrics of the song, but ultimately called it a surprisingly effective pop cocktail. Ben Patashnik from NME felt it was getting a little too monotonous. Rolling Stone Caryn Ganz compared "Monster" to the work of Stacey Q and described it as a sweet relapse. Pitchfork's Scott Plagenhoef saw similarities between Gaga's voice in the song "Monster" and Kylie Minogue's.
Rock band 2
The song Monster was made available on March 16, 2010 together with the singles Just Dance , Poker Face and Bad Romance for the video game Rock Band 2 .
live
On January 15, 2010, Lady Gaga presented the title as a medley with Bad Romance and Speechless on the Oprah Winfrey Show . She also sang the song regularly on The Monster Ball Tour.
- The Monster Ball Tour (2009-2011)
On November 27, 2009, the song was performed live for the first time at the premiere of the first Monster Ball. In fact, Monster was supposed to be performed on the Monster Ball Tour after Raven, before Lady Gaga's changes. For the second version of the tour, the revamped version, Monster can be heard with a long instrumental intro. Both times Lady Gaga sings the uncensored version.
Charts and chart placements
In the United Kingdom , the song reached number 68 as a single download in the singles chart in December 2009 and stayed there for a week. In New Zealand , the song also came to number 29 on the charts through downloads. In Hungary , “Monster” made it into the top 10, but dropped out again after a week.
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Chart placements | ||
 United Kingdom (OCC)
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68 (1 week) | 1 |
Contributors
- Lady Gaga - arrangement, co-production, vocals, writing
- Robert Orton - mixing
- RedOne - arrangement, backing vocals, engineering, editing, instruments, production, recording, writing
- Dave Russel - engineering
- Johnny Severin - editing, engineering
- Space Cowboy - backing vocals, recording, writing
* Source: CD Liner from The Fame Monster
Individual evidence
- ↑ ladygaga.wikia.com
- ↑ mtv.com
- ↑ slantmagazine.com
- ↑ (2009) Album sheet music for The Fame Monster by Lady Gaga (CD liner)
- ↑ popmatters.com
- ↑ badgerhald.com
- ↑ a b Track-By-Track: Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster. In: musicomh.com. November 23, 2009. Retrieved May 8, 2017 .
- ↑ digitalspy.co.uk
- ↑ Review by Evan Sawdey Popmatters
- ↑ Review by Ben Patashnik (nme.com)
- ↑ Caryn Ganz: Lady Gaga Album Guide. Album review. In: Rolling Stone . April 14, 2010, archived from the original on November 20, 2010 ; accessed on May 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Critique by Scott Plagenhoef (pitchfork.com)
- ↑ rockband.com ( Memento from March 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ mtv.com (News)
- ↑ bbc.co.uk
- ↑ Monster in the New Zealand charts on Charts.org.nz
- ↑ Monster in the Hungarian charts at www.mahasz.hu
- ↑ Lady Gaga - Monster in the Official UK Charts (English)