# "You and I" in New Mexico \[Lady Gaga song\]
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-i-in-new-mexico-lady-gaga-song/603575
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 20, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-i-in-new-mexico-lady-gaga-song/603575 "2011-11-20T20:39:28Z")
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### Author:  [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-i-in-new-mexico-lady-gaga-song/603575/21 "2011-11-25T01:04:15Z")
I keep hearing the South Carolina version and let me tell you, cramming five syllables into a three syllable spot is just distractingly awkward.
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### Author:  [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-i-in-new-mexico-lady-gaga-song/603575/22 "2011-11-25T02:35:12Z")
> [@ZenBeam](#):
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> Wonder why Gaga only released 8 versions.
The article says that “there are 8 versions so far including New York, New Jersey, Minnesota, Florida, Texas, Cleveland, and California.” Note the “so far”, and also that there is no mention in that list of the New Mexico version that the OP refers to. I’d conclude that additional versions have been released since that article was published; presumably, L.G. is releasing them one at a time. Probably because she’s just one person. 😃
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### Author:  [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-i-in-new-mexico-lady-gaga-song/603575/23 "2011-11-25T02:59:43Z")
> [@elmwood](#):
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> Even the worst rock song ever, Starship’s _We Built This City_, was localized. The DJ announcing “It’s your favorite radio station in your favorite radio city, the city by the bay, the city that rocks, the city that never stops” was replaced by “It’s your favorite radio station in Buffalo, New York, the city by the lake, the city that rocks, the city that never stops”, voiced by Joey Reynolds, an iconic local DJ who was immensely popular in the 1950s and 1960s.
The customized version of _We Built This City_ that I remember had “New York City” dubbed into the chorus (I think) in the most incredibly amateurish way possible. I found it unbelievable that it was played on the radio.
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### Author:  [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-i-in-new-mexico-lady-gaga-song/603575/24 "2011-11-25T03:04:46Z")
Yes, here we hear it as “Alabama Alabama I love you!” and after reading the lyrics my friend called me to ask if se was having an auditory hallucination.
Since I heard the Alabama version first (and most often) it sounds jarring when I hear another version.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-i-in-new-mexico-lady-gaga-song/603575/25 "2011-11-26T02:41:29Z")
I’ve heard the “Cleveland” version of the song on two local stations already.
Something similar was done with Terri Clark’s “I Wanna Do It All”: [I Wanna Do It All - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Wanna_Do_It_All)
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