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{{Infobox single 
| Name = Telephone
| Cover =
| Artist = [[Lady Gaga]] featuring [[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]]
| Album = [[The Fame Monster]]
| Format = [[music download|Digital download]]
| Released = 22 February 2010 (UK)<ref>http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/singlesreviews/</ref>
| Recorded = 2009; Darkchild Studios ([[Los Angeles]], [[California]])<ref name="liner">''The Fame Monster'' (Liner Notes) [[Interscope Records]] (2009)</ref>
| Genre = [[Electropop]], [[dance-pop]]
| Length = 3:40
| Label = Streamline, [[Kon Live Distribution|Kon Live]], [[Cherrytree Records|Cherrytree]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| Writer = Lady Gaga, [[Rodney Jerkins]], [[LaShawn Daniels]], Lazonate Franklin, Beyoncé
| Producer = [[Rodney Jerkins|Darkchild]]
| Certification =
| Chronology = [[Lady Gaga]]
| Last single = "[[Video Phone (song)|Video Phone]] (Extended remix)" (2009)
| This single = "'''Telephone'''" (2010)
| Next single =
| Misc = {{Extra chronology 2 
| Artist = [[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]]
| Type = singles
| Last single = "[[Video Phone (song)|Video Phone]]" (2009)
| This single = "'''Telephone'''" (2010)
| Next single =
}}
}}

"'''Telephone'''" is a song by American recording artist [[Lady Gaga]]. It was confirmed as the second single from her second studio album, ''[[The Fame Monster]]'' (2009).<ref name="ARIA chartifacts 30-11-09">{{cite web |url=http://ariacharts.com.au/pages/chartifacts.htm |title=Chartifacts - Week Commencing: 30 November 2009 |publisher=ARIA Charts |accessdate=2009-12-02}}</ref> The song features American [[contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer [[Beyoncé Knowles]]. Initially offered to singer [[Britney Spears]], the inspiration behind the song was Gaga's fear of [[Asphyxia|suffocation]] and the fact that she seldom found time to have fun. The lyrics portray the singer as preferring the dance floor rather than answer her lover's phone calls. Gaga explained that the telephone addressed in the lyrics of the song, is in reality a person telling her to continue working harder.

Musically the song consists of an expanded [[bridge (music)|bridge]], [[verse (popular music)|verse-rap]] and an [[epilogue]] where the caller gets through to her voicemail. Knowles appears in the middle of the song with the verses being sung in a rapid-fire way, accompanied by double beats. The song was critically appreciated by contemporary critics, who frequently noted it as a stand-out track from ''The Fame Monster', complimenting Knowles performance aswell. The song charted in a number of countries in late 2009 due to strong digital sales following the album's release.

==Background==
Gaga originally wrote "Telephone" for [[Britney Spears]] to be put in her 2008 studio album ''[[Circus (Britney Spears album)|Circus]]''. However, after recording the track, Spears' label rejected the song, and Gaga rerecorded the song later as a collaboration with Knowles for ''[[The Fame Monster]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/11/16/new-lady-gaga-song-telephone/|title=New Lady Gaga, 'Telephone': Stream It HEre|last=Greenblatt|first=Leah|date=2009-11-16|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]|accessdate=2009-12-01}}</ref> Gaga said, "I wrote it for her a long time ago and she just didn't use it for her album. It's fine because I love the song and I get to perform it now."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://spicezee.zeenews.com/articles/story47414.htm|title=Pop princess Britney Spears snubbed Lady Gaga|last=India|first=Press Trust|date=2009-11-26|work=''[[Zee News]]''|publisher=[[Zee Entertainment Enterprises]]|accessdate=2009-12-01}}</ref> Additionally, the guest vocalist was originally going to be Spears, but when Spears wanted to put the song on her [[The Singles Collection (Britney Spears album)|own greatest hits album]], Gaga made alternative arrangements and made Knowles the featured vocalist instead.<ref name="popjustice">{{cite web|url=http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4162&Itemid=9 |title=Lady Gaga's 'Fame Monster' - it's a proper album (and a very good one at that) |publisher=[[Popjustice]]| last=Reporter|first=Staff|date=2009-10-26 |accessdate=2009-11-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=444015|title=Lady GaGa happy to be snubbed by Britney Spears|last=Reporter|first=Press|date=2009-11-25|publisher=[[MSN]]|accessdate=2009-12-14}}</ref> The main inspiration behind the song was Gaga's fear of [[Asphyxia|suffocation]] as she felt that she seldom found time to just [[wiktionary:let go|letting it go]] loose and have fun. She further clarified,
<blockquote>
"Fear of suffocation — something that I have or fear is never being able to enjoy myself, [...] 'Cause I love my work so much, I find it really hard to go out and have a good time. [...] "I don't go to nightclubs, [...] You don't see pictures of me falling out of a club drunk. I don't go — and that's because I usually go and then, you know, a whiskey and a half into it, I got to get back to work."<ref name="inspire">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1627050/20091124/lady_gaga.jhtml|title=Lady Gaga Explains Inspiration Behind Beyonce Collabo, 'Telephone'|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|last2=Calloway|first2= Sway|date=2009-11-25|work=''[[MTV]]''|publisher=[[MTV Networks]]|accessdate=2009-12-01}}</ref>
</blockquote>

==Composition==
{{listen
| filename = Lady Gaga - Telephone.ogg
| format = [[Ogg]]
| title = Telephone
| position = right
| description = A 30 second sample to "Telephone" featuring the chorus where Gaga sings the line "Stop calling, stop calling, I don't want to talk anymore." and is backed by Beyoncé with the "Stop telephonin' me."
}}
"Telephone" is written by Lady Gaga, [[Rodney Jerkins]], [[LaShawn Daniels]], Lazonate Franklin and Beyoncé.<ref name="liner"/> Although constructed as a duet, the song features Knowles first appearing in the middle verse and rapping her lyrics through a brief [[musical interval|interlude]], and backs the [[chorus (music)|chorus]] during the rest of the song. Essentially, Gaga's in a club and her boyfriend keeps ringing, but she can't talk right now because she's drinking and dancing to her favourite song. The chorus runs thusly: "Stop calling, stop calling, I don't want to talk anymore." The song consists of an expanded [[bridge (music)|bridge]], [[verse (popular music)|verse-rap]] and an [[epilogue]] where the caller gets through to her voicemail.<ref name="omh"/>

The lyrics of "Telephone" talks about the singer preferring the dance floor rather than answer her lover's call. The verses are sung in a rapid-fire way, accompanied by double beats.<ref name="slant">{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=1929|title=Lady Gaga: The Fame Monster|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal|date=2009-11-18|publisher=[[Slant Magazine]]|accessdate=19 November 2009}}</ref> According to Gaga, the phone addressed in the lyrics of the song is not a physical phone but a person in her head telling her to keep working harder and harder. Gaga explained, "That's my fear — that the phone's ringing and my head's ringing, [...] Whether it's a telephone or it's just the thoughts in your head, that's another fear."<ref name="inspire"/>

==Critical reception==
Paul Lester from [[BBC]] commented that the song sounds less stellar than the collaboration name suggests.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/fbd3|title=Lady Gaga The Fame Monster Review|last=Lester|first=Paul|date=2009-11-20|work=''[[BBC]]''|publisher=[[BBC Online]]|accessdate=2009-11-23}}</ref> Michael Hubbard from [[MusicOMH]] said that the song was "probably the best thing here [on ''The Fame Monster'']." He also complimented the "brilliant bridge" and the ending of the song where the caller gets through to her voicemail.<ref name="omh">{{cite web|url=http://blog.musicomh.com/musicomh/2009/11/lady-gaga-the-fame-monster-trackbytrack.html|title=Lady Gaga: The Fame Monster, track-by-track|last=Hubbard|first=Michael|date=2009-11-23|publisher=[[MusicOMH]]|accessdate=2009-11-24}}</ref> [[Popjustice]] gave the song a positive review: "It's a little bit like [[Gwen Stefani|Gwen]]'s '[[What You Waiting For?]]' meets [[Timbaland]]'s '[[The Way I Are]]' meets about fifty other things....The structure's quite exciting [...] there is something tumultuously brilliant about Beyonce's contribution that makes everything seem fine and as if it was the plan all along."<ref name="popjustice"/> Evan Sawdey from [[PopMatters]] said that "The much talked-about Beyoncé collaboration 'Telephone', which—with its double-time beat and rapid-fire verses—proves to be one of the most adrenaline-pumped songs that Gaga has yet crafted, the whole thing feeling like it's about to veer of the tracks at any moment simply due to the giddy excitement shared between the two divas, easily turning it into the unquestioned highlight of The Fame Monster"<ref name="popmatters">{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/116603-lady-gaga-the-fame-monster/|title=Lady Gaga: The Fame Monster < Reviews|last=Sawdey|first=Evan|date=2009-11-23|publisher=[[PopMatters]]|accessdate=2009-11-23}}</ref>

Bill Lamb from [[About.com]] listed it among the top tracks on the album and said: "The Beyonce assisted 'Telephone' is a club stomper that will draw in R&B and Hip Hop fans as well on the radio."<ref name="about">{{cite news|url=http://top40.about.com/od/albums/fr/ladygagathefamemonster.htm|title=A Real Work of Pop Art - Not a Stopgap Release|last=Lamb|first=Bill|date=2009-11-23|work=''[[About.com]]''|publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]|accessdate=2009-11-23}}</ref> Mikael Woods from ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' felt that "Telephone" is " a carefully considered meditation on how annoying it is when a dude keeps calling you while you're throwing down at the club."<ref name="latimes">{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/11/album-review-lady-gagas-the-fame-monster.html|title=Album review: Lady Gaga's 'The Fame Monster'|last=Wood|first=Mikael|date=2009-11-23|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|publisher=[[Tribune Company]]|accessdate=2009-11-24}}</ref> Nicki Escuerdo from ''[[Phoenix New Times]]'' listed "Telephone" as a stand-out track from the album.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/2009/11/lady_gaga_sexy_vulnerable_on_t.php|title=Lady Gaga Sexy, Vulnerable on 'The Fame Monster'|last=Escuerdo|first=Nicki|date=2009-11-30|work=[[Phoenix New Times]]|publisher=[[Village Voice Media]]|accessdate=2009-12-01}}</ref> Sarah Hajhbagheri from ''[[The Times]]'' was not impressed with the song and said "The appearance of Beyoncé’s vocal alongside ringtones on Telephone adds to the sense of utter chaos."<ref name="times">{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article6920282.ece|title=Lady GaGa: The Fame Monster|last=Hajibagheri|first=Sarah|date=2009-11-21|work=[[The Times]]|publisher=[[News Corporation]]|accessdate=2009-11-23}}</ref>

==Chart performance==
In November 2009 due to strong digital sales, the song charted in Ireland, Australia, and the UK, debuting at numbers twenty-six, twenty-nine, and thirty respectively.<ref name="acharts"/> The song became the top debut on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] issue dated December 12, 2009. It debuted at number thirty due to strong digital sales.<ref name="debuts">{{cite news|url=http://login.vnuemedia.com/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3idf30b42a15c2d86a8b267921b5762373|title=Jay-Z And Alicia Keys' 'Empire' Stays Put On Hot 100|last=Pietrolungo|first=Silvio|date=2009-12-03|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=2009-12-04}}</ref> It also debuted at fourteen on the [[Canadian Hot 100]].<ref name="acharts"/>

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (2009)
!Peak position
|-
| [[ARIA Charts|Australian Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts">{{cite web |url=http://acharts.us/song/52122 |title=Lady Gaga and Beyoncé – Telephone – Music Charts |work=αCharts.us |accessdate=2009-12-27}}</ref>
| align="center"|22
|-
|[[ARIA Charts|Australian Dance Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_dance.asp?chart=1D20|title=ARIA Dance Chart|date=2009-12-28|work=''[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]''|publisher=[[ARIA Charts]]|accessdate=2009-12-30}}</ref>
| align="center"|5
|-
| [[Canadian Hot 100]]<ref name="acharts"/>
| align="center"|14
|-
| [[Irish Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
| align="center"|26
|-
| [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand Singles Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp|title=Chart# 1701 - Top 40 Singles Chart|date=2009-12-27|work=''[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand]]''|publisher=RIANZ.org.nz|accessdate=2009-12-30}}</ref>
|align="center"|31
|-
| [[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
| align="center"|33
|-
| [[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
| align="center"|30
|-
| U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="debuts"/>
|align="center"|30
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.ladygaga.com LadyGaga.com] - The Official website of Lady Gaga

{{Lady Gaga}}
{{Beyoncé Knowles singles}}

[[Category:2009 singles]]
[[Category:Lady Gaga songs]]
[[Category:Beyoncé Knowles songs]]
[[Category:Songs produced by Rodney Jerkins]]
[[Category:Songs written by Beyoncé Knowles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Lady Gaga]]
[[Category:Songs written by Rodney Jerkins]]
[[Category:Upcoming singles]]

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{{Infobox single 
| Name = Telephone
| Cover =
| Artist = [[Lady Gaga]] featuring [[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]]
| Album = [[The Fame Monster]]
| Format = [[music download|Digital download]]
| Released = 22 February 2010 (UK)<ref>http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/singlesreviews/</ref>
| Recorded = 2009; Darkchild Studios ([[Los Angeles]], [[California]])<ref name="liner">''The Fame Monster'' (Liner Notes) [[Interscope Records]] (2009)</ref>
| Genre = [[Electropop]], [[dance-pop]]
| Length = 3:40
| Label = Streamline, [[Kon Live Distribution|Kon Live]], [[Cherrytree Records|Cherrytree]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| Writer = Lady Gaga, [[Rodney Jerkins]], [[LaShawn Daniels]], Lazonate Franklin, Beyoncé
| Producer = [[Rodney Jerkins|Darkchild]]
| Certification =
| Chronology = [[Lady Gaga]]
| Last single = "[[Video Phone (song)|Video Phone]] (Extended remix)" (2009)
| This single = "'''Telephone'''" (2010)
| Next single =
| Misc = {{Extra chronology 2 
| Artist = [[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]]
| Type = singles
| Last single = "[[Video Phone (song)|Video Phone]]" (2009)
| This single = "'''Telephone'''" (2010)
| Next single =
}}
}}

"'''Telephone'''" is a song by American recording artist [[Lady Gaga]]. It was confirmed as the second single from her second studio album, ''[[The Fame Monster]]'' (2009).<ref name="ARIA chartifacts 30-11-09">{{cite web |url=http://ariacharts.com.au/pages/chartifacts.htm |title=Chartifacts - Week Commencing: 30 November 2009 |publisher=ARIA Charts |accessdate=2009-12-02}}</ref> The song features American [[contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer [[Beyoncé Knowles]]. Initially offered to singer [[Britney Spears]], the inspiration behind the song was Gaga's fear of [[Asphyxia|suffocation]] and the fact that she seldom found time to have fun. The lyrics portray the singer as preferring the dance floor rather than answer her lover's phone calls. Gaga explained that the telephone addressed in the lyrics of the song, is in reality a person telling her to continue working harder.

Musically the song consists of an expanded [[bridge (music)|bridge]], [[verse (popular music)|verse-rap]] and an [[epilogue]] where the caller gets through to her voicemail. Knowles appears in the middle of the song with the verses being sung in a rapid-fire way, accompanied by double beats. The song was critically appreciated by contemporary critics who frequently noted it as a stand-out track from ''The Fame Monster'', most of them complimenting Knowles performance. The song charted in a number of countries in late 2009 due to strong digital sales following the album's release.

==Background==
Gaga originally wrote "Telephone" for [[Britney Spears]] to be put in her 2008 studio album ''[[Circus (Britney Spears album)|Circus]]''. However, after recording the track, Spears' label rejected the song, and Gaga rerecorded the song later as a collaboration with Knowles for ''[[The Fame Monster]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/11/16/new-lady-gaga-song-telephone/|title=New Lady Gaga, 'Telephone': Stream It HEre|last=Greenblatt|first=Leah|date=2009-11-16|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]|accessdate=2009-12-01}}</ref> Gaga said, "I wrote it for her a long time ago and she just didn't use it for her album. It's fine because I love the song and I get to perform it now."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://spicezee.zeenews.com/articles/story47414.htm|title=Pop princess Britney Spears snubbed Lady Gaga|last=India|first=Press Trust|date=2009-11-26|work=''[[Zee News]]''|publisher=[[Zee Entertainment Enterprises]]|accessdate=2009-12-01}}</ref> Additionally, the guest vocalist was originally going to be Spears, but when Spears wanted to put the song on her [[The Singles Collection (Britney Spears album)|own greatest hits album]], Gaga made alternative arrangements and made Knowles the featured vocalist instead.<ref name="popjustice">{{cite web|url=http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4162&Itemid=9 |title=Lady Gaga's 'Fame Monster' - it's a proper album (and a very good one at that) |publisher=[[Popjustice]]| last=Reporter|first=Staff|date=2009-10-26 |accessdate=2009-11-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=444015|title=Lady GaGa happy to be snubbed by Britney Spears|last=Reporter|first=Press|date=2009-11-25|publisher=[[MSN]]|accessdate=2009-12-14}}</ref> The main inspiration behind the song was Gaga's fear of [[Asphyxia|suffocation]] as she felt that she seldom found time to just [[wiktionary:let go|letting it go]] loose and have fun. She further clarified,
<blockquote>
"Fear of suffocation — something that I have or fear is never being able to enjoy myself, [...] 'Cause I love my work so much, I find it really hard to go out and have a good time. [...] "I don't go to nightclubs, [...] You don't see pictures of me falling out of a club drunk. I don't go — and that's because I usually go and then, you know, a whiskey and a half into it, I got to get back to work."<ref name="inspire">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1627050/20091124/lady_gaga.jhtml|title=Lady Gaga Explains Inspiration Behind Beyonce Collabo, 'Telephone'|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|last2=Calloway|first2= Sway|date=2009-11-25|work=''[[MTV]]''|publisher=[[MTV Networks]]|accessdate=2009-12-01}}</ref>
</blockquote>

==Composition==
{{listen
| filename = Lady Gaga - Telephone.ogg
| format = [[Ogg]]
| title = Telephone
| position = right
| description = A 30 second sample to "Telephone" featuring the chorus where Gaga sings the line "Stop calling, stop calling, I don't want to talk anymore." and is backed by Beyoncé with the "Stop telephonin' me."
}}
"Telephone" is written by Lady Gaga, [[Rodney Jerkins]], [[LaShawn Daniels]], Lazonate Franklin and Beyoncé.<ref name="liner"/> Although constructed as a duet, the song features Knowles first appearing in the middle verse and rapping her lyrics through a brief [[musical interval|interlude]], and backs the [[chorus (music)|chorus]] during the rest of the song. Essentially, Gaga's in a club and her boyfriend keeps ringing, but she can't talk right now because she's drinking and dancing to her favourite song. The chorus runs thusly: "Stop calling, stop calling, I don't want to talk anymore." The song consists of an expanded [[bridge (music)|bridge]], [[verse (popular music)|verse-rap]] and an [[epilogue]] where the caller gets through to her voicemail.<ref name="omh"/>

The lyrics of "Telephone" talks about the singer preferring the dance floor rather than answer her lover's call. The verses are sung in a rapid-fire way, accompanied by double beats.<ref name="slant">{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=1929|title=Lady Gaga: The Fame Monster|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal|date=2009-11-18|publisher=[[Slant Magazine]]|accessdate=19 November 2009}}</ref> According to Gaga, the phone addressed in the lyrics of the song is not a physical phone but a person in her head telling her to keep working harder and harder. Gaga explained, "That's my fear — that the phone's ringing and my head's ringing, [...] Whether it's a telephone or it's just the thoughts in your head, that's another fear."<ref name="inspire"/>

==Critical reception==
Paul Lester from [[BBC]] commented that the song sounds less stellar than the collaboration name suggests.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/fbd3|title=Lady Gaga The Fame Monster Review|last=Lester|first=Paul|date=2009-11-20|work=''[[BBC]]''|publisher=[[BBC Online]]|accessdate=2009-11-23}}</ref> Michael Hubbard from [[MusicOMH]] said that the song was "probably the best thing here [on ''The Fame Monster'']." He also complimented the "brilliant bridge" and the ending of the song where the caller gets through to her voicemail.<ref name="omh">{{cite web|url=http://blog.musicomh.com/musicomh/2009/11/lady-gaga-the-fame-monster-trackbytrack.html|title=Lady Gaga: The Fame Monster, track-by-track|last=Hubbard|first=Michael|date=2009-11-23|publisher=[[MusicOMH]]|accessdate=2009-11-24}}</ref> [[Popjustice]] gave the song a positive review: "It's a little bit like [[Gwen Stefani|Gwen]]'s '[[What You Waiting For?]]' meets [[Timbaland]]'s '[[The Way I Are]]' meets about fifty other things....The structure's quite exciting [...] there is something tumultuously brilliant about Beyonce's contribution that makes everything seem fine and as if it was the plan all along."<ref name="popjustice"/> Evan Sawdey from [[PopMatters]] said that "The much talked-about Beyoncé collaboration 'Telephone', which—with its double-time beat and rapid-fire verses—proves to be one of the most adrenaline-pumped songs that Gaga has yet crafted, the whole thing feeling like it's about to veer of the tracks at any moment simply due to the giddy excitement shared between the two divas, easily turning it into the unquestioned highlight of The Fame Monster"<ref name="popmatters">{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/116603-lady-gaga-the-fame-monster/|title=Lady Gaga: The Fame Monster < Reviews|last=Sawdey|first=Evan|date=2009-11-23|publisher=[[PopMatters]]|accessdate=2009-11-23}}</ref>

Bill Lamb from [[About.com]] listed it among the top tracks on the album and said: "The Beyonce assisted 'Telephone' is a club stomper that will draw in R&B and Hip Hop fans as well on the radio."<ref name="about">{{cite news|url=http://top40.about.com/od/albums/fr/ladygagathefamemonster.htm|title=A Real Work of Pop Art - Not a Stopgap Release|last=Lamb|first=Bill|date=2009-11-23|work=''[[About.com]]''|publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]|accessdate=2009-11-23}}</ref> Mikael Woods from ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' felt that "Telephone" is " a carefully considered meditation on how annoying it is when a dude keeps calling you while you're throwing down at the club."<ref name="latimes">{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/11/album-review-lady-gagas-the-fame-monster.html|title=Album review: Lady Gaga's 'The Fame Monster'|last=Wood|first=Mikael|date=2009-11-23|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|publisher=[[Tribune Company]]|accessdate=2009-11-24}}</ref> Nicki Escuerdo from ''[[Phoenix New Times]]'' listed "Telephone" as a stand-out track from the album.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/2009/11/lady_gaga_sexy_vulnerable_on_t.php|title=Lady Gaga Sexy, Vulnerable on 'The Fame Monster'|last=Escuerdo|first=Nicki|date=2009-11-30|work=[[Phoenix New Times]]|publisher=[[Village Voice Media]]|accessdate=2009-12-01}}</ref> Sarah Hajhbagheri from ''[[The Times]]'' was not impressed with the song and said "The appearance of Beyoncé’s vocal alongside ringtones on Telephone adds to the sense of utter chaos."<ref name="times">{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article6920282.ece|title=Lady GaGa: The Fame Monster|last=Hajibagheri|first=Sarah|date=2009-11-21|work=[[The Times]]|publisher=[[News Corporation]]|accessdate=2009-11-23}}</ref>

==Chart performance==
In November 2009 due to strong digital sales, the song charted in Ireland, Australia, and the UK, debuting at numbers twenty-six, twenty-nine, and thirty respectively.<ref name="acharts"/> The song became the top debut on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] issue dated December 12, 2009. It debuted at number thirty due to strong digital sales.<ref name="debuts">{{cite news|url=http://login.vnuemedia.com/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3idf30b42a15c2d86a8b267921b5762373|title=Jay-Z And Alicia Keys' 'Empire' Stays Put On Hot 100|last=Pietrolungo|first=Silvio|date=2009-12-03|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=2009-12-04}}</ref> It also debuted at fourteen on the [[Canadian Hot 100]].<ref name="acharts"/>

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (2009)
!Peak position
|-
| [[ARIA Charts|Australian Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts">{{cite web |url=http://acharts.us/song/52122 |title=Lady Gaga and Beyoncé – Telephone – Music Charts |work=αCharts.us |accessdate=2009-12-27}}</ref>
| align="center"|22
|-
|[[ARIA Charts|Australian Dance Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_dance.asp?chart=1D20|title=ARIA Dance Chart|date=2009-12-28|work=''[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]''|publisher=[[ARIA Charts]]|accessdate=2009-12-30}}</ref>
| align="center"|5
|-
| [[Canadian Hot 100]]<ref name="acharts"/>
| align="center"|14
|-
| [[Irish Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
| align="center"|26
|-
| [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand Singles Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp|title=Chart# 1701 - Top 40 Singles Chart|date=2009-12-27|work=''[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand]]''|publisher=RIANZ.org.nz|accessdate=2009-12-30}}</ref>
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| [[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
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| [[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
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| U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="debuts"/>
|align="center"|30
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ladygaga.com LadyGaga.com] - The Official website of Lady Gaga

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[[Category:Upcoming singles]]

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