Kyle Dowling has written for Penthouse Magazine, Playboy Magazine, The Atlantic, The Believer, Psychology Today, Splitsider, The Smoking Jacket, and Psychology Tomorrow, among others. He is also currently a producer on a scripted series in development. Word has it that he's a musician as well.
Kyle Dowling
Top 10 Lady Gaga Songs
It's a hard task to narrow down 10 of the best Lady Gaga songs, but we think we’ve done a pretty decent job. Gaga’s a unique megastar who has a talent for writing hits. With each tune that the risk taker releases, it gets more and more difficult to pick one that will stand strong as the top Lady Gaga song.
No. 1: ‘Bad Romance’
Coming in at No. 1 on our Top 10 Lady Gaga Songs list is the industrial-inspired, electro-pop gem 'Bad Romance.' This song off of 'The Fame Monster' is a hit from start to finish and has widely been praised as one of Gaga's most accomplished masterpieces...
No. 2: ‘The Edge of Glory’
Which is the better version: the acoustic or the album version? It’s hard to tell. The acoustic rendition is incredibly beautiful, showing Gaga’s true vocal talent. However, the album version has a couple of things the acoustic one does not: a rockin' beat and the late great Clarence Clemons...
No. 3: ‘Poker Face’
No Lady Gaga song list would be complete without the immensely successful and sexual innuendo-filled ‘Poker Face.’ The number had us all dancing our hearts out back in 2008 -- and in 2012, it still holds up strong as one of our favorite Lady Gaga tunes...
No. 4: ‘Born This Way’
Gaga has proclaimed that ‘Born This Way’ is her freedom song -- a song fighting out against hate and ridicule, claiming that each of us was born in a different way and that’s OK.
The electropop song was eaten up by critics and fans all across the globe...
No. 5: ‘You and I’
This single, which appears on Gaga's second full-length album 'Born This Way,' features a little known guitarist named Brian May. He used to be in this English band called Queen... We doubt you've heard of them though.
The song has a different feel from the usual Lady Gaga tune...
No. 6: ‘Telephone’ Feat. Beyonce
As if having one superstar involved in this epic tune isn't enough, Gaga decided to pull some strings and add another -- the one and only Beyonce Knowles.
Over a mix of deep, fuzzy synthesizers, chiming strings and crashing percussion, Gaga and Bey sing to their annoying significant others about laying off the phone calls when they're out with their girls...
No. 7: ‘Dance in the Dark’
This darker (no pun intended) Lady Gaga song can easily be seen as one of her most commanding songs, especially while being blasted throughout the speakers at dance clubs.
The ferocity of the haunting, synth-driven beat mixed with the powerful lyrics make 'Dance in the Dark' one of her most renowned tunes by fans and critics alike...
No. 8: ‘Paparazzi’
This song made our list for so many reasons: The catchy tune, the bizarrely entertaining video, the bluntly honest lyrics about "media whoring"... There are so many reasons to love this song.
For us, part of it is that we love hearing Gaga strike back at the paparazzi while simultaneously embracing them...
No. 9: ‘Just Dance’ Feat. Colby O’Donis
Having been released as the debut single by Lady Gaga, the R&B-flecked party jam 'Just Dance’ was our introduction to the phenomenon we now know.
Being a song about carefree excess, the video for 'Just Dance' is quite apropos, taking place at a wild social gathering filled with a disco balls, liquor, sex and of course, dancing.
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