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"Til It Happens to You" is a song produced and performed by American singer Lady Gaga, co-written by her and Diane Warren for the 2015 documentary film, ''The Hunting Ground'', which deals with campus rape in the United States. The song had leaked onto the internet through an unofficial recording at the film's premiere in 2015 Sundance Film Festival. It was later released by Interscope Records to digital retailers on September 18, 2015. The director and producer of the film had looked for someone influential to write a song for it, and music supervisor Bonnie Greenberg contacted Warren who was interested. After writing the song, Warren asked Gaga to record "Til It Happens to You". Producer Nile Rodgers accompanied them during the recording, providing his suggestions. A universal song about any kind of loss in life, the track was placed during two sequences in the film, highlighting pain of sexual assault. The song consists of an orchestral production with strings, and an emotional vocal delivery from Gaga. Lyrically it asks the listeners to stand in a victim's position and try to understand the turmoil she goes through. "Til It Happens to You" was later included as part of a public service announcement video, directed by Catherine Hardwicke. The video depicts various instances of violence against women and sexual assaults. It ends with a cautionary note about the effects of such distress, and the women finding solace with their close friends and relatives. Both the song and the video received positive critical response. Reviewers complimented Gaga's vocal delivery, the sympathy of the lyrics with the subject matter, as well as the realistic depictions of the sexual assaults in the clip and Hardwicke's direction. A part of the retail sales would be donated to organizations supporting victims of sexual assault. Commercially, the song has reached the top-thirty in Finland, Greece, and Spain as well as the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles and Pop Digital songs in the United States. ==Background and writing== "Til It Happens to You" was written by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga, and recorded by the latter for ''The Hunting Ground'' (2015), a documentary film about campus rape in the United States. Director Kirby Dick and producer Amy Ziering wanted someone with "major" influence to record a song for the film, believing it would generate publicity and promote the subject. They contacted executive producer Paul Blavin, explaining their choice and also added that they did not have enough resources to find someone. Blavin started searching and met with music supervisor Bonnie Greenberg, who introduced Blavin to Warren about the project.〔 Warren was moved by the idea saying "I cannot not write a song for you. And not only can I ... write a song for this movie, I'm going to gift it to you." She wrote the song after viewing scenes from the film almost a year before the track's release. Soon after writing was completed, she invited Gaga to record vocals. Warren said of the song and Gaga's contributions:
Warren also added that the song's message was universal in nature and relatable to any loss faced in life.〔 Gaga, who herself is a victim of rape, tweeted about recording the song with Warren. Along with "Til It Happens to You", Gaga also got involved with New York state governor Andrew Cuomo, and signed a letter pushing for new legislation to help eradicate "rape culture" in American universities. Titled "Enough Is Enough", the legislation was effective from July 2015.〔 The documentary features two versions of the song, one during the body of the film and a second at its closing, and highlights the sequences about the pain of sexual assault.〔 While the song played, the lead subject, an assault survivor, reminisced about the impact of rape while walking around a college campus. Ziering concluded that having Gaga sing the track fulfilled their need for publicity since she "() a whole other demographic. Anyone who has that kind of platform to reach all sorts of people that maybe would not necessarily be inclined to be interested in your issue... it's incredible."〔 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「Til It Happens to You」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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