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Dope (Lady Gaga song) - Wikipedia"Dope" is a song recorded by American singer Lady Gaga for her third studio album, Artpop (2. It was released on November 4, 2.

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Interscope Records as the second promotional single from the record, following "Venus". It was written by Gaga, Paul "DJ White Shadow" Blair, Dino Zisis, and Nick Monson and produced by Gaga and Rick Rubin. Following her hip surgery and cancellation of the Born This Way Ball tour, Gaga became addicted to drugs, which helped her get relief from the pain of surgery and also to cope with her sabbatical.

Dope" was written about this addiction and evolved from a song she had previously composed for her fans, about her confessions. It was added to Artpop because Gaga felt the album needed something more autobiographical.

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The song received positive reviews, with critics complimenting its simple production, the songwriting and Gaga's vocals. An electronic rocklament, in the vein of Irish folkballadrue, "Dope" is a bittersweet song centered on a dark theme. It has a minimal production and is only composed off Gaga's vocals sung in an intoxicated slur. Lyrically it talks about substance abuse and the yearning for a long lost love.

Previous to the release Gaga uploaded an image of herself on Instagram, wearing a snapback featuring the word DOPE. She also posted the song's lyrics there, triggering the social media website's concern. The artwork featured Gaga with a big blazer, her face covered with a hat and a grill that made her teeth appear larger. Media outlets found the picture to be "odd" and compared it to different horror films.

Gaga performed the song at the 2. You. Tube Music Awards, wearing a red shirt and playing the piano while crying. The performance in its musical aspect was praised for its emotional quotient. After its release, "Dope" reached the top of the music charts in Hungary and Spain, while attaining top- ten positions in Belgium, France, Greece, Italy and Luxembourg.

The streams from the You. Tube Music Awards performance helped the song become Gaga's 1. Billboard Hot 1. 00 reaching number eight, as well as her highest charting promotional single to date. Background and writing[edit]After Gaga suffered a labral tear of her right hip in February 2. Born This Way Ball tour, which she had embarked to promote her second studio album, Born This Way (2. She subsequently had to be on rest for the next six months. The singer later told Attitude magazine that she had a serious marijuana addiction during that time in order to bear the pain of the surgery.

I would break the habit and it would sneak back in, and I would break it and sneak back in," Gaga confessed, adding that her life had become a smoke- filled cycle: sleep, sing, smoke.[2] Having cancelled the tour and taken a sabbatical, Gaga started working on the songs for Artpop.[3]I was just numbing, numbing, numbing myself then sleeping it off, then getting on stage, killing it in pain, then getting off and smoking, smoking, smoking, not knowing what pain was. Fuck, if I know what hurts the most, you know?

I would break the habit and it would sneak back in and I would break it and sneak back in.—Gaga talking about her addiction to drugs.[3]Following her comeback with lead single "Applause" from the album, Gaga performed few songs from the record at the i. Tunes Festival in London in September 2. One of the songs, known as "I Wanna Be with You", was performed as an acoustic version on the festival; Gaga called it an ode to her fans and about how much she had missed them while recuperating from the surgery.[5][6] The song, later renamed to "Dope", was written by Gaga, Paul "DJ White Shadow" Blair, Dino Zisis and Nick Monson and produced by Gaga and Rick Rubin.[7][8][9] Described by Gaga as an electronic ballad, "Dope" was revealed to be "the evolution of a fan song that became a deep confession in me."[1. In an interview with Kiss FM (UK) Gaga said that "Dope" was the most personal song she had ever created.

Feeling that the album needed something more autobiographical and confessional and a song which would show her vulnerable side, Gaga worked with Rubin who let her do the song in the way she wanted and just assisted in recording it.[8] He had contacted Gaga for producing the track, while she was on her sabbatical; Gaga consulted with Paul "DJ White Shadow" Blair, her main producer for Artpop and then decided to enlist Rubin's help.[1. Dope' is actually about me battling all sorts of addiction since I was growing up", she explained to the interviewers.[8]Recording and composition[edit]A 2. Dope", where Gaga sings over a piano melody, in a minimal production. Her intoxicated, slur- like vocals are heard singing the lines, "I promise this drink is my last one / I know I fucked up again / Because I lost my only friend"Problems playing this file?

See media help."Dope" was recorded at Shangri- La Studios, Malibu, California, by Jason Lader, Ryan Hewitt and Sean Oakley, with Lader also working on the digital editing of the song and playing keyboards for it.[1. Bill Malina completed the additional recording for the track at CRC Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois with Steve Faye. The mixing for "Dope" was performed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Sound Studios, North Hollywood, California, with assistance from Chris Galland and Delbert Bowers, additional mixing being done by Andrew Scheps at Punker- Pad Mobile Studios.[1. Other instrumentation for "Dope" included piano by Gaga and Adam Mac. Watch Hope And Glory Dailymotion here. Dougall at keyboards.

Finally, Gene Grimaldi did the audio mastering at Oasis Mastering Studios in Burbank, California.[1. According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.

Dope" is set in the time signature of common time, with a moderate tempo of 6. It is composed in the key of E♭ major with Gaga's vocals spanning the tonal nodes of D3 to E♭5. The song follows a basic sequence of Cm–B♭–A♭–B♭–Cm–B♭ as its chord progression.[1.

According to Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine, "Dope" is an electronic rocklament, in the vein of Irish folkballadrue.[5]Rolling Stone said that "Dope" reveals a "dark mood" of Gaga as she plays the piano and utters the lyrics.[1. She begins the song with intoxicated, slur- like vocals and the lines, "I promise this drink is my last one / I know I fucked up again / Because I lost my only friend".[5] The composition and the musical elements associated with the track resembled Gaga's own song, "Hair", from Born This Way (2.