Lady Gaga performing at the
Joanne World Tour (2017–2018) in a white outfit covered in song and album titles and lyrics excerpts
American singer
Lady Gaga has recorded material for seven
studio albums and three
extended plays (EP), and has been featured on songs on other artists' respective albums. After being dropped from a solo contract with
Def Jam Recordings , Gaga worked as a songwriter for
Sony/ATV Music Publishing , where
Akon helped her sign a joint deal with
Interscope Records and his own label
KonLive Distribution .
[1]
[2] She released her debut album
The Fame (2008), which produced the global chart-topping singles "
Just Dance " and "
Poker Face ".
[3] She collaborated with different producers, primarily
RedOne ,
Fernando Garibay ,
Martin Kierszenbaum , and
Rob Fusari . With influences of the 1980s
pop music , the album discusses Gaga's desire for fame, love, sexuality, money and drugs.
[4]
[5] A reissue of her first album, titled
The Fame Monster (2009), explores the darker side of fame and contained eight newly recorded songs, including "
Speechless " – written solely by Gaga – "
Alejandro ", "
Telephone " and "
Bad Romance ".
[6]
On her second full-length album,
Born This Way (2011), Gaga reunited with RedOne and Garibay, and sought new collaborators, including
DJ Snake ,
DJ White Shadow ,
Jeppe Laursen , and
Robert John "Mutt" Lange ; the lattermost produced the
country rock song "
You and I ", written solely by Gaga. The album's themes include sexuality, religion, freedom, feminism and individualism. Primarily influenced by
synthpop and
dance-pop , it incorporated musical genres which had not been previously explored by Gaga, such as
electronic rock and
techno . "
Americano " and "
Scheiße " included Spanish and faux-German lyrics, respectively.
[7] Gaga's third album
Artpop (2013) included the singles "
Applause " and "
Do What U Want ". As executive producer, she enlisted longtime collaborators DJ White Shadow and RedOne, and for the first time
Zedd and
Madeon . Described as "a celebration and a poetic musical journey",
[8] the album revolves around her personal views of fame, love, sex, feminism, self-empowerment, overcoming addiction and reactions to media scrutiny.
[9]
In 2014, Gaga and
Tony Bennett released a collaborative album titled
Cheek to Cheek , which consists of
jazz standards and
swing classics from composers such as
George Gershwin ,
Cole Porter ,
Jerome Kern ,
Duke Ellington and
Irving Berlin . Her fifth studio album,
Joanne (2016), which had
Mark Ronson as the executive producer, is a more personal album, with family influences.
[10] In 2020, she released
Chromatica , a
house -influenced album with lyrics that thematize mental health, depression and finding love through hardship.
[11] It features guest vocals from
Ariana Grande on "
Rain on Me ",
Blackpink on "
Sour Candy " and
Elton John on "
Sine from Above ". Her second album with Bennett, titled
Love for Sale , followed in 2021, where the duo covered
Cole Porter songs.
[12]
In addition to her studio work, Gaga has recorded songs for film soundtracks, including "Fashion" from
Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009), and "
Til It Happens to You " from
The Hunting Ground (2015). She and
Bradley Cooper recorded the
soundtrack for the movie
A Star Is Born , released in 2018, which they composed with other collaborators. It contains elements of
blues rock ,
country and
pop .
[13] For the 2022 film
Top Gun: Maverick , Gaga wrote the song "
Hold My Hand ",
[14] and also composed its
score alongside
Hans Zimmer and
Harold Faltermeyer .
[15]
Songs
Key
•
Indicates song containing non-English lyrics
#
Indicates songs with background vocals by Lady Gaga
†
Indicates songs covered by Lady Gaga
‡
Indicates song written solely by Lady Gaga
Donnie Wahlberg was one of the co-writers of "Big Girl Now", a song by
New Kids on the Block , featuring Gaga.
RedOne has co-written several songs with Gaga, including her debut single "
Just Dance ", which reached the peak position on the
Billboard Hot 100 .
[16]
Colby O'Donis appears as a featured artist in the song "
Just Dance ".
Flo Rida co-wrote and features in the song "Starstruck".
Nick Dresti wrote the songs "
Monster ", "
So Happy I Could Die ", and "Starstruck" with Gaga.
Gaga was the featured artist in rapper
Wale 's song, "
Chillin ".
Beyoncé co-wrote and features in the song "
Telephone ". She also worked with Gaga on the remix of "
Video Phone ".
Justin Timberlake and Gaga feature in
The Lonely Island 's "
3-Way (The Golden Rule) ".
T.I. co-wrote "Jewels N' Drugs" and appears as a featured artist.
Tony Bennett collaborated with Gaga on the song "
The Lady Is a Tramp " as well as the albums
Cheek to Cheek (2014) and
Love for Sale (2021).
Diane Warren co-wrote "
Til It Happens to You " for the 2015 documentary film
The Hunting Ground .
Mark Ronson co-wrote and served as
Joanne ' s (2016) executive producer.
Kevin Parker co-wrote and co-produced "
Perfect Illusion ".
Hillary Lindsey co-wrote "
A-Yo ", "
Million Reasons " and "Grigio Girls".
Beck co-wrote "Dancin' in Circles".
Bradley Cooper collaborated with Gaga on the
soundtrack to
A Star Is Born (2018).
Ariana Grande co-wrote "
Rain on Me " and appears as a featured artist.
South Korean girl group
Blackpink collaborated with Gaga on the song "
Sour Candy ".
Notes
^ There are no published credits for "1000 Doves" (Piano Demo) according to the album booklet.
[17]
^ Gaga performs one line in Spanish on "Alejandro".
[21]
^ Gaga performs "Americano" in both English and Spanish.
[24]
^ Gaga and Bennett recorded "Baby, It's Cold Outside" for
Barnes & Noble 's 2015 holiday campaign.
[28]
^ Gaga performs a few lines in French on "Bad Romance".
[29]
^ Gaga performs a few lines in French and Spanish on "Bloody Mary".
[32]
^
a
b
c Gaga performs a few words in Italian on "Born This Way".
[33]
^ Gaga recorded alternate vocals and lyrics for "Born This Way" (The Country Road Version).
[25]
^
a
b
c The live EP contains "Poker Face", "Born This Way" and "You and I" from her special performance of
Enigma at the
Apollo Theater in collaboration with
Sirius XM and
Pandora .
[34]
^
a
b Gaga re-recorded "The Edge of Glory" and "You and I" with new vocals for her extended play, A Very Gaga Holiday (2011).
[41]
^
a
b Gaga performs one word in French.
[42]
^
a
b
c Gaga re-recorded "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)", "Just Dance", and "Poker Face" with new vocals for her extended play, The Cherrytree Sessions (2009).
[43]
^ Gaga performs a few lines in faux-Italian and one line in Spanish on "Government Hooker".
[47]
^ Gaga performs one word in Italian.
[48]
^ The duet of Elton John and Gaga for "Hello, Hello" was featured in the film
Gnomeo & Juliet , but the soundtrack version only features John.
[49]
^ Gaga performed few songs from Artpop (2013) at the
iTunes Festival 2013, including "I Wanna Be with You", in which was later renamed to "Dope".
[51]
^ Gaga recorded "I Want Your Love" in 2015 for
Tom Ford 's 2016 spring/summer campaign but it was not released as a single, for individual purchase or streaming, or as part of an album until an updated and extended version was officially released in 2018 on
Chic 's studio album
It's About Time .
[52]
^ Gaga recorded alternate vocals and lyrics for "Joanne (Where Do You Think You're Goin'?)" [Piano Version],
[54] which won the
Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance in the
2019 edition .
[55]
^
a
b Gaga performs "La Vie en rose" in French.
[56]
^
a
b Gaga performed "La Vie en rose" and "The Lady Is a Tramp" live at the 2016 television special
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90: The Best Is Yet to Come .
[57]
^ Gaga performs "Scheiße" in both English and faux-German.
[7]
^ Gaga, accompanied by a group of models, recorded a piano version of "Sine from Above" for
Valentino 's Voce Viva fragrance campaign.
[65]
^ Blackpink performs "Sour Candy" in both English and Korean.
[66]
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