Poker Face

"**Poker Face**" is a song by American singer-songwriter Lady Gaga. It was first released in 2008 in her debut album, *The Fame*. Later, it was released as the album's second single, after "Just Dance".

The song has been very successful worldwide, reaching #1 in over 20 countries, including the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and Germany.  It finished as the best-performing single of 2009 in the United Kingdom and the second-best performing in the US and Canada.  "Poker Face" has sold over 7.5 million copies in the United States as of February 2018. 

The song has won Gaga several awards, including Best Dance Recording at the Grammy Awards in 2010.  On November 30, 2015, the song was certified Diamond (10× Platinum) in the US for sales and streams equal to 10 million copies in that country alone.

In an interview with Barbara Walters, she said that this song is about dealing with bisexuality. The lyrics "Bluffin' with my muffin" are about her fantasizing about women when having sex with her boyfriend. In a Carpool Karaoke segment of *The Late Late Show with James Corden*, where Corden and Gaga sang several of her songs as they played on the radio, Gaga revealed that she wrote "Poker Face" in only ten minutes.

The post-chorus contains the lyrics, "P-p-p-poker face/F-f-fuck her face," with some radio stations and the US compilation album ''Now That's What I Call Music! 31'' (2009) censoring the second line to repeat the first.

Gaga has performed the song at all of her major concert tours, at her Super Bowl LI Halftime show, and at the Coachella Music Festival in April 2017, and at her Enigma/Jazz + Piano residency in Las Vegas.

## Background
"Poker Face" was written by Gaga and RedOne, while production was handled also by RedOne. 

During her Fame Ball Tour performance at Palm Springs, California, on April 11, 2009, Gaga explained to the crowd the true meaning behind the song. She said that the song is about bisexuality.

## Composition
"Poker Face" is a synth-pop song, and follows the footsteps of Gaga's song "Just Dance". 

## Music video 
The song's music video features Gaga at a resort performing choreography with dancers. Two Great Danes are shown at the beginning of the video.

On June 11, 2022, the music video passed one billion views on YouTube, becoming Gaga's third music video to reach this, after "Bad Romance" and "Shallow".

## Commercial performance
In the United States, the song first appeared at number 92 on the *Billboard* Hot 100 for the week of January 3, 2009. On the *Billboard* issue dated April 11, 2009, the song topped the chart. "Poker Face" also topped on both the Hot Dance Airplay and Hot Dance Club Play charts. 

In Canada, the song first appeared at number 41 on the Canadian Hot 100. On the chart dated December 13, 2008, "Poker Face" rose to the number one spot.

## Cover versions and adaptations
Actor Christopher Walken performed a special a cappella version of "Poker Face" on BBC1's *Friday Night with Jonathan Ross* for Halloween 2009. Rock band Faith No More covered the song live in 2009–10. Gaga reacted to their cover on Twitter in June 2009, saying she was a "huge fan" of the band.

The song was also in the *South Park* episode titled "Whale Whores", sung on *Rock Band* by series character Eric Cartman, with guitar by Kyle Broflovski and drums by Kenny McCormick. 

Lea Michele and Idina Menzel, in character as Rachel Berry and Shelby Corcoran, covered an acoustic version of "Poker Face" in the "Theatricality" episode of *Glee*. Their version appeared at 100 on the *Billboard* Hot 100, and moved up to 20 on the next week.

"Weird Al" Yankovic added the chorus in his polka medley "Polka Face" from his 2011 album *Alpocalypse*. During the end credits of the 2012 *The Simpsons* season-finale episode "Lisa Goes Gaga", Homer Simpson performed a parody version entitled "Homer Face".

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