Born This Way
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| Studio album by Lady Gaga | ||||
| Released | May 23, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2010; Studio Bus, Abbey Road Studios, Germano Studios Studio at the Palms, Gang Studios, Tour Bus in Europe, Studios 301, Miami Beach, Sing Sing Studios, Paradise Studios, Mechaniche Studio, Living Room Studios, Warehouse Productions, Allertown Hill | |||
| Genre | Pop, dance, electronic | |||
| Length | 61:12 | |||
| Label | Streamline, Interscope, Kon Live | |||
| Producer | DJ Snake, DJ White Shadow, Fernando Garibay, Lady Gaga, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Jeppe Laursen, RedOne, Clinton Sparks | |||
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Born This Way is the second studio album by American recording artist Lady Gaga. The album was formally released on May 23, 2011 by Interscope Records. Inspired by a variety of modern social topics, the songs featured on the album include themes of freedom, attitude, sexuality and religion, amongst others. Musically, the album was highly influenced from contemporary pop music from the 1980s and 1990s yet is also notable for the incorporation of several other musical genres, including the use of elements of heavy metal and opera.
Born This Way features production from Lady Gaga, Fernando Garibay, RedOne, Jeppe Laursen, and DJ White Shadow among others. The origins of the album first came about in early 2010, while the title was revealed in September at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards after Gaga's win of the Video of the Year Award. Recording sessions took place at various recording studios around the world. Just a week before the album's scheduled release, the contents were leaked online, but were shortly removed due to copyright violations.
The album has been met with generally positive reception from contemporary critics, who complimented Gaga's vocals and the album's varying musical styles. However, the repetitive use of the word "Jesus," in addition to the employment of church bells and monk voices in many of the album's tracks including "Marry the Night," "Bloody Mary" and "Electric Chapel" have all resulted in negative reactions from some Christian societies, including those in Lebanon, where Born This Way was temporarily banned. The first two singles of Born This Way, the title track and subsequent "Judas", were international top-ten hits, with the former topping the charts in over eighteen countries including the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. "Born This Way" is also the fastest selling song in iTunes history, having sold over a million copies worldwide in the first five days of its release. "Judas", with its religious references that met with criticism by some in the Catholic community, placed in the top ten in the charts of several countries, along with the third single "The Edge of Glory", released in early May. "The Edge of Glory" was followed by the first promotional single "Hair" and the other tracks which were released exclusively on the Internet game Farmville during the week prior to the album's release.
Born This Way has been met with strong sales since its release, having topped the charts in twenty-three countries. It debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 1.11 million copies in the United States, although Amazon's decision to sell the digital version of the album for US$ 0.99 for two days during its first week of release contributed to 40 percent of its overall total. To date, the album has sold over two million copies worldwide.
Background and development
By late March 2010, Gaga stated that she had begun working upon new material for Born This Way; adding that she had "already written the core of it." Three months later, she commented that she "felt very strongly" that she had completed the album. Upon being interviewed, she said, "It came so quickly. I've been working on it for months, and I feel very strongly that it's finished right now. Some artists take years. I don't. I write music every day."
By the last quarter of 2010, Troy Carter, Gaga's manager, and frequent collaborator/producer RedOne gave personal opinions upon the album. Carter explained that they were just starting to play the album to the label. He said, "We're very excited about [Born This Way]. We're starting to play a little for people and getting a feel for it, and she's done an incredible job, a really incredible job. Well, you know what, it's not where I go from a business standpoint, it's more about where she goes creatively because, truth be told, we built the business around her creative infrastructure and that business that was built is unique to Lady Gaga." RedOne added, "I think it's more of her freedom album. [... T]his album that she's making is too precious to talk about. [...] I think it's too precious for me to talk about it."
Concept and artwork
"I promise you, I'll never let you down. And not for nothing: The album's finished and it's fucking really good. So whatever this is, whatever you just did for all of us [...] I promise to give you the greatest album of this decade [...] The funny thing is that some people have reduced freedom to a brand. They think that it's trendy now to be free. They think it's trendy to be excited about your identity. When in truth, there is nothing trendy about Born This Way. This connection that we all share is something so much deeper than a wig or lipstick or an outfit, or a fucking meat dress. [...] Born This Way is about what keeps us up at night and what makes us afraid."
Gaga announced on November 26, 2010 during the Monster Ball in Gdansk, Poland, that the album could have up to 20 tracks, and promised that it would be the album of the decade. She also added that the album is completely finished. Gaga stated that it's full of "sledge hammering dance beats." She also explained that the album is going to be like “bad kids going to church, having fun on a high level.” It was confirmed in an interview with Vogue that 17 tracks were recorded for the new album, 14 of which will make the final cut to the standard edition. The leftover 3 were originally going to be released on an exclusive Target deluxe edition of the album but on March 9, it was reported that Gaga ended her partnership with Target on the grounds that the company donated money to an anti-gay organization.
In an interview with the BBC's Newsbeat Gaga commented on the album stating "The album is a marriage of electronic music with major, epic, dare I even say, metal or rock 'n' roll, pop, anthemic style melodies with really sledge-hammering dance beats. It's finished and all, it's just fine-tuning everything. It's kind of like the post-operative stage of the album. I've already done the full heart surgery. I'm just sewing myself back up again. I think that lyrically this album is more poetic. It's really written by the fans, they really wrote it for me because every night they're funneling so much into me. So I wrote it for them. Born This Way is all about my little monsters and me, mother monster."
On April 17, 2011, Gaga tweeted her selection for the Born This Way album's cover art, which featured Gaga fused into a motorcycle. Gaga's name does not appear on the album cover – the only text is the chrome writing across the top reading the album's name. The cover received a negative response from some critics and fans. Sean Michaels of The Guardian said of the cover: "...it looks more like a cheap Photoshop job than the most anticipated album of the year." He then commented: "Gone are the futurist sunglasses, the asymmetrical haircuts, even Gaga's newly touted magic horns; instead, a mutant motorbike with Gaga's arms and head, plus a cheesy chrome typeface." He also referenced several messages from fans on Lady Gaga's official forum expressing their dislike for the cover. Andrew Martin of Prefix Magazine referred to it as "a reject from the last Terminator film". The special edition cover was released on the same day. It featured just Gaga's head from the standard edition cover. The words "Lady Gaga" and "Born This Way" appear in the top left corner of the cover. They are typed in Impact font with "Born This Way" being highlighted in white with black letters. Neither of the words special nor deluxe appear anywhere on the album, as Gaga dislikes the words.
Composition
Kitty Empire of The Observer writes of the album's music, "Born This Way runs big, timeless American themes – freedom, self-actualisation, the romance of the road, the Boss, even Neil Young – through the pointy prism of decadent European dance music." Dan Martin of NME views the album's sound as a departure from her last two albums and a reflection of Gaga's fanbase, stating "she wants to weld physically to her synthesisers as if to create one all-powerful dreadnought of self-empowerment. For the most part this is one relentless torrent of heavy-metal-rave-pop. At the very least it’s a triumph in sound engineering." The song "Born This Way" is about how everybody is equal, regardless of the color of their skin, their sexuality or their creed, and that every single person can fulfil their dream. The song, which has been compared with Madonna's "Express Yourself", was written by Gaga and Jeppe Laursen and was produced by Lady Gaga, Jeppe Laursen, Fernando Garibay and DJ White Shadow. The "Government Hooker" producer, DJ White Shadow, called it a thumping and sexy track. He said to MTV News: "To me, that song is my favorite song, and it's just a beast. I don't even know how to clarify it. [Born This Way] is not a pop baby book; it's a pop masterpiece of composition. If there was no category of pop composition, you wouldn't call it pop composition." He also revealed that they were in this studio in Vegas, and he was playing some "hip-hop stuff" and they [DJ Shadow and Vince] were talking about quicker songs, so Shadow sped it up and played it for Vince.
Gaga confirmed that "Judas" is influenced by the Biblical Judas Iscariot. According to Popjustice, on the surface "Judas" is a song about being double-crossed ("even after three times he betrays me"), contemplating revenge ("bring him down, I'll bring him down down, a king with no crown, a king with no crown"), but being repeatedly drawn to awfulness: "I'm just a holy fool, oh baby he's so cruel, but I'm still in love with Judas, baby". The middle eight of the song, with the lyrics "In the most Biblical sense, I am beyond repentance. 'Fame hooker', 'prostitute wench', 'vomits her mind'... But in the cultural sense I just speak in future tense. Judas kiss me if offenced, or wear an ear condom next time", talks about Gaga being beyond the ability to redeem herself, in terms of the traditional views of what a woman is supposed to be. "But I don't want to redeem myself, because in the cultural sense I believe that I'm just before my time. And if you don't like it, wear an ear condom," she explained. The main portion of the song is about Gaga in private and the middle eight is about Gaga in public, two themes that are explored elsewhere on the album too. The song and its music video depicting Gaga as Mary Magdalene, along with the presence of Jesus and Judas, triggered blasphemy accusations by the Catholic League even before the video was released.
"The Edge of Glory" is an upbeat song of synthpop and electro-opera tendencies that makes a markable difference from the other songs, due to a presence of a saxophone solo. Gaga stated during her interview with NME that "I'm perpetually unhappy with what I create. Even though I might tell you that "The Edge of Glory" is a pop masterpiece, when it's all said and finished there will be things I dread, and every time I listen to it I'll hear them". The lyrics to "Americano" are bilingual, consisting of Spanish and English. This song was written by Gaga as a response to the Arizona Immigration law, Arizona SB 1070. "Yoü and I" was written by Lady Gaga and produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. Before production credits were announced in April 2011, Gaga had teased that "someone legendary" would be producing the track. Queen guitarist Brian May is also featured on the track. Gaga, a Queen fan whose stage name is derived from the band's "Radio Ga Ga", admitted to "[falling] to the floor crying and laughing" when she found out that May agreed to the collaboration. Gaga mentioned in a New York Times story that when she recorded the initial vocals for "Yoü and I", "I had about 30 cigarettes and a couple of glasses of Jameson and just put on a click track and sang my face off, thinking we’d redo the vocals," but Lange kept them as he liked what she had sent him.
Release and promotion
Before mention of the album was even made, Gaga performed "Yoü and I" on Today's Toyota Concert Series in July 2010. Two months later, at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, she accepted the award for Video of the Year (for "Bad Romance") and announced the album's title, declaring that she had promised that she would reveal it if she won that award. This revelation was followed by Gaga singing a few lines from the title song: "I'm beautiful in my way, 'cause God makes no mistakes; I'm on the right track, baby, I was born this way." On New Year's Eve, Gaga announced via Twitter the release dates of the album and its lead single at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day 2011 "as a Christmas "gift" to her fans". Supplementing this announcement came a black-and-white photograph in which Gaga is "nude from the waist down, with her hair blowing about, and sporting a jacket with [Born This Way] emblazoned in what looks like bedazzled jewels." She revealed the album's cover artwork on April 15, 2011 on Twitter. Internationally, Born This Way debuted on May 18, 2011, on the Swedish based music streaming service Spotify in Sweden, Norway, The Netherlands, Finland, and Spain, as well as Metro.co.uk in the United Kingdom. The album was released worldwide on May 23, 2011. Online retailer Amazon.com offered the entire standard edition album for US$ 0.99 on the release date, to promote its Cloud Drive service. Born This Way was met with negative reception from the Lebanese government, who considered it to be offensive and mocking of Christianity. The album was temporarily banned in Lebanon until June 9, when the government lifted the ban.
Contributing to a Paris fashion show, in mid January 2011, by designer Thierry Mugler for which Gaga was named musical director, she previewed a remixed version of "Scheiße" (German for "shit"), a song that appears on the album which "begins with Gaga repeating foreign phrases over a thumping club beat." She released the complete set of lyrics to "Born This Way" on her official Twitter page in late January 2011. The names of the five songs that appear on the album were revealed in the March 2011 issue of US Vogue. At the beginning of March, Gaga, as the musical director at another Mugler fashion show in Paris, unveiled a preview of "Government Hooker" described as featuring "a thumping beat, operatic vocals and a trance-y vibe." "Hair" was released as a promotional single from the album on May 16, 2011. "Marry the Night" was released on the Internet game Farmville on May 17, followed by "Electric Chapel" on May 18, and "Fashion of His Love" on May 19. The DJ White Shadow Remix of this song became available on Farmville as well as "Government Hooker", "Americano", "Scheiße", "Bad Kids", "Yoü and I", and "Born This Way" (Jost & Naaf Remix) and were able to be streamed online between May 20 and 23, 2011.
Promotion for Born This Way began through a performance at the 53rd Grammy Awards on February 13 in Los Angeles where she performed the album's title track and first single "Born This Way". Before the performance, Gaga was found "incubating" on the Red Carpet. She was encased in a translucent material that was said to be an embryo, which she came out of on stage during the beginning of her performance. She was dressed in a skin-colored outfit with noticeable protrusions coming out of her face and shoulders. Towards the end of the performance, she began playing an organ before singing the end of the song. Both "Born This Way" and "Yoü and I" were added to her set list at The Monster Ball Tour. "Americano", one of her tracks on Born This Way, was premiered during a live show in Guadalajara, Mexico on May 3, 2011. Gaga played the song on her piano as she sang it. Also on May 25, Gaga performed "The Edge of Glory" on the season 10 finale of American Idol.
Singles
"Born This Way" was released as the album's lead single on February 11, 2011. The song was written by Lady Gaga and Jeppe Laursen, and produced by Gaga, Laursen, Fernando Garibay, and DJ White Shadow. Its accompanying music video was shot the weekend of January 22–24, 2011. "Born This Way" became Gaga's third number-one hit in the United States, appearing atop the Hot 100 and breaking several digital sales and radio records, as announced by Billboard on February 16, 2011. Billboard also announced the song was its 1,000th number one. In addition to success in the United States, the song debuted within the top 5 in more than 23 countries, and getting to number one in 20 of them.
"Judas" was confirmed by Gaga as the second single on Ryan Seacrest's radio show, American Top 40, on February 14, 2011. Gaga announced the release date of April 19 for "Judas" through a video blog called Transmission Gagavision on April 6, 2011. Gaga revealed in an interview with Google that she is going to direct the music video for "Judas" with Laurieann Gibson. On April 15, 2011, "Judas" was sent to radio and released for legal download worldwide due to a low-quality snippet leak. The music video was released on Thursday May 5, 2011 at 7 and 11:30 pm through Vevo and E! News. "Judas" topped the Gaon Chart in South Korea and debuted at number ten on Billboard Hot 100, while charting in the top ten of several other countries.
"The Edge of Glory" was released on May 9, 2011 originally as a promotional single on the "Countdown to Born This Way" promotion on iTunes. However, due to the success of the song on iTunes charts worldwide, "The Edge of Glory" was made the official third single on May 11, 2011. The single debuted on several charts, including the Billboard Hot 100, in which it charted at number three. It became Gaga's tenth consecutive top-ten single in the United States.
Critical reception
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| Entertainment Weekly | (B+) |
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| Los Angeles Times | (unfavorable) |
| NME | (8/10) |
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| Spin | (8/10) |
| The Village Voice | (mixed) |
Born This Way received positive reviews from most music critics upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 70, based on 27 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". Dan Martin of NME gave it an eight out of 10 rating, stating "Gaga doesn't know when to hold back – and it's a damn good thing", and complimented Gaga for pushing musical boundaries to its "ultimate degree." Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine stated, "There's nothing small about this album, and Gaga sings the shit out of every single track. In many ways, Born This Way is akin to The Killers' sophomore effort, Sam's Town: bloated, self-important, proudly American, an exercise in extraordinary excess". BBC Music called the album a "marvelous record" and commended Gaga for "actually putting a bit of effort and imagination back into pop." Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield praised Gaga's vocals and musical style, saying, "There isn't a subtle moment on the album, but even at its nuttiest, the music is full of wide-awake emotional details...the more excessive Gaga gets, the more honest she sounds." Bill Lamb of About.com gave the album five out of five stars and concluded in his review, "Born This Way begins and ends with near perfection." Spin wrote, “Excess is Gaga's riskiest musical gamble, but it's also her greatest weapon, and Born This Way relentlessly bludgeons listeners' pleasure centres”, concluding that “she's making a convincing case that she's evolving into our most surreally brilliant pop star.” Adam Markovitz of Entertainment Weekly found the album "rewarding but wildly uneven", adding that "If Gaga doesn’t find a stand-alone hit here on the order of 'Bad Romance,' the album’s sprawl still shows off the breadth of her talent." Despite criticizing her for "letting her skills as a songwriter slide ever so slightly", Allmusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album three-and-a-half out of five stars and complimented Gaga's composing "sensibility" and "considerable dexterity at delivering the basics".
However, Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune writes, ""Born This Way" feels rushed – from the cheesy, photo-shopped cover art to the hyperventilating music. It is the sound of a major artist sprinting to please everyone all the time." Los Angeles Times writes, "She’s speaking to everyone, it seems, except fans of artistic innovation. Say what you want about Lady Gaga, but nuance is not one of her strong points, nor is musical adventure. She’s unsubtle in her message, unsubtle in her dress, and, most important, unsubtle aesthetically... If Gaga had only spent as much time on pushing musical boundaries as she has social ones, “Born This Way” would have been a lot more successful." Chris Richards of The Washington Post found it "boring", writing, "Yes, "Born This Way" is a dark, dense and surprisingly aggressive listen... [but] at its worst, it sounds like reheated leftovers from some '80s movie soundtrack." The Boston Globe called the album "the most deflated moment in pop music this year," saying the album lacks cohesion and the songwriting "feels thin." Rich Juzwiak of The Village Voice commented that Gaga's "we-shall-overcome sentiment" is expressed more effectively through the album's "egalitarian use of house beats" than through her "sloganeering", which he found "trite" and "[un]insightful". The Independent gave Born This Way three out of five stars. While complimenting her vocal range, criticised the diversity within the album and stated "the broader she spreads her net musically, the less distinctive her art becomes." Evan Sawdey of PopMatters gave the album a five out of 10 rating and dubbed it "her weakest album to date", commenting that it "fus[es] some daring songwriting with some remarkably repetitive themes and beats".
Commercial performance
The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 selling 1,108,000 copies, Gaga's first number-one album and the highest first-week total since 50 Cent's The Massacre (2005) sold 1,141,000 in its first week. It is the seventeenth album to sell over a million copies in one week. Gaga is the fifth woman to sell one million copies in a week, after Whitney Houston (The Bodyguard Soundtrack, 1992), Britney Spears (Oops!...I Did It Again, 2000), Norah Jones (Feels Like Home, 2004), and Taylor Swift (Speak Now, 2010). Part of the reason why it sold one million copies was the decision by Amazon to sell the album for 99 cents on Monday, May 23 and Thursday, May 26. Amazon sold 440,000 copies in its first week, which contributed to its 662,000 digital sales, the largest in SoundScan history. The digital downloads accounted for 60 percent of Born This Way's first week total. The album also became the eighth best-selling digital album in U.S. history after its first week of sales. Before debuting on the Billboard 200, Born This Way debuted at number ten on the Dance/Electronic Albums chart. The next week, it jumped to number one, displacing The Fame. In its second week, the album remained at number one on the Billboard 200, despite an 84% sales decrease, selling 174,000 copies. Digitally, the album had a 94% drop, selling 38,000 copies. As of June 8, 2011, it has sold 1,282,000 copies in the US.
The album debuted at number one in Ireland and Sweden and number two in Finland. The album debuted at number one in Australia, becoming her second number-one album there after The Fame Monster. Born This Way was certified platinum in Australia in its first week, by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipment of 70,000 copies. In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number one on the UK Album Charts dated May 29, 2011, selling 215,639 units, which is the highest first-week sales of the year. That week, the album outsold more than the rest of the top 10 combined and has the best first-week tally of any album by an American female solo artist since Madonna's Confessions on a Dance Floor with sales of 217,610 copies in 2005. Born This Way debuted at number one on the New Zealand Albums Chart, becoming her second album to chart there, also after The Fame Monster. The album was certified platinum in its first week of sales. Born This Way sold 184,000 copies in its first week in Japan, and debuted atop the Japanese Albums Chart. The album sold 2 million copies worldwide on its first week of release.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Marry the Night" | Lady Gaga, Fernando Garibay | Lady Gaga, Garibay | 4:25 |
| 2. | "Born This Way" | Lady Gaga, Jeppe Laursen | Lady Gaga, Laursen, Garibay, DJ White Shadow | 4:20 |
| 3. | "Government Hooker" | Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow | Lady Gaga, DJ White Shadow, Garibay*, DJ Snake* | 4:14 |
| 4. | "Judas" | Lady Gaga, RedOne | Lady Gaga, RedOne | 4:09 |
| 5. | "Americano" | Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow, Cheche Alara | Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow | 4:06 |
| 6. | "Hair" | Lady Gaga, RedOne | Lady Gaga, RedOne | 5:08 |
| 7. | "Scheiße" | Lady Gaga, RedOne | Lady Gaga, RedOne | 3:45 |
| 8. | "Bloody Mary" | Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow | Lady Gaga, DJ White Shadow, Garibay*, Clinton Sparks* | 4:05 |
| 9. | "Bad Kids" | Lady Gaga, Laursen, Garibay, DJ White Shadow | Lady Gaga, Laursen, Garibay, DJ White Shadow | 3:51 |
| 10. | "Highway Unicorn (Road to Love)" | Lady Gaga, RedOne, Garibay, DJ White Shadow | Lady Gaga, RedOne, Garibay, DJ White Shadow | 4:16 |
| 11. | "Heavy Metal Lover" | Lady Gaga, Garibay | Lady Gaga, Garibay | 4:13 |
| 12. | "Electric Chapel" | Lady Gaga, DJ White Shadow | Lady Gaga, DJ White Shadow | 4:12 |
| 13. | "Yoü and I" | Lady Gaga | Lady Gaga, Robert John "Mutt" Lange | 5:07 |
| 14. | "The Edge of Glory" | Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow | Lady Gaga, Garibay | 5:21 |
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Remixer(s) | Length | |||||
| 15. | "Born This Way" (Jost & Naaf Remix) (international bonus track) | Lady Gaga, Laursen | Jost & Naaf | 5:58 | |||||
| 16. | "Born This Way" (LLG vs. GLG Radio Remix) (Japanese bonus track) | Lady Gaga, Laursen | Guéna LG | 3:50 | |||||
Special edition
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length | |||||
| 1. | "Marry the Night" | Lady Gaga, Garibay | Lady Gaga, Garibay | 4:25 | |||||
| 2. | "Born This Way" | Lady Gaga, Laursen | Lady Gaga, Laursen, Garibay, DJ White Shadow | 4:20 | |||||
| 3. | "Government Hooker" | Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow | Lady Gaga, DJ White Shadow, Garibay*, DJ Snake* | 4:14 | |||||
| 4. | "Judas" | Lady Gaga, RedOne | Lady Gaga, RedOne | 4:09 | |||||
| 5. | "Americano" | Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow, Alara | Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow | 4:06 | |||||
| 6. | "Hair" | Lady Gaga, RedOne | Lady Gaga, RedOne | 5:08 | |||||
| 7. | "Scheiße" | Lady Gaga, RedOne | Lady Gaga, RedOne | 3:45 | |||||
| 8. | "Bloody Mary" | Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow | Lady Gaga, DJ White Shadow, Garibay*, Sparks* | 4:05 | |||||
| 9. | "Black Jesus † Amen Fashion" | Lady Gaga, DJ White Shadow | Lady Gaga, DJ White Shadow | 3:36 | |||||
| 10. | "Bad Kids" | Lady Gaga, Laursen, Garibay, DJ White Shadow | Lady Gaga, Laursen, Garibay, DJ White Shadow | 3:51 | |||||
| 11. | "Fashion of His Love" | Lady Gaga, Garibay | Lady Gaga, Garibay | 3:39 | |||||
| 12. | "Highway Unicorn (Road to Love)" | Lady Gaga, RedOne, Garibay, DJ White Shadow | Lady Gaga, RedOne, Garibay, DJ White Shadow | 4:16 | |||||
| 13. | "Heavy Metal Lover" | Lady Gaga, Garibay | Lady Gaga, Garibay | 4:13 | |||||
| 14. | "Electric Chapel" | Lady Gaga, DJ White Shadow | Lady Gaga, DJ White Shadow | 4:12 | |||||
| 15. | "The Queen" | Lady Gaga, Garibay | Lady Gaga, Garibay | 5:17 | |||||
| 16. | "Yoü and I" | Lady Gaga | Lady Gaga, Lange | 5:07 | |||||
| 17. | "The Edge of Glory" | Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow | Lady Gaga, Garibay | 5:21 | |||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Remixer(s) | Length | |||||
| 1. | "Born This Way" (Country Road Version) | Lady Gaga, Laursen | Lady Gaga, Garibay | 4:21 | |||||
| 2. | "Judas" (DJ White Shadow Remix) | Lady Gaga, RedOne | DJ White Shadow | 4:07 | |||||
| 3. | "Marry the Night" (Zedd Remix) | Lady Gaga, Garibay | Zedd | 4:21 | |||||
| 4. | "Scheiße" (DJ White Shadow Mugler) | Lady Gaga, RedOne | DJ White Shadow | 9:35 | |||||
| 5. | "Fashion of His Love" (Fernando Garibay Remix) | Lady Gaga, Garibay | Garibay | 3:45 | |||||
| Bonus tracks | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Remixer(s) | Length | |||||
| 6. | "Born This Way" (Jost & Naaf Remix) (international bonus track) | Lady Gaga, Laursen | Jost & Naaf | 5:58 | |||||
| 7. | "Born This Way" (LLG vs. GLG Radio Remix) (Japanese bonus track) | Lady Gaga, Laursen | Guéna LG | 3:50 | |||||
| Costco digital download card bonus tracks | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Born This Way" (Bimbo Jones Club Remix) | Lady Gaga, Laursen | 6:45 | ||||||
| 2. | "Born This Way" (Zedd Remix) | Lady Gaga, Laursen | 6:30 | ||||||
- Notes
Release formats
- Limited Collector's Edition (Picture Disc Vinyl Box Set)
Personnel
Credits for Born This Way adapted from Allmusic.
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