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| Producer = Martin Kierszenbaum | Last single = "Poker Face" (2008) | This single = "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" (2009) | Next single = "LoveGame" (2009) | Misc = }} "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" is a song by American singer Lady Gaga, from her debut album, ''The Fame'' (2008). It was released as the third single in Australia, New Zealand and selected European countries, and the fourth single in France. The song is a calypso-styled, mid-tempo ballad, and is about breaking up with one's old partner and finding someone new. Although "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" was never released as a single in her home country, it received mostly negative reviews from US based critics; who denoted it as "dry and lifeless", blaming it for halting the "bad-girl party atmosphere" of ''The Fame''. Failing to match the popularity of her previous singles, the song peaked at number fifteen on the Australian ARIA Charts and at number nine on the RIANZ charts of New Zealand. It proved to be successful in Sweden, where it managed to go as far as number two on the Sverigetopplistan chart, as well as Czech Republic, France, and Hungary where it reached the top-ten of the singles charts. "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" received gold certifications from Australia, Denmark, New Zealand, and France. The accompanying Italian-American 1950s-themed music video portrayed Gaga and her friends roaming around the streets of an Italian neighborhood, Gaga riding a Vespa and also singing the song while at home with her boyfriend. The video was noted for its contrasting portrayal of Gaga doing feminine work, as compared to her previous endeavours. She performed "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" on her first headlining The Fame Ball Tour, wearing a black-and-white leotard, and the 2009 shows of The Monster Ball Tour while standing inside a giant gyroscope. ==Background and composition== "Eh, Eh" was written by Gaga with Martin Kierszenbaum, who also produced the track. It was recorded at Cherrytree Recording Studios, Santa Monica, California.〔 In 2005, Kierszenbaum founded Cherrytree Records along with Jimmy Iovine, then chairman of Interscope Records. After signing a number of artists, he worked with then-unknown Gaga on her debut album, ''The Fame'', producing and writing four songs with her, including the title track. One of these songs was "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)". During recording the track, Gaga fashioned a nickname for Kierszenbaum, called "Cherry Cherry Boom Boom". They kept the nickname in all the four songs they had worked on. Kierszenbaum later carried on the nickname in all his future projects.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Cherry Cherry Boom Boom Decoder )〕 Other personnel working on the song included Tony Ugval, who did the audio engineering, Robert Orton for audio mixing and Gene Grimaldi, who mastered the song at Oasis Mastering Studios, Burbank, California.〔 Musically, "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" is credited as a ballad compared to the rest of the dance fuelled tracks from ''The Fame''.〔 The song has a 1980s synthpop and bubblegum pop feeling in it〔 while incorporating the "Eh, Eh" hook from Rihanna's single "Umbrella", according to Freedom du Lac from ''The Washington Post''. Gaga stated that the lyrics of "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" are about love and she explained that: "'Eh, Eh' is my simple pop song about finding someone new and breaking up with the old boyfriend." Writer James E. Perone mentioned in his book, ''The Album: A Guide to Pop Music's Most Provocative, Influential, and Important Creations'', that with the lyrics, Gaga maintained a focus on transitory relationships. Although the lyrics explained her former lover that she had found someone new and did not mean to hurt him with the news, the continuous repetition of the phrase "nothing else I can say" solidifies the transient nature of the relationship portrayed. According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the song is set in the time signature of common time with a moderate tempo of 94 beats per minute.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lady Gaga – Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) – Sheet Music )〕 Gaga's vocal range spans from B3 to with the main key in which the song is set being E major.〔 The song follows in the chord progression of E–B–Fm–E–B–Fm.〔 Synthpop musician Frankmusik remixed the track for Gaga's 2010 album, ''The Remix'', where he manipulated Gaga's vocals and created a dreamy quality with them, as noted by Nicki Escuedo from ''Phoenix New Times''. The single was first released in New Zealand on January 10, 2009〔 and later in Australia on January 30, 2009. "Eh, Eh" was the second most added song on Australian radio on the week beginning December 15, 2008. It first began to receive airplay on all Today Network stations. The song was confirmed as an Australian single on Lady Gaga's official website on January 15, 2009. An official remix was also posted on her website that day followed by another one featuring the official cover art. On March 5, 2009, a Pet Shop Boys remix—named as "Random Soul Synthetic Mix"—became available for free download on Gaga's Australian website. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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