![]() ![]() With the song, Gaga joined Christina Aguilera, Beyoncé, and Fergie as the only women this decade to collect four Hot 100 top-tens from a debut album. ![]() It reached a peak of six, becoming her fourth consecutive top-ten song on the chart. In the United States, the song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at position seventy-four on the issue dated September 12, 2009. Any notion that Lady Gaga is sketching an elaborate stunt is stopped cold at the lyric sheet, a perverse flaunting of simplicity that betrays no cynicism whatsoever." Pitchfork Media ranked 'Paparazzi' number 83 on their list of 2009's 100 best tracks. Jon Caramanica of The New York Times said that "'Paparazzi' is a love letter from camera to subject but stops short of admitting that the affection runs both ways. Erika Howard of the New Times Broward-Palm Beach called it the most telling track from the album. He went on to list the symbiotic star and paparazzi relationship, the emotion behind the words and music, and the insistent vocals by Gaga as the pros of the song.Įvan Sawdey of PopMatters said that both "Paparazzi" and the earlier single "Poker Face" are comparable with the musical styles of first single "Just Dance" but added that "never once does it feel like Gaga is deliberately repeating herself instead, her faults only come from covering territory that she's obviously not prepared for." Freedom du Lac of The Washington Post said that even though Gaga turns somewhat serious while disapprovingly singing "Paparazzi", the song comes across as flat and faceless as well as vapid. Priya Elan of The Times thought that "even the trio of songs that provides the core of the album's celebrity theme ('Paparazzi', 'Beautiful Dirty Rich' and the title track) don't ruminate on the addictive inanity of fame, choosing instead to observe passively." Bill Lamb from felt that the song was Gaga's top artistic achievement. Jill Menze of Billboard, while reviewing The Fame Ball Tour complimented Gaga's vocals on the song by saying "the fame-obsessed ballad 'Paparazzi' showed how adept she can be with her range." Alexis Petridis of The Guardian said that "You may quickly tire of hearing the album's theme constantly reiterated, but the tune of 'Paparazzi' takes up residence in your brain and refuses to budge." Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic, called the song clever and said that it "functions simultaneously as glorious pop trash and a wicked parody of it." Ben Norman of said that the song was one of his favorite three of the album and that it was amazing. The song has been critically acclaimed by music critics. Bill Lamb from concurred that "the song is a tribute of sorts to the symbiotic but ultimately fake and 'plastic' relationship between stars and their trailing paparazzi who, for better or worse, are there to document and, in a sense, create the stardom." ![]() To the Australian Daily Telegraph, Gaga explained that the song was also about struggling to balance success and love. It's a love song for the cameras, but it's also a love song about fame or love – can you have both, or can you only have one?" It's about the media whoring, if you will, watching ersatzes make fools of themselves to their station. The song is about a few different things – it's about my struggles, do I want fame or do I want love? It's also about wooing the paparazzi to fall in love with me. When Ron Slomowicz from referred to different interpretations of the single, Gaga responded: "Well I'm so glad there are a few different interpretations, that was the idea. Initially, "LoveGame" had been planned as the third single release in the United Kingdom, but it was decided that "Paparazzi" would be released instead because of the potentially controversial lyrics and music video of "LoveGame". It was released on Jin the United Kingdom and four days later in Australia. ![]() Written by Rob Fusari and Gaga, the song was the album's third single in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Italy, the fourth in Canada and the United States and the fifth in Australia, New Zealand and France. "Paparazzi" is a song by American recording artist Lady Gaga, released as the final single from her debut album, The Fame. My lashes are dry - purple teardrops I cry Yeah cause you're my rockstar in between the sets ![]()
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