Writers: Lady Gaga (aka Stefani Germanotta) and Jeppe Laursen
Producers: Lada Gaga, Jeppe Laursen, Fernando Garibay and DJ White Shadow
Genre: electro-pop and dance-pop song
Tempo: 120 beats per minute
Key: B major
Vocals span from F♯3 to F♯5.
Instruments: electronic guitar and drums, bass and guitar synth, synth strings and keys, some sound effects, lead and background vocals
Duration: 04:20
The song ends properly, without a fade out.
It was the 1000th number-one song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Born This Way Chords
Intro: F#, E, B, F#
Verses: F#, E, B, F# (four times)
Choruses: F#, E, B, F# (three times), F#, F#, E, B (twice)
Bridge: F#, F#, E, B (four times)
Structure
What is interesting about the structure of this song is that it starts with a spoken intro and ends with a spoken outro. Very few artists can get away with it but Lady Gaga has been an exception in all arenas. Between the the intro and the outro there are Verse 1 / Chorus / Verse 2 / Chorus / Bridge / Chorus. This is a typical popular format.
What is interesting about the structure of this song is that it starts with a spoken intro and ends with a spoken outro. Very few artists can get away with it but Lady Gaga has been an exception in all arenas. Between the the intro and the outro there are Verse 1 / Chorus / Verse 2 / Chorus / Bridge / Chorus. This is a typical popular format.
Melody
The melody of some of bridge and the outro is basically a variation of the chorus. There is a lot of dynamics in this song. The intro is quite intense then when the first verse starts, it becomes calmer. Then it becomes more intense again when the second part of the first verse starts. And you can find all this dynamics in the first quarter of the song. The transitions do a great job introducing the choruses.
The melody of some of bridge and the outro is basically a variation of the chorus. There is a lot of dynamics in this song. The intro is quite intense then when the first verse starts, it becomes calmer. Then it becomes more intense again when the second part of the first verse starts. And you can find all this dynamics in the first quarter of the song. The transitions do a great job introducing the choruses.
The title of the song is really good because it totally summarizes what the song is about. It also makes you think when you first hear it: "you were born what way? is this going to be about something positive or negative?" There is a lot of repetition in the lyrics. "Born This Way" is repeated 22 times! This is quite typical in contemporary popular songs, especially in mid-tempo and up-tempo numbers. The verses have an ABAB rhyme pattern. The number of the syllables range from 7 to 10 a line. Still they work really well, you don't feel like there is any inconsistency. The chorus is similar in this respect, the number of the syllables range from 5 to 7. The spoken intro and outro are very short. Born This Way is full of action and descriptive words which work great and really help us imagine a picture: "put my lipstick on", "subway kid"etc.
What Can We Learn From All This?
At the top of charts you can usually find romantic songs only.
Born This Way is about motivation and it shows this theme in a completely new and unique, bold way. You're more likely to get a cut with a song about love but this track proves that there are exceptions to the rule. Also, there is a lot of repetition in this song, which might look funny if you just read the lyrics. But when you're listening to the song you don't get bored of it. I guess it's party because of the great dynamic variety in this song.
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