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The Fame (album)/Release

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The album was revealed to have a fall release early in 2008. However, the album was released earlier in select countries. The fall date was confirmed to be XYZ.

Title and artwork

The name of the album was revealed simultaneously with the release of "Just Dance" in April of 2008. The artwork was revealed on July 26, 2008 via her official website.

The photoshoot for the album cover took place on May 19, 2008 with photographer Warwick Saint. However, after a session with Pieter Henket in May, Gaga asked to use these photographs instead. The official album artwork for "The Fame" features Lady Gaga's face, with her Crystal Glasses and Disco Stick. Gaga explained that she wanted to portray the look of an already established artist, as she had been making music for a long time prior to her album release. The cover has been compared to an old Italian Vogue magazine from the 70s to 80s, and expresses the idea of bringing back the concept of fame.

Tracklist and release history

Don't forget... Many formats, digital, USB, vinyl and even a cellphone special card. Include the Japan pressing with the special cover + UK cardboard slipcase.

On September 4, 2008, Gaga revealed through the Haus of Gaga blog on her official website that she intended to have a different song replacing track eight on each different localized version: "Money Honey" on the Canadian version, "Starstruck" on the US version, and the European release, "Vanity". However, only the Canadian version followed the original schedule as "Starstruck" became track nine in the US and "Vanity" was exclusively released by the online music store, Rhapsody.

US and international edition

The revised edition includes an altered track listing and some minor artwork changes; the text "Lady Gaga" on the front cover is colored red for this version. Aside from artwork differences, "LoveGame" and "Money Honey" were slightly remixed. "Again Again" was removed, while "Starstruck", "Paper Gangsta", and "I Like It Rough" were all added. The iTunes Store has "Disco Heaven" as a bonus track.

No. Title Length
1. "Just Dance" (featuring Colby O'Donis) 4:01
2. "LoveGame"   3:35
3. "Paparazzi"   3:30
4. "Poker Face"   3:59
5. "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)"   2:55
6. "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich"   2:50
7. "The Fame"   3:35
8. "Money Honey"   2:52
9. "Starstruck" (featuring Space Cowboy and Flo Rida) 3:35
10. "Boys Boys Boys"   3:20
11. "Paper Gangsta"   4:23
12. "Brown Eyes"   4:05
13. "I Like It Rough"   3:22
14. "Summerboy"   4:14
Total length:
 54:19
US iTunes bonus track/International edition
No. Title Length
15. "Disco Heaven"   3:41
Total length:
 58:00
Indian bonus track (original pressing only)
No. Title Length
16. "Just Dance (Deewaan Remix)" (featuring Ash King, Lush, Wedis and Young Thoro) 4:17
Total length:
 58:36
Latin American edition
No. Title Length
16. "Again Again"   3:05
17. "Retro, Dance, Freak" (bonus track) 3:23
18. "Paparazzi" (Live Version) (bonus track) 4:20
slotMusic edition
No. Title Length
15. "Just Dance" (Live at the Cherrytree House) 2:04
16. "LoveGame" (Robots to Mars Remix) 3:12
17. "Just Dance" (Music video) 4:06
18. "Poker Face" (Behind the Scenes) 3:37

Release history

All countries except the UK, Ireland, Japan, and Canada received this edition of The Fame. A new Australian version was also released to replace the first one. The Taiwanese edition has a Chinese translation of the booklet and blue colored text on the cover. An edition for slotMusic1 was released along with a LP on vinyl2.

Region Date Catalog # Barcode
Us October 28, 2008 B0011805-02 602517891388
Globe-green September 6, 2008 0602517913974 602517913974
Th 2008 602517929647
Cn 2008 179 296-4 9787880941258
Us December 8, 2008 SDCM-14827-A571 619659055530
Us 2008 B0011805-01 2 602517854772

Canadian and original international edition

Lady Gaga mentioned that they rush-produced this edition due to the release date that was moved up sooner than planned. The booklet was slightly different than the other release with some different photos used and the misprints on some lyrics. For example, the chorus of "Poker Face" reads: "She's goy me like nobody" instead of "She's got me like nobody". The ending of "LoveGame" is different and the introduction on this version of "Money Honey" is longer than on other releases.

Track listing
No. Title Length
1. "Just Dance" (featuring Colby O'Donis) 4:02
2. "LoveGame"   3:31
3. "Paparazzi"   3:30
4. "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich"   2:53
5. "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)"   2:57
6. "Poker Face"   3:59
7. "The Fame"   3:43
8. "Money Honey"   3:06
9. "Again Again"   3:05
10. "Boys Boys Boys"   3:22
11. "Brown Eyes"   4:05
12. "Summerboy"   4:14
Total length:
 42:21
Canadian iTunes Store bonus track / International edition
No. Title Length
13. "I Like It Rough"   3:24

Release history

The Canadian release had a Jewel Box while the other release had a Super Jewel Box.

Region Date Catalog # Barcode
Ca August 19, 2008 0251766489 602517664890
Au Mx Ru My September 6, 2008 1781425 602517814257
Pl 2008 345283 602517903098

UK, Irish, and Japanese edition

A third version was released in Ireland and the UK on January 9 and 12, 2009, with a few further modifications to the track listing. Gaga explained that she wanted to include new track because some of her fans had already the album for over 5 months when it was released with a third and last tracklist change in the United Kingdom in January of 2009.

Track listing
No. TitleProducer(s) Length
1. "Just Dance" (featuring Colby O'Donis)RedOne 4:02
2. "LoveGame"  RedOne 3:39
3. "Paparazzi"  Fusari, Lady Gaga (co) 3:30
4. "Poker Face"  RedOne 3:59
5. "I Like It Rough"  Kierszenbaum 3:24
6. "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)"  Kierszenbaum 2:57
7. "Starstruck" (featuring Space Cowboy and Flo Rida)Kierszenbaum, Space Cowboy 3:39
8. "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich"  Fusari 2:53
9. "The Fame"  Kierszenbaum 3:43
10. "Money Honey"  RedOne 2:52
11. "Boys Boys Boys"  RedOne 3:22
12. "Paper Gangsta"  RedOne 4:25
13. "Brown Eyes"  Fusari, Lady Gaga (co) 4:05
14. "Summerboy"  Brian & Josh 4:14
15. "Disco Heaven"  Fusari 3:41
16. "Again Again"  Fusari 3:05
Total length:
 57:24
Germany bonus tracks – The Cherrytree Sessions
No. Title Length
16. "Poker Face" (Piano and Voice Version) 3:38
17. "Just Dance" (Stripped Down Version) 2:04
18. "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" (Electric Piano and Human Beat Box Version) 3:08
Total length:
 1:03:09
UK and Irish enhanced CD bonus track
No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
17. "LoveGame" (Space Cowboy Remix)Lady Gaga, RedOneRedOne, Space Cowboy 3:20
Total length:
 60:43
Japanese bonus track
No. TitleProducer(s) Length
17. "Retro, Dance, Freak"  Fusari 3:23
Japanese bonus DVD
No. Title Length
1. "Just Dance" (music video) 4:06
2. "Poker Face" (music video) 3:40
3. "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" (music video) 3:03
4. "LoveGame" (music video) 3:43
5. "Paparazzi" (music video) 7:43
6. "Just Dance" (making of the music video) 3:32
7. "Poker Face" (making of the music video) 3:37
8. "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" (making of the music video) 2:23
9. "LoveGame" (making of the music video) 3:37
10. "Paparazzi" (making of the music video) 2:31
Total length:
 35:58

Release history

Limited edition USB drive

This edition is a special 2 GB USB Key (about 700mb used for the content). The content include 24 mp3 tracks at 256 kbps CBR, 4 music videos ("Just Dance" to "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)"), some pictures (digital single covers and promotional photos) and a digital copy of The Fame booklet. The USB Key is 70 mm x 48.5mm and 11mm thick.


The Fame
Labels Streamline, Interscope, Cherrytree, Kon Live
Released July 7, 2009
Barcode 602527035529
Designer Irene Silva
Track listing
No. Title Length
1. "Just Dance" (featuring Colby O'Donis) 4:01
2. "LoveGame"   3:36
3. "Paparazzi"   3:28
4. "Poker Face"   3:57
5. "I Like It Rough"   3:22
6. "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)"   2:55
7. "Starstruck" (featuring Flo Rida and Space Cowboy) 3:37
8. "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich"   2:52
9. "The Fame"   3:42
10. "Money Honey"   2:50
11. "Boys Boys Boys"   3:20
12. "Paper Gangsta"   4:23
13. "Brown Eyes"   4:03
14. "Summerboy"   4:13
15. "Disco Heaven"   3:41
16. "Again Again"   3:06
17. "Poker Face" (Piano and Voice Version) 3:38
18. "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) (song)" (Pet Shop Boys Extended Remix) 6:30
19. "Just Dance" (Space Cowboy Remix) 3:43
20. "LoveGame" (Robots to Mars Remix)  
21. "Paparazzi" (Stuart Price Radio Edit) 3:31
22. "The Fame" (Glam As You Remix) 3:56
23. "Christmas Tree"   2:22
24. "Retro, Dance, Freak"   4:04
25. "Just Dance" (Music video) 4:08
26. "Poker Face" (Music video) 3:39
27. "LoveGame" (Music video) 3:43
28. "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" (Music video) 3:02

The Fame Monster

Used the 3rd version with 15 tracks + bonus for different countries

Originally intended to be a re-release of The Fame with eight additional tracks, Gaga and her record label announced that The Fame Monster would be a standalone album containing the eight new songs. The deluxe edition of the album contains The Fame in its entirety along with The Fame Monster.  Learn more

Booklet

The gallery below is a digital copy of the "Special Edition" booklet..

Along the songs lyrics, For A Moment by late Joanne Germanotta is printed.

Personnel

Liner notes

The Deluxe Edition of The Fame have altered liner notes, changes are in bold. Name with a * were removed in the new version.

I am sitting in a hotel room in Vietnam. Preparing to perform on the first ever American/Vietnamese broadcast since the war. It really is the perfect time to write.
There are so many people, places, and things that I need to thank for the success of this project. But before I begin, I need to say that each and every chemical moment of my life, every person I have spoken with, every street I have traveled, every museum, country, city, space or home that I have visited has been a profound instance and is mirrored, whether obviously or in some refracted way, in the work you see today. So if your name is not here, it is purely because this is the distilled version of my “thankyous.”

Thank You
Mom, Dad, Natali, Grandma Angelina, Grandma Ronnie, Granpa Paul, Grandpa Joe, Aunt Merle and Uncle Bobby, Aunt Sheri and Uncle Steve, Aunt Carol and Uncle Doug, Laura and Jenny

– I love you.

Thank you for teaching me the importance of family, and showing me the value of always sitting down to dinner together— and never taking a bite till everyone was present. And thank you to all the women in this family,for teaching me how to be one.


Bo, Arianne, and Tania. For being my only true friends


To my mentor Don Lawrence. You are the greatest and most gifted teacher I have ever had.Thank you for my voice, my work ethic, and my discipline.


Jimmy Iovine, Doug Morris, Vincent Herbert, Martin Kierszenbaum, Troy Carter, Leah “My Leg” Landon*, Jolene Cherry, RedOne, Akon, Rob Fusari, KNS Productions, Laurie-Ann Gibson and Richie, Melina, Devyne Stephens, Shawn Holiday, Johan Lindgren, Dyana Kass, Bobby Campbell, Brenda Romano, Troy Marshall, Steve Berman, David Cohen, Rand Hoffman, Max Hole, Jurgen Grebner, Tony Harlow, Matt LaMotte, Jennie Boddy, Jen Zeller, Jodi Gerson, Tomoko Itoki, Andrea Ruffalo, Erika Savage, Tom Land, Vicki Boyd, Nino Cuccinello, Juan Martinez, Garnett March, Greg Brooks, Guenael Geay (AKA Lady GG), Thorsten Koenig, Mark Cheatham, Gretchen Anderson, Faith Dillman, Lane Bentley, Jeremy Summers, Irene Silva, Clark Pardee, George Robertson, Space Cowboy, Aaron Bay-Schuck, E-Class, Jen O'Neil, Aimee Nadeau, Josh Feldman,Tamar Braxton, Big Jah, One-Feme aka Efe, Tony Seyler, Kerry Hickey, Staci Yamano, Chris Lopes, Enrique Ongpin, Nathalie Levey, Amina Elshahawi, Dave Tomberlin, Marty Diamond, Sara Ramaker, Nicole Ehrlich, Emma Banks, Angela Ciemny.


Thank you for believing in me, your support means the world to me.

To FlyLife: Carmen, Peter, and my dear Martha, I love you so much. You were the first heartbeat in this project, and your support and brilliance means the world to me. I will always fight for the gay community hand in hand with this incredible team.


To my previous bands: Mackin Pulsifer, SGBand, Lady Gaga & The Starlight Revue.


I would like to thank Andy Warhol, David Bowie, Prince, Madonna, and Chanel.


I would like to thank New York. I would like to thank Fashion.

And I would like to thank You: Haus of Gaga: L.G, L.L., M. "Dada" W., M. “D”. E, C. “C”. D, R. “Ninja”, Space Cowboy, S. “Kamikazee” M., David “Dark” C., A. “The Ornament" C., L.A.G.

Additional Thanks to: Beyonce, Rodney Jerkins, Teddy Riley, Fernando Garibay, Ron Fair, Hedi Slimane, Peter Savic,' Billy B, Nicola Formichetti, Francis Lawrence, Jonas Åkerlund, Gary Stiffelman, Jeff Gilman, Marvin Oblanca, Wendi, Asiel Hardison, Michael Silas, Ian McKenzie, TJ, Junko, Arleishia, Piers, Jaclyn, Scottie, Jimmy, Eric, Kenny, Marc Geiger, John Marx, Michele Bernstein, David Levy, Solomon Parker, Dave Wirtschafter

A poem for Joanne

For all the words you could not say
I promise they’ll be mine,

The one you meant to marry J
I promise I will find

And when your brother calls for me
I promise I will come,

Cause when I feel that I may break
You heart, it makes mine strong”

–Stefani Joanne Germanotta

Related releases

Title Globe-green Released
Vanity Vanity Ca September 23, 2008
Exclusively released in the online music store, Rhapsody.
Christmas Tree (feat Space Cowboy) Christmas Tree (feat. Space Cowboy) Globe-green December 16, 2008
Digital release only
The Cherrytree Sessions The Cherrytree Sessions Us February 3, 2009
1st pressing: Limited edition sold in store by Borders. Digital version available in the US/CA.

2nd pressing: The EP was re-released on August 3, 2010 in North America and Europe.

CA HM HitMixes Ca August 25, 2009
Limited remixes EP released in Canada only

Notes

  • Clean track listing / format..
  • Move more content and see how it impact the flow.
  • Faire une ligne vide de couleur pour expliquer le bonus dans le tableau plutôt que de les avoir séparer?
  • Ou garder tel que et trouver plus tard! ;)
No. Title Length
01. Just Dance (featuring Colby O'Donis) 4:01
02. LoveGame 3:33
03. Paparazzi 3:49
04. Poker Face 3:59
05. I Like It Rough 3:24
06. Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) 2:57
07. Starstruck (featuring Flo Rida and Space Cowboy) 3:39
08. Beautiful, Dirty, Rich 2:52
09. The Fame 3:42
10. Money Honey 2:50
11. Boys Boys Boys 3:22
12. Paper Gangsta 4:25
13. Brown Eyes 4:05
14. Summerboy 4:16
15. Disco Heaven (Bonus track) 3:41
16. Again Again (Bonus track) 3:05
17. Retro Dance Freak (Japan Bonus track) 3:23


Total length: 60:43
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