Alejandro

Lady Gaga | Format: MP3 Download
From the Album The Fame Monster (Deluxe)

Product Details

• Original Release Date: November 23, 2009
• Release Date: November 23, 2009
• Label: Streamline/Interscope/KonLive/Cherrytree
• Copyright: (C) 2009 Interscope Records
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• Duration: 4:34 minutes
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• ASIN: B002X063LA
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,192 Paid in MP3 Songs (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Songs)

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3.0 out of 5 stars ABBA Did It Better:, February 11, 2012

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Charles Senescall (St. Paul, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alejandro (MP3 Download)

You should have just titled this one, "contractual obligation," Gaga. Seriously, what's the difference? You had X amount of minutes to fill with the label demanding a between-album shelf-filler, and you needed something tossed together quickly -- hey, I understand -- but, JAYSUS... at least TRY and disguise things a bit better next time, okay? Don't be so blatant.

Alejandro sounds like a throw-away from an old Ace Of Base album -- and by that I mean something (!!!) actually not good enough to have made it onto an Ace Of Base album (!!!). What was the seed here, Gaga... was it I SAW THE SIGN...?!! Good God. ABBA could have done this -- in fact, I think they actually DID do this. (!) I note the clever use of the word "Fernando" within the song -- that's almost an inside joke, right there (for those of you who don't get it, Fernando was the title of an old ABBA single (and if ABBA's version was in B-minor, then Gaga didn't even bother with a transposition)). It might not be a direct ABBA rip, but hey... it's a wink, and I definitely get the joke. Let's hope ABBA's lawyer's are tone-deaf, at least until the 1970's-era copyright runs out.

Look, Gaga: stop this garbage. Tell the record company next time that you're simply not ready to drop the album. They'll understand. You're lucky you got a Top 10 single out of what would have been, for most acts -- as they call these things in tennis -- an UNFORCED ERROR. You won't get this lucky twice force-feeding the product, and YOU KNOW IT. Fill the product pipeline with a live unit, or maybe a re-mix collection (it's probably too early to do a greatest hits) but for crying out loud, STOP THE RECYCLING OF RANDOM OLD SLUDGE FROM YESTERDAY-RADIO.

3 stars, just because I'm feeling generous.

ABBA did it better -- and Ace of Base probably would have done it better, as well.

'nuff said.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Incredible!!, July 16, 2010

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Jet (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alejandro (MP3 Download)

Great song!!!

I love the lyrics, how you're so afraid to love that even if you can't resist to be with that person you still tell them no. And how Alejandro tries to fight through that since Lady Gaga's past lovers Fernando and Roberto who hurt her and made her terrified to ever have a physical and emotional relationship with someone.

The beat is amazing and Lady Gaga sounds sublime as well

Overall a great single and a dark breezy tune for summer!
Way superior than Katy Perry's vapid California Gurls,
Which was mindless pop music at it's best.

Lady Gaga rocked this song!
Amazing!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Candy for your ears!, June 18, 2010

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ChibiNeko "Sooo many books, so little time!" (Whereever I go, here I am.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alejandro (MP3 Download)

While this song isn't the best top ten hit I've seen Lady Gaga do, it is still a fun listen. It's like listening to candy in an audio format, with how catchy the song's chorus is. It isn't going to replace "Paparazzi" as my favorite Gaga song, but this one is up there.

The lyrics are a little strange & I'm not entirely sure of the song's meaning, so if you are wondering if it is a very deep song then I'm really unable to answer it for you. What I can say is that the song seems to be something a little different for every listener- some believe it is about a girl singing for her bisexual lover while others think it might be a religious or self-affirming song.