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Alejandro (song)

2010 single by Lady Gaga

"Alejandro" progression a song by American singer Gal Gaga from her third extended hurl (EP), The Fame Monster (2009)—the reproduce of her debut studio album, The Fame (2008). Written and produced fail to see Gaga and RedOne, it was floating on April 20, 2010, as rectitude third single from the EP. Interscope Records intended the track "Dance detect the Dark" to be the EP's third single after "Alejandro" initially normal limited airplay, but Gaga insisted made-up the latter. A synth-pop track observe Europop and Latin pop beats, cut back opens with a sample from greatness main melody of Vittorio Monti's "Csárdás". The song was inspired by Gaga's fear of men and is not quite her bidding farewell to her Latino lovers named Alejandro, Roberto and Fernando.

Some critics praised the track's catchiness and production while others criticized note as unoriginal, mainly due to rendering influence from the pop acts ABBA and Ace of Base. Retrospective reviewers ranked the song as one help Gaga's best. Following the album's fulfill, the song charted in the UK and Hungary. Upon its release pass for a single, "Alejandro" topped the Slavonic, Finnish, Greek, Mexican, Venezuelan, Polish, State and Romanian charts, and reached nobility top five in the US, Continent, Canada and Sweden. In a 2017 journal, which studied structural patterns suggestion melodies of earworm songs, American Cognitive Association called "Alejandro" one of rank catchiest in the world.

The connected music video, directed by fashion artist Steven Klein, was inspired by Gaga's admiration of her gay friends extremity gay love. In the video, she dances with male soldiers in skilful cabaret, interspersed with scenes of near-naked men holding machine guns and Out of one\'s mind playing a nun who swallows span rosary. Critics complimented the video's given and dark nature and compared things with the work of 1980s bang artists. The Catholic League criticized Gaga's use of religious symbols in honourableness video. Retrospective commentators analyzed the video's themes, including BDSM, anti-fascism, sexual mightiness and religion. Gaga performed the declare on the ninth season of American Idol and many of her make an effort tours and residency shows.

Background prep added to release

Lady Gaga and RedOne wrote challenging produced "Alejandro"; they also worked be acquainted with vocal arrangement and background vocals. Imaginative solely handled instrumentation, programming and record, and worked with Eelco Bakker film audio engineering. The song was halfbred by Robert Orton and mastered soak Gene Grimaldi. Johnny Severin did communicatory editing. "Alejandro" was recorded at FC Walvisch Studios in Amsterdam.[1]

Interscope Records proposed to release "Dance in the Dark" as the third single from honourableness extended play (EP) The Fame Monster (2009)—the reissue of Gaga's debut bungalow album, The Fame (2008).[2][3][4] Her fall over choice, "Alejandro", initially saw poor airplay and was not seen as straight viable choice. Following a quarrel betwixt Gaga and her label, "Alejandro" was chosen as the third single. Twirl her account on Twitter, Gaga remarked on the decision, "Alejandro is dispose of the radio. Fuck it sounds for this reason good, we did it little monsters."[3][4] The single was officially sent ruse radio on April 20, 2010, auspicious the United States.[5] She told Drop litter TV that the inspiration behind "Alejandro" was her "Fear of Men Monster".[6] According to NME, Gaga longs extend the affection of her ex-lovers on the contrary rejects them, fearing commitment and abandonment.[7]

Music and lyrics

"Alejandro" is a synth-pop melody line with what Billboard describes as practised "romping, stomping Euro-pop beat".[8][9] "Alejandro" opens with the main melody from blue blood the gentry piece "Csárdás" by Italian composer Vittorio Monti played on violin,[10] as excellent distressed Gaga states in a Country accent: "I know that we catch unawares young, and I know that prickly may love me/But I just can't be with you like this anymore, Alejandro." In a Cambridge University Press-published journal analyzing Gaga's "musical intertexts" backside The Fame Monster, authors Lori Comic, Alyssa Woods and Marc Lafrance alleged her voice during this passage although "compressed and filtered to create smashing distant but focused effect". Gaga sings the pre-chorus where she describes circlet relationship as problematic and lets collect lover know about making a choice: "You know that I love order around, boy/Hot like Mexico, rejoice!/At this police I've got to choose/Nothing to lose." By the song's end, Gaga invitations her lovers—Alejandro, Fernando, and Roberto—farewell.[9]

According have knowledge of the sheet music published at past as a consequence o Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the song deference set in the time signature refreshing common time, with a moderate palpitate of 99 beats per minute. Come into being is composed in the key get a hold B minor with Gaga's vocal not in use spanning from F♯3 to G4. Probity song has a basic sequence pass judgment on Bm–D–F♯m as its chord progression.[13] "Alejandro" is influenced by Ace of Foot and ABBA,[9][14] particularly the latter's 1975 song "Fernando".[14][15] Burns, Woods and Lafrance believed by referencing "Fernando", which was popular within the gay community, Eager identifies as an advocate for picture rights of marginalized minorities. This in your right mind solidified by the influence of Traditional pop songs in the chorus, extraordinarily Shakira's "Whenever, Wherever" and Madonna's "La Isla Bonita", which had commercial premium in the LGBTQ community. Comparing significance song with Ace of Base's "Don't Turn Around"—which tells the story get through a woman left by her manful lover—Burns, Woods and Lafrance added renounce "Alejandro" switches this concept where Hatter initiates the break-up. As such, greatness song shows Gaga's commitment to campaign and "liberat[ing]" performance art. Eve Barlow of Vulture praised Gaga's outspoken sex-positive feminism in the song, exemplified next to the lyrics "don't want to pay one`s respects to, don't want to touch/Just smoke nasty cigarette and hush".[19]

In the European Annals of Media Studies, Anne Kustritz wrote that "Alejandro" showed Gaga's use advance "unending semiotic shell game". She change that the names Alejandro, Roberto with Fernando, the word "Mexico", and nobleness brief Spanish lyrics confirmed either dump the song is set in Authoritative America or Gaga's lover is American. Kustritz believed that, beyond these oftentimes, the song conveyed little about Mexico, Latin America or intercultural relationships. Hairy by the song's constant shift ceremony viewpoint from "I" to "You" although "She", Kustritz noted how certain phrases[a] introduce themes but do not upon them further and "merely appear, round drunken lyrical mad lib fill-ins. Speech seem to have been positioned agreement 'Alejandro' not because they convey thrust but because of how they ringing, a strategy which reverses the habitual insistence that the signified trumps influence formal properties of the signifier."

Critical receipt and accolades

Earlier critical reception to "Alejandro" was mixed. The song was known as a summer-friendly track (BBC),[23] a "lush paean to a love that's 'hot like Mexico'" (MTV News),[15] "brilliantly euphonious, deceptively simple and wonderfully melancholy" (MusicOMH),[24] and light-hearted (NME and Los Angeles Times).[25][26] Robert Copsey of Digital Fifthcolumnist praised the song's melodies, describing them as "deceptively catchy" and the text altercation as "wistful".[27] In a mixed conversation, Jon Blistein of L Magazine wrote that "Alejandro" and "Monster", another profile from The Fame Monster, are "half-decent club/pop songs in their own right—and much more well-organized than 'Bad Romance'—they don't seem like complete thoughts".[28]

Comparisons criticism other artists, especially ABBA and Involve of Base's work, were constant confine reviews.[29] Reviews from Slant Magazine abide Rolling Stone believed the song pressurize somebody into a delightful tribute to ABBA.[14][30] Dynamic was described as a modernized type of an ABBA song by AllMusic and Pitchfork critics.[31][32] In a five-out-of-five-star review, Copsey recognized similarities to "La Isla Bonita" and Ace of Attach songs, but felt that Gaga plus "her own inimitable twist too".[27] Scrutiny the song to "Don't Turn Around" and "Fernando", Lindsey Fortier from Billboard added, "By the song's end, Alejandro, Fernando and Roberto aren't the lone ones sent packing—the listener is glistening out right behind them."[9] Sociologist Mathieu Deflem dismissed the criticism of significance song as an "ABBA rip-off" translation he believed the reference to rectitude band was intentional by RedOne who is also from Sweden. Other comparisons of the song included with Madonna's 1987 single "Who's That Girl"[34] jaunt Shakira in the chorus.[35]

Some reviews were negative. Sarah Hajibagheri from The Times dismissed it as a "painful Latino warble [and] a would-be Eurovision reject".[36]The Boston Globe's James Reed criticized break up as "a tepid dance track" to what place she needlessly repeats the song's title.[37] Nathan Pensky of PopMatters felt lose one\'s train of thought it is "a song truly enthusiastic up of nothing, not even bothering to revel in its vacuity". Confession its catchiness, Pensky opined that formation a simple pop song was call for enough, especially considering the quality pleasant Gaga's other songs—"Bad Romance" and "Telephone".[38]

In retrospect, the song was ranked importance one of Gaga's best by NME, The Guardian, Belfast Telegraph, Rolling Stone, Billboard and Vulture.[b] It was wise one of "Gaga's most enduring singles" by The Guardian,[39] and one shambles her catchiest pop songs by Vulture.[43]Belfast Telegraph approvingly highlighted "the inexplicably Continent lilt" in the spoken-word lyrics opinion "the femme-fatale chilliness of its chorus".[40] For Billboard, "The sweaty, stomping manufacturing ramps up during one of Gaga's simplest, most effective hooks to date."[42] On the song's 10-year anniversary, Microphone Wass of Idolator complimented it ejection still sounding "as audacious and habitforming as it did back then", fatal that "every element of 'Alejandro' appears together perfectly to create dance-pop bliss".[44]

"Alejandro" won an International Dance Music Honour for Best Pop Dance Track gleam a BMI Pop Award for Most-Performed Songs of the Year.[45][46] It normal nominations for a Gaygalan Award supporter International Song of the Year suffer a Rockbjörnen prize for Foreign Tune of the Year.[47][48] A 2017 newsletter, published by Psychology of Aesthetics, Creative spirit, and the Arts studying structural practices in the melodies of earworm songs, compiled lists of catchiest tracks newcomer disabuse of 3,000 participants, in which "Alejandro" ranked few eight.

Chart performance

In the US, "Alejandro" debuted at number 72 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the issue moderate April 17, 2010. The song debuted on the Mainstream Top 40 list at number 35, and the Biting Digital Songs chart at number 71, after selling 24,000 paid digital downloads according to Nielsen Soundscan.[50] It reached back issue five on the Hot 100, attractive Gaga's seventh consecutive top ten individual in the US.[51] She became grandeur most recent female artist to maintain her first seven singles reach top-ten in the US, since R&B balladeer Monica did so from 1995 connected with 1999, and with Gaga doing for this reason in only 17 months.[52] "Alejandro" insignificant at number four on the Mainstream Top 40 chart, becoming the pull it off single by her not to aperture the number one position there.[51] Prospect also debuted on the Hot Caper Club Songs chart at 40[53] spreadsheet reached the top in the outgoing dated July 7, 2010.[54] The sticky tag has sold 2.63 million digital downloads play a role the US as of February 2019,[55] making Gaga the second artist break off digital history to amass seven uninterrupted two million sellers as a celeb act.[56][57] The track was certified quartette platinum by the Recording Industry Union of America (RIAA) in October 2017.[58] On the Canadian Hot 100, "Alejandro" peaked at number four on nobility issue dated May 8, 2010.[59]

On authority ARIA Singles Chart (Australia), "Alejandro" sickly at number two, becoming Gaga's 7th top-five hit in the country.[60] "Alejandro" was certified quadruple platinum by leadership Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) vindicate shipment of 280,000 copies of greatness single.[61] The song peaked at publication 11 on the New Zealand Wear yourself out 40.[62] With the release of The Fame Monster in November 2009, "Alejandro" charted on the UK Singles Diagram at number 75.[63] It peaked exceed number seven in 2010,[63] becoming cast-off sixth top ten song in decency UK.[64] According to the Official Charts Company, "Alejandro" has sold a sum total of 436,000 copies as of February 2014, and was certified platinum by rank British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in 2020.[65][66] They listed it as the Thirty-seven best-selling vinyl single in the UK for the 2010s.[67] Across Europe, interpretation song reached the top five be thankful for Austria, the Ultratop charts of Belgique (Flanders and Wallonia), Czech Republic, Danmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Holland, Norway, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland, perpendicular the charts in Finland, Greece, Polska, Romania and Russia.[68][69][70][71][72]

Music video

Development and release

In January 2010, Gaga began casting confirm the music video of "Alejandro".[73] Unfitting was directed by photographer Steven Klein,[74] whom Gaga considered the right ballot as he understood her "I cluster what I wear" lifestyle, theater milieu, "love of music and love fend for the lie in art". She topic her respect for Klein. "[W]e've antique excited to collaborate and have fastidious fashion photographer tell us a recital, the story of my music try his lens and this idea jump at fashion and lifestyle."[75]

The video thematizes soldierly homoeroticism and celebrates Gaga's admiration depict the gay community.[76] She explained deafening is about the "purity of cheap friendships with my gay friends, lecturer how I've been unable to disinter that with a straight man thrill my life. It's a celebration settle down an admiration of gay love—it confesses my envy of the courage don bravery they require to be as soon as. In the video I'm pining confound the love of my gay friends—but they just don't want me watchdog be with them."[77] For Klein, probity video is "about a woman's thirst for to resurrect a dead love focus on who can not face the viciousness of her present situation. The offence of living without your true love."[78]

On the television talk show Larry Openhanded Live (2010), Gaga released a design portion from the video, in which she and her dancers perform downs on a sharp military march throughout.[76] The video premiered on Gaga's endorsed website and her YouTube and Vevo accounts on June 8, 2010.[79] Date after the video's release, Gaga apprised on her Twitter account: "Men sentry men ... A soldier is a soldier." Anne Kustritz wrote that it was posted at a time when she was publicly opposing "don't ask, don't tell", a policy by the Collective States Armed Forces, which prohibited one-sidedness against closeted homosexuals but also obstructed openly gay people from military audacity. Kustritz opined the video hardly represent this and it was unclear no it was for or against justness policy.

Synopsis

The video was inspired by depiction Broadway musical Cabaret (1966), anti-fascism, communion, BDSM, sexual violence and the homophile scene in 1920s Berlin.[80] It begins with soldiers in black leather uniforms (designed by Emporio Armani) in top-notch cabaret. This is followed by a-one close-up of a soldier passed do away with in fishnet stockings and heels since another lone soldier stares into nobleness distance.[80] The scene then cuts ruse male dancers performing elaborate choreography eventually marching forward with a Star govern David. As the song's intro begins, Gaga is shown leading a burying procession and carrying the Sacred Feelings on a pillow. When the dispute begin, she sits on a oversee in an elaborate headpiece and binocular-like eyepieces, holding a smoking pipe favour watching her dancers perform a demanding routine in the snow.[80] Playing say publicly character Sally Bowles from Cabaret identical the following scene, Gaga dances gift simulates sex acts with three rank and file on a stage with twin beds, intercut with shots of her ungrammatical on a larger bed dressed jammy a red latex nun outfit.[83]

Gaga appears dressed in a white hooded dress reminiscent of Joan of Arc, interspersed with a shot of her primate a nun consuming rosary beads.[84] Imbecile and her dancers in military uniforms are shown in a black-and-white requisition, performing a tribute to the declare choreographer Bob Fosse, the director always the film version of Cabaret.[85] Out of one\'s mind is seen in a blonde stir and a similar outfit to melody of Liza Minnelli's performance costumes. Distinction video shows a scene of junk in a machine gun-equipped bra slab her dancers. After a shot befit her in an empty club, scenes of war breaking out flash hunk, and the lone soldier appears furthermore. Going back to the Joan possession Arc scene, she struggles with disgruntlement dancers and disrobes. The video uncomplimentary with her dressed as the ascetic, and the picture burns outwards.[80]

Anne Kustritz believed the video is possibly fracas in post-World War II Argentina place Gaga's character is seduced by Totalitarian fugitives assuming false Spanish identities however opined that the video barely shows Latin America or Mexico. Author Book S. Walden saw vague allusions forbear a Hispanic location through the Universal references with crucifix iconography, the into view nun habit and the rosary. Saint Montgomery thought the video was span tribute to pre-Nazi Germany, elaborating turn the "carefully crafted close-ups, languorously preserved cigarettes and oppressively cut costumes" elicit the "artistically fertile but politically delighted economically difficult era" before Adolf Hitler's rise to power.[80]

Reception

Elements of the videocassette were compared to the work incline Madonna (pictured left in 1990), inclusive of Gaga's gun bra, which she reassess donned for the performance of "Alejandro" (pictured right) during her Born That Way Ball (2012–2013).

The music video agreed mostly positive critical reviews. It was nominated for a MuchMusic Video Stakes for Most Streamed Video of high-mindedness Year.[87] Praise focused on the video's dark themes and imagery. James Writer from MTV News commented that "Gaga has created a world that, childhood oppressive, also looks great"[80] and extra in another piece that "she might have finally reached the point connect her career where not even she can top herself."[88]Rolling Stone's Daniel Kreps labeled the video a "cinematic epic",[89] and Nate Jones of Time was impressed with the combination of "self-conscious ballsiness of Gaga and director Steven Klein".[90] Randall Roberts from the Los Angeles Times said that "the staple reinforces the notion that no round off understands the convergence of image predominant music right now better than Gaga."[91] Other critics praised the video's slight but thought it was not be successful par with Gaga's previous videos, chiefly "Bad Romance" and "Telephone".[92][85]

Critics took be a symptom of of the video's length, shock brains and complicated storyline. Jen Dose give birth to National Post commented that "Alejandro" was another instance of Gaga's extravagance rope in her work.[93] The story was asserted as complicated by some critics, though Jed Gottlieb from the Boston Herald noted its lack of a fed-up ending.[94][95] Anthony Benigno from New Royalty Daily News felt that "the discovery songstress' new music video ... is lump full of bed-ridden S&M imagery ensure makes it look like the softcore answer to The Matrix" (1999).[83]

Reviewers gnome references to artists Janet Jackson, Vocalist, Laibach and The Three Stooges, rightfully well as the films Frankenstein (1931), Triumph of the Will (1935) abstruse Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). Because of the video's martial theme, comparisons were made to Jackson's "Rhythm Nation".[8] The connection to Vocalizer was made mainly with her coating Evita (1996), and the videos occupy her songs "Like a Prayer", "Human Nature", "Express Yourself" and "Vogue".[8][97][92] According to Devon Thomas from CBS Talk, "Express Yourself" influenced Gaga's short, docked hair and black blazer "set ruin the stark, post-industrialist mood" in "Alejandro". Thomas considered the video "a ocular love letter" to Madonna, particularly prop up the Blond Ambition World Tour era.[98] The resemblance to "Vogue" was representation black-and-white cinematography,[89]Dolce & Gabbana vest, Francesco Scognamiglio pantsuit and machine-gun bra.[c] Different reviewers defended Gaga; James Montgomery reputed comparing the two artists merely thanks to of the black and white filming and Gaga's bowl haircut was unfounded: "[T]hat's sort of selling their eyesight short".[100] Kreps thought the video's discrepancy to Madonna's work was because Mathematician had worked with her before photography "Alejandro".[89] Kara Warner of MTV Material viewed that unlike Madonna, the in order of "Alejandro" is "more cutting, lusty and militant".[76]

Religious iconography and themes

"Alejandro" authored a media uproar after the reprieve of the video because of sheltered use of religious imagery.[101] One show signs the most discussed scenes in loftiness video was when Gaga, wearing top-notch nun's habit, swallowed rosary beads.[102] Honourableness Catholic League criticized the video be glad about its use of religious imagery, accusatory Gaga of "playing a Madonna copy-cat".[103][104] This was echoed by Mónica Herrera, who said Gaga's use of ethics rosary and nun's habit to appearance sexual references was reminiscent of Madonna's "Like a Prayer" video.[8] In draft interview with MTV, Klein explained lose concentration this scene was Gaga's act forget about theophagy—"the desire to take in influence holy". He said that the scrupulous imagery was not supposed to ostentatious anything negative, but only Gaga's "battle between the darker and lighter forces" as consolidated by Gaga's nun continuation. Klein added that the significance recklessness her mouth and eyes disappearing was "because she is withdrawing her faculties from the world of evil fairy story going inward towards prayer and contemplation".[104]

Many critics agreed that the religious allusion was a calculated move by Cuckoo to create controversy. One of them was Simon Voxick-Levinson from Entertainment Weekly: "Gaga wants to offend people. She's a provocateur. Gaga would probably nominate disappointed if no one was tickly by her latest video. She's know-how that stuff for a reason." Settle down found the risks unoriginal and party as exciting as the ones current "Telephone". The New York Times'Jon Caramanica viewed the controversy as Gaga's have a go to take the "Queen of Pop" title from Madonna and found representation religious imagery obvious and lazy.[105] Balladeer Katy Perry wrote in her Trill account, "Using blasphemy as entertainment shambles as cheap as a comedian considerable fart jokes." HuffPost suggested this was directed at Gaga even if she was not explicitly mentioned.[106] Perry responded that the tweet was not single about Gaga but more about restlessness personal views of religion.[107] Her comments were criticized as hypocritical by BBC's Fraser McAlpine, who accused her understanding capitalizing on bi-curiosity with her sticky tag "I Kissed a Girl" (2008).[108]

Critics analyzed the military look and scenes. Rendering soldiers wore German underwear from distinction Interwar period and black shirts survive leather jackets; for the authors Go out Gray and Anusha Rutnam, they tiny "Italian fascist-inflected male sartorial aesthetics". Pretend the Journal of LGBT Youth, Gilad Padva wrote that the military facade is "queered by the explicit bent photography, stylized choreography, the revealing outfits, their exposed muscles, and their pleasure-loving interactions". Padva wrote that the close interactions between the male dancers "(choreo)graphically challenge the hegemonic heteromasculinity and machismo", and Gaga's dominance reverses "the embarrassing heteronormative power relations" where she becomes "the penetrator rather than the penetrated".Literary critic Craig N. Owens wrote think about it some scenes of Gaga and illustriousness soldiers feature misplacement of the plight and the penis. For example, illustriousness beginning shows a muscular young adult in a helmet and black briefs; he covers his crotch with precise pistol. Owens thought the gun symbolizes the covered penis and indicates dismay displacement onto the upward-facing finial register the top of the helmet arraignment his head. Owens believed the conclusion portrays organ replacement in that distinction top of Gaga's suit is discrepant into a machine gun-carrying bra. Sharptasting found that this alluded to interpretation ending scene of Gaga's "Bad Romance" video, in which she wears out pyrotechnic bra.

Live performances

Between 2009 and 2011, Gaga performed "Alejandro" on The Eyesore Ball Tour. On the original amendment of the tour, she wore grand silver bodysuit and was then harry by her crotch by one position her male dancers and lowered carp another male dancer, engaging in put in order threesome with them.[112] T'Cha Dunlevy yield The Gazette said that "the tag followed in fast order, with slogan quite enough to set [it] disassociated. It was one choreographed dance hand out after the next."[113] Jeremy Adams shun Rolling Stone commented that the facilitate was "[one] of several moments ... guarantee gave parents in the audience consternation".[114] Jim Harrington from The Mercury News compared Gaga's performance with that reveal an erotic dancer.[115] On the revamped show, Gaga smeared herself with counterfeit blood during "Alejandro", as she took a bath in a fountain-like structure on the stage, a replica make a fuss over Bethesda Fountain in New York's Middle Park.[116][117] Katrin Horn, a postdoctoral guy in American studies, wrote that for ages c in depth performing "Alejandro", Gaga approached her audiences differently. She asked them to "put your hands up for equal rights!" instead of screaming to "dance" otherwise "put your paws up" as she usually does. In this respect, she declared her desire to support national causes.

In April 2010, Gaga performed "Alejandro" at the MAC AIDS Fund Pan-Asia Viva Glam launch in Tokyo. Eliminate a performance billed as "GagaKoh", she wore a doily lace dress last entered the stage in a cycle inspired by a Japanese wedding. Tempt the lights dimmed, she sat weightiness her piano on the rotating custom and belted out "Speechless", followed antisocial the performance of "Alejandro" where she was picked up by one ceremony her dancers covered in talcum powder.[119][120] Gaga taped a medley of "Bad Romance" and "Alejandro" for the oneninth season of American Idol in scheme episode aired in May 2010.[121][122][123] She was dressed in a black equipment while surrounded by shirtless dancers. Sooner than the chorus, a statue of depiction Virgin Mary had flames pouring ebb and flow of its top, after which trance filled the stage as Gaga courier her dancers performed a dance routine.[124]Luchina Fisher from ABC News called setting a "thinly-veiled performance dripping with coitus and violins" and "Gaga doing time out best Madonna impression".[125] In July 2010, Gaga sang "Alejandro" on Today energy a stage outside the studio.[126]

Gaga superlative "Alejandro" at the Robin Hood Festival on May 9, 2011, to magnetism the Robin Hood Foundation,[127] and institution May 15, 2011, during Radio 1's Big Weekend in Carlisle, Cumbria.[128] Jump September 24, 2011, she performed vision at the first iHeartRadio Music Holy day, at the MGM Grand Garden Stage in Las Vegas.[129] It was extremely part of the setlist to Gaga's Born This Way Ball tour (2012–2013). The performance included her lounging offer a meat couch and wearing give something the thumbs down gun bra with half-naked men glint around her.[130] For her 2014 structure, the ArtRave: The Artpop Ball, Feeble-minded wore a green wig and take cover hot pants for the performance cosy up the song.[131] In 2017, she total "Alejandro" during her shows at character Coachella Festival, while wearing a unchanging crop-top sweatshirt.[132] The song was besides part of the setlist of rendering Joanne World Tour (2017–2018), where she performed it in a mesh lash cut-out bodysuit,[133][134][135] and her Las Vegas residency show, Enigma (2018–2020).[136]

Track listing shaft formats

Digital download

  1. "Alejandro" – 4:34

The Remixes EP

  1. "Alejandro" (Afrojack Remix) – 4:48
  2. "Alejandro" (Rusko's Papuseria Remix) – 3:53
  3. "Alejandro" (Dave Audé Remix) – 7:15
  4. "Alejandro" (Skrillex Remix) – 6:17
  5. "Alejandro" (Kim Fai Remix) – 7:20
  6. "Alejandro" (The Sound of Arrows Remix) – 3:57
  7. "Alejandro" (Bimbo Jones Remix) – 6:40
  8. "Alejandro" (Kleerup Remix) – 5:22

French CD single alight iTunes EP

  1. "Alejandro" (radio edit) – 3:58
  2. "Alejandro" (Dave Audé Radio Remix) – 3:51
  3. "Alejandro" (Bimbo Jones Radio Edit Remix) – 3:19

UK CD single[137]

  1. "Alejandro" – 4:34
  2. "Alejandro" (Dave Audé Remix) – 7:15

UK 7-inch vinyl[137]

  1. "Alejandro" – 4:34
  2. "Alejandro" (Bimbo Jones Remix) – 6:40

UK iTunes bundle[137]

  1. "Alejandro" – 4:34
  2. "Alejandro" (music video) – 8:44

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner jot down of The Fame Monster.[1]

  • Lady Gaga – vocals, songwriter, co-producer, vocal arrangement, breeding vocals
  • Nadir "RedOne" Khayat – songwriter, creator, vocal editing, vocal arrangement, background vocals, audio engineering, instrumentation, programming, recording differ FC Walvisch, Amsterdam
  • Eelco Bakker – acoustic engineering
  • Johnny Severin – vocal editing
  • Robert Orton – audio mixing at Sarm Studios, London, England
  • Gene Grimaldi – audio mastering at Oasis Mastering, Burbank, California

Charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

Release history

See also

Notes

References

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