Product Description
Lady Gaga - Poker Face
Lady Gaga released her debut album The Fame in September 2008, which was an overwhelming success all over the globe.
The launch of the album was greeted with positive reviews,accolades,praising Gaga's incredible performance from every corner of the globe.
This critically and commercially acclaimed album produced singles, which topped the charts globally one after another. One such chart-topping single from the album is the song, "Poker Face".
"Poker Face" was the 2nd single of the album. Initially, it was released to a limited audience..back in the U.S.But after it's incredible performance back in the States..where it sold more than 7.3 million with 10 platinum certifications.
Lady Gaga's record label Cherrytree-Interscope decided to release the song to a global audience around January 2009.
"Poker Face", had a slightly darker tone than Gaga's other chart-topping singles, which the critics loved.
The song revolves around bisexual woman and how she seduces men without actually performing any sex acts. Lady Gaga has dedicated the song to her boyfriends, the rock and roll ones.
She said in an interview that she wanted to write a song which they would like. But, it wasn’t just for her boyfriends who liked the song.
"Poker Face" topped the charts in 20 different countries, including USA, UK, Canada and most of the European countries.
In 2009 alone, the song sold over nine and a half million copies worldwide.With over fourteen million copies sold, the single is amongst the best-selling singles of all time.
The music video for "Poker Face" was released in October of 2008, was directed by Ray Kay. In the music video, Lady Gaga plays strip poker and appears in many different costumes.
The video for the song received several nominations in different categories at the MTV Music Video Awards of 2009.
Apart from Poker Face, Gaga was also nominated for other songs, which brought her nominations to a sum total of nine, and tied her with Beyoncé for the most number of nominations.
"Poker Face" has two versions, the acoustic and the normal version. Both of the versions first appeared on the American Idol.
Lady Gaga performed her hit single on many different TV shows including The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Saturday Night Live. She also performed the song as the opening number for the 52nd Grammy awards.
Many artists performed cover versions of the song. Chris Daughtry, the rock artist, covered the acoustic version of the song in Germany.
The same year the single was released globally, Kanye West produced and was also featured in the song “Make Her Say” by rapper Kid Cuddi.
The song had vocal samples of the hit single in it. The Simpsons also did a parody version of the song.
"Poker Face" was given 10 Platinum certifications in the U.S, 8 Platinum certification in Canada, 6 in Australia, 3 Platinum awards in Norway & Sweden.
The song also garnered double platinum awards in Italy, Denmark, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, U.K & Spain.
Inspite of selling more than 300,000 units in France, "Poker Face" was not given a Platinum certification nor did South Korea recognize Lady Gaga achievements in their country, were "Poker Face" sold more than 1.3 million copies.
But she was indeed honored in many other countries (Austria, Japan & Belgium) with a Platinum certificate were no. of units sold was far less when compared with France and South Korea.
Lady Gaga – Poker Face - Lyrics
Release Date - September 26th 2008
Album - The Fame
I wanna hold em like they do in Texas Plays
Fold em let em hit me raise it baby stay with me, I love it
Luck and intuition play the cards with Spades to start
And after he's been hooked I'll play the one that's on his heart
Oh, oh, oh
I'll get him hot, show him what I've got
Oh, oh, oh
I'll get him hot, show him what I've got
Can't read my, can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(She's got to love nobody)
Can't read my, can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(She's got to love nobody)
P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)
P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)
I wanna roll with him a hard pair we will be
A little gambling is fun when you're with me, I love it
Russian Roulette is not the same without a gun
And baby when it's love if it's not rough it isn't fun, fun
Oh, oh, oh
I'll get him hot, show him what I've got
Oh, oh, oh
I'll get him hot, show him what I've got
Can't read my, can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(She's got to love nobody)
Can't read my, can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(She's got to love nobody)
P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)
P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)
(Mum mum mum mah)
(Mum mum mum mah)
I won't tell you that I love you
Kiss or hug you
Cause I'm bluffin' with my muffin
I'm not lying I'm just stunnin' with my love-glue-gunning
Just like a chick in the casino
Take your bank before I pay you out
I promise this, promise this
Check this hand cause I'm marvelous
Can't read my, can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(She's got to love nobody)
Can't read my, can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(She's got to love nobody)
Can't read my, can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(She's got to love nobody)
Can't read my, can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(She's got to love nobody)
Can't read my, can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(She's got to love nobody)
Can't read my, can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(She's got to love nobody)
P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(She's got to love nobody)
P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)
P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)
P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)
P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)
