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"Hair" is a song recorded by American singer Lady Gaga for her second studio album, ''Born This Way'' (2011). Written and produced by Gaga and RedOne, "Hair" was released worldwide digitally on May 16, 2011, as a promotional single from the album, as part of the iTunes Store's "Countdown to Born This Way" release. This was after the previous promotional release, "The Edge of Glory", was made the third single from the album. Nevertheless, Gaga explained that "Hair" was not planned to be a single, but may be released as one if it sells well at the iTunes Store, like "The Edge of Glory". According to Lady Gaga, the melody of "Hair" resembles the work of metal bands Kiss and Iron Maiden, and is also influenced by Bruce Springsteen. The song is an uptempo club record inspired by Gaga's experience as a teenager, when her parents forced her to dress in a certain way. Gaga found that the only way to express herself was through her hair, and she described it as a song about liberation and her ability to change her ways. The lyrics talk about embracing one's hairstyle as their ultimate expression of freedom. "Hair" was recorded while Gaga was on tour with The Monster Ball throughout Europe. The song features a saxophone solo performed by saxophonist Clarence Clemons, a prominent member of The E Street Band. She personally wanted Clemons to play saxophone on the song, which he did by recording his part at a Manhattan studio at midnight, after he had just flown there from his home in Florida. "Hair" has been critically appreciated for its message of self-liberation, individualism and empowerment, though some felt that the usage of the term hair to express these messages was not particularly new. "Hair" charted in most musical markets, reaching the top-ten in New Zealand and Scotland, while in other nations, it charted within the top-twenty, including the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 of the United States. Gaga performed the song on ''Good Morning America'' as part of their "Summer Concert Series", on ''Paul O'Grady Live'' in the United Kingdom, and on ''The Howard Stern Show''. Later the song was added to the set list of Gaga's second worldwide tour Born This Way Ball. ==Background and release== "Hair" was written and produced by Gaga and RedOne, and the name of the song was revealed through an interview with ''Vogue'' magazine in February 2011. On ''The Graham Norton Show'', Gaga explained the origin of the song, which involves the analogy of her hair with freedom, and how that is the only part of her body she can change without anyone judging her. According to a press listening in February, "Hair" draws inspiration from Pat Benatar's '80s classic "We Belong", while thematically focusing on empowering lyrics similar to those of "Born This Way". Gaga elaborated on the song's inspiration further with a video posted on her Twitter account: "When I was a kid, I used to always come down the stairs of my parents' house, and they would say, 'Go back upstairs and brush your hair, change your clothes, you can't go out wearing that', and I felt like it was stifling my identity... My hair was my glory. It was the only thing that I could change about myself." Initially "Hair" was supposed to be released as the second promotional single from ''Born This Way'', following "The Edge of Glory", on May 16, 2011. However, after its release to the digital stores, "The Edge of Glory" started selling considerable amount of digital downloads, prompting Gaga to make it the third single from ''Born This Way''. Hence, "Hair" became the first promotional release from the album.〔 Gaga noted that although "Hair" was not planned to be an official single, it could be released as such, if it was to sell well at the digital outlets like "The Edge of Glory".〔 Gaga also revealed her artwork for "Hair" on May 13, 2011, on her Twitter account. The black and white cover features a pink-haired Gaga lying upside down on the floor in a sharp-edged leather outfit, which consists of protruding nipple spikes. It was photographed by her longtime collaborator and friend Nick Knight.〔〔 Later on in the same day, Gaga tweeted the line: "The Born This Way Itunes Countdown will release my song HAIR 2moro 1pm PST." She also tweeted the line "I'll dye living just as free as my Hair!", then adding that the correct word in the line should be "die", instead of "dye".〔 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「Hair (Lady Gaga song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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