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Washington Post

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The song is not art, it won't blow you away, and it's a total ripoff of Madonna's Express Yourself.

Chicago Tribune

Turn It Up: Lady Gaga debuts 'Born This Way'

It’s a big blast of disco fever – thumping drums, rattling percussion, an army of synthesizers, a huge wave-your-glow-sticks chorus -- in the mold of self-empowerment anthems such as Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” and Madonna’s “Express Yourself.”

Turn It Up: Lady Gaga debuts 'Born This Way'

In fact, it sounds so much like the 1989 Madonna classic that it will only fuel the convictions of those who feel that Gaga is just a 21st Century knockoff of the Material Girl, herself a canny appropriator of past genre- and gender-bending artists.

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The song is not art, it won’t blow you away, and it’s a total ripoff of Madonna’s Express Yourself.

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The song is not art, it won’t blow you away, and it’s a total ripoff of Madonna’s Express Yourself.

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The song is not art, it won’t blow you away, and it’s a total ripoff of Madonna’s Express Yourself.

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Guardian (UK newspaper)

Lady Gaga's Born This Way: first review | Music | guardian.co.uk

There's also some spoken-word bits a la the Material Girl (as no one calls her any more), but it doesn't sound copycat, more a knowing nod and a cute wink.

MTV

Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' Premieres - Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV

At first listen, it sounds a lot like a '90s club anthem that could have been pulled right out of Madonna's "Vogue" period, complete with rhythmic spoken-word parts.

Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' Premieres - Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV

But upon a closer listen, Gaga's distinct voice makes the song all hers.

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Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' Premieres

At first listen, it sounds a lot like a '90s club anthem that could have been pulled right out of Madonna's "Vogue" period, complete with rhythmic spoken-word parts.

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[LISTEN] Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ Premieres | RadioJunkee

At first listen, it sounds a lot like a ’90s club anthem that could have been pulled right out of Madonna’s “Vogue” period, complete with rhythmic spoken-word parts.