# Lady Gaga's Bad Romance: Which song does it sound like?

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![LBJ123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c37758/32.png) [@LBJ123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LBJ123)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-bad-romance-which-song-does-it-sound-like/526389/21 "2010-02-18T06:33:32Z")

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I am a longtime/occasional reader of TSD boards, but this finally prompted me to write. Of course, the pat answer is “everything else Lady Gaga sings”…which is not a diss on Her Ladyness, but homegirl has clearly found her sound and is sticking with it.

I did want to share a cover by an artist I work with…she _just_ recorded this yesterday, and when I saw this thread I had to laugh and repost. It’s her cover of “Bad Romance,” a singer-songwriter’s cover on an electropop song written by a singer - songwriter (very meta). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h\_dp9QnPzh0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_dp9QnPzh0) There’s no bling, there’s no freaky cats, there’s less rah-rah-rah-rah-rah, but I would actually be curious to hear what you all think of it.

And PS while I normally welcome any ELO references in my life I don’t really hear it. :smack:

Stay strong, stay straight doping -

LJ

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**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-bad-romance-which-song-does-it-sound-like/526389/22 "2010-02-18T06:47:08Z")

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> [@ReneeO](#):
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> Have a listen and see what you think…
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> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRvGZffXhfk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRvGZffXhfk)  
> :eek:

They really are very similar!

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**Author:** ![seniortri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f475e1/32.png) [@seniortri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seniortri)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-bad-romance-which-song-does-it-sound-like/526389/23 "2011-09-06T19:09:53Z")

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I know this thread is from awhile back, but the first time I heard “Bad Romance,” I knew it reminded me of something, and it was “Don’t Bring Me Down” by ELO. Completely agree!

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**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-bad-romance-which-song-does-it-sound-like/526389/24 "2011-09-06T20:42:21Z")

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> [@seniortri](#):
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> I know this thread is from awhile back, but the first time I heard “Bad Romance,” I knew it reminded me of something, and it was “Don’t Bring Me Down” by ELO. Completely agree!

I just opened this thread, and before getting to the OP’s mention of ELO, I thought of them too, though I’m not sure what song specifically.

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