The 40 Greatest Lady Gaga Songs of All Time

From electropop bangers to heartbreaking ballads, Lady Gaga has built one of the most iconic catalogs in pop history. Which of her songs stands above all the rest?

1. 1
   Bad Romance

   A 2009 synth-pop anthem with an avant-garde music video that became one of the most-watched YouTube videos of its era.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Shallow

   The Oscar-winning duet with Bradley Cooper from A Star Is Born (2018), which also won two Grammy Awards.
   978pts
3. 3
   Paparazzi

   A 2009 dark pop song about fame and obsession, paired with a theatrical music video that established Gaga's cinematic visual style.
   772pts
4. 4
   Joanne

   The title track of Gaga's 2016 album, a gentle acoustic tribute to her aunt Joanne, who died at 19 before Gaga was born.
   763pts
5. 5
   Telephone

   An electropop banger featuring Beyoncé with a cinematic music video inspired by Tarantino, becoming a quintessential pop culture moment of 2010.
   700pts
6. 6
   Always Remember Us This Way

   Ally's heartfelt piano ballad from the 2018 A Star Is Born soundtrack, co-written by Gaga with Nashville songwriters Hillary Lindsey, Natalie Hemby and Lori McKenna.
   658pts
7. 7
   Til It Happens to You

   Co-written with Diane Warren for The Hunting Ground, a documentary about campus sexual assault, this 2015 ballad earned an Oscar nomination.
   658pts
8. 8
   Alejandro

   A sweeping, disco-infused 2010 pop song with a controversial military-themed video directed by Steven Klein.
   658pts
9. 9
   Abracadabra

   Released alongside Mayhem in 2025, this dark synth-pop single pairs a chanted, spell-like hook with a dance-heavy music video.
   611pts
10. 10
    Hold My Hand

    The power ballad Gaga wrote for Top Gun: Maverick, which earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song.
    559pts
11. 11
    Born This Way

    A 2011 synth-pop anthem celebrated as an LGBTQ empowerment hymn, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became the chart's 1,000th number one.
    559pts
12. 12
    Perfect Illusion

    The rock-leaning lead single from Joanne, co-written and co-produced with Mark Ronson and Tame Impala's Kevin Parker.
    559pts
13. 13
    Rain on Me

    Gaga's 2020 disco-house duet with Ariana Grande from Chromatica, a chart-topping single that earned both singers a Grammy.
    500pts
14. 14
    911

    A Chromatica synth-pop single about Gaga's antipsychotic medication, paired with a surreal video directed by Tarsem Singh.
    500pts
15. 15
    Just Dance

    Gaga's debut single from 2008, a carefree electro-pop club track that became one of the best-selling singles of all time.
    500pts
16. 16
    Million Reasons

    A stripped-back, country-tinged ballad from Joanne that climbed into the US top five after Gaga performed it at the Super Bowl LI halftime show.
    500pts
17. 17
    Venus

    A space-themed ARTPOP single from 2013 that Gaga wrote and produced herself, borrowing from Sun Ra's 'Rocket Number Nine'.
    500pts
18. 18
    The Dead Dance

    Written for the second season of Netflix's Wednesday, in which Gaga also appears, this 2025 single came with a video directed by Tim Burton.
    500pts
19. 19
    Applause

    The synth-pop lead single from ARTPOP (2013) in which Gaga declares her symbiotic relationship with her fans, the Little Monsters.
    433pts
20. 20
    The Cure

    A standalone 2017 synth-pop single that Gaga debuted live at Coachella, promising to be someone's cure.
    433pts
21. 21
    Beautiful, Dirty, Rich

    An early electropop single from The Fame that skewers the party lifestyle of rich kids in downtown New York.
    433pts
22. 22
    The Edge of Glory

    An uplifting 2011 rock-inflected anthem with a saxophone solo by the E Street Band's Clarence Clemons, written after the death of Gaga's grandfather.
    433pts
23. 23
    Speechless

    A rousing 2009 piano rock ballad written for her father to encourage him to have life-saving heart surgery, featuring Gaga's powerhouse vocals.
    433pts
24. 24
    You and I

    A passionate 2011 piano rock ballad dedicated to Gaga's then-boyfriend, featuring Gaga in multiple alter-ego personas including Yüyi the mermaid.
    433pts
25. 25
    LoveGame

    The third single from The Fame, a 2009 dance-pop track with a cheeky disco-stick hook and a video set in a New York subway station.
    433pts
26. 26
    Scheiße

    A Born This Way techno track that opens with Gaga speaking mock German before turning into a feminist dance-floor anthem.
    357pts
27. 27
    Hair

    A Born This Way promotional single about expressing identity through her hair, with saxophone from Clarence Clemons.
    357pts
28. 28
    Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)

    A breezy, reggae-tinged break-up song from The Fame, released as a single in Europe and Australia.
    357pts
29. 29
    Stupid Love

    The bright, house-flavored lead single of Chromatica, which marked Gaga's return to dance-pop in 2020.
    357pts
30. 30
    I'll Never Love Again

    The closing ballad of A Star Is Born, sung by Ally in tribute to Jackson Maine, which won the Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media.
    357pts
31. 31
    Judas

    Born This Way's second single, a pounding electropop track whose controversial video casts Gaga as Mary Magdalene torn between Jesus and Judas.
    357pts
32. 32
    Poker Face

    The infectious 2008 dance-pop single that launched Lady Gaga to global superstardom and topped charts in over 20 countries.
    357pts
33. 33
    Marry the Night

    An autobiographical 2011 electropop track about Gaga's rise from rejection to pop stardom, with a surreal mini-film music video.
    269pts
34. 34
    Monster

    A Fame Monster album track that compares a predatory lover to a monster, built on the chant 'he ate my heart'.
    269pts
35. 35
    Dance in the Dark

    A brooding synth-pop track from The Fame Monster that name-checks Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland and Princess Diana in its spoken bridge.
    167pts
36. 36
    Die with a Smile

    Gaga's 2024 soul ballad with Bruno Mars, a US number one that won the Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.
    167pts
37. 37
    Bloody Mary

    A dark Born This Way album track that went viral in 2022 when a sped-up version soundtracked fan recreations of Wednesday Addams's dance.
    167pts
38. 38
    Disease

    The gothic electropop lead single from Mayhem, released in October 2024 as the first taste of Gaga's return to dark dance-pop.
    167pts
39. 39
    Is That Alright?

    Ally's romantic ballad from A Star Is Born, released as a single in 2019 with a video built from the film's love story.
    167pts
40. 40
    G.U.Y.

    The third ARTPOP single, its title short for 'Girl Under You', with a music video filmed at Hearst Castle in California.
    0pts

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