For My Sunday Song #409, we tackled Harrison’s next pick of “Bad Romance” by Lady Gaga which was an unexpected, but welcome pick. The song is from Lady Gaga’s E.P. ‘The Fame Monster’ and was written by Lady Gaga and RedOne. The song did pretty well going #1 on the Top 40 Charts and #1 on the Dance charts as well, but held to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. To say it was popular is an understatement as it sold over 12 million copies worldwide. Crazy for a single. And the video, well it has over 1.7 Billion views. That is Billion with a B.
The song was inspired by the paranoia Lady Gaga felt while on tour for her debut album. It also draws from her quite unhealthy relationships she has had and is drawn to like a moth to a flame. Too many bad romances I guess. There is a big shout out Alfred Hitchcock movies with the lines…”I want your psycho, your vertigo schtick (Schtick, hey!) / Want you in my rear window, baby, you’re sick” which also points to unhealthy attachments that meet these adjectives.
The song is pure dance pop inspired by electro pop and it is full of synthesizers and drum machines. The song has one of the most catchiest openings with the “Oh-oh-oh’s” and then the “Ra-ra-ah-ah-ah / Roma Roma-ma / Gaga, “ooh la-la”. The minute you hear that you know the song and I think if you have a car full of people, they will all sing along. There is a rap piece in the middle and she even goes French for some lyrics. All making the song a massive earworm. One of the best pop songs she has ever done.
Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department – (Republic Records) 
Pearl Jam – Dark Matter – (Monkeywrench / Republic Records)
Bruce Springsteen – Best of Bruce Springsteen – (Columbia Records / Sony Music)
Will Hoge – Tenderhearted Boys – (EDLO Records / Soundly Music)
Linkin Park – Papercuts – (Warner Records)
Mark Knopfler – One Deep River – (British Grove Records / EMI / Will D. Side Ltd / Universal)
Sum 41 – Heaven :x: Hell – (Rise Records)
Aaron Lewis – The Hill – (Big Machine Label Group)
Michael Schenker Group – Is It Loud Enough? Michael Schenker 1980-1983 – (Chrysalis)
Gary Clark Jr. – JPEG Raw – (Warner Records)
Cruzh – The Jungle Revolution – (Frontiers Records)
Alestorm – Voyage of the Dead Marauder E.P. – (Napalm Records)
Scott Stapp – Higher Power – (Napalm Records)
The Black Crowes – Happiness Bastards – (Silver Arrow Records)
Justin Timberlake – Everything I Thought It Was – (RCA Records)
Judas Priest – Invincible Shield – (Sony Music)
Ariana Grande – Eternal Sunshine – (Republic Records)
Alice Cooper – Billion Dollar Babies (50th Anniversary) – (Warner Records)
Bruce Dickinson – The Mandrake Project – (Duellist Holdings / BMG Rights Mgmt)
The Who – Live at Shea Stadium 1982 – (Mercury Studios)
Ministry – Hopiumforthemasses – (Nucleaer Blast)
Ace Frehley – 10,000 Volts – (MNRK Records)
Mick Mars – The Other Side of Mars – (1313 LLC)
Blaze Bayley – Circle of Stone – (Blaze Bayley Recording)
The Art of Anarchy – Let There Be Anarchy – (Pavement Music)
Honeymoon Suite – Alive – (Frontiers Records)
Durbin – Screaming Steel – (Frontiers Records)
2 Loud 2 Old Music 