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"Poker Face"
Song

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Lady GaGa "Poker Face" (2008)
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"Poker Face" is an electropop song by American pop singer-songwriter Lady GaGa from her debut album, The Fame. Produced by RedOne, it was released as the album's second single. The track has reached number one in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Finland, Norway and most recently in Sweden. The song started receiving heavy radio rotation before an official radio release in the U.S on January 27, 2009.

Critical reception

Daniel Incognito of Sputnikmusic reviewed the song saying "Poker Face shares the rest of the album's (The Fame) lively personality – the synths being anything but level. The vocal texture in the breakdown takes an eccentric turn, but strangely has a nice alluring quality to it".[2]

The Times in a review for The Fame said that "Poker Face" was one of the finest moments of the album with its love-as-card-game cheek.[3]

BBC reviewed the "strut-tastic" single as "expressing her overwhelming desire for celebrity and fortune."[4]

Nick Levine, music editor of Digitalspy also praised the single saying "'Poker Face', one of the best tracks here, (The Fame) features both passable innuendo ("I wanna roll with him, a hard pair we will be") and childish, half-arsed nonsense ("I'm bluffin' with my muffin'")." [5]

Chart performance

Poker Face peaked at number one on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and has stayed there for 8 weeks. It is the second single by Lady GaGa to do so after "Just Dance" which, however, spent just one week at the summit. After 16 weeks on the chart Poker Face sold over 165,000 copies going 2x Platinum on the ARIA Charts.[6][7]

In Canada, the song debuted at number 41 on the Canadian Hot 100. As it began to receive more radio airplay, it reached the top ten. On the chart dated December 13, 2008, Poker Face ascended to number one where it has spent nine non-consecutive weeks so far (four more than "Just Dance", her first five-week chart-topper).[7] The song also managed to top the Digital Downloads chart.[8] The Hot 100 run was interrupted by Kelly Clarkson's single "My Life Would Suck Without You", but "Poker Face" came back again on the top for the issue of February 14, 2009.

In America, the song debuted on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart on the week of October 18, 2008 at number 25.[9] On the week of January 3, 2009, the single entered the Billboard Hot 100 at 92 and moved up to 81 the following week. The song has reached a peak of 23 for the issue dated February 14, 2009.[10] The song also debuted on the Pop 100 at number 61 and moved to a peak of 23.[11] The song has started moving up the Hot Dance Club Play chart and currently stands at #3[12] The song has also peaked the Hot Dance Airplay chart for the issue date of February 7, 2009.[13]

In New Zealand, "Poker Face" debuted at number 21 on October 6, 2008. In its sixth week, it topped the chart and was certified platinum. It spent a huge 10 weeks at number one and was knocked off on its 16th week in the charts by Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours". "Poker Face" spent the most weeks at number one since Crazy Frog's "Axel F" spent 11 non-consecutive weeks at number one in July - October 2005, and the most consecutive weeks at number one since UB40's song "Can't Help Falling in Love" spent 10 consecutive weeks at number one in June - August 1993.[14]

In Finland the song entered the chart at number 19 and climbed to the top on the second week of January.[15] It also topped the Finnish download chart and is still at number one after several weeks.

In Sweden, the single debuted in the top 10 before going to 3 where it then peaked at a high of number one.[16]

In the United Kingdom, despite it being not released until March 30th 2009, "Poker Face" debuted at number 30 on the UK Singles Chart from downloads alone. Since then, the song has (so far) peaked at number 24.[17]

Following the release of the album, the song entered the Irish Singles Chart at number 8, on downloads alone on the issue dated January 15, 2009,[18] the same week "Just Dance" climbed to number one. This went on to make Lady GaGa the first artist in 24 years, to simultaneously hold both the number one, and number two chart positions.[19]

Music video

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Lady GaGa wearing a mask in the music video for "Poker Face"

The music video of "Poker Face" was directed by Ray Kay[20] and premiered on October 22, 2008. The music video takes place by a pool, as well as in a mansion. The video begins with Lady GaGa emerging out of the pool with a shiny masquerade mask. She throws the mask aside and the song begins with a facial shot of GaGa singing it. Featured in the video are scenes of GaGa in a mansion, playing strip poker with her friends, on a sofa with a man, and dancing poolside with her dancers in a turquoise leotard. The video also features two harlequin Great Danes and several white mannequins on her swimming pool deck who are supposedly playing her servants. The video also shows GaGa in her trademark Pop Culture sunglasses while sitting beside the pool. The video ends with the head shot of GaGa singing the Mum-mum-mum-ma hook. According to Digital Spy's music editor Nick Levine, "the video makes most Gwen Stefani efforts look a bit half-arsed when it comes to styling, imagery and fashion sense."[21]

Track listings

Australian CD Single
  1. "Poker Face" (Album Version) - 3:58
  2. "Just Dance" (Robots to Mars Remix) - 4:38
Promo CD
  1. "Poker Face" (Radio Mix) – 3:50
  2. "Poker Face" (Album Version) – 3:59
  3. "Poker Face" (Dave Aude Radio Mix) – 3:53
  4. "Poker Face" (Dave Aude Club Mix) – 8:13
  5. "Poker Face" (Dave Aude Club Dub) – 7:20
Promo CD – Radio Mixes
  1. "Poker Face" (Album Version) – 4:01
  2. "Poker Face" (Glam As You Radio Mix By Guena LG) – 3:51
  3. "Poker Face" (Dave Aude Radio Edit) – 3:49
  4. "Poker Face" (LGG Vs. GLG Radio Mix) – 4:06
  5. "Poker Face" (Jody Den Broeder Edit) – 4:21
Promo CD – Club Mixes
  1. "Poker Face" (Glam As You Club Mix By Guena LG) – 7:52
  2. "Poker Face" (Dave Aude Dub) – 7:27
  3. "Poker Face" (LGG Vs. GLG Club Mix) – 6:33
  4. "Poker Face" (Jody Den Broeder Remix) – 8:04
  5. "Poker Face" (Jody Den Broeder Dub) – 8:05
iTunes EP
  1. "Poker Face" (Space Cowboy Remix) - 4:54
  2. "Poker Face" (Dave Aude Remix) - 8:13
  3. "Poker Face" (Jody Den Broeder Remix) - 8:05

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[22] 1
Canadian Hot 100[23] 1
Finnish Singles Chart[24] 1
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[25] 1
Norwegian Singles Chart[26] 1
Swedish Singles Chart[27] 1
Chart (2009) Peak
position
Austria Top 40[28] 8
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)[29] 15
Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia)[29] 12
Danish Singles Chart[30] 2
Eurochart Hot 100[31] 3
Irish Singles Chart[18] 2
Italian Singles Chart[32] 28
Swiss Singles Chart[33] 19
UK Singles Chart[17] 24
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[34] 23
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[35] 1
U.S. Billboard Pop 100[36] 23

Sales and certifications

Country Certification Sales
Australia 2x Platinum[37] 150,000+
New Zealand Platinum[38] 20,000+
United Kingdom 20,000+
United States Gold 550,000+

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by
"Everything" by P-Money and Vince Harder
 New Zealand RIANZ singles chart number-one single
November 10, 2008 - January 19, 2009 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single (first run)
November 17, 2008 - December 14, 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
"You" by Wes Carr
 Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single (second run)
December 21, 2008 - January 19, 2009 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Canadian Hot 100 number-one single (first run)
December 13, 2008 - February 7, 2009 		Succeeded by
Finnish Singles Chart number-one single
January 7, 2009 - 		Succeeded by
incumbent
Norwegian Singles Chart number-one single
January 13, 2009 -
Preceded by Swedish Singles Chart number-one single
January 16, 2009
Preceded by
"Imagination" by Jes
 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Airplay number-one single
February 7, 2009 -
Preceded by Canadian Hot 100 number-one single (second run)
February 14, 2009 -

Release history

Region Date
Oceania and Australasia September 29, 2008 (2008-09-29)
Europe/Canada October 30, 2008 (2008-10-30)
United States December 16, 2008 (2008-12-16)
United Kingdom/Ireland March 30, 2009 (2009-03-30)

References

  1. ^ a b c "Lady GaGa discography". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-02-04. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ Sputnik music review of Poker Face
  3. ^ The Big CD: Lady GaGa - The Fame
  4. ^ BBC review of The Fame
  5. ^ Lady GaGa: The Fame
  6. ^ Just Dance on world charts acharts.us
  7. ^ a b Poker Face on world chartsacharts.us
  8. ^ Canadian Digital charts
  9. ^ Poker Face debut on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart
  10. ^ Poker Face moving up the Billboard Hot 100
  11. ^ Poker Face on Pop 100
  12. ^ Poker Face on Hot Dance Club Play
  13. ^ Billboard Hot Dance Airplay Issue date 2009-02-07
  14. ^ RIANZ Singles ChartRetrieved on 2009-01-20
  15. ^ Yle lista - Poker Face
  16. ^ Poker Face moving to 1 on Swdish charts
  17. ^ a b UK Singles Chart
  18. ^ a b Poker Face debut on Irish singles chart
  19. ^ Irish Singles Chart
  20. ^ MTV.com - Poker Face, official video
  21. ^ Nick Levine (2009-09-01). "What Lady GaGa will probably do next". Digital Spy. Digital Spy.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
  22. ^ ARIA singles chart
  23. ^ Canadian Hot 100
  24. ^ Suomen virallinen lista - Finnish singles chart
  25. ^ RIANZ singles chart
  26. ^ Norwegian Singles Chart
  27. ^ Swedish singles chart
  28. ^ Ultratop and Austria peak for Poker Face
  29. ^ a b Belgian charts
  30. ^ Danish Top 20
  31. ^ Eurochart Hot 100
  32. ^ Poker Face - acharts.us
  33. ^ Swiss Singles Chart
  34. ^ Billboard Hot 100
  35. ^ Billboard Hot Dance Club Play
  36. ^ Billboard Pop 100
  37. ^ ARIA Certification
  38. ^ RIANZ certification
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