2009Released
3:57

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Interesting facts and trivia about Poker Face. By Songfacts®.

Lady Gaga told Fashionista101 that this tune is about the singer playing with guys as if she were a poker player. She explained: "The song speaks in reference to the poker game, 'Texas Hold Em.' So I said, 'I wanna hold him like they do in Texas, please.' So its basically saying like, I wanna hold that guy - I wanna be close to him." She later gave a different explanation. NBC's Access Hollywood reported that during a birthday concert at Palm Springs Convention Center, where the audience was mainly made up of gay men, Lady Gaga opened up about the meaning behind this song. To an enthusiastic crowd reaction, she suggested that it is about her personal experience with bisexuality, adding that the song is about being with a man but fantasizing about a woman; hence, the man must read her "Poker Face" to understand what is going through her mind.

The "Mum-mum-mum-ma" hook is sampled from Boney M's 1977 hit "Ma Baker."

This climbed into the Top 10 of the Hot 100, whilst Lady Gaga's debut single, "Just Dance," was positioned at #5. She thus became the first solo female lead artist to have her first two chart entries appear in the top 10 simultaneously, since Ciara achieved the same feat with "Goodies" and "1, 2 Step" in December 2004.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Poker Face.
EKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
119BPM

Album

The album Poker Face is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Poker Face.
Interscope
© 2009 UMG Recordings, Inc.
℗ 2009 UMG Recordings, Inc.

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