Overview
- Spotify named the single the year’s top global song after it surpassed 1.7 billion streams, as reported on December 4.
- Mars initially abandoned the early draft before reviving it upon learning Gaga was involved with Joker: Folie à Deux.
- Gaga arrived at Mars’ Malibu studio, learned the chords at the piano, and helped shape the verses during a fast, live collaboration with James Fauntleroy, D’Mile and Andrew Watt.
- The track topped the Billboard Hot 100 for five non-consecutive weeks and became the fastest song to reach a billion streams on Spotify.
- Songwriting credits go to Mars, Gaga, D’Mile, Fauntleroy and Watt, with production by Mars, Gaga, D’Mile and Watt on Interscope Records.