Finally! Hear Lady Gaga's New Song 'Born This Way'

By John Mitchell Posted Feb 11th 2011 06:03AM

She's on the right track, baby!

After months of hype and teasing, Lady Gaga debuted her new single, 'Born This Way,' this morning. The track, written by Gaga and produced by DJ White Shadow, Gaga and Fernando Garibay, makes good use of the diva's big voice and penchant for drama, combining powerhouse vocals with in-your-face lyrics about race and sexuality. It also sounds an awful lot like Madonna's 'Express Yourself,' which is causing a commotion on Twitter.

I wrote ['Born This Way'] in 10 f**king minutes," Gaga told Vogue. "And it is a completely magical message song. And after I wrote it, the gates just opened, and the songs kept coming. It was like an immaculate conception."

Listen:

The pop star will perform the song on Sunday at the Grammy Awards, where she is nominated for six prizes, including Album of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

Gaga has been hyping the track for months. She sent her fans into a frenzy in September at the MTV Video Music Awards by launching into an a cappella take on the song's chorus. In late January, she leaked the lyrics to 'Born This Way' on Twitter, and soon thereafter announced that she was moving up the single's release date from Feb. 13 to Feb. 11, tweeting, "Can't wait any longer."

"I think 'Born This Way' is the kind of record that if you are really paying attention you will get the full depth of Gaga as a songwriter," Akon, a frequent Gaga collaborator who signed the pop star to his Kon Live Distribution label in 2007, recently told PopEater. "Sometimes, the creative image hides the element of her lyrical content. That's why she wanted to give people a better idea of what she was saying outside of her image when she dropped those lyrics."

Gaga's new album, also titled 'Born This Way,' drops on May 23.

So, are you loving 'Born this Way' as much as we are? Let us know in the comments.

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Friday 11 February

By vu3147

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Nothing special about this song! Sound all the same!

Tuesday 15 February

By Dee

Not all songs have to be deep and depressing and "original" (is anything really ORIGINAL these days?). Some music is meant to be light and fun... an energetic beat that gets you tapping your foot, or bouncing in your car. Even if it does sound like Madonna, imitation is the highest form of flattery.

Saturday 12 February

By Tom

Wow this is almost as bad as Willow Smith's insult to taste.

By Kat

Madonna should sue

Sunday 13 February

By Deb

Why is everyone sue happy? "Sue her, sue her!" SEWER! Get your mind out of the gutter!

By Me

all that hype for this?? uhhh

By garderobschik

Правильный гардероб – основа основ!

By Zero

Ручное преодоление автоматики - отказ системы!

By JROY ANDERSON

REPETITIOUS.

By Love ur haters!

Anybody who doesn't like this song can kiss my finely shaped behind. Lady GaGa is a Goddess of song and the rest of ya'll are jealous that you aren't famous like here so yeah, shut up.

like i said....she needs to be more original in her music as much as she is in her outfits! hmmmm....sounds like i might be a hater huh?

is it just me...or is it the same tune just different words? Hmmmmm......Madonna has good reason to be upset! Gaga needs to be more original in her music...not just her outfits!

By Kennedy

I don't hear at all. I loved the madonna song but this one sucks!

Good thing stores have 'pr-listen', lol.

Monday 14 February

By mariah

she said she wrote it in ten minutes. And that is exactly what i was thinking it sounded like before i read that!! typical quickly thrown together blah "pop" tune sound. zzzzzzzzzzzzz

By Benjamin

I cannot even imagine how many times I have heard "Express Yourself" by Madonna since it was released. It was a favorite at the clubs and a personal one to this day. "Born This Way" by Lady Gaga is pretty good. It does have a late 80's early 90's sound but it certainly doesn't sound anything like
one of Madonna's hits. If some people don't agree, what's the big deal? It's not like Madonna came our of the box 100% original. I still love her style and music.
Peace,
A Gaga & Madonna fan

By Hidalgo

It does not sound like Madonna's "Express Yourself" unless that's whay you want it to sound like. GaGa is totally original.There's a difference between being influenced by an earlier style and plainly copying it. Just because one or two stanzas of her song reminds you of Express Yourself doesn't mean she plagiarized it. Heck, if you're going to accuse her of that, how about this: I think part of her song sounds like TLC's "Waterfalls." Listen to it again--you'll see what I mean.

As far as this single goes however, it's far from being one of her best.

By Tigger

TOTAL RIP OFF!!! GET YOUR OWN MUSIC CHICK!!! We gay men love you to death but you CANNOT rip off our ICONIC MADONNA!!

By Barbara

What is it???? Ugly song--where are the words? sounds like the needle got stuck on a record

By Terri

To "Love ur haters":
Get a grip. She's a POSER and not at all ORIGINAL.I can listen to most of her songs, but this is totally ridiculous! And guess what?? I'm not jealous -- who would be a about Lady Bla Bla-Ferret face???? And this does sound a bit like "Waterfalls", too so how is this a good song? The only thing she's got is this weird sense to create new costumes (huh??) to promote herself.

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