"Telephone" is a song written and performed by Lady Gaga. It was released from her third extended play (EP) and second major release The Fame Monster (2009). The song, featuring American R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles, was written by Gaga and Rodney Jerkins. Inspired by her "Fear of Suffocation Monster", Gaga explained that the lyrics portray herself preferring the dance floor instead of answering her lover's phone call and noted that the telephone addressed in the lyrics of the song is, in reality, a person telling her to continue working harder. Musically, "Telephone" consists of an expanded bridge, verse-rap and an epilogue where the voice of an operator announces that the phone line is unreachable. Knowles appears in the middle of the song, singing the verses in a rapid-fire way, accompanied by double beats.
A critical success, most contemporary critics frequently noted "Telephone" as a stand-out track from The Fame Monster and it was Grammy-nominated for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals in 2011. "Telephone" charted in a number of countries due to digital sales following the album's release, namely in the United States, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden and Hungary. The song was particularly successful in Europe where it reached the top of the charts in Belgium, Denmark, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, the single sold 7.4 million digital copies worldwide in 2010.
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (/ˈstɛfəniː dʒʌrməˈnɑːtə/ STE-fə-nee jurr-mə-NAH-tə; born March 28, 1986), known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to focus on her musical career. She began performing in the rock music scene of Manhattan's Lower East Side, and was signed with Streamline Records by the end of 2007. During her employment as a songwriter for the record company, her vocal abilities captured the attention of recording artist Akon, who signed her to his label Kon Live Distribution.
Lady Gaga came to prominence as a recording artist following the release of her debut album The Fame (2008), which was a critical and commercial success that topped charts around the world and included the international number-one singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face". After embarking on the The Fame Ball Tour, she followed the album with The Fame Monster (2009), which spawned the worldwide hit singles "Bad Romance", "Telephone" and "Alejandro". The album's success allowed her to embark on the eighteen-month long Monster Ball Tour, which later became one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time. Her most recent album Born This Way (2011) topped the charts of most major markets and generated more international chart-topping singles, including "Born This Way", "Judas" and "The Edge of Glory". Besides her musical career, she involves herself with humanitarian causes and LGBT activism.
Woke up this morning I was all alone
Saw your picture by the telephone
I was missing you oh so bad
Wish I had you here to hold
All I've got is this touch-tone phone
So I guess I'll give you a call
Operator help me please
Get thru to my baby way overseas
Time's wastin' oh so fast
Hello baby tell me is that you
I don't know what we're gonna do
But for now I'm glad I got you on the line
Well it feels so fine
Knowing you're all right
But you're miles away
Lord it's not the same
Well I woke up this morning I was all alone
Saw your picture by the telephone
I've been missing you baby oh so bad
I love you baby with all my might
Come on home and squeeze me tight
Long distance lovin's
-Hello!
-Hello!
-Sittin' all alone like that
You happen to catch my eye
Would you like to buy a girl a drink?
-Sorry!
-Oh, goodbye!
-Hello!
-Hello!
-Table four is calling table nine, how are you, mister?
-I get fine!
-Sittin' all alone like that
You happen to catch my eye
Would you like to buy a girl a dance?
-Yeah! Wait up!
-Goodbye!
-Hello! -Hello! -Hello! -Hello!
-Table seven calling number three,
How are you, handsome?
-You mean me?
-We can see you, can you see us?
Would you like to have a dance?
The rhythm to the music's hot,
Maybe if we could talk it over here.
-Hot, close, why not?
-Alone, alone,
You shouldn't sit alone like that
Alone, alone,
Alone in a night like this
-Alone, alone,
You shouldn't sit alone like that
Alone, alone,
Alone in a night like this
-Yeah, look!
-Hello! -Hello! -Hello! -Hello! Etc.
-Table seven is calling number nine, how are you?...
-Table eight is calling number two, how are you?...
-Table five is calling number three, how are you?...
-Sittin' all alone like that
You happen to catch my eye
Would you like to buy a girl a drink?
Would you like to buy a man a drink?
Would you like to buy a boy a drink?
Will you?
Why not?
Goodbye!
I’m waiting here for you to call
But still don’t here the ring at all
And you promised me the use of the telephone
And now my seat is getting warm
And my drawing go to be a bore
And I’m feeling all alone
The dog is lazy, oh so sweet,
She lies there very peacefully
And she looks at me with eyes that say ‘Don’t panic
man’
She’ll call…
Well it’s Saturday and it rains outside
And Ben Folds helped me through the night
And doggie is waiting by the door for me
You didn’t call me yesterday,
maybe you’ve got the guts today,
Not that you are that important to me
The dog is lazy, oh so sweet,
She lies there very peacefully
And she looks at me with eyes that say ‘Don’t panic
man’
She’ll call…
You know, she will
I’m going out, have work to do
So I don’t have don’t have to think about
You obviously are different than I thought
You didn’t call me yesterday,
You didn’t call today
Well, that’s okay, I wouldn’t have a clue, just what to
And as I open up the door, to walk the dog, just slight
before,
The phone is ringing, my heart is pounding,
She called
To say I shouldn’t worry
Woke up this morning I was all alone saw your picture by the telephone
I was missing you oh so bad
Wish I had you here to hold all I've got is this touch-tone phone
So I guess I'll give you a call
Operator help me please get thru to my baby way overseas
Time's a wastin' oh so fast
Hello baby tell me is that you I don't know what we're gonna do
But for now I'm glad I got you on the line
Well it feels so fine knowing you're all right
But you're miles away lord it's not the same
Well I woke up this morning I was all alone saw your picture by the telephone
I've been missing you baby oh so bad
I love you baby with all my might come on home and squeeze me tight
Woke up this morning I was all alone saw your picture by the telephone
I was missing you oh so bad
Wish I had you here to hold all I've got is this touch-tone phone
So I guess I'll give you a call
Operator help me please get thru to my baby way overseas
Time's a wastin' oh so fast
Hello baby tell me is that you I don't know what we're gonna do
But for now I'm glad I got you on the line
Well it feels so fine knowing you're all right
But you're miles away lord it's not the same
Well I woke up this morning I was all alone saw your picture by the telephone
I've been missing you baby oh so bad
I love you baby with all my might come on home and squeeze me tight
Long distance lovin's gonna drive me out of my mind
Sitting with the homeless man gonna tell him I'm in jail
throw my baby away and leave me to the unknown place
even if I'm falling down I won't be restless all at once
you see I ain't got time to sit and wonder meanwhile
my lyrics don't mean a thing
It's just a telephone song for you
that's all that I can do
you telling me that I'm a fool, baby
hold myself again
I should have taken you home
I can't believe its over
it was too good
I'm gonna proof myself for sure
building my own door
instead of have this pretty floor
It's just a telephone song for you
it's all that I can do
you telling me that I'm a fool, baby
hold myself again
I should have taken you home
wont you hold myself again
I should have taken you home
and won't you hold myself again
Woke up this morning I was all alone saw your picture by the telephone
I was missing you oh so bad
Wish I had you here to hold all I've got is this touch-tone phone
So I guess I'll give you a call
Operator help me please get thru to my baby way overseas
Time's a wastin' oh so fast
Hello baby tell me is that you I don't know what we're gonna do
But for now I'm glad I got you on the line
Well it feels so fine knowing you're all right
But you're miles away lord it's not the same
Well I woke up this morning I was all alone saw your picture by the telephone
I've been missing you baby oh so bad
I love you baby with all my might come on home and squeeze me tight