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"Ur So Gay" is a song released by American singer Katy Perry. She co-wrote the song with its producer Greg Wells while Drew Pearson served as the track's engineer. It was Perry's first major label release, and was later placed on her major label debut, One of the Boys. Capitol Records offered the song as a free download on their website. The song failed to enter the Billboard Hot 100.

Background and composition

When asked about the song, Perry said it was about a metrosexual boy named Greg. The song "wasn't meant to be a big single or show what the album is going to be all about. That was for my Internet bloggers, so I'm not coming out of nowhere."^[1] Perry's A&R representative Chris Anokute confirmed this by saying that they had no plans for radio coverage but just wanted to put this "novelty" song out online as an introduction to see "what the attraction was". As expected, sales were low, but Anokute said the single did well in terms of building a press story.^[2] For the release of the single, Perry's label told her to include a cover. She originally wanted to cover a Queen song, but could not think of one that was particularly club-worthy. While at a club with her friends, The Outfield's "Your Love" was played. Perry said that when the song came on, every girl there went onto the dance floor, and she wanted to have that same effect.^[1]

"Ur So Gay" is styled in the genre of trip hop, and moves at a moderate pace.^[3] According to digital sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Sony-ATV Music Publishing, the song is written in the key of E minor and the tempo is at 80 beats per minute. Perry's vocal's in "Ur So Gay" span from the lower note of E₃ to the higher note of D_#5.^[4]

Promotion and reception

The song's lyrics have been described in a positive review as "eighteen different kinds of wrong".^[5] The song itself has been described as an "emo-bashing anthem that's either horribly homophobic, a sly piece of social commentary or, possibly, both."^[6] The Tampa Bay Times wrote that the "boyfriend-skewering..... isn't homophobic, but it does pummel straight guys who can't handle her edge."^[7]

Some critics, however, conclude the song is homophobic. Ugo.com says the song settles for "catchphrase-homophobia"^[8] while AllMusic describes the lyrics as "gay-baiting".^[9]

Music video

The video was directed by Walter May.^[10] In the video, Perry plays the song in front of a bright cartoon-like background with clouds that have smiley faces on them. The characters in the video are played by Fashion Royalty dolls.

Formats and track listings

Charts

Certifications

References

1. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://www.prefixmag.com/features/katy-perry/interview/17027/|title=Katy Perry: Interview|date=February 6, 2008|first=Mike|last=Burr|work=Prefix|accessdate=August 20, 2010}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_Chris_Anokute_Interview.html |title=Interview With Chris Anokute |publisher=HitQuarters|date=October 18, 2010 |accessdate=October 24, 2010}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/azcentral/access/1702761281.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+21%2C+2008&author=Ed+Masley&pub=Arizona+Republic&desc=Perry+joins+the+forces+of+Warped&pqatl=google|title=Perry joins the forces of Warped|first=Ed |last=Masley|publisher=Arizona Central |date=June 21, 2008 |accessdate=July 1, 2012}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0067922&|title=Katy Perry– Ur So Gay Sheet Music (Digital Download)|publisher=Musicnotes.com|accessdate=July 1, 2012}}
5. ^{{cite web|last=Slezak|first=Michael|url=http://ew.com/article/2008/01/08/katy-perry-gay/|title=How awesome is Katy Perry's 'Ur So Gay'?|work=Entertainment Weekly|date=Jan 7, 2008|accessdate=June 22, 2008}}
6. ^Hermann, Andy. "Katy Perry's One of the Boys is dandy ear candy" {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080716015556/http://www.sun-sentinel.com/entertainment/events/sfl-j17cd-katysbjun17,0,2341281.story |date=July 16, 2008 }}, Sun-Sentinel. June 17, 2008.
7. ^{{cite news|last=Daly|first=Sean|url=http://www.tampabay.com/features/music/article629678.ece|title=Sean Daly's CD picks: Katy Perry, the Fratellis, Ed Harcourt|newspaper=Tampa Bay Times|date=June 22, 2008|accessdate=June 24, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202032411/http://www.tampabay.com/features/music/article629678.ece|archive-date=December 2, 2008|dead-url=yes|df=mdy-all}}
8. ^French, Marguerite. "Katy Perry – One of The Boys Album Review" {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080701143547/http://www.ugo.com/ugo/html/article/?id=18764§ionId=2 |date=July 1, 2008 }}, Ugo.com. Retrieved June 22, 2008.
9. ^Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2008). [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1388803|pure_url=yes}} "One of the Boys – Katy Perry" review], AllMusic. Retrieved June 24, 2008.
10. ^{{Cite web |url=http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=30547979 |title=Video Ur So Gay van Katy Perry – Myspace Video |access-date=February 21, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107091326/http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=30547979 |archive-date=January 7, 2009 |dead-url=yes |df=mdy-all }}
11. ^Katy Perry – Ur So Gay
12. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2008-06-28/hot-dance-singles-sales|title=Singles Chart Search Results: "Ur So Gay|work=Billboard|accessdate=August 9, 2013}}