Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)

"Eh, Eh" was written by Gaga with Martin Kierszenbaum, who also produced the track. It was recorded at Cherrytree Recording Studios in Santa Monica, California. In 2005, Kierszenbaum founded Cherrytree Records along with Jimmy Iovine, then chairman of Interscope Records. After signing a number of artists, he worked with then-unknown Gaga on her debut album, The Fame, producing and writing four songs with her, including the title track. One of these songs was "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)". During recording the track, Gaga fashioned a nickname for Kierszenbaum, called "Cherry Cherry Boom Boom". They kept the nickname in all the four songs they had worked on. Kierszenbaum later carried on the nickname in all his future projects.{{cite web |url=http://cherrycherryboomboom.com/main/about/ |title=The Cherry Cherry Boom Boom Decoder |publisher=Cherrytree Records Official site. Martin Kierszenbaum |access-date=November 26, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628182603/http://cherrycherryboomboom.com/main/about/ |archive-date=June 28, 2015 |df=mdy }} Other personnel working on the song included Tony Ugval, who did the audio engineering, Robert Orton for audio mixing and Gene Grimaldi, who mastered the song at Oasis Mastering Studios in Burbank, California.

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"Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" is credited as a ballad compared to the rest of the dance-fuelled tracks from The Fame. It is a 1980s-influenced synth-pop and bubblegum pop song,{{cite magazine|last=Trust|first=Gary|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/chartbeat/511061/ask-billboard-what-should-lady-gagas-next-single-be|title=Ask Billboard: What Should Lady Gaga's Next Single Be?|magazine=Billboard|date=January 23, 2012|access-date=January 23, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530110300/http://www.billboard.com/articles/chartbeat/511061/ask-billboard-what-should-lady-gagas-next-single-be|archive-date=May 30, 2013|df=mdy-all}} while incorporating the "Eh, Eh" hook from Rihanna's single "Umbrella", according to Freedom du Lac from The Washington Post.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/27/AR2008102702579.html|title='Fame' Isn't Worth Getting GaGa Over|last=du Lac|first=Freedom|date=October 28, 2008|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=May 8, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110012432/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/27/AR2008102702579.html|archive-date=November 10, 2012|df=mdy-all}} According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the song is set in the time signature of common time with a moderate tempo of 94 beats per minute.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0076189|title=Lady Gaga – Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) – Sheet Music|date=August 10, 2009 |publisher=Musicnotes.com. Sony/ATV Music Publishing|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716111618/http://musique.fnac.com/a2727955/Lady-Gaga-Eh-eh-nothing-else-I-can-say-CD-single?Mn=-1&Ra=-28&To=0&Nu=24&Fr=0|archive-date=July 16, 2011|df=mdy-all}} Gaga's vocal range spans from B₃ to C-sharp major with the main key in which the song is set being E major. The song follows in the chord progression of E–B–F{{music|sharp}}m–E–B–F{{music|sharp}}m. Gaga stated that the lyrics of "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" are about love and she explained that {{" '}}Eh, Eh' is my simple pop song about finding someone new and breaking up with the old boyfriend."{{cite web |url=http://www.ladygaga.com.au/bio.html |title=Lady Gaga {{!}} Biography |publisher=LadyGaga.com.au |date=October 24, 2008 |access-date=February 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207080214/http://www.ladygaga.com.au/bio.html |archive-date=February 7, 2009}} Writer James E. Perone mentioned in his book The Album: A Guide to Pop Music's Most Provocative, Influential, and Important Creations that with the lyrics, Gaga maintained a focus on transitory relationships. Although the lyrics explain to her former lover that she has found someone new and does not mean to hurt him with the news, the continuous repetition of the phrase "nothing else I can say" solidifies the transient nature of the relationship portrayed.{{cite book|last=Perone|first=James E.|title=The Album: A Guide to Pop Music's Most Provocative, Influential, and Important Creations|page=192|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2012|isbn=9780313379062}}

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Alexis Petridis from The Guardian noted that "Eh, Eh" bears the influence of early 1990s Europop and "is the first song in a long time that warrants comparison to the œuvre of Ace of Base.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jan/09/lady-gaga-the-fame|title=Lady GaGa: The Fame: Review|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|author-link=Alexis Petridis|date=October 23, 2008|access-date=7 October 2009|work=The Guardian|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922145027/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jan/09/lady-gaga-the-fame|archive-date=September 22, 2013|df=mdy-all}} Matthew Chisling of AllMusic gave a negative review of the song saying "The Fame has {{sic|it|'s}} 'ballad,' however the breezy 'Eh, Eh' doesn't hold water on this album; rather, it feels dry and lifeless, something which holds this album back".{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1421208|pure_url=yes}}|title=The Fame > Overview|date=October 28, 2008|access-date=April 21, 2009|first=Matthew |last=Chisling|website=AllMusic}} Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine said that "the breezy island vibe and soft demeanor of 'Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)' is hard to buy when sandwiched between songs like 'Poker Face' and 'Beautiful, Dirty, Rich.'"{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/lady-gaga-the-fame|title=Lady Gaga: The Fame|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal|date=October 25, 2008|work=Slant Magazine|access-date=April 21, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814220440/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/lady-gaga-the-fame|archive-date=August 14, 2013|df=mdy-all}} In another article analyzing Gaga's music video releases, Oscar Moralde from Slant Magazine noted that "Eh, Eh" as a track "is an intriguing case: rather than the tech-assisted sexy-androgynous dance pop that dominates a good chunk of The Fame, it and its sister tracks 'Brown Eyes' and 'Again Again' are evidence of a stripped-down, simpler, sincere Gaga."{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/house/article/pop-ate-my-heart-lady-gaga-her-videos-and-her-fame-monster/|title=Pop Ate My Heart: Lady Gaga, Her Videos, and Her Fame Monster|last=Moralde|first=Oscar|date=December 14, 2009|access-date=November 25, 2014|work=Slant Magazine|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409022146/http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/article/pop-ate-my-heart-lady-gaga-her-videos-and-her-fame-monster|archive-date=April 9, 2015|df=mdy-all}}

Evan Sawdey of PopMatters said that the song is the most embarrassing moment of the album and as a result makes the album come to an intermediate halt thus ruining the "bad-girl party atmosphere".{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/review/68939-lady-gaga-the-fame/|title=Lady GaGa: The Fame|last=Sawdey|first=Evan|date=January 12, 2009|work=PopMatters|access-date=April 21, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027182426/http://www.popmatters.com/review/68939-lady-gaga-the-fame/|archive-date=October 27, 2013|df=mdy-all}} Joey Guerra of the Houston Chronicle said that "Eh, Eh" is a bouncy standout with some vocal personality. He also added that "[It] would have made a killer Spice Girls single."{{cite news|url=http://www.chron.com/entertainment/music/article/Bringing-real-dance-music-to-the-masses-1766778.php|title=Bringing real dance music to the masses|last=Guerra|first=Joey|date=November 7, 2008|work=Houston Chronicle|access-date=May 8, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013141340/http://www.chron.com/entertainment/music/article/Bringing-real-dance-music-to-the-masses-1766778.php|archive-date=October 13, 2012|df=mdy-all}} Genevieve Koski of The A.V. Club called the track scaled-back and criticized Gaga's vocal abilities in the song.{{cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/review/lady-gaga-emthe-fameem-6744|title=Lady Gaga – The Fame|last=Koski|first=Genevieve|date=November 10, 2008|newspaper=The A.V. Club|access-date=May 8, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714165617/http://www.avclub.com/review/lady-gaga-emthe-fameem-6744|archive-date=July 14, 2014|df=mdy-all}} Jon Caramanica of The New York Times found the song listless.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/04/arts/music/04gaga.html|title=An Artist Whose Chief Work Is Herself|last=Caramanica|first=Jon|date=May 3, 2009|work=The New York Times|access-date=May 8, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510185205/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/04/arts/music/04gaga.html|archive-date=May 10, 2013|df=mdy-all}} Catherine P. Lewis from The Washington Post called the song a chirpy ballad.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/music-events/lady-gaga,1155185.html|title=Lady GaGa: Critic Review|last=Lewis|first=Catherine P.|date=September 28, 2009|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=January 29, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100903103426/http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/music-events/lady-gaga%2C1155185.html|archive-date=September 3, 2010|df=mdy-all}} Christina Martin from The Meridian Star felt that the song, along with "Summerboy" from The Fame, is breezy and upbeat in nature.{{cite news|title=Lady Gaga Gets 'The Fame'|last=Martin|first=Christina|date=February 2, 2009|work=The Meridian Star}} Matt Busekroos from Quinnipiac Chronicle said that the song seemed like filler.{{cite news|url=http://www.quchronicle.com/2009/12/bad-romance-highlights-new-gaga-album/|title='Bad Romance' highlights new GaGa album|date=December 9, 2009|access-date=June 4, 2010|work=Quinnipiac Chronicle|last=Busekroos|first=Matt|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720184759/http://www.quchronicle.com/2009/12/bad-romance-highlights-new-gaga-album/|archive-date=July 20, 2011|df=mdy-all}}

"Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" was first released in New Zealand on January 10, 2009, and later in Australia on January 30, 2009.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/eh-eh-nothing-else-i-can-say/id316561344|title=Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) – Lady Gaga|access-date=December 29, 2008|publisher=iTunes Store Australia|date=February 2, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304124115/https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/eh-eh-nothing-else-i-can-say/id316561344|archive-date=March 4, 2016|df=mdy-all}} "Eh, Eh" was the second most added song on Australian radio on the week beginning December 15, 2008. It first began to receive airplay on all Today Network stations. The song was confirmed as an Australian single on Lady Gaga's official website on January 15, 2009.{{cite news|url=http://www.themusicnetwork.com.au/20.0.html|title=Eh Eh goes for add-ons to radio|date=December 15, 2008|access-date=December 31, 2008|work=The Music Network|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081221201546/http://themusicnetwork.com.au/20.0.html |archive-date=December 21, 2008 }} An official remix was also posted on her website that day followed by another one featuring the official cover art. On March 5, 2009, a Pet Shop Boys remix—named as "Random Soul Synthetic Mix"—became available for free download on Gaga's Australian website.{{cite web|url=http://www.ladygaga.com.au/store/lady-gaga-eh-eh-nothing-else-i-can-say-random-soul-synthetic-mix-music-album-mp3-8545|title=Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) (Random Soul Synthetic Mix)|date=March 7, 2009|access-date=March 10, 2009|publisher=LadyGaga.com.au site|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316095622/http://www.ladygaga.com.au/store/lady-gaga-eh-eh-nothing-else-i-can-say-random-soul-synthetic-mix-music-album-mp3-8545|archive-date=March 16, 2015|df=mdy-all}} Synth-pop musician Frankmusik remixed the track for Gaga's 2010 album, The Remix, where he manipulated Gaga's vocals and created a dreamy quality with them, as noted by Nicki Escuedo from Phoenix New Times.{{cite news|url=http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/2010/08/marilyn_manson_gives_lady_gaga.php|title=Marilyn Manson Gives Lady Gaga's 'The Remix' a Boost|last=Escuedo|first=Nicki|date=August 28, 2010|work=Phoenix New Times|access-date=May 8, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320045042/http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/2010/08/marilyn_manson_gives_lady_gaga.php|archive-date=March 20, 2012|df=mdy-all}}

"Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart at number 38 on the issue of January 18, 2009. The following week it climbed to number 32 and ultimately peaked at number 15, on the issue of March 1, 2009, making it Gaga's third single to hit the top twenty there. "Eh, Eh" was later certified Platinum for shipment of 70,000 copies by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). In New Zealand, "Eh, Eh" debuted at number 40 on the issue dated January 19, 2009. The following weeks it continued its rise on the chart and ultimately peaked at number nine, spending three weeks there, and becoming her third consecutive top ten hit in New Zealand. The song was certified gold on May 24, 2009, by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ), for shipment of 7,500 copies. The single debuted and reached a peak of number seven in France, and sold a total of 52,000 copies according to the SNEP, becoming Gaga's third top ten in the country after "Poker Face" who peaked atop earlier this year and "LoveGame" who reached number five earlier this year.{{cite web|last1=Hamard|first1=Jonathan|title=Lady Gaga : quels sont les plus gros tubes de la popstar en France ? Lea más en|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Lady-GaGa/news-97192.html|access-date=May 16, 2015|language=fr|date=May 16, 2015|publisher=Pure Charts|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518164319/http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Lady-GaGa/news-97192.html|archive-date=May 18, 2015|df=mdy-all}}

On the Billboard issue dated February 21, 2009, "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 chart at number 68, despite not being released as a single, but dropped off the chart the following week. It entered the chart again for two weeks in August 2010. Although "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" was not released in the United States, it received a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling over 500,000 equivalent units. The song also debuted at number 20 on the Swedish Singles Chart for the issue dated April 2, 2009, and peaked at number two. On the Digital Songs chart of Sweden, it peaked at the top in its fourth week.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2009-05-09/sweden|title=Sweden Digital Songs: May 9, 2009|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 26, 2014|url-access=subscription |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713124350/http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2009-05-09/sweden|archive-date=July 13, 2015|df=mdy-all}} The song debuted on the Danish Singles Chart at number 28 on May 15, 2009, and peaked at number 14. Due to the moderate chart performance in the European markets, "Eh, Eh" only reached a peak of number 40 on Billboard{{'}}s European Hot 100 Singles chart.

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The Italian-American 1950s-inspired music video, directed by Joseph Kahn, was shot back to back with the video for the song "LoveGame" on the weekend of January 9–10, 2009, in Los Angeles.{{cite web|url=http://www.josephkahn.com/news/1388.xml?_offset=0|title=Joseph Kahn to direct Gaga's "Eh, Eh" and "Love Game"|date=January 9, 2009|access-date=March 3, 2009|publisher=Joseph Kahn. Jan Media Interactive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223011323/http://www.josephkahn.com/news/1388.xml?_offset=0|archive-date=February 23, 2012}} About the video, Gaga explained: "I wanted to show a different side of myself — perhaps a more domestic girly side. And I wanted to create beautiful, stunning '50s futuristic fashion imagery that would burn holes in everyone's brains."{{cite news|url=http://www.popeater.com/2009/02/03/lady-gaga-heads-to-little-italy/|title=Lady Gaga heads to little Italy|last=Horne|first=Adam|date=January 30, 2009|access-date=February 5, 2009|publisher=PopEater|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090811085956/http://www.popeater.com/2009/02/03/lady-gaga-heads-to-little-italy|archive-date=August 11, 2009|df=mdy-all}} She further clarified that for the fashion aspects in the video she wanted to go in an opposite direction to her usual image. She wanted a yellow based wardrobe believing the color to become a big hit in the fashion world in 2009.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ8GTIyi7e0|title=Eh, Eh: Behind the Scenes|date=June 16, 2009 |publisher=YouTube. Official Lady Gaga Channel|access-date=November 25, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607103109/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ8GTIyi7e0|archive-date=June 7, 2015|df=mdy-all}}

The video starts out showing Little Italy, an icon of the Madonna and Child, and then Gaga riding a Vespa. The first twenty seconds are mainly full of camera shots of different men, Gaga, and the city. The singer roams around with some friends, laughing and joking in a restaurant, while she stands on the seat. Gaga then comes from around the block walking with her friends in pace and singing in the camera. Next, she is shown sleeping in a bed, and waking up to reveal pink high-heeled shoes. She sings and cooks for a man in a house while dancing. She irons clothes while the man is on the phone screaming at someone. The two harlequin Great Danes who appear at the start of her "Poker Face" music video, also appear in this one. Finally she lies on a sofa with her legs up on the man. One of the last scenes shows her in a yellow dress made of flowers and wearing a yellow watch while singing to the song with a unique hairstyle which shows her hair pulled up and folded over. Then the camera quickly goes back to her in bed.

David Balls from Digital Spy noted Gaga's homage to her Italian-American roots in the video, but wondered if Gaga would "overexpose herself" with the video.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/thesound/a145553/eh-eh-its-another-lady-gaga-video.html#~oWDVzLlhj6bkzT|title=Eh Eh... It's another Lady GaGa video!|last=Balls|first=David|date=February 4, 2009|access-date=November 25, 2014|website=Digital Spy|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924170234/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/thesound/a145553/eh-eh-its-another-lady-gaga-video.html#~oWDVzLlhj6bkzT|archive-date=September 24, 2015|df=mdy-all}} Like his review of the single, Moralde found the video to be complementing the simplistic composition of the song. He believed that with the videos for previous singles, "Just Dance" and "Poker Face", Gaga's persona was established, but with the video for "Eh, Eh" she traversed her persona from the original Stefani Germanotta that she was born, to the character Lady Gaga. He explained: "What's striking about it is how much it feels like Lady Gaga is playacting: the video has a nostalgic, dreamlike tone. Set in a stylized pastel 1950s Little Italy, the video plays heavily with stereotypical and historical shorthand as it displays moustached chefs, macho men in wife beaters, cute Vespas, and spaghetti and meatballs." He noted that with all of these activities, Gaga created an essential fashion dollhouse, by playing feminine characters.

But Gaga addressed the viewer directly in the video while singing the song, which led Moralde to deduce that "She's not in the moment, but is instead playing a feminized role in a dreamlike space; this quality is accentuated by the bright and blown-out color palette, and the numerous shots of Gaga in bed or sleeping. The cumulative effect is that it asserts the Lady Gaga of the previous videos to be the real one, and the Gaga in 'Eh, Eh' is a character that she is playing." His view was shared by Chris Kingston from The Harvard Crimson who noted during the release of the music video for Gaga's 2010 single "Telephone", that the video shows "the crazy party girl we know [...] actually has a weirdly girlish, domestic side."{{cite news|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/3/23/lady-gaga-telephone-popscreen/|title=POPSCREEN: Lady Gaga ft. Beyoncé|last=Kingston|first=Chris|date=March 23, 2010|access-date=November 25, 2014|work=The Harvard Crimson|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602060810/http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/3/23/lady-gaga-telephone-popscreen/|archive-date=June 2, 2015|df=mdy-all}} In The Oxford Handbook of Sound and Image in Digital Media, author Carol Vernallis divided Gaga's persona into three categories. The personality portrayed in the "Eh, Eh" video was named as "Friendly Peer" archetype; someone with a girl-next-door image and approachable behavior.{{cite book|title=The Oxford Handbook of Sound and Image in Digital Media|page=541|first1=Carol|last1= Vernallis|first2= Amy |last2=Herzog|first3=John |last3=Richardson|year=2014|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199757640}}

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"Eh, Eh" was first performed in a beatbox version at the Cherrytree Studios and was released on Gaga's first EP, The Cherrytree Sessions.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/cherrytree-sessions-live-ep/303282095|title=The Cherrytree Sessions (Live) – EP|publisher=Interscope Records. iTunes Store|access-date=May 8, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104095504/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/cherrytree-sessions-live-ep/id303282095|archive-date=November 4, 2012|df=mdy-all}} "Eh, Eh" was majorly performed at Gaga's The Fame Ball Tour in the second segment. Gaga was dressed in a white body plate leotard with black lightning shaped stripes and wore a hat made of toppled dominoes.{{cite magazine|url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2009/03/14/lady-gaga-live/|title=Lady GaGa live in L.A|first=Whitney|last=Pastorek|date=March 14, 2009|access-date=March 16, 2009|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091103123427/http://popwatch.ew.com/2009/03/14/lady-gaga-live/|archive-date=November 3, 2009|df=mdy-all}}{{cite news|url=http://www.khizerlicious.com/2009/06/concert-review-lady-gaga-fame-ball-tour.html|title=Concert Review: Lady Gaga's Fame Ball|first=Lynn |last=Saxberg|date=March 28, 2009|access-date=April 2, 2009|work=Ottawa Citizen|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713145337/http://www.khizerlicious.com/2009/06/concert-review-lady-gaga-fame-ball-tour.html|archive-date=July 13, 2011}} As the performance of previous song "Money Honey" ended Gaga appeared on the stage beside Space Cowboy on a Vespa whence the music for "Eh, Eh" starts. The backdrops change to reveal lightning shapes in contrast to the sunny nature of the song.{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2009/03/26/lady-gaga-a-showstopper/|title=Lady Gaga delights|last=Downing|first=Andy|date=March 26, 2009|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=April 15, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717165911/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-03-26/entertainment/0903250453_1_lady-gaga-new-yorker-scepter|archive-date=July 17, 2011|df=mdy-all}} Gaga sang the song in its actual form backed by vocals from DJ Space Cowboy who spun the music from a corner of the stage. As the song reached the chorus Gaga asked the crowd to join her while singing and wave their arms. The New York Times called the live performance listless. However, The Hollywood Reporter said of the performance that, "In an age of too much information, one of the most refreshing things about Gaga is her mystery. She often hid behind shades, and her mostly incomprehensible, coy and semi-robotic stage patter did little to tell us who's that Lady."{{cite magazine|url=http://login.vnuemedia.com/bbbiz/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003951569|title=Concert Review: Lady GaGa|last=Rosen|first=Craig|date=March 15, 2009|access-date=April 8, 2009|magazine=Billboard|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716111618/http://musique.fnac.com/a2727955/Lady-Gaga-Eh-eh-nothing-else-I-can-say-CD-single?Mn=-1&Ra=-28&To=0&Nu=24&Fr=0|archive-date=July 16, 2011|df=mdy-all}}

Gaga also performed the song at the 2009 Glastonbury Festival. Although the show was part of The Fame Ball Tour, many elements were different from usual tour dates. For "Eh Eh", Gaga wore a pyrotechnic bra that fired sparkle-flames from her breast area while singing the chorus.{{cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/lady-gaga-517-1303812|title=Lady GaGa spits fire from her breasts at Glastonbury|last=Woodhouse|first=Alan|date=June 26, 2009|access-date=September 12, 2017|work=NME|df=mdy-all}} In September 2009, Gaga appeared in French television show Taratata, where she performed "Eh, Eh" on the piano, while wearing a red mask.{{cite news|url=http://www.purepeople.com/article/lady-gaga-regardez-son-impro-en-francais-et-son-numero-bluffant-dans-taratata_a42077/1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019045718/http://www.purepeople.com/article/lady-gaga-regardez-son-impro-en-francais-et-son-numero-bluffant-dans-taratata_a42077/1|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 19, 2009|title=Lady GaGa : Regardez son impro en français et son numéro bluffant dans Taratata !|last=Nestruck|first=Kelly|date=October 16, 2009|work=PureMédias|access-date=February 18, 2018|df=mdy-all}} "Eh, Eh" was also performed during the original version of The Monster Ball Tour, where the song signified the singer's rebirth as she descended from the top amidst white lights and mechanical fog.{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1628611/lady-gaga-brings-san-diego-a-feast-for-the-eyes-and-ears/|title=Lady Gaga Brings San Diego A Feast For The Eyes And Ears|last=Montgomery|first=James|date=December 19, 2009|publisher=MTV News|access-date=December 21, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027130731/http://www.mtv.com/news/1628611/lady-gaga-brings-san-diego-a-feast-for-the-eyes-and-ears/|archive-date=October 27, 2014|df=mdy-all}} She wore a giant human sized gyroscope around her, which was developed by the Haus of Gaga and was named "The Orbit". The song was removed from the setlist in early 2010.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2009/nov/30/lady-gaga-monster-ball|title=Lady Gaga's Monster Ball, reviewed by a theatre critic|last=Nestruck|first=Kelly|date=November 30, 2009|work=The Guardian|access-date=December 1, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024732/http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2009/nov/30/lady-gaga-monster-ball|archive-date=March 4, 2016|df=mdy-all}}

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Australian CD Single (Extra Limited Edition)

1. "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" – 2:57
2. "Poker Face" (Space Cowboy Remix) – 4:56

French CD Single (Limited Edition){{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002HZCGOO|title=Lady Gaga – Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) – Single(Import)|website=Amazon |access-date=March 9, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716111618/http://musique.fnac.com/a2727955/Lady-Gaga-Eh-eh-nothing-else-I-can-say-CD-single?Mn=-1&Ra=-28&To=0&Nu=24&Fr=0|archive-date=July 16, 2011|df=mdy-all}}

1. "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" – 2:56
2. "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" [Pet Shop Boys Radio Mix] – 2:49
3. "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" [Random Soul Synthetic Club Remix] – 5:27

iTunes Remix Single

1. "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" [Random Soul Synthetic Club Remix] – 5:29
2. "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" [Pet Shop Boys Radio Mix] – 2:53

Italian iTunes download{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/browserRedirect?url=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewAlbum%253Fid%253D308167587%2526s%253D143450|title=Lady Gaga – Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)|access-date=October 11, 2009|year=2009|publisher=iTunes Store|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106012431/https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/browserRedirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2FWebObjects%2FMZStore.woa%2Fwa%2FviewAlbum%3Fid%3D308167587&s=143450|archive-date=November 6, 2012|df=mdy-all}}

1. "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" [Electric Piano & Human Beatbox Version] – 3:03

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iTunes Remix EP{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/fr/album/eh-eh-nothing-else-i-can-say/319676627|title=Lady Gaga – Eh, Eh Remix EP|access-date=June 23, 2009|date=March 13, 2009|publisher=iTunes Store|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514002124/http://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/eh-eh-nothing-else-i-can-say/id319676627|archive-date=May 14, 2010|df=mdy-all}}

1. "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" – 2:57
2. "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" [Pet Shop Boys Radio Mix] – 2:53
3. "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" [Bollywood Remix] – 3:29
4. "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" [FrankMusik 'Cut Snare Edit' Remix] – 3:50
5. "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" [Electric Piano & Human Beat Box Version] – 3:03
6. "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" [Mattafix Remix] – 3:21
7. "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" [Random Soul Synthetic Club Remix] – 5:29
8. "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" [Pet Shop Boys Club Remix] – 6:31

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Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Fame.{{cite AV media notes |title= The Fame|title-link= The Fame |others=Lady Gaga |year=2008 |first=Stefani |last=Germanotta |type=CD liner notes |publisher=Interscope Records}}

• Lady Gaga – vocals, songwriting
• Martin Kierszenbaum – songwriting, production
• Tony Ugval – audio engineering
• Robert Orton – audio mixing
• Gene Grimaldi – audio mastering at Oasis Mastering, Burbank, California
• Recorded at Cherrytree Recording Studios, Santa Monica, California

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