“Poker Face” by Lady Gaga

"Poker Face" was the second single from The Fame, Lady Gaga's 2008 debut, and the one that took her from promising to everywhere. She wrote it with its producer, RedOne, who also recorded it and sang backing vocals, and they cut it at the Record Plant in Hollywood; Robert Orton mixed. It's synth-pop and dance-pop in G-sharp minor, chasing "Just Dance" into darker territory, and it's about bisexuality, a nod to her rock and roll boyfriends, packed with sexual innuendo.

Critics went for the robotic hook and chorus, and so did everybody else: it went to number one across a long list of countries, the US and the UK among them, sold over 14 million copies and was the world's best-selling single of 2009. It won the Grammy for Best Dance Recording and drew nominations for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

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