Lady Gaga Previews New Song, 'Living On The Radio'

Gaga previewed the piano ballad at a show in St. Paul on Monday night.By Gil Kaufman





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Lady Gaga gave her Little Monsters another sneak peek at her upcoming album on Monday night during a show in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she pulled back the cover on the song "Living on the Radio."

The gentle piano ballad has a nostalgic feel. In it, Gaga gives herself a kind of pep talk about fame and fortune, throws a loving shout out to her adoring fans and pats herself on the back for finally realizing her ambition of getting on the radio.
"Baby, you must be free/ Keep living on the radio/ That's your dream," sings Gaga, who at the age of 24 has already charted six #1 hits between her debut, The Fame, and its sequel, The Fame Monster, and has notched 25 million singles downloads and near-ubiquity on the radio over the past 18 months. "Baby, you've got a friend/ And so many little monsters/ Keep living on the radio/ And when there's nowhere to go/ And all your friends are gone/ And you've only got your daddy to call/ You're gonna be all right, honey/ Because your songs are on the radio."
In the classic tradition of the road tune, Gaga laments the loneliness of living out of a suitcase and lonely nights spent away from home. It helps that, in her case, she's traveling on a "road paved in gold," which clearly makes it a bit less of a drag. There are also nods to champagne, caviar and sold-out shows, which presumably make life on a tour bus that much easier to manage.
It's the second song from Gaga's still-untitled album, which the singer has been previewing during her Monster Ball Tour. She has also performed the new song "You and I," which she debuted in late June at Elton John's White Tie and Tiara ball. It's unknown if either song will make the cut on the disc, which Gaga has described as "utter liberation" and frequent Gaga producer RedOne said will be "shocking."
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