" Poker Face " is a song by American singer Lady Gaga from her debut album, The Fame (2008). The album was released on September 26, 2008 as the album's second single. "Poker Face" is a synth-pop song in the key of G ? minor, following the lead of the previous single "Just Dance", but with a darker music tone. The main idea behind this song is bisexuality and is a tribute by Gaga for her rock and roll boyfriend. The lyrics of this song feature a variety of sexual innuendo.
"Poker Face" is recognized by most critics, who praise the robot and chorus hooks. The song achieved worldwide success, topping the charts in 20 countries including the United States, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and many European countries. "Poker Face" is the best-selling single of 2009 worldwide, with over 9.5 million in sales. It is the best-selling digital single and one of the best-selling singles of all time, selling over 14 million copies. The accompanying music video for the song depicts Gaga singing it in various costumes and playing strip poker in holiday villas.
Gaga performed songs for the eighth season of the American Idol television show as well as a Fame Ball and Monster Ball tour. Live performances include an electronic version and an acoustic version, which he plays on the piano. It was nominated for both Song of the Year and Record of the Year at the 52nd Grammy Awards, and won the Best Dance Recording Award.
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"Poker Face" was written by Gaga and RedOne, while production was handled by RedOne. Gaga stated in an interview that "Poker Face" was written by her as a pop song and is a tribute to her "rock 'n' roll boyfriend." He also stated that the main idea behind the song is sex and gambling. In an interview with British
"Obviously, that's my pussy poker face! I took that sentence from another song I wrote but never released, called 'Blueberry Kisses.' It was about a girl singing to her boyfriend about how she wanted him to go to her, and I used her lyrics. [Gaga sings] 'Blueberry kisses, muffin men miss their kisses'. "
During the Fame Ball Tour show in Palm Springs, California, on April 11, 2009, Gaga explained to the audience the true meaning behind the term "Poker Face" used in the song. He suggested that the song relates to his personal experience with bisexuality. The idea behind the song is with a man, but fantasizing about a woman, then the man in the song needs to read his "Poker Face" to understand what is going on in his mind.
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Composition
"Poker Face" is a synth-pop and dance-pop song, and follows the lead of Gaga's previous single "Just Dance". While "Just Dance" is dominated by electropop, "Poker Face" brings dark sound with clear vocals on the chorus and pop hook while combining the synths of "Just Dance" and the more dance-oriented beat of the next "LoveGame" single.. According to Kerri Mason of Billboard, the composition of "carr [ies] pleather-and-sequins vibe from the downtown New York scene goes from underground and into FM dial without losing smut and sass."
Poker Face is set in a general time-line, with a fast tempo of 120 times per minute. Written in minor key ? with Gaga's vocal range extending from the record F ? 3 to note B 4 . Starting with the tempo is being followed by an electronic chord arrangement and a "Mum-mum-mum-mah" hook. Chord follow this sequence: G ? mE/G ? -F ? , and then for chorus G ? mEBF ? . This is followed by the sound of dance music, generated by the powerful beats of the instrument, and the stuttering hook following the chorus.
The lyrics, "Poker Face" are all about sexual innuendo and ridicule. According to Daily Star , chorus repeats two alternating lyrics. After the hook "Can not read my Poker Face" the backup singer says "He made me like nothing" and then in the next line says "He made me like nothing". Gaga explains in an interview with them that the line brings a bit of confusion over love and sex. However, the liner notes from the album book indicate these two lines are just repeating "he made me like nothing". According to the BBC, the "Mum-mum-mum-mah" hook used in the song refers to Boney M. 1977 hit "Ma Baker".
Critical reception
Once released, "Poker Face" gets critical acclaim. Priya Elan of The Times , in a review for The Fame , said that "Poker Face" is one of the best moments of the album with "love-as-card-game cheek". BBC Music reviews the single "strut-tastic" as "expressing its extraordinary desires for celebrity and luck." Bill Lamb of About.com says, "'Poker Face' works well on pop radio, but with a bit of mixing change, it will be just like home in a dark, sweaty, late night night scene.He has refreshed the pop world in the US. " and the UK at one of the slowest times of the year. 'Poker Face' made the motor hum while everyone waited for the next move from Lady Gaga. "Chris Williams of Billboard also gave a positive review of the song that says," Once again, hooks are numerous, with synthesizers inspired in the 80s, robotic verses and warm and sunny hooks on chorus, which is even more addictive than the previous single ('Just Dance')... With a focused artistic vision, arrogance in interview style and above all, a fantastic collection of diverse pop nuggets, Gaga plays the cards correctly - and "Poker" is another clear ace. "
Slant Sal Cinquemani Magazine's music magazine includes "Poker Face" among the songs working on The Fame, a song like "Starstruck," "Gangsta Paper" and "Summerboy". Matthew Chisling of Allmusic called the song "contagious" and along with the title song "The Fame", praised them for "rejuvenating the vibrations on the album for the second half." Andy Downing from The Chicago Tribune called the song "jaunty" while reviewing Gaga's Fame Ball tour. Evan Sawdey of PopMatters.com felt that "Poker Face" along with the song "Paparazzi", doubled much of "the same sparkling area as the previous single 'Just Dance' but never once felt that Gaga was deliberately repeating himself." < i> Rolling Stone in a review for The Fame Ball Tour comparing the "blues" version of "live acoustics" Poker Face "with music of singer Amy Winehouse Erika Hobert from New Times Broward-Palm Beach newspaper calling the song "Trashtastic Europop." The song was nominated for the Grammy Awards in Song of The Year, Record of the Year, and Best Dance Records, eventually winning the latter. Rolling Stone ranked 96th in the list of 100 Best Songs of the 2000s In October 2011, NME placed it at number 103 on the "150 Best Songs in the Last 15 Years" list.
Commercial performance
In the United States, the song entered Billboard Hot 100 at 92 and reached number six on the March 7, 2009 issue. The following week the song went up three more places to reach the top three and stay there for an additional two weeks. On the Billboard issue dated April 11, 2009, the song topped the charts. "Poker Face" became the number one song of the second Gaga sequentially on Hot 100, marking the first time a new artist has had their first two singles charting singles hit number one on the Hot 100 since Christina Aguilera did it with "Genie in a Bottle" and " What Girls Want "in 1999-2000. The song stays on Hot 100 for 40 weeks. "Poker Face" also peaked on Hot Dance Airplay and Hot Dance Club Play charts. It became the first single since Madonna's 2006 single in "Sorry", to complete all three dance charts in a single week including the Hot Dance Singles Sales chart. The song has been certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and sold 7.5 million digital downloads in the United States in February 2018, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Gaga was the first artist in digital history to rank six and seven million in paid downloads with two songs, the first being "Just Dance". "Poker Face" is the most digitally sold song in the United States.
In Canada, the song debuted at number 41 on the Canadian Hot 100. On the December 13, 2008 chart, "Poker Face" climbed to number one spot and then spent nine consecutive weeks on it. The song is certified eight times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Canada (CRIA) for digital downloads of 320,000. "Poker Face" entered the Australian charts at number 26, and in the seventh week it peaked at number one. "Poker Face" has sent over 420,000 copies in Australia, earning six Platinum certifications by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). It holds the record for the longest charting song on the ARIA Chart of 106 weeks history until it was broken in May 2015 by Vance Joy "Riptide". In New Zealand, the song debuted on the official chart at number 21. In the sixth week, it peaked on the chart spending 10 consecutive weeks at number one. "Poker Face" was certified twice platinum after 27 weeks on the chart, selling over 30,000 copies, according to the New Zealand Recording Industry Association (RIANZ).
In the UK, "Poker Face" debuted at number 30 on the UK Singles Chart. After three weeks, he climbed to number one, thus giving Gaga his second single English number in a row. It was Britain's biggest single digital sale, before being defeated by "I Gotta Feeling" by The Black Eyed Peas in June 2010. However, the song became the country's best-selling single in 2009, and was awarded The Record of the year. In January 2017, it has sold 1.18 million copies and has 8.22 million streams according to the Official Charts Company, received a double platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). In Italy, the song appeared at number 19 and peaked at number two. The song also culminates in a number of European countries including Austria, Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden and Switzerland. In Germany "Poker Face" became the most successful download of all time and the first sold over 500,000 downloads. The song also spent 16 consecutive weeks on the staircase of European Hot Billboard Europe 100 Singles. Worldwide, the song sold 9.8 million copies in November 2009 according to IFPI. It has since sold over 13.4 million copies as of September 2013, making it one of the best-selling singles of all time.
Music video
The music video for "Poker Face", directed by Ray Kay and assisted by Anthony Mandler, was filmed in a luxury villa in PokerIsland bwin. bwin also provides poker equipment and obtains product placement in return. This video aired on October 22, 2008. It is set by the pool, as well as in a large house. Beginning with Gaga emerging from a pond wearing a mask of a mirror mask and a black sleeveled black late body bodysuit with jagged shoulder pads, with two Great Danes beside it. He throws the mask aside and the song begins with the shots of Gaga's face singing it. Gaga wears a metal sticker on her left cheek in this shot. What is featured in the video is the Gaga scene in a mansion and a dancing pool with dancers in a tricot turquoise. Gaga attends a wild party where every man and woman try their luck in the poker strip game. The party gets wild when all the party guests take off their clothes, dance, and share a kiss. The video also features several white mannequins on the deck of the swimming pool. During a musical interlude before "I will not tell you that I love you" hook, Gaga is featured in "Pop Music Will Never Be Low Brow" sunglasses while sitting by the pool. The video ends with a Gaga head shoot that sings the mom-and-pop song.
Gaga explains in her nineteenth episode "Transmission Gagavision", the main idea behind the "Poker Face" music video. He said that "I know I want to be sexy, so I think there are no pants, because it's sexy, [...] And I know I want it to be futuristic, so I think pads shoulders, because that is my thing." The music video premiered on MTV UK on February 17, 2009. In several versions of the song, the words "muffin" (being a slang term for female vagina), "Russian Roulette" and "gun" were censored out (bleeped). On June 21, 2009, this video won the Best International Artist's Video at the 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards. The video received four nominations at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, in the Video category of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Female Videos and Best Pop Videos. Together with five other nominations for "Paparazzi", Gaga tied up with BeyoncÃÆ'Â © to most of their respective nominations for that year.
In June 2010, Gaga held a reverse auction for one of the necklaces worn in the music video, designed by Brian Lichtenberg. All proceeds from the auction go to the American Lupus Foundation.
Live show
"Poker Face" has been done by Gaga at a number of events including AOL Sessions, Cherrytree House from Interscope Records, as well as MTV sessions. The song was performed by Gaga in the original version and an acoustic piano version on The Fame Ball tour. He plays the piano version in a dress made of transparent plastic bubbles and plays a glass piano with his picture with a shining mannequin, like a music video, standing in front of the stage. Gaga claims that a bubble filled with a special transparent piano is made to match her dress. The actual version was performed by Gaga as the last song of the encore, after "Boys, Boys, Boys". He started the show by saying "Some say Lady Gaga is a lie, and they're right: I'm lying, and every day I kill to make it right." Gaga wore a bare corset tricot decorated with crystal and admiral cap during the show. Hat and fingerless gloves worn decorated with the word Gaga on it.
On April 1, 2009, the acoustic and normal versions of "Poker Face" are featured live on Fox's American Idol . The show begins with Gaga sitting on a plexiglass piano full of bubbles and bathed in pink light. He began singing the second stanza "Poker Face" in the style of Bette Midler accompanied by a violinist while wearing a shiny aluminum shoulder pad and a bleached blonde whipped wig. After the first chorus, the speed increases from where the original intro to the song begins. Gaga got up from her seat and went on to perform the song on the center stage. He wore silver trot with a giant star on his shoulders and tassels. As the song progresses to the middle verse, the violinist plays a hoe version of the music and Gaga dances frantically on stage. The show ends with Gaga staring at the audience as she unzips open, patched over her left eye. The show was described as "the art of alien-disco performances." Cortney Harding of Billboard wrote, "[that] TV moment Gaga... showed [America] that she was a bona fide pop star."
Acoustic version performed by Gaga on BBC Live & amp; In-Session on 19 April 2009. On the same day, she has her first appearance on Italian TV, on the Quelli che... il Calcio TV program. He also performed "Poker Face" in the UK on The Paul O'Grady Show . First he plays the acoustic version first before proceeding to the normal version, and the rock version on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross . On May 12, 2009, Gaga performed "Poker Face" on The Ellen DeGeneres Show while wearing a gyroscope on her head, designed by theater cap designer Nasir Mazhar and playing the piano while standing on the bench. Gaga refers to the gyroscope as his "Gaga obstacle". This prevents Ellen DeGeneres from greeting him because of the size of his teeth. The remixed versions of "Poker Face" and "LoveGame" were featured at the 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards, during indoor street performances. These appearances, including Gaga who are trapped inside a fake subway surrounded by fake police officers, are billed as a tribute to New York City. The footage was performed by Gaga in the thirty-fifth season of the American comedy show Saturday Night Live while wearing a giant tool ("The Orbit") of some metallic concentric rings that revolve around it. In September 2009, Gaga appeared on the French television show Taratata, where she added improvisation verses in French while performing "Poker Face".
This track is part of the setlist of Gaga's The Monster Ball Tour. The piano version is played by Gaga while balancing on the piano bench and holding one foot in the air. Rapper Kid Cudi joined him later to perform his song "Make Her Say" which contains an example of "Poker Face". The actual version is done in the last segment of the show. Gaga wore a dress made of weapons and during the show she pumped her hand into the air. For a revamped Monster Ball show in 2010-11, Gaga danced around the stage while whipping the chain. "Poker Face" also appeared at the 52nd Grammy Awards, where he opened the show with a song while standing on a pedestal. In the middle of the show, he was thrown into a sewer chute at the Fame factory, before appearing sitting on the piano, facing Elton John. In May 2011, Gaga performed the song during Big Weekend Radio 1 in Carlisle, Cumbria. The song is included in the list of Born This Way Ball (2012-2013), where she uses a modified version of her famous fur dress. Gaga and his dancers put themselves heads into a big meat grinder during the show. For his residency show in 2014, Lady Gaga Live in Roseland Ballroom she chose to perform the song in a piano rendition only. In the same year, at Artrave: The Artpop Ball tour, Gaga performed the song in a medley with "Just Dance" and "Telephone" while wearing knee-length white dress and heels, and a bob wig.
In October 2016, Gaga appeared in the Carpool Karaoke segment of The Late Late Show with James Corden, where "Poker Face" was one of the songs Gaga sung in the vehicle. On February 5, 2017, Gaga performed the song during the first half Super Bowl LI performance. After descending from the top of the building, he began singing "Poker Face" on the high pillar, before continuing the aerial acrobatics and performing the song while hanging on a rope in the air. "Poker Face" later performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Art Festival, where Gaga performed it in the encore along with "Bad Romance". The track is also part of Gaga's Joanne World Tour setlist (2017-2018), where she wears a black-and-hip rhubarb triko for the show.
Version and adaptation cover
Rock musician Chris Daughtry plays an acoustic version of the song on a radio station in Germany. In 2009, the single by rapper Kid Cudi featuring Kanye West and Common titled "Make Her Say" was released; contains vowel samples of the acoustic version of "Poker Face" from The Cherrytree Sessions EP. The song was originally titled "I Poke Her Face" but was changed to make it more acceptable for radio. It features Kanye West, which also produces songs, and General, as well as scratches from DJ A-Trak. Actor Christopher Walken performed the special song "Poker Face" on BBC1 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross for Halloween 2009. The song was also performed by British singer Mika during his visit to BBC Radio 1 Live. Lounge. It was later released as a song in his single "Rain".
The song is also featured in the episode of South Park titled "Whale Whores", sung by the character of the Eric Cartman series. On March 16, 2010, South Park Version "Poker Face" became available as a downloadable song for Rock Band video game, on the same day Lady Gaga packs songs featuring original songs released. On a special episode of Family Guy , the song is staged by Alex Borstein who parodied Marlee Matlin who interrupted the show at the guest. Lea Michele and Idina Menzel, in character as Rachel Berry and Shelby Corcoran respectively, covered the acoustic version of "Poker Face" in the episode "Theatricality" of Glee . Their version debuted at position 100 on Billboard Hot 100, and rose to the top 20 the following week. It then became one of the most popular recordings on the show; after it sold 410,000 US downloads, it remains the tenth best selling song in the event's history. "Weird Al" Yankovic incorporated the chorus in his Polka Face polka medley from his 2011 album Alpocalypse . During the final credits of the 2012 summer episode "The Simpsons " Lisa Goes Gaga ", Homer Simpson featured a parody version titled" Homer Face ".
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Credits and personnel
Credits are adapted from The Fame liner notes.
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Releasing history
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References
External links
- Lyrics of this song in MetroLyrics
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