"2010 singles" . "Song recordings produced by Rodney Jerkins" . "L Multitracks (moggs)/Lady Gaga _&_ Beyonc\u00E9 - Lady Gaga & Beyonc\u00E9%3ATelephone.mogg" . "Lady Gaga & Beyonc\u00E9:Telephone" . "UK Singles Chart number-one singles" . "2009" . . "Songs written by Beyonc\u00E9" . "Gold" . "Ultratop 50 Singles (Wallonia) number-one singles" . . "2009-11-20"^^ . "5714ded825ac0d8aee481be4" . "5"^^ . "eng" . "122.0"^^ . "4709944" . "Beyonc\u00E9 songs" . "Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs number-one singles" . "Songs written by Lady Gaga" . "0.34363"^^ . "Lady Gaga" . . . "Ultratop 50 Singles (Flanders) number-one singles" . "Dance-pop songs" . "Songs about telephone calls" . "826082"^^ . "Irish Singles Chart number-one singles" . "-8.5"^^ . "Songs about telephones" . "European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles" . "Songs written by Rodney Jerkins" . . "Interscope Records singles" . "false"^^ . "USUM70905541" . "Los Angeles" . "220000.0"^^ . "Songs about prison" . . "false"^^ . "Platinum" . "2010-01-26"^^ . "false"^^ . . "0.0506836"^^ . "%22Telephone%22 is a song recorded by Lady Gaga which features American R&B singer Beyonc\u00E9 for Gaga's third EP, The Fame Monster (2009). The song was written by Gaga, Rodney Jerkins, LaShawn Daniels, Lazonate Franklin and Beyonc\u00E9. Inspired by her fear of suffocation, Gaga explained that the lyrics preferring relaxing on the dance floor to answering her lover's phone call are a metaphor, the phone calling her representing the fear of not having worked hard enough to succeed. Originally, Gaga wrote the song for Britney Spears, who recorded a demo. Musically, %22Telephone%22 consists of an expanded bridge, verse-rap and a sampled voice of an operator announcing that the phone line is unreachable. Beyonc\u00E9 appears in the middle of the song, singing the verses in a rapid-fire way, accompanied by double beats.The song received positive reviews from critics who frequently noted %22Telephone%22 as a stand-out track from The Fame Monster. It was Grammy-nominated for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals in 2011. %22Telephone%22 charted in a number of countries due to digital sales following the album's release, namely in the United States, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden and Hungary. The song was particularly successful in Europe where it reached the top of the charts in Belgium, Denmark, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, the single sold 7.4 million digital copies worldwide in 2010, making it one of Gaga's best-selling singles.The accompanying music video is a continuation of the video for her 2009 song, %22Paparazzi%22, and is also shot as a short film. After Gaga gets bailed out of prison by Beyonc\u00E9, they go to a diner and poison the guests having breakfast. After the homicide they escape and end up in a high speed police chase. The video referenced Quentin Tarantino and his films Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) and Pulp Fiction (1994). The video received generally positive reviews was nominated for three awards at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, including one for Video of the Year. In January 2015 Billboard named the video, best video of the decade. In memory of Alexander McQueen, Gaga performed an acoustic rendition of %22Telephone%22 mixed with %22Dance in the Dark%22 at the 2010 BRIT Awards. It was also added to the set list of The Monster Ball Tour in 2010, the Born This Way Ball in 2012 and ArtRave: The Artpop Ball in 2014." . . "4daf26b7-7cf3-4752-bebc-9bb23a4648e1" . "0"^^ . "75491" . "Lady Gaga songs" . . . "Lady Gaga & Beyonce:Telephone" . "Number-one singles in Denmark" . "Song recordings produced by Lady Gaga" . . . . "Music videos directed by Jonas \u00C5kerlund" . "Darkchild Studios" . "Number-one singles in Norway" . "english" .