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{{infobox song
  
{{infobox song
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|image = Image:Unreleased.png
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| name = Hollywood
  
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|artist = Stefani Germanotta Band
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| image = Image:Unreleased.png
  
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|written = [[Lady Gaga]]
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| artist = Stefani
  
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| written = [[Lady GaGa]]
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|producer = [[Joe Vulpis]]
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|time = 3:55 (The Bitter End)<br>3:21 (The Cutting Room)<br>3:13 (Studio Version)
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| producer =
 
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|name = Hollywood
 
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}}
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"'''Hollywood'''" is a song written in 2005 by [[Lady Gaga]], and produced by [[Joe Vulpis]]. The song was never released on any platform. The first time she performed the song was with her band ([[SGBand]]), at [[The Bitter End]] on [[20 January|January 20]], [[2005-2007#2006|2006]]. They played the song along side "[[D'yer Mak'er (song)|D'yer Mak'er]]". It was performed a second time for the Songwriters Hall of Fame Presents: The 57th New Writers Showcase, along with many other artists. The song was performed again at the [[Cutting Room]] on [[23 March|March 23]], [[2005-2007#2006|2006]]. It is the only song from this era that's registered on BMI. <!--The studio version leaked online on March 25, 2018.-->
   
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==Background==
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'''Hollywood''' is a song written by Lady Gaga in 2005. She played the song live at least twice in 2006. The first time with her band ([[SGBand]]) at [[The Bitter End]] on January 20 and the other for the Songwriters Hall of Fame Presents: The 57th New Writers Showcase along with many other artists. Hollywood is the only song from this era to be registred on BMI.
 
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According to [[Joe Vulpis]], he was on a ski trip to Utah when he got a phone call from Gaga telling him that she had just landed her first big record appointment with [[Island Def Jam]].
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:"''The 'Hollywood' creative process was pretty amazing cause I think she wrote the song relatively quick. I mean we just came in literally at like midnight after flying in from Utah. I still had my ski jacket on, my skis on my shoulders. 'All right, let's go to work!' And I think we went to work for about fourteen hours straight and we tracked the band until just about everybody passed out. And the creative process was great, we just blasted it down live take-live take-live take until we hit the magic wand. It was a lot of fun, and I don't think we ever lost, you know, we never realized what time it was. We went effortlessly, timelessly-it was a fun process, that track.''"
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==Performances==
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<verbatim>Tabs</verbatim>
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{| class="table table-condensed" style="width: 620px;"
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! style="width: 110px;"|Dates
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! style="width: 230px;"|Location
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! style="width: 120px;"|City
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<div style="overflow: auto; height: 290px;">
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{| class="table table-condensed" style="width: 620px;"
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|colspan="4" align="center"|[[2005-2007|2005]]
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|-
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|align="left"|[[17 December|Dec 17]]
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|align="left"|[[The Lion's Den]]
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|align="left"|New York, NY
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Us.png|link=United States]]
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|-
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|colspan="4" align="center"|[[2005-2007|2006]]
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|-
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|align="left"|[[20 January|Jan 20]]
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|align="left"|[[The Bitter End]]
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|rowspan="2" align="left"|New York, NY
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|rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Us.png|link=United States]]
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|-
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|align="left"|[[23 March|Mar 23]]
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|align="left"|[[Cutting Room]]
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|}
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</tabber>
   
 
==Lyrics==
  
==Lyrics==
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===The Bitter End version===
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<poem>
  
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{{Scroll box
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Listen,
  
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|content=<poem>
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I've got a secret ambition
  
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Listen, I've got the sickest ambition.
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Deep in the mirror I am scared,
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Don't know who the hell is there.
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Yeah, I'm losing my reflection.
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Obsession
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The thing it's our new religion.
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Each model and celebrity
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Changes how I look at me.
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Oh, don't tell me, don't tell me
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I'll never be
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A superstar 'cause I know I could
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Look like a girl in Hollywood.
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Hollywood, Hollywood
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In Hollywood, In Hollywood
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Women, let's talk about our condition.
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How beauty's a commodity,
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Women don't get the best things,
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Battered liver though, with poison.
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I am the bill.
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In the world without me, this vision.
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Sure Hollywood's commercially amorous
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But naturally, me? Quite ugly as hell.
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Tell me I'm not sixteen!
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Like a superstar, yeah I know I could
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Look like a girl in Hollywood.
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Hollywood, Hollywood
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Hollywood, Hollywood
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Within a year I know I could
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Look like a girl in Hollywood.
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Like a superstar, yeah I know I could
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Look like a girl in Hollywood.
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Within the year I know I could
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Look like a girl in Hollywood.
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Like superstars, yeah I know I could
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Look like a girl in Hollywood.
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In Hollywood, Hollywood
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Hollywood, HollywoodLike a superstar,
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Yeah I know I could.
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Look like a girl in Hollywood.
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Within the year I know I could
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Look like a girl in Hollywood.
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Like superstars, yeah I know I could
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Look like a girl in Hollywood.
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In Hollywood, Hollywood
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Hollywood, Hollywood
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</poem>
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}}
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===The Cutting Room version===
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{{Scroll box
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|content=<poem>
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Listen
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I've got the sickest ambition
 
Deep in the mirror I am scared
  
Deep in the mirror I am scared
 
Don't know who the hell is there
  
Don't know who the hell is there
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Yeah, I'm losing my reflection, obsession
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Yeah, I'm losing my reflection
   
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Obsession
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Stop baby it's on you ...
  
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You'd think it's our new religion
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Each model and celebrity
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Changes how I look at me
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Oh don't tell me, don't tell me I'll never be
   
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A superstar 'cause I know I could look
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I'm a celebrity ...
  
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Llike a girl in Hollywoo-hood
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Changing how I look at me
  
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Hollywoo-hood, Hollywoo-hood
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Oh, Oh
  
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Hollywoo-hood, Hollywoo-hood
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Don't tell me,
  
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Don't tell me I'll never be
  
   
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Women
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Don't pretend
  
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Let's talk about our condition
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I know I could,
  
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Now beauty's a commodity
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I could grow in Hollywood,
 
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Nip and tuck your fantasy
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Hollywood, Holly-wo-od,
  
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But you better live with your revision
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Holly-wo-od, Holly-wo-od
  
   
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I have a vision
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...
  
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It's a world without the incisions
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Let's talk about my...
  
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Sure Hollywood's commercially
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...
  
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Glamorous but naturally's
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The way to be and you can't tell me I'm not sexy
   
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Like a superstar 'cause I know I could look
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Sure Hollywood is ...
  
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Llike a girl in Hollywoo-hood
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naturally...
  
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Hollywoo-hood, Hollywoo-hood
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Hollywoo-hood, Hollywoo-hood
   
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Woo-hood, Hollywoo-hood
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Don't pretent I'm ...
  
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Hollywoo-hood
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A superstar, I know I could
  
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I could grow in Hollywood,
 
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Hollywood, Holly-wo-od,
  
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Holly-wo-od, Holly-wo-od
  
   
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''Come on, clap it out with me guys''
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...
  
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A girl in Hollywood
  
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...
  
   
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Oh, within a year I know I could
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Hollywood,Hollywood,
  
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Oh, look like a girl in Hollywood
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Holly-wo-od, Holly-wo-od
  
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Oh, a superstar, yeah I know I could
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Holly-wo-od, Holly-wo-od
  
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Look like a girl in Hollywoo-hood
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Hollywood, Hollywoo-hood
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Hollywoo-hood, Hollywoo-hood
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Hollywoo-hood
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Woo-hood, Hollywoo-hood
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Hollywoo-hood, yeah
 
</poem>
  
</poem>
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}}
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===Studio Version===
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{{Scroll box
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|content = <poem>
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Listen
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I've got the sickest ambition
  +
Deep in the mirror I am scared
  +
Don't know who the hell is there
  +
Yeah, I'm losing my reflection
  +
  +
Obsession
  +
It's the thing, it's our new religion
  +
Each model and celebrity
  +
Changes how I look at me
  +
Oh, don't tell me, don't tell me
  +
I'll never be
  +
  +
A superstar 'cause I know I could
  +
Look like a girl in Hollywood
  +
Hollywood, Hollywood
  +
In Hollywood, In Hollywood
  +
  +
Women
  +
Let's talk about our condition
  +
Now beauty's a commodity
  +
Nip and tuck your fantasy
  +
But your better live with your revisions
  +
  +
I have a vision
  +
It's a world without these decisions
  +
Sure Hollywood's commercially
  +
Glamorous but naturally's the way to be
  +
and you can't tell me I'm not sexy
  +
  +
I'm a superstar, And I know I could
  +
Look like a girl in Hollywood, Hollywood
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Hollywood
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Hollywood, Hollywood
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You know I could
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Hollywood, Hollywood
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  +
Oh within a year I know I could
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Oh look like a girl in Hollywood.
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Oh a superstar, yeah I know I could
  +
Look like a girl in Hollywood.
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I could
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Hollywood.
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Hollywood, Hollywood
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Hollywood, Hollywood yeah
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Hollywood, Hollywood
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Within the year I know I could
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Look like a girl in Hollywood
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Like superstars, yeah I know I could
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Look like a girl in Hollywood
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In Hollywood, Hollywood
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Hollywood, Hollywood}}
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</poem>
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}}
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==Credits==
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'''Publishing'''
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{{Publishing|Gaga=1}}
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==Reference==
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*[http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=10161038&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID BMI | Repertoire]
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{{SGBand}}
 
[[Category:Songs]]
  
[[Category:Songs]]
 
[[Category:Unreleased songs]]
  
[[Category:Unreleased songs]]
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[[Category:SGBand]]
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[[Category:SGBand songs]]
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[[Category:Songs performed live]]

Revision as of 05:53, 18 March 2020

"Hollywood" is a song written in 2005 by Lady Gaga, and produced by Joe Vulpis. The song was never released on any platform. The first time she performed the song was with her band (SGBand), at The Bitter End on January 20, 2006. They played the song along side "D'yer Mak'er". It was performed a second time for the Songwriters Hall of Fame Presents: The 57th New Writers Showcase, along with many other artists. The song was performed again at the Cutting Room on March 23, 2006. It is the only song from this era that's registered on BMI.

Background

According to Joe Vulpis, he was on a ski trip to Utah when he got a phone call from Gaga telling him that she had just landed her first big record appointment with Island Def Jam.

"The 'Hollywood' creative process was pretty amazing cause I think she wrote the song relatively quick. I mean we just came in literally at like midnight after flying in from Utah. I still had my ski jacket on, my skis on my shoulders. 'All right, let's go to work!' And I think we went to work for about fourteen hours straight and we tracked the band until just about everybody passed out. And the creative process was great, we just blasted it down live take-live take-live take until we hit the magic wand. It was a lot of fun, and I don't think we ever lost, you know, we never realized what time it was. We went effortlessly, timelessly-it was a fun process, that track."

Performances

Dates Location City Globe-green

Lyrics

The Bitter End version

Listen, I've got the sickest ambition.
Deep in the mirror I am scared,
Don't know who the hell is there.
Yeah, I'm losing my reflection.

Obsession

The thing it's our new religion.
Each model and celebrity
Changes how I look at me.
Oh, don't tell me, don't tell me
I'll never be

A superstar 'cause I know I could
Look like a girl in Hollywood.
Hollywood, Hollywood
In Hollywood, In Hollywood

Women, let's talk about our condition.
How beauty's a commodity,
Women don't get the best things,
Battered liver though, with poison.

I am the bill.
In the world without me, this vision.
Sure Hollywood's commercially amorous
But naturally, me? Quite ugly as hell.
Tell me I'm not sixteen!

Like a superstar, yeah I know I could
Look like a girl in Hollywood.
Hollywood, Hollywood
Hollywood, Hollywood

Within a year I know I could
Look like a girl in Hollywood.
Like a superstar, yeah I know I could
Look like a girl in Hollywood.

Within the year I know I could
Look like a girl in Hollywood.
Like superstars, yeah I know I could
Look like a girl in Hollywood.
In Hollywood, Hollywood
Hollywood, HollywoodLike a superstar,
Yeah I know I could.
Look like a girl in Hollywood.

Within the year I know I could
Look like a girl in Hollywood.
Like superstars, yeah I know I could
Look like a girl in Hollywood.
In Hollywood, Hollywood
Hollywood, Hollywood

The Cutting Room version

Listen
I've got the sickest ambition
Deep in the mirror I am scared
Don't know who the hell is there
Yeah, I'm losing my reflection

Obsession
You'd think it's our new religion
Each model and celebrity
Changes how I look at me
Oh don't tell me, don't tell me I'll never be

A superstar 'cause I know I could look
Llike a girl in Hollywoo-hood
Hollywoo-hood, Hollywoo-hood
Hollywoo-hood, Hollywoo-hood

Women
Let's talk about our condition
Now beauty's a commodity
Nip and tuck your fantasy
But you better live with your revision

I have a vision
It's a world without the incisions
Sure Hollywood's commercially
Glamorous but naturally's
The way to be and you can't tell me I'm not sexy

Like a superstar 'cause I know I could look
Llike a girl in Hollywoo-hood
Hollywoo-hood, Hollywoo-hood
Hollywoo-hood, Hollywoo-hood

Woo-hood, Hollywoo-hood
Hollywoo-hood

Come on, clap it out with me guys

Oh, within a year I know I could
Oh, look like a girl in Hollywood
Oh, a superstar, yeah I know I could
Look like a girl in Hollywoo-hood

Hollywood, Hollywoo-hood
Hollywoo-hood, Hollywoo-hood
Hollywoo-hood

Woo-hood, Hollywoo-hood
Hollywoo-hood, yeah

Studio Version

Listen
I've got the sickest ambition
Deep in the mirror I am scared
Don't know who the hell is there
Yeah, I'm losing my reflection

Obsession
It's the thing, it's our new religion
Each model and celebrity
Changes how I look at me
Oh, don't tell me, don't tell me
I'll never be

A superstar 'cause I know I could
Look like a girl in Hollywood
Hollywood, Hollywood
In Hollywood, In Hollywood

Women
Let's talk about our condition
Now beauty's a commodity
Nip and tuck your fantasy
But your better live with your revisions

I have a vision
It's a world without these decisions
Sure Hollywood's commercially
Glamorous but naturally's the way to be
and you can't tell me I'm not sexy

I'm a superstar, And I know I could
Look like a girl in Hollywood, Hollywood
Hollywood
Hollywood, Hollywood

You know I could
Hollywood, Hollywood

Oh within a year I know I could
Oh look like a girl in Hollywood.
Oh a superstar, yeah I know I could
Look like a girl in Hollywood.

I could
Hollywood.

Hollywood, Hollywood
Hollywood, Hollywood yeah
Hollywood, Hollywood

Within the year I know I could
Look like a girl in Hollywood
Like superstars, yeah I know I could
Look like a girl in Hollywood
In Hollywood, Hollywood
Hollywood, Hollywood}}

Credits

Publishing

  • Sony/ATV Songs LLC / House of Gaga Publishing LLC (BMI)

Reference

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