Telephone
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
 At eleven, she was accepted to Julliard of
Manhattan
 Signed with Def Jam Records, dropped her
contract after a few months
 Worked at Interscope Records
 She was a songwriter for bands and artists such
as Brittney Spears, The Pussy Cat Dolls, Fergie
and other popular artists
 Inspirations: Michael Jackson, David Bowie,
Queen, Madonna and Brittney Spears
 How she gained her stage name was from
Queen’s song, “Radio Ga Ga.”

 Featured
on her The Fame Monster album
 Song was written for Brittney Spears, but it
was rejected
 Big hit all over the world, and it sold 7.4
million copies
 “The main inspiration of the song was Gaga's
fear of not being able to enjoy herself
because of her dedication to her career;
hence the lyrics portray the singer as
preferring the dance floor, rather than
answering her lover's phone calls.”
 Genre: Electropop
Time
Text
00:00-00:06
00:007-00:22
Hello, hello, baby;
You called, I can't
hear a thing. I have
got no service in
the club, you see,
see… Wha-WhaWhat did you say?
Oh, you're breaking
up on me… Sorry, I
cannot hear you,
I'm kinda busy.
Musical Elements
Instrumentation
Introduction
Synthesized
dulcimer or sitar
-Lady Gaga sings
-Word painting
-Some echoing
-First Verse
-Duple
-Polyphonic
-Synthesized
dulcimer or sitar
still playing in
background
-Softly playing
-Vocals
Time
Text
Musical Elements
Instrumentation
00:23-00:31
K-kinda busy K-kinda
busy Sorry, I cannot hear
you, I'm kinda busy.
-Bridge one
Word painting
-Duple
-Lady Gaga’s voice
duplicated into two
layers of vocals
-homophonic
-Vocals
- Synthesized techno
sound
00:32-00:46
Just a second,
it's my favorite song
they're gonna play
And I cannot text
you with a drink in
my hand, eh… You
shoulda made some
plans with me, you
knew that I was
free. And now you
won't stop calling
me;
I'm kinda busy.
-Verse two
-Duple
-Lady Gaga singing
-homophonic
-Vocals
-Synthesized techno
sound
Time
00:47-01:02
01:04-01:17
Text
Stop callin', stop
callin',
I don't wanna think
anymore!I left my
hand and my heart
on the dance floor.
Stop callin', stop
callin',
I don't wanna talk
anymore! I left my
hand and my heart
on the dance floor.
Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh,
eh, eh, eh, eh… Stop
telephonin' me! Eh,
eh, eh, eh, eh, eh,
eh, eh, eh…I'm
busy!
Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh,
eh, eh, eh, eh… Stop
telephonin' me! Eh,
eh, eh, eh, eh, eh,
eh, eh, eh…
Musical Elements
-Duple
-Lady Gaga singing
-Crescendo
-Bridge two
-Homophonic
Instrumentation
-Vocals
-Synthesized techno
sound
-Duple
-Lady Gaga’s voice
stacked
-Homophonic
-Bridge three
Vocals
Synthesized techno
sound
Time
01:18-01:33
01:34-01:50
Text
Can call all you want,
but there's no one
home, and you're not
gonna reach my
telephone!
Out in the club, and
I'm sippin' that bub,
and you're not gonna
reach my telephone!
Call when you want,
but there's no one
home, and you're not
gonna reach my
telephone! Out in the
club, and I'm sippin'
that bub,and you're
not gonna reach my
telephone!
Boy, the way you
blowin' up my phone
won't make me leave
no faster. Put my coat
on faster, leave my
girls no faster. I
shoulda left my phone
at home, 'cause this is
a disaster! Callin' like a
collector - sorry, I
cannot answer!
Musical Elements
-Duple
-Lady Gaga’s voice stacked
-Soft harmony undertones
-Polyphonic
-Chorus
Instrumentation
-Vocals
-Synthesized techno sound
-Beyoncé’ enters and has a
solo
-Homophonic
-Bridge four
-Vocals
-Synthesized drums and
percussion
Time
Text
Musical Elements
Instrumentation
01:51-02:05
Not that I don't like
you, I'm just at a
party. And I am sick
and tired of my phone
r-ringing. Sometimes
I feel like I live in
Grand Central
Station.
Tonight I'm not takin'
no calls, 'cause I'll be
dancin'.
-Duple
-Verse three
-Homophonic and then
changes to polyphonic
Lady Gaga’s voice enters,
then fades when Beyonce
comes in, then they sing
together
-Vocals
-Synthesized strings
underneath
-synthesized techno beat
comes back
02:06-02:13
'Cause I'll be dancin'
'Cause I'll be dancin'
Tonight I'm not takin'
no calls, 'cause I'll be
dancin'!
-Duple
-Bridge 1 repeats
-Lady Gaga and Beyonce
come together with
different melodies
-Polyphonic
-Vocals
-Synthesized techno beat
Time
Text
Musical Elements
Instrumentation
02:14-02:44
Chorus repeats
Duple
-Lady Gaga’s voice
stacked
-Soft harmony
undertones
-Polyphonic
-Chorus
-Vocals
-Synthesized techno
sound
02:45-03:00
Bridge three repeats -Duple
-Lady Gaga’s voice
-second synthesized
voice echoing Gaga
-Polyphonic
-Vocals
-Synthesized techno
sound
Time
Text
Musical Elements
Instrumentation
03:01-:03:17
Chorus repeats
-Duple
-Polyphonic
-Second voice
embellishing Gaga’s
melody
-Vocals
-Synthesized techno
beat
03:18-03:32
Chorus
-Duple
-Vocals
-Different variations of -telephone sounds
the chorus
underneath
synthesized techno
beat
03:33-03:40
Answering machine
-Polyphonic
-Voices
-Synthesized dulcimer
or sitar comes back