Gaga criticism grows

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One Republic frontman and songwriter for hire Ryan Tedder has weighed in on the debate about Lady Gaga’s new single Born This Way, declaring the song a copy of Madonna’s Express Yourself.

The man who wrote Bleeding Love for Leona Lewis and Halo for Beyoncé – among many others – told The Hollywood Reporter: “[Born This Way] is Express Yourself.”

“Me and my wife drove around today and that song came on KISS-FM every hour on the hour,” he continued.

“We were singing Express Yourself over the melody! If I wrote Express Yourself and I heard that song, I would be calling my manager five minutes later… If Madonna’s not getting credit on it, then I would just say, be careful.”

However, Ryan also took into account that Born This Way could be sampling Madonna’s 1989 hit single.

“Maybe they credited Madonna, honestly,” he said. “It happens.

“There are a lot of successful hits out there where you read the liner notes and realise there’s a part of another song.”

Watch a comparison of the two songs below.

Are the similarities just a coincidence or has Gaga been a bad, bad girl?

Via Pop In Stereo.

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5 Comments

1. 

   Hello

   February 14, 2011 at 2:17 pm

   
   

   Gaga’s song does sound like Express Yourself. But also like a billion other songs. But seriously Ryan Tedder making the complaint? The same person who recycles almost the exact same formula in Beyonce’s ‘Halo’ and Kelly Clarkson’s ‘Already Gone’.
2. 

   harleywaybill

   February 14, 2011 at 2:24 pm

   
   

   They’re both big disco anthem/rave-ups with perfectly ordinary pop chord progressions by big voiced women with similar dialects and appealing to similar audiances, channeled through similar corporate filters. Why the hell shouldn’t they sort of sound alike? This “controversy” is inane, dippy, and ridiculous.
3. 

   never

   February 14, 2011 at 11:24 pm

   
   

   Lady Gaga is a Madonna stalker. She is obsessed with The Queen and her obsession is getting scary!
4. 

   catherine

   February 14, 2011 at 11:28 pm

   
   

   If your going to copy someone as iconic as Madonna do it better. But this song does not come close to Express Yourself. Lady Gaga is like Madonna’s ugly little sister who is jealous of her and trying to destroy her.
5. 

   Ryan

   January 16, 2012 at 5:02 pm

   
   

   Wasn’t this news last year when the song came out???

   Surely we have moved on from this…… no?

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