G.U.Y.
Lady Gaga | Artist Essentials
First released: 2013 (year verified)
Original 2013 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The firm electronic bass and interlocking vocal layers reward a closer rhythmic listen.
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Release evidence and recording details
First released: 2013 (year verified)
The original recording is documented in the 2013 release history of ARTPOP. Only year precision is assigned; later singles, charts, remasters and live versions do not establish its first release.
Recording: Original 2013 studio recording
Credit: Lady Gaga
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: ARTPOP
ARTPOP - original selected recording metadata
Applause and G.U.Y. retain their 2013 original release history. The original G.U.Y. recording predates its later video and single campaign. No claim is made that the current reduced program contains every original album track. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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These are listening-list appearances, separate from the first-release date.
About Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga is the recording name of Stefani Germanotta, whose early work developed around New York's club scene. Her 2008 debut The Fame established a catalog of theatrical dance-pop, followed by the darker textures of The Fame Monster and Born This Way. Joanne and A Star Is Born give piano, band arrangements and sustained vocal performances more room. Later records return to electronic dance settings while retaining collaborations with singers including Ariana Grande and Bruno Mars.
Artist background sources
The Fame - original Interscope program and song dates
Original 2008 program and recording metadata identify Just Dance with Colby O'Donis, Poker Face, LoveGame and Paparazzi. The 2014 copyright/package line is not an original release year. The accompanying artist history identifies Stefani Germanotta and the New York club background. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Born This Way - original Interscope album and singles
Original 2011 album program, with earlier 2011 title, Judas and Edge of Glory single dates. You and I uses the original studio recording; current remaster and remix packages do not date the songs. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Joanne - original Interscope album program
The original 2016 program identifies Million Reasons and Perfect Illusion; preceding singles are within the same year. Later piano, video and live versions are not substituted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
A Star Is Born - original soundtrack program
Original 2018 soundtrack identifies Shallow and Always Remember Us This Way; Shallow retains its preceding September single date. The soundtrack duet is selected, not a later awards-show performance or a wholly studio-only claim about film production. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Chromatica - original Interscope album and artist interview
Original 2020 program with Stupid Love and Rain on Me, the latter explicitly discussed with Ariana Grande. Both retain pre-album single dates within 2020. Later Dawn of Chromatica remixes are not selected. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Die with a Smile - original Gaga and Bruno Mars recording
The original duet credits Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars together and retains its August 2024 song date within the later MAYHEM album. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-18. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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