Do What U Want
Lady Gaga featuring R. Kelly
2014
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About Lady Gaga
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
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.
About R. Kelly
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
R. Kelly is an American R&B singer, songwriter and producer from Chicago. He sang in church and developed his performance skills at Kenwood Academy before recording with Public Announcement. His solo catalog includes 12 Play and the ballad I Believe I Can Fly from Space Jam. Later recordings such as Happy People and Step in the Name of Love continued his work in contemporary R&B.
Artist background sources
R. Kelly - Biography.com career biography
Chicago background, church singing, Kenwood Academy, Public Announcement, 12 Play and Space Jam. The article misstates some release/award years; those dates, accolades and unrelated legal history are not used. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
R. Kelly - Recording Academy artist record
Documented R&B performance and songwriting repertoire, including Happy People and Step in the Name of Love; no awards-year-to-release-year inference. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
Do What U Want by Lady Gaga featuring R. Kelly is included in the 2014 annual collection. The cited source identifies its annual or chart association. A documented songwriting inspiration has not been established for this record; this is chart context, not a creative-origin account.
Chart or collection context only
Billboard year-end 2014 table (Wikipedia transcription)
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Billboard year-end 2014 table (Wikipedia transcription)
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