LoveGame

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Towards the end of 2007, Lady Gaga's management company introduced her to songwriter and producer RedOne, whom they also managed.{{cite web|url=http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_RedOne_Interview.html|title=Interview With RedOne|date=March 23, 2009|publisher=HitQuarters|access-date=December 19, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113171226/http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview%2Fopar%2Fintrview_RedOne_Interview.html|archive-date=January 13, 2010}} By 2008, Gaga relocated to Los Angeles in order to work extensively with her record label to complete her debut album, The Fame, and set up her own creative team called the Haus of Gaga. "LoveGame" was one of the songs written by Gaga and RedOne who also produced the track.{{cite book|last=Herbert|first=Emily|year=2010|title=Lady Gaga: Queen of Pop|publisher=John Blake Publishing|isbn=978-1-84454-963-4}} With Rolling Stone, Gaga explained that she was at a nightclub and had a "sexual crush" on somebody. She went up to the person and uttered the line, "I wanna ride on your disco stick". Thinking it to be a thoughtful metaphor for penis, Gaga went to the recording studio the next day and wrote the song in roughly four minutes. Gaga also had ideas for the live performance of the song where she used "an actual stick—it looks like a giant rock-candy pleasuring tool—that lights up".{{cite magazine|title=The 'Just Dance' singer on leotards, the first lady and raunchy lyrics|last=Scaggs|first=Austin|date=February 19, 2009|magazine=Rolling Stone|issn=0035-791X|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/25921604/qa_lady_gaga/2|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412043905/http://www.rollingstone.com:80/news/story/25921604/qa_lady_gaga/2|archive-date=2009-04-12}}

While commenting in regards to the lyrical content of the song on Australian talk show, Rove, Gaga said that she was unrepentant about her "disco stick" metaphor, though it led to a banning of the music video on Network Ten in Australia. She added that the metaphor was not meant to be subtle and was clear what the lyrics constituted off. "If anything, I happen to think people are frivolously hard on me", Gaga generalized. She went on to relegate "lot of youth-oriented pop music" as much racier than hers with their sexually provocative lyrics, but Gaga felt that the whole context of her visuals alongside the music was what made people react. "It's the music in relation to the visual, in relation to the way I move and the way I articulate the lyrics. But if I wanted to make music to make people sing 'la di da' that would be very boring," she concluded.{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/news/this-decades-biggest-thing/story-fna7dq6e-1225713905455|title=The world goes crazy for Lady Gaga|date=May 21, 2009|publisher=News.com.au|access-date=May 27, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506152250/http://www.news.com.au/news/this-decades-biggest-thing/story-fna7dq6e-1225713905455|archive-date=May 6, 2014}}

"LoveGame" was released as the album's third single in North America and Europe and the fourth single in Australia, New Zealand, and Sweden after "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)". In the US it was sent to Contemporary hit radio (CHR) formats for airplay from May 12, 2009. The track initially had been planned as the third single release in the United Kingdom, but deeming its lyrics and music video potentially controversial, it was decided that "Paparazzi" would be released instead. "LoveGame" has received a number of remix treatments, one of which featured vocals from rocker Marilyn Manson.{{cite news|url=http://www.fuse.tv/2012/07/marilyn-manson-prefers-kylie-minogue-justin-timberlake-to-lady-gaga|title=Marilyn Manson Prefers Kylie Minogue, Justin Timberlake To Lady Gaga|last=James|first=Nicole|publisher=Fuse|date=June 11, 2012|access-date=June 19, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130214035516/http://www.fuse.tv/2012/07/marilyn-manson-prefers-kylie-minogue-justin-timberlake-to-lady-gaga|archive-date=February 14, 2013}} Daniel Kreps from Rolling Stone reported that the remix was conceived during Gaga's photoshoot with the magazine in May 2009, when Manson arrived on the set. The rocker was impressed by the shoot and wanted to collaborate with Gaga on "LoveGame".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lady-gaga-and-marilyn-manson-team-up-for-lovegame-remix-20090611|title=Lady Gaga and Marilyn Manson Team Up For LoveGame|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|date=June 11, 2009|access-date=July 2, 2014|magazine=Rolling Stone|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714201047/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lady-gaga-and-marilyn-manson-team-up-for-lovegame-remix-20090611|archive-date=July 14, 2014}}

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"LoveGame" was recorded at Record Plant Studios and Chalice Recording Studios, both in Hollywood, California. Along with the production work of the track, RedOne also contributed to its background vocals, instrumentation, programming, audio engineering and recording. Other personnel involved in creating the final version of the song included Robert Orton who did the audio mixing, and Gene Grimaldi who mastered the song at Oasis Mastering in Burbank, California.

Musically, "LoveGame" is an uptempo synth-pop and electro-R&B song.{{cite web|last=Martens|first=Todd|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/10/lady-gaga-gets-a-dventurously-intimate-wrassles-with-madonna-on-snl-1.html?cid=6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a5bc73ff970b|title=Lady Gaga gets adventurously intimate, wrastles with Madonna on 'SNL'|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 4, 2009|access-date=July 21, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008215459/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/10/lady-gaga-gets-a-dventurously-intimate-wrassles-with-madonna-on-snl-1.html?cid=6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a5bc73ff970b|archive-date=October 8, 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/review/a141079/lady-gaga-the-fame.html|title=Lady GaGa: 'The Fame'|last=Levine|first=Nick|date=January 9, 2009|access-date=July 1, 2014|work=Digital Spy|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714154812/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/review/a141079/lady-gaga-the-fame.html|archive-date=July 14, 2014}} According to Kerri Mason of Billboard, the composition has a vibe of the New York downtown musical scene, but has a more mainstream appeal to it, making it perfect for radio, "without losing its smut and sass".{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/album/lady-gaga/the-fame/1172154/review|title=Lady Gaga: The Fame review|last=Mason|first=Kerri|date=November 10, 2008|access-date=March 17, 2009|magazine=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021075324/http://www.billboard.com/album/lady-gaga/the-fame/1172154/review|archive-date=October 21, 2009|url-status=live}} The song does not have a massive sound like previous single "Poker Face", nor has a big melody like subsequent single, "Paparazzi". Instead the composition of the song is electro-R&B, consisting of big beats and a number of hooks, with Gaga repeating the word "huh!" from time to time.

Gaga explained that the lyrics of "LoveGame" were clear about what the song is all about. She thought that the lyrics portrayed a powerful message about love, fame, and sexuality which was the central theme of The Fame. According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, "LoveGame" is set in the time signature of common time and is composed in the key of B minor{{Cite web|last1=Nadir|first1=Khayat|last2=Stefani|first2=Germanotta|last3=Gaga|first3=Lady|date=2009-07-10|title=Lovegame|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0075514|access-date=2021-06-09|website=Musicnotes.com|archive-date=June 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609055251/https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0075514|url-status=live}} with a moderate tempo of 104 beats per minute. Gaga's vocal range spans from B₃ to G₅. It follows in the chord progression of Bm–Em–D–Bm–Em–D in the first two verse and chorus while progressing as Bm–Em–Bm–Em in the intermediate verse before the final chorus.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0075514|last1=Germanotta|first1=Stefani|last2=Khayat|first2=Nadir|year=2009|title=Lady Gaga: Lovegame Sheet Music|publisher=Musicnotes. Alfred Publishing|access-date=July 9, 2009|archive-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319235228/https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0075514|url-status=live}}

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The song received mostly positive reviews from critics. The Phoenix music editor Daniel Brockman said that "Gaga ups the ante in terms of catchy song writing and sheer high-in-the-club-banging-to-the-beat abandon." He also commented on the lyrics saying that "'Let's have some fun, this beat is sick / I wanna take a ride on your disco stick' might be the trashiest-yet-awesomest refrain I've heard on a major-label record this year."{{cite news|url=http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/70309-LADY-GAGA-THE-FAME/|title=Lady GaGa:The Fame|first=Daniel|last=Brockman|date=October 22, 2008|access-date=April 6, 2009|work=The Phoenix|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304003127/http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/70309-LADY-GAGA-THE-FAME|archive-date=March 4, 2009}} Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine criticized the song for "cheap" lyrics and "painfully enunciat[ing] without any resemblance of actual sex appeal".{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/lady-gaga-the-fame|title=Lady Gaga: The Fame review|first=Sal|last=Cinquemani|date=October 25, 2008|access-date=April 6, 2009|work=Slant Magazine|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}} While reviewing The Fame, BBC said that the song sounded robotic in the line "I wanna take a ride on your disco stick", though deemed it a brilliant track which "leaves us awarding Gaga the yearbook title of 'pop star most likely to kill'."{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/f6bd|title=Lady GaGa The Fame Review|first=Talia|last=Kraines|date=January 9, 2009|access-date=April 6, 2009|publisher=BBC|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090405210433/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/f6bd|archive-date=April 5, 2009}}

Nick Levine from Digital Spy believed that lines like "I wanna take a ride on your disco stick" was a direct reason of Gaga's commercial success. Although he felt that the song was "attention-seeking", he knew that it would provoke reaction from the masses, be it good or bad.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/review/a177512/lady-gaga-lovegame.html#~oIMQ850WpcktGG|title=Lady GaGa: 'LoveGame'|last=Levine|first=Nick|date=September 16, 2009|access-date=July 1, 2014|website=Digital Spy|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715001935/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/review/a177512/lady-gaga-lovegame.html#~oIMQ850WpcktGG|archive-date=July 15, 2014}} Genevieve Koski from The A.V. Club called the song as a "propulsive club anthem" and complimented its synths and drum programming. She described it aurally as "a dizzying sonic trip that approximates the high point of a chemically enhanced night of club-hopping."{{cite web|last=Koski|first=Genevieve|date=November 10, 2008|access-date=July 1, 2014|url=http://www.avclub.com/review/lady-gaga-emthe-fameem-6744|title=Lady Gaga: The Fame|work=The A.V. Club|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}} Evan Sawdey from PopMatters complimented RedOne's production on the song, listing it as one of the best tracks on The Fame.{{cite web|last=Sawdey|first=Evan|date=January 19, 2009|access-date=July 1, 2014|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/68939-lady-gaga-the-fame/|title=Lady GaGa: The Fame|work=PopMatters|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}}

Ben Hogwood from MusicOMH declared the song as "top notch, diamond-encrusted pop" along with other tracks like "Starstruck" and "Paparazzi". He found the lyrics to be sometimes odd, especially the statement, "I'm on a mission, and it involves some heavy touchin'."{{cite news|url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/lady-gaga_0109.htm|title=Lady Gaga – The Fame|last=Hogwood|first=Ben|date=January 12, 2009|work=MusicOMH|access-date=April 21, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122200052/http://www.musicomh.com/albums/lady-gaga_0109.htm|archive-date=January 22, 2009}} Sarah Rodman of The Boston Globe said that the song "has a gutter level quippage with sinuous moves".{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/music/cd_reviews/articles/2008/10/27/lady_gaga/|title=Lady Gaga The Fame|last=Rodman|first=Sarah|date=October 27, 2008|newspaper=Boston Globe|access-date=April 21, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417151514/http://www.boston.com/ae/music/cd_reviews/articles/2008/10/27/lady_gaga/|archive-date=April 17, 2009}} Priya Elan from The Times was not impressed with the song and called it calculated.{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article5465929.ece|title=The Big CD: Lady GaGa – The Fame|last=Elan|first=Priya|date=January 10, 2009|newspaper=The Times|access-date=April 21, 2009}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Billboard music editor Chris Williams gave the song a positive review, commenting that "It has all the winning ingredients of its predecessors: a radio-friendly, club/electropop feel; a provocative, yet silly enough catchphrase and hook; and a dash of '80s synth magic, so the adults can play along. On 'LoveGame' Gaga is in it to win it."{{cite magazine|url=http://login.vnuemedia.com/bbbiz/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003975917|title=LoveGame Single review|last=Williams|first=Chris|date=May 30, 2009|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 24, 2009}}

While reviewing The Fame on its fifth anniversary, Bradley Stern from Idolator noted that "LoveGame" could "easily be erased from Gaga's back catalog with little consequence" since he felt it to be nothing more than an "electro-dance" track. But Stern believed that "LoveGame" was an important component of Gaga's career trajectory, since it was the last testament of her image as "that of the disco-stick wielding pop star from out of space"—the image was later deconstructed as the doomed starlet in the music video of "Paparazzi". He concluded by saying that the song "is a wonderful moment of pop frivolity which served to keep the upstart Lady Gaga machine chugging along at the beginning of her career."{{cite web|url=http://www.idolator.com/7478449/lady-gaga-the-fame-stan-and-deliver/2|title=Lady Gaga's 'The Fame' Turns 5: Stan & Deliver|last=Stern|first=Bradley|date=August 19, 2013|publisher=Idolator|access-date=July 1, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140702120948/http://www.idolator.com/7478449/lady-gaga-the-fame-stan-and-deliver/2|archive-date=July 2, 2014}}

Following its release, "LoveGame" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 96 for the week ending March 21, 2009, but fell off the chart the following week.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/269227/miley-cyrus-climb-debuts-high-on-hot-100|title=Miley Cyrus' 'Climb' Debuts High on Hot 100|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=March 12, 2009|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 30, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208010403/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/269227/miley-cyrus-climb-debuts-high-on-hot-100|archive-date=February 8, 2013}} After seven weeks it reached number ten on the Hot 100 by selling 107,000 digital downloads and becoming the week's greatest digital gainer.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/268458/lady-gaga-takes-two-top-10-spots-on-billboards-hot-100|title=Lady GaGa Takes Two Top 10 Spots on Billboard's Hot 100|last1=Ben-Yehuda|first1=Ayala|first2=Silvio|last2=Pietroluongo|date=June 4, 2009|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 5, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628141531/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/268458/lady-gaga-takes-two-top-10-spots-on-billboards-hot-100|archive-date=June 28, 2014}} Two weeks later, "LoveGame" peaked at number five on the chart.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/268343/black-eyed-peas-take-top-two-slots-on-billboard-hot-100|title=Black Eyed Peas Take Top Two Slots on Billboard Hot 100|last=Ben-Yehuda|first=Ayala|date=June 18, 2009|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 18, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517173142/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/268343/black-eyed-peas-take-top-two-slots-on-billboard-hot-100|archive-date=May 17, 2013}} It reached number-one on the Hot Dance Club Songs, and also became Gaga's third number-one on the Mainstream Top 40 chart.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/268121/lady-gaga-makes-mainstream-top-40-history|title=Lady Gaga Makes Mainstream Top 40 History|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=June 19, 2009|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 14, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704063547/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/268121/lady-gaga-makes-mainstream-top-40-history|archive-date=July 4, 2013}} The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified "LoveGame" triple platinum for shipment of three million copies across United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=Lady+Gaga|title=American single certifications – Lady Gaga|publisher= Recording Industry Association of America|accessdate=October 10, 2011|format=If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH}} It has sold 2.67 million digital downloads in the United States as of February 2019, according to Nielsen Soundscan.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8497475/lady-gaga-sales-streams-ariana-grande-ask-billboard|title=Ask Billboard: Lady Gaga's Career Sales & Streams; Ariana Grande Takes '7' to 1|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=February 10, 2019|access-date=February 11, 2019|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=February 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210184426/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8497475/lady-gaga-sales-streams-ariana-grande-ask-billboard|url-status=live}}

In Canada, the song debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 at number 68 before its official release as a single.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2008-09-20/canadian-hot-100|title=Billboard Canadian Hot 100: Sep 20, 2008|access-date=March 20, 2009|magazine=Billboard|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702014323/http://www.billboard.com/charts/2008-09-20/canadian-hot-100|archive-date=July 2, 2014}} Its second appearance was on the chart of January 10, 2009, at number 87.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2009-01-10/canadian-hot-100|title=Billboard Canadian Hot 100: Jan 10, 2009|access-date=March 20, 2009|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=January 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126145636/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2009-01-10|url-status=live}} After a few weeks, "LoveGame" entered the top ten of the Canadian Hot 100 and climbed to number five.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2009-04-04/canadian-hot-100|title=Billboard Canadian Hot 100: Apr 04, 2009|access-date=April 6, 2009|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319235236/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/|url-status=live}} After fluctuating down the chart for a few weeks "LoveGame" reached a new peak of two on the chart. The song was certified double platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) in June 2009, for sales of 160,000 paid digital downloads.

In Australia, the song debuted at number 92 on the ARIA Charts, and then moved up the charts to number 41 the next week. On the issue dated May 11, 2009, the song peaked at number four, becoming Gaga's third top five single there. "LoveGame" was certified quadruple platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipment of 280,000 copies of the single. In New Zealand, the song debuted at number 36 and moved up to a peak of number 12. The Recorded Music NZ (RMNZ) certified it platinum for shipment of 30,000 copies of the single. On the issue dated March 6, 2009, the song entered the Irish Singles Chart at number 49 and peaked at number 30, after eight weeks on the chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2009&year=2009&week=10|title=Chart Track: Week 10, 2009|access-date=March 14, 2009|publisher=Irish Singles Chart|date=March 5, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528001036/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2009&year=2009&week=10|archive-date=May 28, 2012}} It also debuted at number 19 in Finland and has since moved to a peak of number 12.

In early 2009, the song charted on the UK Singles Chart and peaked at number 89 based on downloads only. It re-entered the chart at number 64 after the release of the single was announced, and peaked at 19, becoming her lowest-charting single in the UK at that time. The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) certified it platinum, for sales and streams of 600,000 units. In the Netherlands the song debuted at number 28 and has peaked at number five. The song debuted at number six in France and moved to its peak of number five the next week, becoming Gaga's second top five after Poker Face, who peaked atop two months earlier. It debuted at numbers 19 and 38 on the Belgian Ultratop Flanders and Wallonia charts respectively. In Flanders it has reached a peak of six, while in Wallonia it moved to a peak of five. "LoveGame" also reached a peak of number seven on the Billboard European Hot 100 Singles chart.

{{Quote box|width=300px|align=right|quote="'LoveGame' is a genuine New York lifestyle video. It's got that feeling of 'gay, black New York,' of inclusion and glamour," [...] I wanted to really bring forth the girl that I was four years ago, and I wanted to put it in the setting of the underground subway. I worked with Joseph Kahn, and he did an amazing job. He didn't just capture the fashion; he captured the artist."|source=—Gaga talking about the inspiration behind the video}}

The music video of "LoveGame" was directed by Joseph Kahn and premiered on March 23, 2009, in Australia, and on August 13, 2009, in the UK on 4Music channel.{{cite news|url=http://www.promonews.tv/2009/03/23/lady-gaga%E2%80%99s-love-games-by-joseph-kahn/|title=Lady Gaga's Love Games by Joseph Kahn|last=Knight|first=David|date=March 23, 2009|publisher=Promo News|access-date=November 18, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329103440/http://www.promonews.tv/2009/03/23/lady-gaga%E2%80%99s-love-games-by-joseph-kahn/|archive-date=March 29, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kissfmuk.com/2009/08/14/lady-gaga-love-game/|title=Lady Gaga: LoveGame UK video premiere|work=Kiss |access-date=August 13, 2009|publisher=KISS-FM|location=United Kingdom|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208091907/http://www.kissfmuk.com/2009/08/14/lady-gaga-love-game/|archive-date=December 8, 2012}} The video mainly takes place in a subway station, hence several scenes are reminiscent to Michael Jackson's "Bad" music video, which was also shot in a similar location. The music video for "LoveGame" was shot back-to-back with the video for "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" on the weekend of January 9, 2009,{{cite web|url=http://www.josephkahn.com/news/1388.xml?_offset=0|title=Joseph Kahn to direct Gaga's "Eh, Eh" and "Love Game"|publisher=JosephKahn.com|date=January 9, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223011323/http://www.josephkahn.com/news/1388.xml?_offset=0|archive-date=February 23, 2012|access-date=March 3, 2009}} inside a warehouse at the Port of Los Angeles.{{cite magazine|url=http://ew.com/article/2009/02/03/on-the-scene-la/|title=On the Scene:Lady GaGa's 'LoveGame' video|date=February 3, 2009|access-date=July 21, 2017|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|last=Pastorek|first=Whitney|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527165652/http://www.ew.com/article/2009/02/03/on-the-scene-la|archive-date=May 27, 2016}} Although the video was filmed in Los Angeles, it nevertheless has a New York City setting.

Gaga spoke to Whitney Pastorek of Entertainment Weekly during a "Behind the Scenes" episode of the shoot, about her inspirations for the video. She wanted to have a "giant" dance video with "LoveGame", describing it as "plastic, beautiful, gorgeous, sweaty, tar on the floor". There would be scary and dangerous looking men also in the video. Gaga had the idea of portraying herself and her co-actors as New York inhabitants taking on the role of designers, performance artists, dancers etc. She enlisted people from downtown New York as dancers, who normally would not get cast in a video.

One of the props developed for the video was a pair of sunglasses made of wire. According to Gaga, she imagined "a downtown, bad-ass kid walking down the street with his buddies, grabbing a pair of pliers, and making a pair of sunglasses out of a fence on the street". She wore them on the opening shot of the music video along with a chain link hood garment, saying that "they look so hard. It looks like I plied them right out of the fence and put them on my face".

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The video starts with the heading "Streamline presents" and three men moving through Times Square. They open a manhole cover on which "Haus of Gaga" is written. Gaga is then shown naked with blue and purple paint and glitter on her body, frolicking with two men who have the words "Love" and "Fame" shaved into their heads. The scene shifts to a subway where Gaga starts singing in a grey-white leotard with a hood. She carries her characteristic disco stick and wears chain-linked glasses. The chorus starts with Gaga and her dancers progressing through the subway and dancing down a staircase. Two harlequin Great Danes, are also shown on top of the staircase.{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1606964/lady-gagas-pop-revolution-continues-with-lovegame/|title=Lady Gaga's pop revolution continues with 'LoveGame'|access-date=March 29, 2009|last=Montgomery|first=James|date=March 13, 2009|publisher=MTV News|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202223648/http://www.mtv.com/news/1606964/lady-gagas-pop-revolution-continues-with-lovegame/|archive-date=December 2, 2014}}

The video shifts to a train where the second verse takes place with choreographed dance routines and Gaga wearing black and white jackets. During the intermediate music, Gaga is shown entering a ticket booth with an inspector while kissing and caressing. As the camera pans from right to left the inspector changes from a man to woman in each frame.{{cite news|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/lady-gaga-romps-with-girl-and-boy-in-new-music-video_100156115.html|title=Lady Gaga romps with girl and boy in new music video|work=Thaindian News|date=February 19, 2009|access-date=June 19, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421091939/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/lady-gaga-romps-with-girl-and-boy-in-new-music-video_100156115.html|archive-date=April 21, 2009}} According to Emma Hope Allwood of Dazed, in the clip Gaga wears Nazi chic fashion based on an outfit Charlotte Rampling wore in The Night Porter (1974); Allwood noted that the outfit had previously been appropriated in the videos for Madonna's "Justify My Love" (1990) and Marilyn Manson's "The Fight Song" (2001).{{cite magazine|url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/33523/1/nazi-chic-the-stylistic-legacy-of-the-night-porter|last=Hope Allwood|first=Emma|title=Nazi Chic: the stylistic legacy of The Night Porter|magazine=Dazed|date=October 31, 2016|access-date=April 9, 2018|archive-date=April 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410134726/http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/33523/1/nazi-chic-the-stylistic-legacy-of-the-night-porter|url-status=live}} The final scene shows Gaga doing a choreographed dance routine with her crew of backup dancers. The video comes to an end as Gaga and her dancers hold their groins, gesturing towards the camera.

The music video was censored in many countries after its release in 2009. The video faced censorship troubles in Australia where it was rated M by Network Ten for the "suggestive video footage involving bondage and sexual acts". The channel demanded an edited version of the video which would not violate censorship rules. Video Hits refused to air the video in its G- and PG-rated time slots. They cited "numerous sexual references both visually and lyrically" as the reason they could not create a child-friendly edit without bleeping the repeated hook "I wanna take a ride on your disco stick". However, Australian programs like Rage and cable networks Channel V and MTV aired the video in its original form.{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/lady-gaga-love-game-video-banned-from-australian-tv/story-e6frewyr-1225696971822|title=Lady GaGa Love Game video banned from Australian TV|last=Adams|first=Cameron|date=April 7, 2009|work=The Australian Daily Telegraph|page=1|access-date=April 7, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922131831/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/lady-gaga-love-game-video-banned-from-australian-tv/story-e6frewyr-1225696971822|archive-date=September 22, 2012}}

The video also faced a ban from MTV Arabia citing the same reason as Australia. Since it was very rare to ban videos on MTV, head of MTV Arabia Samer al Marzouki commented, "We represent the young generation's mentality and culture so we can't play something that conflicts with that. If they can't watch something comfortably with their brother, sisters or friends then we will not play it."{{cite news|url=http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090608/NATIONAL/706079810/-1/OPINION|title=MTV Arabia bans Lady Gaga video|last=Swan|first=Melanie|date=June 7, 2009|work=The National|access-date=June 8, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611201821/http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090608/NATIONAL/706079810/-1/OPINION|archive-date=June 11, 2009}} In the United States, VH1 and MTV played an edited version that removed the scenes showing Gaga naked, and blurred the label on a bottle of alcohol held by a dancer, but they did not change the lyrics.{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/video/play.jhtml?id=1613655&vid=392357|title=See LoveGame Online|access-date=June 19, 2009|publisher=VH1|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620222135/http://www.vh1.com/video/play.jhtml?id=1613655&vid=392357|archive-date=June 20, 2009}}

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Gaga first performed "LoveGame" live in June 2008 on the Isle of Malta special of MTV Asia.{{cite web|url=http://music.mtvasia.com/show/mtv-world-stage/worldstage-lady-gaga/love-game-live-in-malta-world-stage-440417?autoplay=1|title=MTV Music: LoveGame at Isle of Malta|publisher=MTV Asia|access-date=July 3, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211410/http://music.mtvasia.com/show/mtv-world-stage/worldstage-lady-gaga/love-game-live-in-malta-world-stage-440417?autoplay=1|archive-date=March 3, 2016}} She later performed it on the UK program, The Album Chart Show, on February 4, 2009, while promoting The Fame.{{cite web|url=http://www.ladygaga.com/forum/default.aspx?tid=323446&cid=454|title=LoveGame: The Album Chart show|date=February 14, 2009|publisher=LadyGaga.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615001258/http://www.ladygaga.com/forum/default.aspx?tid=323446&cid=454|archive-date=June 15, 2009}} On March 20, 2009, the song was performed live at the AOL Sessions along with Gaga's other singles such as "Just Dance", "Paparazzi", "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich", and an acoustic version of "Poker Face".{{cite web|url=http://www.interscope.com/artist/player/default.aspx?mid=4598&aid=599|title=LoveGame: AOL Sessions|publisher=Interscope Records|date=March 20, 2009|access-date=May 4, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327044631/http://www.interscope.com/artist/player/default.aspx?mid=4598&aid=599|archive-date=March 27, 2009}} An acoustic version of "LoveGame" was performed at the MTV Sessions in January 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/lady-gaga/videos/love-game-mtv-session|title=Lady Gaga | Love Game (MTV Session) video|access-date=May 4, 2009|publisher=MTV|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714081852/http://www.mtv.co.uk/lady-gaga/videos/love-game-mtv-session|archive-date=July 14, 2014}}

The song was a major part of Gaga's The Fame Ball Tour as the second number of the set list, and was performed alongside album track, "Starstruck". Gaga wore a silver and black short skirt looking like a tutu and shaped like a peplum. She had a triangular piece attached on the dress on her right breast, and completed her look with high heeled ultra spike shoes.{{cite news|url=http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2009/03/15/lady-gaga-delivers-crazy-dance-pop-show/|title=Lady Gaga delivers crazy dance-pop show|last=Harrington|first=Jim|date=March 16, 2009|newspaper=San Jose Mercury News|access-date=April 30, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090317000507/http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2009/03/15/lady-gaga-delivers-crazy-dance-pop-show/|archive-date=March 17, 2009}}{{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|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=April 30, 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}} On May 17, 2009, Gaga performed the song live on Australian talk show, Rove.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/05/rove-may-10-17.html|title=Rove: May 10 / 17|last=Knox|first=David|date=May 8, 2009|work=Rove|access-date=May 9, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511121403/http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/05/rove-may-10-17.html|archive-date=May 11, 2009}} She also performed the song at the season finale of the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars.{{cite web|url=https://www.papermag.com/this-week-in-2009-glee-2636967083.html|title=This Week in 2009: 'Glee' Aired For the First Time|last=Gillespie|first=Katherine|date=May 13, 2019|work=Paper|access-date=March 31, 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122155526/https://www.papermag.com/this-week-in-2009-glee-2636967083.html|archive-date=January 22, 2021}} A remixed version of "Poker Face" and "LoveGame" was performed at the 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards (MMVA), during the indoor-outdoor street-side show. The performance, which included Gaga being trapped in a fake subway car surrounded by fake police officers, was billed as a tribute to New York City.{{cite news|url=https://ca.music.yahoo.com/blogs/sound-check/fans-agog-over-lady-gaga-at-mmvas-nickelback-takes-most-hardware.html|title=Fans agog over Lady Gaga at MMVAs; Nickelback Takes the Most Hardware|last=Patch|first=Nick|date=June 22, 2009|publisher=The Canadian Press|access-date=June 22, 2009|archive-date=April 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415074424/http://ca.music.yahoo.com/blogs/sound-check/fans-agog-over-lady-gaga-at-mmvas-nickelback-takes-most-hardware.html|url-status=live}} In 2014, Toronto Sun listed the performance as the fifth most "jaw-dropping" moment in the history of MMVAs, when Gaga introduced her characteristic "flaming bra" during the song.{{cite news|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2014/06/12/5-jaw-dropping-moments-from-mmva-history-with-their-2014-equivalent|title=5 jaw-dropping moments from MMVA history with their 2014 equivalent|last=Stevenson|first=Jane|date=June 15, 2014|access-date=July 1, 2014|newspaper=Toronto Sun|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042200/http://www.torontosun.com/2014/06/12/5-jaw-dropping-moments-from-mmva-history-with-their-2014-equivalent|url-status=live}} On September 8, 2009, Gaga performed "LoveGame" at the season seven premiere of The Ellen DeGeneres Show.{{cite web|url=http://www.interscope.com/artist/news/default.aspx?nid=22720&aid=599|title=Lady Gaga on Ellen this Tuesday!|date=September 4, 2009|work=Interscope Records|access-date=September 9, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906151141/http://www.interscope.com/artist/news/default.aspx?nid=22720&aid=599|archive-date=September 6, 2009}} A version featuring a full live band was performed at the thirty-fifth season of American comedy show Saturday Night Live, while wearing a big gyroscope-like contraption that rotated around Gaga.{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1622985/lady-gaga-madonna-catfight-almost-kiss-on-saturday-night-live/|title=Lady Gaga, Madonna Catfight, Almost Kiss On 'Saturday Night Live'|last=Aswad|first=Jem|date=October 5, 2009|publisher=MTV News|access-date=October 6, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725032235/http://www.mtv.com/news/1622985/lady-gaga-madonna-catfight-almost-kiss-on-saturday-night-live/|archive-date=July 25, 2015}}

In late 2009, "LoveGame" was added to the set list of Gaga's The Monster Ball Tour. In the original version of the tour, the singer wore an off-white costume with skeletal lighted headgear and breastplates shaped like ribs.{{cite news|url=http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/columnists/jane_stevenson/2009/11/29/11967326-sun.html|title=Lady Gaga puts on a Monster show|last=Stevenson|first=Jane|date=November 29, 2009|newspaper=Toronto Sun|access-date=November 30, 2009|archive-date=July 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705020653/http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/columnists/jane_stevenson/2009/11/29/11967326-sun.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2009/11/28/concert-review-lady-gaga-romances-bell-centre-crowd-nov-27/|title=Concert review: Lady Gaga romances Bell Centre crowd, Nov. 27|last=Dunlevy|first=T'Cha|date=November 28, 2009|work=The Gazette|access-date=November 28, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721205224/http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2009/11/28/concert-review-lady-gaga-romances-bell-centre-crowd-nov-27/|archive-date=July 21, 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/music_news/2009/12/lady_gaga_bares_her_%E2%80%98teeth%E2%80%99_%E2%80%98poker_face%E2%80%99|title=Lady Gaga bares her 'Teeth,' 'Poker Face'|last=Carter|first=Lauren|date=December 2, 2009|work=Boston Herald|access-date=December 2, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001004/http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/music_news/2009/12/lady_gaga_bares_her_%E2%80%98teeth%E2%80%99_%E2%80%98poker_face%E2%80%99|archive-date=March 4, 2016}} On the revamped shows of The Monster Ball (2010–2011) "LoveGame" was introduced during the second act and featured a New York City subway car on stage from which Gaga and her dancers emerged. While wearing a revealing plastic dress and an exaggerated nun's habit, Gaga wielded the disco stick, which was modified to look like a torch.{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1630131/lady-gaga-showered-with-hometown-love-at-new-york-show/|title=Lady Gaga Showered With Hometown Love at New York Show|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=January 21, 2010|publisher=MTV News|access-date=February 15, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715081059/http://www.mtv.com/news/1630131/lady-gaga-showered-with-hometown-love-at-new-york-show/|archive-date=July 15, 2014}} The song was also included on the set list of the Born This Way Ball tour (2012–2013), where it was shortened and the singer performed it wearing a Statue of Liberty styled head piece. Gaga ventured into the crowd during the song, through the extended pathways from the stage.{{cite news|url=http://www.thevine.com.au/music/live-reviews/lady-gaga-brisbane-2012-live-review-20120614-245405|title=Lady Gaga, Brisbane 2012 – Live review|last=Shea|first=Matt|date=June 14, 2012|access-date=July 1, 2014|publisher=TheVine|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714210537/http://www.thevine.com.au/music/live-reviews/lady-gaga-brisbane-2012-live-review-20120614-245405|archive-date=July 14, 2014}} Joey Guerra from the Houston Chronicle believed that the appearance of "LoveGame" during the tour proved it to be a far superior track than the ones from Gaga's second studio album, Born This Way (2011).{{cite news|url=http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Review-Gaga-taking-herself-too-seriously-4241616.php|title=Review: Gaga taking herself too seriously|last=Guerra|first=Joey|date=January 31, 2013|access-date=July 1, 2014|work=Houston Chronicle|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714184740/http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Review-Gaga-taking-herself-too-seriously-4241616.php|archive-date=July 14, 2014}}

In 2017, Gaga performed "LoveGame" during her headline performance at the Coachella Festival while wearing a black leotard.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/25-best-things-we-saw-at-coachella-2017-weekend-one-193519/lady-gaga-47-114459/|title=25 Best Things We Saw at Coachella 2017: Weekend One|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=April 17, 2017|access-date=March 20, 2023|first1=Nicolas|last1=Stecher|first2=Steve|last2=Appleford|url-status=live|archive-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319234732/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/25-best-things-we-saw-at-coachella-2017-weekend-one-193519/lady-gaga-47-114459/}} On the Joanne World Tour (2017–2018), Gaga performed the track decked in a light blue Swarovski-embellished bodysuit and knee-high boots, while holding a new disco stick in her hand.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/g11664839/lady-gaga-joanne-tour-costumes/|title=Lady Gaga's Joanne Tour coustumes include swarovski crystals, leather fringe, and cowboy hats|date=August 10, 2017|magazine=Harper's Bazaar|access-date=September 10, 2017|first=Lauren Alexis|last=Fisher|archive-date=September 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910172858/http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/g11664839/lady-gaga-joanne-tour-costumes/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/music/reviews/lady-gaga-joanne-world-tour-concert-review-1202520967/|title=Concert Review: Lady Gaga Embraces Every Era of Her Career at the Forum|date=August 9, 2017|work=Variety|access-date=September 10, 2017|first=Alex|last=Stedman|archive-date=August 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816013811/https://variety.com/2017/music/reviews/lady-gaga-joanne-world-tour-concert-review-1202520967/|url-status=live}} Gaga also performed the song on her 2018–2022 Las Vegas residency show, Enigma.{{cite magazine|last=Spanos|first=Brittany|title=Review: Lady Gaga Maintains 'Poker Face' During Stellar Vegas Debut|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/review-lady-gaga-las-vegas-residency-opening-night-773628/|access-date=December 29, 2018|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=December 29, 2018|archive-date=December 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230011954/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/review-lady-gaga-las-vegas-residency-opening-night-773628/|url-status=live}} At The Chromatica Ball tour (2022), "LoveGame" featured "grinding guitars" that gave the song a blend of dance-pop and heavy metal styles.{{cite magazine|last=Gendron|first=Bob|title=Review: In Lady Gaga's sold-out show at Wrigley Field, every song was a larger-than-life experience|magazine=Chicago Tribune|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ent-lady-gaga-wrigley-field-chicago-review-20220816-a5wydgomvbblvagexoqvewjsgq-story.html|date=August 16, 2022|access-date=August 18, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220816175215/https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ent-lady-gaga-wrigley-field-chicago-review-20220816-a5wydgomvbblvagexoqvewjsgq-story.html|archive-date=August 16, 2022|url-status=live}}

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Australian CD single{{cite web|url=http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/pop-rock/lovegame/423950|title=LoveGame CD single|access-date=April 5, 2009|publisher=JB Hi-Fi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090825195248/http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/pop-rock/lovegame/423950|archive-date=August 25, 2009}}

1. "LoveGame" – 3:33
2. "LoveGame" (Robots to Mars Remix) – 3:13

UK 7-inch Vinyl (Limited Edition){{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/LoveGame-7-VINYL-Lady-Gaga/dp/B002N1BNXW/|title=LoveGame [7" VINYL]: Amazon.co.uk: Music|website=Amazon UK |access-date=January 22, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220020135/http://www.amazon.co.uk/LoveGame-7-VINYL-Lady-Gaga/dp/B002N1BNXW|archive-date=February 20, 2014}}

1. "LoveGame" – 3:32
2. "LoveGame" (Space Cowboy Remix) – 3:20

LoveGame (Chew Fu GhettoHouse Fix) iTunes single{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/lovegame-chew-fu-ghettohouse/id320558102|title=LoveGame (Chew Fu Ghettohouse Fix)|publisher=iTunes Store|location=United States|access-date=January 22, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305232810/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/lovegame-chew-fu-ghettohouse/id320558102|archive-date=March 5, 2016}}

1. "LoveGame" (Chew Fu GhettoHouse Fix) [feat. Marilyn Manson] – 5:20

UK iTunes Remix EP{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/lovegame-ep/331138418|title=LoveGame UK iTunes Remix EP|date=January 2009 |publisher=iTunes Store|location=United Kingdom|access-date=September 23, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091117231605/http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/lovegame-ep/id331138418|archive-date=November 17, 2009}}

1. "LoveGame" – 3:37
2. "LoveGame" (Chew Fu GhettoHouse Fix) [feat. Marilyn Manson] – 5:20
3. "LoveGame" (Space Cowboy Remix) – 3:20
4. "LoveGame" (Jody den Broeder Club Remix) – 6:27
5. "LoveGame" (Music Video Version) – 3:44

US and Canadian iTunes remix single{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/ca/album/lovegame-the-remixes-ep/314974892|title=LoveGame (The Remixes) – EP By Lady Gaga|date=January 2009 |access-date=April 6, 2009|publisher=iTunes Store|location=Canada|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407111657/https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/lovegame-the-remixes-ep/id314974892|archive-date=April 7, 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/lovegame-the-remixes-ep/1445169427|title=LoveGame (The Remixes) – EP By Lady Gaga|date=January 2009 |access-date=April 6, 2009|publisher=iTunes Store|location=United States|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914073921/http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/lovegame-the-remixes-ep/id314974892|archive-date=September 14, 2010}}

1. "LoveGame" (Dave Audé Radio Edit) – 3:32
2. "LoveGame" (Space Cowboy Remix) – 3:20
3. "LoveGame" (Robots to Mars Remix) – 3:13

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iTunes remixes (Bonus Track Version)

• Brazil: {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/br/album/lovegame-the-remixes-bonus-track-version/1442387626|title=LoveGame - The Remixes (Bonus Track Version)|via=iTunes (BR)|language=pt-BR|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201215125/https://itunes.apple.com/br/album/lovegame-remixes-bonus-track/id322248645|archive-date=December 1, 2016|access-date=October 10, 2021}}
• Finland: {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/fi/album/lovegame-the-remixes-bonus-track-version/1442387626|title=LoveGame - The Remixes (Bonus Track Version)|via=iTunes (FI)|language=Finnish|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407115508/https://itunes.apple.com/fi/album/lovegame-remixes-bonus-track/id322248645|archive-date=April 7, 2016|access-date=October 10, 2021}}
• France: {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/fr/album/lovegame-remixes-bonus-track/322248645|title=LoveGame: The Remixes (Bonus Track Version)|publisher=iTunes Store|location=France|access-date=July 6, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122012729/https://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/lovegame-remixes-bonus-track/id322248645|archive-date=January 22, 2015}}
• Germany: {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/de/album/lovegame-remixes-bonus-track/322248645|title=LoveGame - The Remixes (Bonus Track Version)|via=iTunes (DE)|language=de|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320205221/https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/lovegame-remixes-bonus-track/id322248645|archive-date=March 20, 2015|access-date=October 10, 2021}}
• Japan: {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/de/album/lovegame-remixes-bonus-track/322248645|title=LoveGame - The Remixes (Bonus Track Version)|via=iTunes (JP)|language=Japanese|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615074949/https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/lovegame-remixes-bonus-track/id322248645|archive-date=June 15, 2015|access-date=October 10, 2021}}

1. "LoveGame" (Dave Audé Radio Edit) – 3:32
2. "LoveGame" (Jody den Broeder Radio Edit) – 3:53
3. "LoveGame" (Space Cowboy Remix) – 3:20
4. "LoveGame" (Robots to Mars Remix) – 3:13
5. "LoveGame" (Dave Audé Club Remix) – 8:35
6. "LoveGame" (Jody den Broeder Club Remix) – 6:28
7. "LoveGame" – 3:32

Germany 'The Remixes' CD single{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/LoveGame-The-Remixes-Lady-Gaga/dp/B00299AQ2M|title=Lady Gaga LoveGame: The Remixes|website=Amazon |language=nl|access-date=May 25, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426045646/http://www.amazon.com/LoveGame-The-Remixes-Lady-Gaga/dp/B00299AQ2M|archive-date=April 26, 2014}}

1. "LoveGame (Chew Fu GhettoHouse Fix) [feat. Marilyn Manson] – 5:20
2. "LoveGame (Robots to Mars Remix) – 3:12
3. "LoveGame (Space Cowboy Remix) – 3:20
4. "LoveGame (Jody den Broeder Club Remix) – 6:27
5. "LoveGame (Dave Audé Club Remix) – 8:35
6. "LoveGame (Chester French Remix) – 3:15
7. "LoveGame" – 3:31

UK CD single{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lovegame-Lady-Gaga/dp/B0028YW3G0/|title=LoveGame: UK CD Single|website=Amazon UK |access-date=April 5, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709024853/http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lovegame-Lady-GaGa/dp/B0028YW3G0|archive-date=July 9, 2009}}

1. "LoveGame" – 3:37
2. "LoveGame" (Chew Fu GhettoHouse Fix) [feat. Marilyn Manson] – 5:20

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Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Fame.{{cite AV media notes|author=Lady Gaga|title=The Fame|type=Liner notes|page=3|publisher=Interscope Records|id=B0011805-02|year=2008}}

• Lady Gaga – vocals, songwriting, background vocals
• RedOne – songwriting, production, background vocals, instrumentation, programming, audio engineering, recording at Record Plant Studios, Hollywood and Chalice Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California
• Robert Orton – audio mixing
• Gene Grimaldi – audio mastering at Oasis Mastering, Burbank, California

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|type=single|title=LoveGame|artist=Lady Gaga|award=Gold|relyear=2009|certyear=2024|access-date=November 20, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|title=LoveGame|artist=Lady Gaga|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2009|certyear=2024|access-date=April 18, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Lady Gaga|type=single|award=Platinum|title=LoveGame|number=2|digital=true|relyear=2009|certyear=2009|access-date=September 28, 2011|refname="cria"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|nocert=true|salesamount=74,000|salesref={{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Lady-GaGa/news-97192.html|title=Lady Gaga : quels sont les plus gros tubes de la popstar en France ?|language=fr|publisher=Charts in France|editor=PureMédias|first=Jonathan|last=Hamard|date=May 16, 2015|access-date=May 10, 2021|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518164319/http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Lady-GaGa/news-97192.html|url-status=live}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=Lady Gaga|title=LoveGame|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2009|certyear=2023|access-date=May 31, 2023}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Lady Gaga|type=single|title=LoveGame|award=Platinum|relyear=2009|certyear=2022|access-date=February 28, 2025|id=10854-2312-1|refname="bpi"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|relyear=2008|certyear=2016|title=LoveGame|artist=Lady Gaga|type=single|award=Platinum|number=3|access-date=February 25, 2025|refname=RIAA}}

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• List of Billboard Mainstream Top 40 number-one songs of 2009
• List of number-one dance singles of 2009 (U.S.)

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