54 synonyms of sour from the Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, plus 179 related words, definitions, and antonyms. Find another word for sour. Sour: to cause to change from. Put the poker face on, stare in the mirror, and give yourself silent commands – “poker face poker face poker face”. Do it a couple of times a day until muscle memory kicks in to help out. When the time comes, get your poker face in place beforehand and relax with the deep breaths mentioned above. 'Poker Face' is a song by American singer Lady Gaga from her debut studio album, The Fame (2008). It was released on September 26, 2008, as the album's second single. 'Poker Face' is a synth-pop song in the key of G ♯ minor, following in the footsteps of her previous single 'Just Dance', but with a darker musical tone.
Bisexuality is the main idea behind this song the song’s lyrics feature various sexual innuendos! It was a tribute by Gaga to her rock and roll boyfriends. During a birthday concert at Palm Springs Convention Center, Gaga talked about the meaning behind this song to an enthusiastic crowd mostly made up of gay men, she suggested that it is about her personal experience with bisexuality and 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. In an interview with the Daily Star, Gaga said: “It’s about a lot of different things. I gamble but I’ve also dated a lot of guys who are really into sex and booze and gambling, so I wanted to write a record my boyfriends would like too.” In another interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Gaga was asked about the meaning of the line “bluffin’ with my muffin”, she explained: “Obviously, it’s my pussy’s poker face! I took that line from another song I wrote but never released, called ‘Blueberry Kisses.’ It was about a girl singing to her boyfriend about how she wants him to go down on her, and I used the lyric. {singing} ‘Blueberry kisses, the muffin man misses them kisses’.” Gaga went on explaining more about ‘Poker face’ to Fashionista101, she explained that the song is about her playing with guys as if she was a poker player. She said: “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.” Producer RedOne wrote this song with Gaga, In an interview with Billboard Magazine, the Moroccan helmsman said that him and Gaga clicked as soon as they started working together, he said: “It happens so quick, we know each other, we’re good musically. We’re not over thinking. We just do what we feel right. Before you know it the song is pretty much done. I’m not saying that is the way it should be, but in this case that’s what happened, we wrote ‘Just Dance’ in one hour. Done. ‘Poker Face’? One hour. It just happened. Magic.”
Release Date: September 26, 2008
Songwriter/s: Stefani Germanotta – Nadir Khayat
Label: Streamline – KonLive
Chart Rankings: In the US, the song topped the Billboard Hot 100, Dance Club Songs, Dance/Mix Show Airplay and the Mainstream Top 40 charts. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified Diamond for sales over 7.5 million copies. In the UK, the song also topped the Official Charts and was certified Double Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales over 1.1 million copies. ‘Poker face’ was a huge success topping the charts in several countries around the world including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland. It was certified eight times Platinum in Canada, six times Platinum in Australia, Triple Platinum in Norway and Switzerland, Double Platinum in Denmark, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Spain and Sweden. In Austria, Belgium, Finland and Japan it was certified Platinum.
Artist’s age on Release Date: Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta known as Lady Gaga was 22 years old when she released this song.
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