# Lady Gaga's Bad Romance: Which song does it sound like? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 25, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-bad-romance-which-song-does-it-sound-like/526389 "2010-01-25T18:23:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-bad-romance-which-song-does-it-sound-like/526389/1 "2010-01-25T18:23:46Z")
I recently heard Lady Gaga’s [“Bad Romance”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrO4YZeyl0I) and I can’t stop thinking about what song it reminds me of. In particular the chorus: I want your loving And I want your revenge You and me could write a bad romance I want your loving All your love is revenge You and me could write a bad romance Does anyone have any insight as to which song, if any, it sounds like? It’s of course possible that it doesn’t sound like any song in particular. Some songs just have that “heard it before” feeling to them, even upon first hearing. BTW, I did find an analogue for another part of the song: The part ([at 0:53](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrO4YZeyl0I#t=0m53s)) where she says I want your love Love-love-love I want your love sounds [like 0:22](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T61cpqDDn1E#t=0m22s) of Electric Light Orchestra’s Don’t Bring Me Down, where they say Don’t bring me down No, no, no, no, no Any ideas on songs similar to the chorus? ---
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-bad-romance-which-song-does-it-sound-like/526389/2 "2010-01-25T20:13:53Z")
I’m wondering, does nobody think the song sounds like something else, or can nobody think of what the other song might be? ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-bad-romance-which-song-does-it-sound-like/526389/3 "2010-01-25T22:12:00Z")
I think I know what you mean. What seems to come to mind for me is the melody of some jingle from a TV commercial, but I can’t remember what company. Really seems like Walmart or Sears or Lowe’s or someplace like that but I can’t find it. ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-bad-romance-which-song-does-it-sound-like/526389/4 "2010-01-25T22:28:49Z")
THE HOME DEPOT JINGLE!!! I couldn’t find the actual version (there’s actually a link on their website to an .mp3, but it’s dead), so here’s [some guy playing it on the piano](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUwG_8ddVws&feature=related). To me, there’s a phrase in there that’s similar enough, this jingle pops into my head whenever I hear that chorus. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-bad-romance-which-song-does-it-sound-like/526389/5 "2010-01-25T22:35:34Z")
The overall feel of it (or maybe it’s just the beginning) kind of reminds me of Annie Lennox’s Walking on Glass but I don’t think that’s what you’re thinking of considering you were asking about the “You and me could write a bad romance” part and that part doesn’t sound all that like it. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-bad-romance-which-song-does-it-sound-like/526389/6 "2010-01-25T22:36:42Z")
I think it sounds a lot like her Paparazzi song. ---
**Author:** ![Lottie\_D\_Urberville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a5b964/32.png) [@Lottie\_D\_Urberville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lottie_D_Urberville)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-bad-romance-which-song-does-it-sound-like/526389/7 "2010-01-25T22:40:47Z")
I always think it sounds like “Do you miss me?” by Jocelyn Enriquez ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-bad-romance-which-song-does-it-sound-like/526389/8 "2010-01-26T00:09:07Z")
Ok this has been bugging me all night - Then it clicked - I think I have my answer - check this out about 30 secs in Freedom by Wham [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa3lFpFBa-o) ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-bad-romance-which-song-does-it-sound-like/526389/9 "2010-01-26T00:42:21Z")
There are a few pop songs that bug me because they sound so much like another song. [You Raise Me Up](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VqRlO3wa1A&feature=related) is uncomfortable to listen to because the chorus sounds so much like [Wind Beneath My Wings](Wind Beneath My Wings). It’s like someone is singing the latter, but they’re not singing it right and it doesn’t resolve. [Before He Cheats](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaSy8yy-mr8) reminds of something during the verse, but I’m not sure what. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-bad-romance-which-song-does-it-sound-like/526389/10 "2010-01-26T00:49:59Z")
“She’s So Fine” by the Chiffons? ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-bad-romance-which-song-does-it-sound-like/526389/11 "2010-01-26T05:04:38Z")
I"m somewhat reminded of Transvision Vamp’s [I want your love](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1m2k1_transvision-vamp-i-want-your-love_music) - but perhaps it’s just the lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-bad-romance-which-song-does-it-sound-like/526389/12 "2010-01-26T05:56:08Z")
Sounds like ABBA meets ABC. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-bad-romance-which-song-does-it-sound-like/526389/13 "2010-01-26T06:19:18Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > Sounds like ABBA meets ABC. So it sounds like “Abacab”? ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-bad-romance-which-song-does-it-sound-like/526389/14 "2010-01-26T06:21:23Z")
… I can think of worse songs to have stuck in my head the rest of the night, but if I wake UP with it still there, I’mma have to hurt you. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-bad-romance-which-song-does-it-sound-like/526389/15 "2010-01-26T06:23:08Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > Sounds like ABBA meets ABC. > [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > So it sounds like “Abacab”? I liked _Invisible Touch_ better. ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-bad-romance-which-song-does-it-sound-like/526389/16 "2010-01-26T17:40:10Z")
This won’t be the one the OP is looking for but it reminds me of Boney M’s [Rasputin](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmjdZKfumEI). It’s the “ra ra ra” thing. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-bad-romance-which-song-does-it-sound-like/526389/17 "2010-01-26T17:46:57Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > “She’s So Fine” by the Chiffons? I was thinking more of “My Sweet Lord” by George Harrison… ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-bad-romance-which-song-does-it-sound-like/526389/18 "2010-01-26T17:48:57Z")
> [@PookahMacPhellimey](#): > > This won’t be the one the OP is looking for but it reminds me of Boney M’s [Rasputin](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmjdZKfumEI). It’s the “ra ra ra” thing. This is off topic but that’s a really cute video. It kind of reminds me of the Moscow video (one of the videos for the Eurovision contest)…with the sort of hokey 70s costumes and choreography. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-bad-romance-which-song-does-it-sound-like/526389/19 "2010-01-26T21:12:16Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > I was thinking more of “My Sweet Lord” by George Harrison… I saw what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![ReneeO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@ReneeO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReneeO)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-bad-romance-which-song-does-it-sound-like/526389/20 "2010-02-02T15:31:40Z")
Have a listen and see what you think… [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IRvGZffXhfk/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-AoACoAKKAgwIABABGEEgYyhlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLCid0UZlpzTBjT0JvKMpbGp36Mmsw "ATC - All Around The World (la la la la la la la la)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRvGZffXhfk) :eek: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-bad-romance-which-song-does-it-sound-like/526389.md?page=2)