Telephone (song)#Music video

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| footer = "Telephone" was initially written for Britney Spears (left, pictured in 2009). When she did not use it for her album, Gaga took the song and recorded it as a duet with Beyoncé (right, pictured in 2007).

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Lady Gaga originally wrote "Telephone" for Circus (2008), singer Britney Spears's sixth studio album, yet Spears rejected it.{{cite magazine|last=Lipshutz|first=Jason|title=20 Hit Songs Meant For Other Singers|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/1550426/20-hit-songs-meant-for-other-singers|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 1, 2013|date=February 28, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301220922/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/1550426/20-hit-songs-meant-for-other-singers|archive-date=March 1, 2013}} Taking the song for herself, Gaga wanted Spears to be its guest vocalist though Beyoncé became the final choice.{{cite web |date=October 26, 2009 |title=Lady Gaga's Fame Monster – it's a proper album (and a very good one at that) |url=http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4162&Itemid=9 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091227234046/http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4162&Itemid=9 |archive-date=December 27, 2009 |access-date=November 30, 2009 |publisher=Popjustice|url-access=subscription}}{{cite web|url=http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4211&Itemid=243|title=Lady Gaga – 'Telephone'|date=January 9, 2010|access-date=January 20, 2010|publisher=Popjustice|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091216223828/http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4211&Itemid=243|archive-date=December 16, 2009|url-access=subscription}} Gaga recorded "Telephone" with her for the extended play (EP) The Fame Monster (2009)—the reissue of her debut studio album, The Fame (2008).{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2009/11/16/new-lady-gaga-song-telephone/|title=New Lady Gaga, 'Telephone': Stream It Here|last=Greenblatt|first=Leah|date=November 16, 2009|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=December 1, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091120213451/http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/11/16/new-lady-gaga-song-telephone/|archive-date=November 20, 2009}} It was released as the EP's second single on January 26, 2010.{{sfn|Fielder|2012|p=60}} The two previously collaborated on a remix of Beyoncé's "Video Phone" (2009).

The song was mainly inspired by Gaga's fear of not finding enough time to have fun. She described it as a feeling of "suffocation—something that I have or fear is never being able to enjoy myself, [...] 'Cause I love my work so much, I find it really hard to go out and have a good time. [...] I don't go to nightclubs, [...] You don't see pictures of me falling out of a club drunk. I don't go—and that's because I usually go and then, you know, a whiskey and a half into it, I got to get back to work."{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1627050/20091124/lady_gaga.jhtml|title=Lady Gaga Explains Inspiration Behind Beyoncé Collabo, 'Telephone'|last1=Vena|first1=Jocelyn|last2=Calloway|first2=Sway|date=November 25, 2009|publisher=MTV News|access-date=December 1, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091128004114/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1627050/20091124/lady_gaga.jhtml|archive-date=November 28, 2009}}

In May 2011, Gaga said her "emotional connection" with "Telephone" was difficult. When asked if it was because the song was originally written for Spears, she answered: "Well that's not exactly what happened, but I don't want to delve into that. I could delve into it if you turn [the recorder] off{{nbsp}}[...] But ultimately the mix and the process of getting the production finished was very stressful for me. So when I say it's my worst song it has nothing to do with the song, just my emotional connection to it."{{cite web|url=http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5456&Itemid=9|title='I Looked to My Past and My Faith to Find Bravery in Myself.' That is One of Various Things Lady Gaga Says in This Excerpt from Our 10,000 Word Interview|date=May 24, 2011|access-date=May 24, 2011|publisher=Popjustice|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526022231/http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5456&Itemid=9|archive-date=May 26, 2011|url-access=subscription}}

Gaga and Rodney Jerkins wrote and produced "Telephone" with additional songwriting by LaShawn Daniels, Lazonate Franklin, and Beyoncé. With Matty Green's assistance, the song was mixed at Chalice Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California) by Jerkins and Spike Stent. For the recording, Paul Foley was hired. Gene Grimaldi, Larry Ryckman, and Ari Blitz did the song's mastering at Oasis Mastering (Burbank, California), AfterMaster Recording, and Mastering Studios (Los Angeles). Mike "Handz" Donaldson recorded Gaga's vocals at Darkchild Studios (Los Angeles), and Hisashi Mizoguchi did Beyoncé's at Studio Groove (Osaka, Japan). Takayuki Matsushima assisted the latter recording. Special effects and additional vocal production were handled by Donaldson.{{cite AV media notes|author=Lady Gaga|title=The Fame Monster|type=Liner Notes|publisher=Interscope Records|year=2009}}

A dance-pop song,{{cite web |last=Anderson |first=Kyle |date=March 12, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga's 'Telephone' is MTV News' #10 Song Of 2010 |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1653554/lady-gagas-telephone-is-mtv-news-10-song-of-2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809182502/http://www.mtv.com/news/1653554/lady-gagas-telephone-is-mtv-news-10-song-of-2010/ |archive-date=August 9, 2014 |access-date=July 31, 2014 |publisher=MTV News}} "Telephone" starts slowly as Gaga sings in a solemn voice over a harp melody, which changes immediately to a pounding beat.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_8540000/newsid_8547700/8547789.stm|title=Single review: Lady Gaga – 'Telephone' (feat. Beyoncé)|date=March 15, 2010|access-date=March 16, 2010|publisher=BBC News|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100309230820/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_8540000/newsid_8547700/8547789.stm|archive-date=March 9, 2010}} Beyoncé delivers her verse in a "rapid-fire" way accompanied by double beats.{{cite web |last=Sawdey |first=Evan |date=November 23, 2009 |title=Lady Gaga: The Fame Monster < Reviews |url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/116603-lady-gaga-the-fame-monster/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129000021/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/116603-lady-gaga-the-fame-monster |archive-date=January 29, 2010 |access-date=November 23, 2009 |work=PopMatters}} She sings her lyrics through a brief interlude and later backs the chorus during the rest of the song. "Telephone" consists of an expanded bridge, a verse-rap and an epilogue where a voice announces that the telephone line is unreachable at that moment.

The lyrics express Gaga's preference for dancing in the club to answering her boyfriend's persistent calls.{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/oldurlredirect.php?type=music&ID=1929|title=Lady Gaga: The Fame Monster|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal|date=November 18, 2009|work=Slant Magazine|access-date=November 19, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606092751/http://www.slantmagazine.com/oldurlredirect.php?type=music&ID=1929|archive-date=June 6, 2011}} Mikael Wood from the Los Angeles Times felt that the song is a meticulous reflection on this frustrating experience.{{cite news |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=November 23, 2009 |title=Album review: Lady Gaga's The Fame Monster |work=Los Angeles Times |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/11/album-review-lady-gagas-the-fame-monster.html |access-date=November 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091126030807/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/11/album-review-lady-gagas-the-fame-monster.html |archive-date=November 26, 2009}} Gaga describes the feeling as leaving "her head and her heart on the dance floor". According to Gaga, the phone addressed in the lyrics is not just a physical phone but also a person in her head telling her to keep working harder. "That's my fear—that the phone's ringing and my head's ringing, [...] Whether it's a telephone or it's just the thoughts in your head, that's another fear."

Exploring the history of telephone songs and their relationship with female empowerment in popular music, Lisa Colton, professor of musicology, saw "Telephone" as a modern interpretation of the relationship between technology, gender, and power. She argued that the telephone has been a popular subject in many songs due to its social history and function that are closely associated with issues such as gender equality. For example, in the past, women's roles were limited to that of operators or low-status employees, and the telephone was a source of controversy as some men worried it gave women more independence and opportunities for romantic engagements.{{sfn|Colton|2014|pp=67–71}}

In his book Gaga Feminism: Sex, Gender, and the End of Normal, J. Jack Halberstam suggested that "Telephone" is not just a simple pop song but a deeper commentary on the role of technology in our lives, media manipulation, and the emergence of new forms of gender and sexuality in the digital age. The song explores the darker side of stalking, exemplified by the line "stop calling, stop calling". Halberstam wrote that Gaga and Beyoncé use the metaphor of the telephone to comment on the influence of technology on modern relationships, suggesting that heterosexuality may be becoming an outdated concept.{{sfn|Halberstam|2012|pp=109–110}}

The song garnered positive reviews from music critics. Nicki Escuerdo from Phoenix New Times,{{cite news |last=Escuerdo |first=Nicki |date=November 30, 2009 |title=Lady Gaga Sexy, Vulnerable on The Fame Monster |work=Phoenix New Times |url=http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/2009/11/lady_gaga_sexy_vulnerable_on_t.php |access-date=December 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091205174838/http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/2009/11/lady_gaga_sexy_vulnerable_on_t.php |archive-date=December 5, 2009}} Michael Hubbard from MusicOMH and Evan Sawdey from PopMatters deemed it an album highlight. Many journalists centered their praise towards the song's structure and production. This includes Sawdey, who wrote that because of the rapid-fire beat and energetic verses, "Telephone" delivered an adrenaline-fueled experience. Popjustice had similar sentiments, writing: "It's a little bit like Gwen's 'What You Waiting For?' meets Timbaland's 'The Way I Are' meets about fifty other things [...] The structure's quite exciting". Hubbard praised Beyoncé's rapping, the bridge and the ending, calling it "maddeningly great".{{cite web|url=http://blog.musicomh.com/musicomh/2009/11/lady-gaga-the-fame-monster-trackbytrack.html|title=Lady Gaga: The Fame Monster, track-by-track|last=Hubbard|first=Michael|date=November 23, 2009|work=MusicOMH|access-date=November 24, 2009| url-status =dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091124075400/http://blog.musicomh.com/musicomh/2009/11/lady-gaga-the-fame-monster-trackbytrack.html |archive-date=November 24, 2009}}

Gaga's chemistry with Beyoncé was mostly praised; Sawdey and Billboard{{'s}} Melanie Bertoldi wrote that the song's quality was enhanced due to this chemistry. Bertoldi found that it creates an atmosphere catchy enough to elicit some dancing from the listener.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1069649/lady-gaga-featuring-beyonce-telephone|title=Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé, 'Telephone'|last=Bertoldi|first=Melanie|date=March 5, 2010|access-date=March 10, 2010|magazine=Billboard|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925234819/http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1069649/lady-gaga-featuring-beyonce-telephone|archive-date=September 25, 2015}} For Adam White of The Independent, "Telephone" showcased the duo at their "most basic", but deliberately so, as it was crafted for "nightclub frivolity", epitomizing the essence of "trash-pop, a noisy and glitchy slab of energy and dial tones resting entirely on their shared charisma".{{cite news |last=White |first=Adam |date=May 28, 2020 |title=Lady Gaga: Every song ranked, from 'Born This Way' to 'Rain on Me' |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/lady-gaga-best-songs-ranked-list-chromatica-rain-on-me-bad-romance-lyrics-a9536916.html |url-status=live |access-date=December 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221206181810/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/lady-gaga-best-songs-ranked-list-chromatica-rain-on-me-bad-romance-lyrics-a9536916.html |archive-date=December 6, 2022}} Billboard{{'s}} Jason Lipshutz named the song Gaga's second best collaboration and called it her "most dynamic duet — and arguably the most compelling pop star team-up of the '00s".{{cite magazine |last1=Lipshutz |first1=Jason |title=Lady Gaga's 10 Best Collaborations, Ranked: Critic's Picks |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/lady-gaga-collaborations-ranked-7542134/ |access-date=March 12, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |date=May 22, 2020 |archive-date=November 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127052749/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/lady-gaga-collaborations-ranked-7542134/ |url-status=live }} On the contrary, Sarah Hajibagheri from The Times and Brian Linder of IGN disliked Beyoncé's part; the former believed that her inclusion negatively added to the song's feeling of complete disorder.{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-rich-list/profile/article/lady-gaga-the-fame-monster-dbg3xxwfsg6|title=Lady GaGa: The Fame Monster|last=Hajibagheri|first=Sarah|date=November 21, 2009|work=The Times|access-date=April 6, 2023|url-access=subscription|archive-date=August 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811103430/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lady-gaga-the-fame-monster-dbg3xxwfsg6|url-status=live}} Armond White from the New York Press also expressed disappointment, writing that the song "celebrates a heedless refusal to communicate; to mindlessly, heartlessly indulge pop culture—Tarantino style".{{cite web|last=White|first=Armond|date=April 16, 2010|url=http://www.nypress.com/article-21128-going-gaga.html|title=Going Gaga|work=New York Press|access-date=April 20, 2010|author-link=Armond White|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419182339/http://www.nypress.com/article-21128-going-gaga.html|archive-date=April 19, 2010}}

In an early review, Yahoo! Music's Chris Willman compared "Telephone" with the duo's other collaborative song, "Video Phone", and wrote: "Maybe it's because the lack of a video for Gaga's 'Telephone' leaves more to the imagination, but if this were a contest, I'd have to say her tune trumps Beyonce's. It's not just that Jerkins has come up with such a feisty track, but that Gaga has the [atti]tude to go with it."{{cite news|url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/programs/pepsi-music/blog/4997/beyonce-and-lady-gaga-trade-telephone-and-videophone-duets/|title=Beyoncé and Lady Gaga Trade 'Telephone' and 'Videophone' Duets|last=Willman|first=Chris|date=November 17, 2009|publisher=Yahoo! Music|access-date=February 10, 2010|archive-date=November 24, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091124125136/http://new.music.yahoo.com/programs/pepsi-music/blog/4997/beyonce-and-lady-gaga-trade-telephone-and-videophone-duets/}}

Several media outlets ranked "Telephone" as one of Gaga's best songs.{{efn|The Guardian,{{cite news |last=Cragg |first=Michael |date=April 23, 2020 |title=Lady Gaga's 30 greatest songs – ranked! |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/apr/23/lady-gagas-30-greatest-songs-ranked |work=The Guardian|accessdate=January 26, 2023 |archive-date=March 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328152450/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/apr/23/lady-gagas-30-greatest-songs-ranked |url-status=live }} Rolling Stone,{{cite magazine|last1=Rosen|first1=Jody|date=May 28, 2011|title=The Ultimate Ranking of Lady Gaga's Catalogue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-ultimate-ranking-of-lady-gagas-catalog-152713/telephone-ft-beyonce-89280/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528114408/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-ultimate-ranking-of-lady-gagas-catalog-20110525/bad-romance-19691231|archive-date=May 28, 2011|access-date=January 26, 2023}} The Independent, Billboard,{{cite magazine|last=Lipshutz|first=Jason|date=March 28, 2019 |title=Lady Gaga's 15 Best Songs: Critic's Picks |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/lady-gaga-best-songs-7881101/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 26, 2023 |archive-date=March 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328152450/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/lady-gaga-best-songs-7881101/ |url-status=live}} Vulture{{cite web |last=He|first=Richard S.|date=August 30, 2020 |title=Every Lady Gaga Song, Ranked |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-lady-gaga-songs-ranked.html |website=Vulture |accessdate=January 26, 2023 |archive-date=September 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912130347/https://www.vulture.com/article/best-lady-gaga-songs-ranked.html |url-status=live}} and Uproxx{{cite news |last1=Gracie |first1=Bianca |title=The Best Lady Gaga Songs, Ranked |url=https://uproxx.com/pop/lady-gaga-best-songs-ranked/ |access-date=January 26, 2023 |work=Uproxx |date=May 27, 2021 |archive-date=March 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308091749/https://uproxx.com/pop/lady-gaga-best-songs-ranked/|url-status=live}}}} Calling it "a shuttering electro-pop banger", Billboard acknowledged the song as "an ass-kicking piece of empowerment pop during Gaga's most prolonged win streak". Vulture similarly recognized the song's feminist message in that Gaga "does things her way, with no regard for the male gaze or the music industry's gatekeepers". The website further wrote that the song "didn't just elevate Gaga as a pop star — it made her a new American icon".

In November 2009, "Telephone" charted in Ireland, Australia and the UK, debuting at number 26, 29 and 30, respectively.{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/song/52122|title=Lady Gaga and Beyoncé – Telephone – Music Charts|work=aCharts.us|access-date=December 27, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917072454/http://acharts.us/song/52122|archive-date=September 17, 2010}} In the US, the song peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/958841/rihanna-remains-atop-hot-100|title=Rihanna Remains Atop Hot 100|date=March 25, 2010| last= Pietrolungo |first=Silvio|magazine=Billboard|access-date= March 26, 2010|url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130507160148/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/958841/rihanna-remains-atop-hot-100 | archive-date=May 7, 2013}} and number one on the Hot Dance Club Songs{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/2010-02-27/dance-club-play-songs|title=Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs: Week Ending February 27, 2010 |date=February 27, 2010|magazine=Billboard |access-date=November 10, 2010|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20131226174837/http://www.billboard.com/charts/2010-02-27/dance-club-play-songs|archive-date=December 26, 2013}} and the Billboard Pop Songs chart, becoming Gaga's sixth consecutive chart-topper on the lattermost. It also became Beyoncé's sixth number-one on Pop Songs. With this, Gaga and Beyoncé tied with Mariah Carey for most number-ones since the Nielsen BDS-based Top 40 airplay chart launched in 1992.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/958963/lady-gaga-beyonce-match-mariahs-record|title=Lady Gaga, Beyoncé Match Mariah's Record|date=March 15, 2010|access-date=March 18, 2010|magazine=Billboard |last=Trust |first=Gary| url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130702043052/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/958963/lady-gaga-beyonce-match-mariahs-record| archive-date =July 2, 2013}} {{As of|2019|02|pre=early|post=,}} "Telephone" has sold 3.5 million digital downloads in the US.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/lady-gaga-sales-streams-ariana-grande-ask-billboard/|title=Ask Billboard: Lady Gaga's Career Sales & Streams; Ariana Grande Takes '7' to 1|url-access=subscription|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}}

"Telephone" reached number 12 on the UK Singles Chart on March 14, 2010,{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20100314/7501/ |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=April 6, 2023 |archive-date=October 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022213739/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20100314/7501/ |url-status=live }} and climbed to number one the following week. It has sold 1.6{{nbsp}}million copies and gained 107{{nbsp}}million streams there {{as of|2025|01|lc=y}}{{cite web |author1=George Griffiths |title=Lady Gaga's Official Top 40 biggest songs in the UK |website=Official Charts |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/lady-gagas-top-40-biggest-songs-on-the-official-uk-chart__29864/ |access-date=7 February 2025}} and was certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), making it Gaga's sixth-best-selling song in the region.{{Cite web |title=Lady Gaga's Official Top 40 biggest songs in the UK |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/lady-gagas-top-40-biggest-songs-on-the-official-uk-chart__29864/ |access-date=July 25, 2022 |publisher=Official Charts Company |archive-date=May 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529145041/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/lady-gagas-top-40-biggest-songs-on-the-official-uk-chart__29864/ |url-status=live }} According to a 2015 list by the Official Charts Company, "Telephone" was the third-best-selling vinyl single in the UK for the 2010s.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-biggest-vinyl-singles-and-albums-of-the-decade-so-far__8905/|title=The Official Top 40 Biggest Vinyl Singles and Albums of the decade so far|publisher=Official Charts Company| first =Liv |last=Moss |date=April 13, 2015|access-date=April 13, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150415180706/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-biggest-vinyl-singles-and-albums-of-the-decade-so-far__8905/|archive-date=April 15, 2015}} The song reached number one in Ireland, number two in Sweden and number three in Hungary.

In Australia and New Zealand, "Telephone" reached a peak of number 3, and it was certified eight times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipments of 560,000{{nbsp}}copies. "Telephone" debuted at number 14 on the Canadian Hot 100 and peaked at number three, making it Gaga's sixth consecutive top-three single there. The song has been certified triple platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) for sales of 240,000{{nbsp}}digital downloads.

According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, the song was 2010's fourth-best-selling single, with digital sales of 7.4 million copies that year.{{cite web|url= http://www.ifpi.com/content/section_resources/dmr2011.html| title=IFPI publishes Digital Music Report 2011|date=January 20, 2011|access-date = January 20, 2011|publisher= International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111011144923/http://www.ifpi.com/content/section_resources/dmr2011.html |archive-date=October 11, 2011}}

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New York magazine reported that the concept of the video involved Beyoncé as she bails Gaga out of jail. In published photos from the set, they were seen shooting in a car called the "Pussy Wagon", which Uma Thurman's character drove in Quentin Tarantino's 2003 film Kill Bill: Volume 1. The two wore "destroyed denim pieces" designed by Frank Fernández and Oscar Olima.{{cite news |last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |date=February 1, 2010 |title=Beyoncé, Lady Gaga 'Telephone' Video Pics Revealed |publisher=MTV News |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1630926/beyonce-lady-gaga-telephone-video-pics-revealed/ |url-status=dead |access-date=February 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809184022/http://www.mtv.com/news/1630926/beyonce-lady-gaga-telephone-video-pics-revealed |archive-date=August 9, 2014}}{{cite news |last=Odell |first=Amy |date=February 2, 2010 |title=Beyoncé Will Reportedly Rescue Lady Gaga in 'Telephone' Video |work=New York |url=https://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2010/01/beyonc_will_reportedly_rescue.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201233414/http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2010/01/beyonc_will_reportedly_rescue.html|url-access=subscription |archive-date=February 1, 2010}}

Other concepts of the video involve scenes at a diner and appearances from singer Tyrese Gibson and rock band Semi Precious Weapons.{{cite magazine |title=Tyrese on 'Telephone' Video: 'I Didn't Mind That I Was Poisoned' |url=https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/tyrese-telephone-video-i-didnt-mind-i-was-poisoned-51611/ |access-date=April 6, 2023 |magazine=Vibe |date=March 24, 2010 |archive-date=April 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406175926/https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/tyrese-telephone-video-i-didnt-mind-i-was-poisoned-51611/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Vena |first1=Jocelyn |last2=Montalto |first2=Daniel |date=February 12, 2010 |title=Beyoncé, Lady Gaga are 'Magical' in 'Telephone' Video, Semi Precious Weapons Say |publisher=MTV News |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1631848/20100212/lady_gaga.jhtml |access-date=February 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215222514/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1631848/20100212/lady_gaga.jhtml |archive-date=February 15, 2010}} In February 2010, Gaga commented, "What I like about it is it's a real true pop event, and when I was younger, I was always excited when there was a big giant event happening in pop music and that's what I wanted this to be."{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=J.R. |date=February 8, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga Says 'Telephone' Video Will Top 'Bad Romance' |work=Rap-Up |url=http://www.rap-up.com/2010/02/08/lady-gaga-says-telephone-video-will-top-bad-romance/ |url-status=live |access-date=February 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211071332/http://www.rap-up.com/2010/02/08/lady-gaga-says-telephone-video-will-top-bad-romance |archive-date=February 11, 2010}} She explained the deeper meaning of the video to E! Online:

There was this really amazing quality in 'Paparazzi', where it kind of had this pure pop music quality but at the same time it was a commentary on fame culture [...] I wanted to do the same thing with this video [...] There certainly is a Tarantino-inspired quality in the ['Telephone'] video [...] His direct involvement in the video came from him lending me the Pussy Wagon. We were having lunch one day in Los Angeles and I was telling him about my concept for the video and he loved it so much he said, "You gotta use the Pussy Wagon."{{cite news|url=http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b171259_lady_gaga_on_telephone_its_hidden.html|title=Lady Gaga on "Telephone" and Its Hidden Meaning|last=Candy|first=Jennifer|date=March 12, 2010|publisher=E!|access-date=March 12, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315093110/http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b171259_lady_gaga_on_telephone_its_hidden.html|archive-date=March 15, 2010}}

On February 15, 2010, Gaga posted three film stills from the music video. They depicted her in three settings: a kitchen where she wears a plastic chef's hat and a telephone hairdo; a diner with her dancers, where she is seen wearing an American flag patterned bikini and bandana; and a black-and-white photo of her in a hat made from multiple triangles and corded telephones.{{cite news|url= http://www.ladygaga.com/photos/default.aspx?fid=16698|title=Lady Gaga: Telephone Video pics|date=February 15, 2010|access-date=February 15, 2010| publisher=Ladygaga.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100219045609/http://www.ladygaga.com/photos/default.aspx?fid=16698|archive-date=February 19, 2010}} On {{Nowrap|March 9}}, more stills of the video were posted online. After a delay, the video premiered on E! News and Vevo on {{Nowrap|March 11}}.{{cite news|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1633346/20100307/lady_gaga.jhtml|title=Lady Gaga's 'Telephone' Video To Premiere Thursday Night| last=Vena| first=Jocelyn|date=March 8, 2010|publisher=MTV News|access-date=March 8, 2010 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100310213338/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1633346/20100307/lady_gaga.jhtml|archive-date=March 10, 2010}}

Because of Gaga's and Beyoncé's busy schedules, director Jonas Åkerlund and cinematographer Pär Ekberg had to finish filming in two days while coordinating multiple locations, dance numbers and extras.{{sfn|Vernallis|2019|p=232}}{{sfn|Stasukevich|2010|p=12}} They spent most of their preparation time scouting locations and discussing the script and shot lists. To ensure a natural look while properly showcasing the outfits, makeup, props and art details, Ekberg took a minimalistic approach to lighting that involved shooting without a big pre-light and adding a beauty light for the artists.{{sfn|Stasukevich|2010|p=12}} Åkerlund utilized a mixture of hydrargyrum medium-arc iodide lamps (HMI) and fluorescent fixtures to light the prison interiors and the diner scenes that were filmed at The Four Aces Motel in Palmdale, California. He used a Briese beauty light for close-ups and singles.{{sfn|Stasukevich|2010|p=14}}

Using three cameras that ran almost constantly, the cinematography team could capture about 150 setups per day. For the kitchen scene, which was shot in a prison storage room, Åkerlund wanted to evoke a "clinical feel" and create "a mix of a kitchen and a laboratory". The majority of the video was filmed on Kodak Vision3 250D 5207, which Åkerlund considered one of his favorite film stocks. During post-production, the team wanted to keep the colors true to the original negative, with minor adjustments for contrast and grain.{{sfn|Stasukevich|2010|p=14}}

The music video is over nine minutes long and serves as a continuation of "Paparazzi", where Gaga was arrested for killing her abusive boyfriend by poisoning his drink. Inside a women's prison, two guards put Gaga behind bars and strip her naked while several other inmates mock her. One of the guards comments: "I told you she didn't have a dick", referring to the rumors that Gaga is intersex.{{cite news |last=Montgomery |first=James |date=March 11, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga Premieres Epic, Outrageous 'Telephone' Video |publisher=MTV News |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1633772/20100311/lady_gaga.jhtml |access-date=March 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100314083321/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1633772/20100311/lady_gaga.jhtml |archive-date=March 14, 2010}} The video's first three minutes show her activities in the prison. Wearing sunglasses made out of half-smoked cigarettes, she kisses an inmate in the exercise yard and secretly steals her cell phone. Gaga also watches catfights in the commissary, which includes a cameo from her younger sister, Natali Germanotta.{{cite news|url=http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b171698_lady_gagas_sis_makes_cameo_in_telephone.html|title=Lady Gaga's Sis Makes Cameo in Telephone |last =Candy|first=Jennifer|date=March 12, 2010|publisher=E!|access-date=March 17, 2010|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100323003907/http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b171698_lady_gagas_sis_makes_cameo_in_telephone.html|archive-date=March 23, 2010}} Gaga then answers a call from Beyoncé and begins to sing the song. She performs the first verse and chorus with other scantily clothed inmates and messages Beyoncé on the cell phone, thanking her for bailing her out. This is followed by a bridge featuring Gaga in a yellow caution tape outfit designed by Brian Lichtenberg.{{cite news|url=https://nymag.com/thecut/2010/03/forever_21s_first_designer_col.html|title=The Guy Who Made Lady Gaga's 'Telephone' Caution-Tape Costume is Making Tops for Forever 21|last=Murrow|first=Lauren|date=March 24, 2010|access-date=February 18, 2014|work=New York|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303055148/http://nymag.com/thecut/2010/03/forever_21s_first_designer_col.html|archive-date=March 3, 2014}} Other fashion pieces were designed by Thierry Mugler, Atsuko Kudo and Gaga's own creative team, Haus of Gaga; the video was outfitted by Nicola Formichetti.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/lady-gaga-s-telephone-video-what-she-s-wearing-5528013.html?amp|title=Lady Gaga's 'Telephone' video: what she's wearing|work=The Independent|date=March 12, 2010|access-date=March 18, 2023|url-status=live|archive-date=March 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318002719/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/lady-gaga-s-telephone-video-what-she-s-wearing-5528013.html?amp}}

Gaga gets inside the Pussy Wagon with Beyoncé, nicknamed Honey Bee, a reference to the character Honey Bunny in Tarantino's film Pulp Fiction (1994).{{cite magazine |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/14639/80695|title=Lady Gaga and Beyoncé Unleash Orgy of Sex, Violence, Product Placement in 'Telephone' Video|date=March 11, 2010|magazine=Rolling Stone| access-date=March 14, 2010|last=Ganz|first=Caryn|url-status=dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110424052831/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lady-gaga-and-beyonce-unleash-orgy-of-sex-violence-product-placement-in-telephone-video-20100311|archive-date=April 24, 2011}} The two briefly talk and travel through the desert to stop at a diner. After exchanging a silent dialogue with Bobo (Gibson), her misogynist boyfriend, Beyoncé poisons his drink but fails to kill him. The video features an intermediate sequence called "Let's Make a Sandwich", where Gaga is seen wearing a folded-up telephone on her head and preparing a sandwich in a kitchen, while dancers cavort behind her. She poisons the food she prepares for the unsuspecting customers, causing them to die, including Bobo, characters played by Semi Precious Weapons and Lava – her Great Dane. Strutting around their corpses, Gaga and Beyoncé dance in American flag-inspired garments and shredded denim. The two make a getaway using the Pussy Wagon as a news reporter reports the murders at the diner. The final shots show the duo travelling through the desert while police sirens wail in the background. The video ends with the line "To Be Continued ..." followed by end credits. Åkerlund put this line as a joke to create a blend of a trailer, short film and movie scene that organically unfolds as it progresses.{{sfn|Vernallis|2019|p=237}}

{{quote box|align=right|width=30%|quote="Gaga turned this companion piece to 'Paparazzi' into a pop culture event, roping in the Pussy Wagon from Kill Bill and a fancy co-star in Beyoncé. The Thelma and Louise arc has Beyoncé bailing Gaga out of jail to poison a diner full of customers, who look practically sepia-toned next to the bird-in-heat style costumes Beyonce and Gaga shimmy around in. What with its evasive dialogue and the gobs of hype leading up to its release, the video itself feels sort of like an elaborate inside joke we're all supposed to be in on."|source=—Rolling Stone{{'}}s Mallika Rao talking about the music video.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/lady-gagas-music-videos-a-complete-guide-20110525/telephone-2010-0282808|title=Lady Gaga's Music Videos: A Complete Guide|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Mallika|last=Rao|page=9|access-date=December 7, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401202453/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/lady-gagas-music-videos-a-complete-guide-20110525/telephone-2010-0282808|archive-date=April 1, 2012}}}}

Critics quickly hailed the video as "a visual feast",{{efn|Matt Donnelly from Los Angeles Times}} "a masterpiece of subversive artistry",{{efn|Juliet Williams in the Journal of Popular Music Studies{{sfn|Williams|2014|p=40}}}} and one that "more than measures up to the hype".{{efn|Monica Herrera from Billboard}} Amy Phillips from Pitchfork wrote it was "the most fun, most ridiculous, and arguably best music video of the year", and William Goodman of Spin called it a "big-budget, pop masterwork".{{cite web |last=Goodman |first=William |date=March 12, 2010 |title=Watch: Lady Gaga Premieres Epic "Telephone" Video |url=http://www.spin.com/articles/watch-lady-gaga-premieres-epic-telephone-video |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105043920/http://www.spin.com/articles/watch-lady-gaga-premieres-epic-telephone-video |archive-date=January 5, 2011 |access-date=December 7, 2011 |work=Spin}} According to James Montgomery from MTV, "Telephone" helped Gaga's ascent to the upper echelons of pop stardom, alongside others on par with Madonna and Michael Jackson in terms of showmanship. Tanner Stransky from Entertainment Weekly believed it was not on par with the video for Gaga's "Bad Romance"—the lead single from The Fame Monster{{cite news |last1=Linder |first1=Brian|title=Lady Gaga – The Fame Monster Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/11/23/lady-gaga-the-fame-monster-review |access-date=March 13, 2023 |work=IGN |date=November 23, 2009 |archive-date=June 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613200628/https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/11/23/lady-gaga-the-fame-monster-review |url-status=live }}—but still "better than anything else out there".{{cite magazine|url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/03/12/lady-gaga-beyonce-telephone-video |title=Lady Gaga and Beyoncé's 'Telephone' video: Beautiful cigarette sunglasses, Honey Buns, and sandwich-making|date=March 12, 2010|access-date=March 15, 2010| magazine=Entertainment Weekly|last=Stransky|first=Tanner|author-link=Tanner Stransky |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315111301/http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/03/12/lady-gaga-beyonce-telephone-video/|archive-date=March 15, 2010}}

Matt Donnelly from the Los Angeles Times and Monica Herrera from Billboard praised the scenes with the fight between inmates; the former approvingly called it a video "packed with{{nbsp}}[...] poisoned diner food, an army of headpieces and lots of Gaga goodness".{{cite news |url =http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2010/03/lady-gaga-beyonce-telephone-video-world-premiere-.html| title=Lady Gaga, Beyoncé world premiere their 'Telephone' video|last=Donnelly |first=Matt|date=March 11, 2010|work=Los Angeles Times| access-date=March 12, 2010|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100314062341/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2010/03/lady-gaga-beyonce-telephone-video-world-premiere-.html| archive-date=March 14, 2010}}{{cite magazine |last=Herrera |first=Monica |date=March 14, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga's Hot New Video Goes To Prison |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/daily-noise/958995/lady-gagas-hot-new-video-goes-to-prison-so-do-metallica-fans |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703110151/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/daily-noise/958995/lady-gagas-hot-new-video-goes-to-prison-so-do-metallica-fans |archive-date=July 3, 2013 |access-date=March 15, 2010}} Some reviews praised Beyoncé, called "always fierce" by Jennifer Cady of E! and the video's "best part" by Amy Odell from New York.{{cite web| url= https://www.eonline.com/news/171256/lady_gaga_beyonceacute_kill_in_telephone |title= Lady Gaga & Beyoncé Kill in 'Telephone'|publisher=E!| first=Jennifer|last=Cady|date=March 11, 2010|access-date=March 12, 2023| url-status=live|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230312220302/https://www.eonline.com/news/171256/lady_gaga_beyonceacute_kill_in_telephone|archive-date= March 12, 2023}}{{cite news|url=https://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2010/03/the_ten_best_things_about_lady.html|title=The Ten Best Things About Lady Gaga and Beyoncé's 'Telephone' Video|last=Odell|first=Amy|author-link=Amy Odell (author)|date=March 11, 2010|work=New York |access-date =March 12, 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100314040804/http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2010/03/the_ten_best_things_about_lady.html |archive-date=March 14, 2010|url-access=subscription}} Others focused on the video's fashion and aesthetics.{{efn|Donnelly, various fashion experts (including stylist Robert Verdi) and Variety}} With "Telephone", Gaga made "much stronger pop-art statements", wrote stylist Robert Verdi.{{cite web |last1=Vena |first1=Jocelyn |title=Lady Gaga's 'Telephone' Looks: Fashion Experts Weigh In |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/jyrb7h/lady-gagas-telephone-looks-fashion-experts-weigh-in |publisher=MTV News |access-date=March 17, 2023 |language=en |date=March 11, 2010 |archive-date=March 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317200913/https://www.mtv.com/news/jyrb7h/lady-gagas-telephone-looks-fashion-experts-weigh-in |url-status=dead }} In a 2021 article, Variety named it Gaga's best music video based on its outfits, calling it a "phenomenal fashion feast".{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/lists/lady-gaga-best-videos-outfits/g-u-y/|first=Jazz|last=Tangcay|title=Lady Gaga's 10 Best Music Videos – Ranked by Outfits|website=Variety|date=March 28, 2021|access-date= March 16, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230316165916/https://variety.com/lists/lady-gaga-best-videos-outfits/g-u-y/|archive-date=March 16, 2023 }}

Some reviews commented on the video's feminist themes. J. Jack Halberstam argued that the music video portrays a powerful image of sisterhood that aligns with the intimate bonds seen in movies such as Thelma & Louise (1991) and Set It Off (1996).{{sfn|Rowen|2014|p=117}} Interpreting this review, theater theorist Bess Rowen wrote that Gaga's portrayal of women in her work challenges the conventional images of women in society, making her work relevant to modern feminism.{{sfn|Rowen|2014|pp=117–118}} Caryn Ganz of Rolling Stone believed it "is certainly cinematic and oddly feminist, and gasps at a larger statement about consumer culture". Ganz called the video a "mash-up of lesbian prison porn, campy sexploitation flicks and insidery winks at the two divas' public personas", noting, "If Quentin Tarantino and Russ Meyer remade Thelma & Louise as an orgy of product placement with fiercely choreographed interludes, this would be the result".

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The video for "Telephone" earned Gaga the Guinness World Record for Most Product Placement in a Video.{{sfn|GWR|2014|page=172}} Talking with NME in 2011, Gaga said the display of these items was not meant to be product placements but references to Andy Warhol as part of a commentary on commercialism in the US regarding technology and information overload. Because of this misunderstanding, she decided to not showcase so many products in her future music videos.{{cite magazine|last=Robinson|first=Peter|title=Lady Gaga Unzipped – Freak or Fraud?|magazine=NME|date=April 23, 2011|pages=23|issue=April 23, 2011}} The same year, Gaga expressed dissatisfaction with the video in an interview with Time Out. Although Gaga believed she and Beyoncé worked well together, the incorporation of numerous ideas left her "brain throbbing", and she expressed a desire to have edited herself more.{{cite news|url= http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/celebrity/526661/lady-gaga-hates-beyonce-telephone-video.html |title=Lady Gaga Hates Beyonce Telephone Video |date=May 22, 2011|access-date=May 25, 2011|work=Marie Claire|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527140618/http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/celebrity/526661/lady-gaga-hates-beyonce-telephone-video.html|archive-date=May 27, 2011}} In a 2020 piece for The New York Times, Lindsay Zoladz found this self-criticism unfair as she believed the video to be "one of the wildest and most watchable pop artifacts of its era, a defining moment in the music video's migration from MTV to the unruly internet".{{cite news |last1=Zoladz |first1=Lindsay |title='Telephone': When Lady Gaga Took Beyoncé Into the Deep End |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/arts/music/lady-gaga-beyonce-telephone.html |access-date=March 11, 2023 |work=The New York Times|url-access=limited |date=April 10, 2020 |archive-date=November 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110164709/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/arts/music/lady-gaga-beyonce-telephone.html |url-status=live }}

Some reviews were less enthusiastic. Labeling the video's narrative incoherent, Alyssa Rosenberg of The Atlantic disliked the use of a women's prison, muscular female prison guards and situational lesbianism.{{cite news |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Alyssa |title='Telephone': Lady Gaga's Disappointing New Video |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2010/03/telephone-lady-gagas-disappointing-new-video/37398/ |access-date=March 12, 2023 |work=The Atlantic |date=March 12, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309183016/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2010/03/telephone-lady-gagas-disappointing-new-video/37398/ |archive-date=March 9, 2023|url-access=subscription}} Armond White stated that it "epitomizes the insanity of the contemporary pop mainstream" and pays "homage to Tarantino's influence" in distorting "pop culture pleasure into nonsense". Despite calling the video "thoroughly mediocre", Douglas Haddow of The Guardian believed it was a highly effective advertisement in that Gaga successfully curated visual references and pop culture motifs designed to appeal to a wide range of demographics. He suggested that "Telephone" is indicative of a new era in which "content, celebrity and advertising" are fused together to create a marketable "goo".{{cite news |last1=Haddow |first1=Douglas |title=The coming of Gaga-ism |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/mar/20/lady-gaga-telephone-video-advertising |access-date=March 12, 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=March 20, 2010 |archive-date=April 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422104931/http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/mar/20/lady-gaga-telephone-video-advertising |url-status=live }}

José M. Yebra of University of Zaragoza and Aylin Zafar of The Atlantic recognized feminist themes in the video. To start his analysis, Yebra wrote that Gaga is criminalized although she is a victim of domestic abuse. The all-female prison, named "prison for bitches", alludes to Gaga using the word "bitch" to mean female liberty. Her metaphorical freedom there is solidified by scenes where she engages in lesbianism, despite being in chains, and where her song "Paper Gangsta", a track about "girl power", plays. As such, Yebra concluded the prison becomes, ironically, a place free from male abuse.{{sfn|Yebra|2018|p=47}} Zafar interpreted the scene with Beyoncé and Gaga eating Honey Buns as a reversal of the objectification of women through food. She saw the scenes featuring Wonder Bread and Miracle Whip as a challenge to the gender stereotype of the "perfect housewife" portrayed heavily in 1950s pop culture.{{cite news |last1=Zafar |first1=Aylin |title=Deconstructing Lady Gaga's 'Telephone' Video |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2010/03/deconstructing-lady-gagas-telephone-video/37458/ |access-date=March 9, 2023 |work=The Atlantic |date=March 15, 2010 |archive-date=March 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309183005/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2010/03/deconstructing-lady-gagas-telephone-video/37458/ |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}} According to Yebra, this stereotype is subverted through Gaga, who embodies a drag queen and a murderer, along with her flamboyant dancers, in an unexpected setting—the kitchen of an American middle class family.{{sfn|Yebra|2018|pp=47–48}}

File:LG & B telephone MV 02.jpg's 2003 film Kill Bill: Volume 1. Katrin Horn saw the car in "Telephone" as a symbol for "freedom, mobility, and unity" between Gaga and Beyoncé, as opposed to in Tarantino's film, where it visually represents the sexual objectification of the female protagonist.{{efn|Kill Bill: Volume 1 similarly tells the story of a woman who embarks on a killing rampage.{{sfn|Horn|2017|p=220}}}}|alt=Gaga sitting beside Beyoncé who is driving a yellow colored van. Gaga wears a giant hat on her head. A pair of dice hangs from the rear-view mirror between them.]]

Katrin Horn, a postdoctoral fellow in American studies, analyzed the video's portrayal of sexuality. According to her, it was inspired by the "lesploitation" genre of B movies, known for their objectification of women's bodies and minimization of violence against women. The video subverts the genre by casting a muscular performance artist as the object of Gaga's desire, portraying female bodybuilders as prison guards and adding a "lesbian happy ending". It additionally portrays women{{efn|These include a muscular inmate and "curvy" women of color.{{sfn|Horn|2017|p=219}}}}—whom the "heteronormative culture" would normally reject—as attractive and places conventionally beautiful women in contexts that challenge their sexual allure.{{sfn|Horn|2017|pp=216–218}} Horn further discussed how the video combines elements of the rape-revenge and road movie genres to create a new narrative that emphasizes female empowerment and solidarity.{{sfn|Horn|2017|pp=219–222}}

In the book Lady Gaga and Popular Music: Performing Gender, Fashion, and Culture, Lori Burns and Marc Lafrance drew parallels between "Paparazzi" and "Telephone", and argued that Gaga's videos are not merely promotional but integral parts of her artistic production. For them, "Paparazzi" and "Telephone" are thematically linked works that form a broader narrative. They viewed the dance sequences in the videos as key moments in which the common themes and central narrative problems become apparent.{{sfn|Burns|Lafrance|2014|pp=117–120}} Burns and Lafrance wrote the music videos represent two different ideas, but understanding how these oppositions are constructed is essential for fully comprehending their themes and meaning.{{sfn|Burns|Lafrance|2014|pp=120–121}} "Paparazzi" shows a glamorous lifestyle of affluence and success, whereas "Telephone" represents crime, violence, poverty and vulgarity. The videos' chromatic elements also contrast with each other—"Paparazzi" uses opulent and refined colors, and "Telephone" employs cartoon and pop art hues. The authors believed these differences link the themes of Gaga's larger artistic interest in celebrity culture and its relation to spectacle and surveillance.{{sfn|Burns|Lafrance|2014|pp=120–122}}

In a comparison of the videos for "Telephone" and "Video Phone", author Robin James wrote that misogyny in rap music is often used to "scapegoat black men", making them seem solely responsible for it although it is also common among white supremacists. James opined that to support post-racial{{efn|The belief is that "they are bad because they are misogynist, not because they're black".{{sfn|James|2015|p=122}}}} and post-feminist ideologies, the modern media has updated this trope by having female characters eliminate such misogynist black men. She found "Telephone" reinforced this belief: Gaga and Beyoncé form a "cross-racial bond" through their need to defeat the stereotypically misogynistic black man, thus confirming that the white supremacist patriarchy is indeed "multi-racial".{{sfn|James|2015|pp=122–123}}

"Telephone" appeared in several year-end lists compiled by critics and publications, such as MTV News and PopMatters, which ranked it at number 10 and 29 respectively. The latter found it "the distilled essence of the Lady Gaga and the apex of her career to date".{{cite web |date=December 23, 2010 |title=The 60 Best Songs of 2010 |url=https://www.popmatters.com/feature/134407-the-60-best-singles-of-2010/P3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111143435/http://www.popmatters.com/feature/134407-the-60-best-singles-of-2010/P3 |archive-date=January 11, 2014 |access-date=July 31, 2014 |work=PopMatters}} Rob Sheffield placed "Telephone" at number three on his Top 25 Singles of 2010 list for Rolling Stone, and Phillips placed it at number 55 for her Pitchfork top 100 list. In his description, Sheffield wrote that "Telephone" was a "communication breakdown on the dance floor" and "Beyonce, the most egregiously non-crazy pop star of our time, gets to pretend she's as nuts as Gaga for a few minutes."{{cite magazine|author-link=Rob Sheffield|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rob-sheffields-top-25-singles-of-the-2010-231234/| title = Rob Sheffield's Top 25 Singles of the 2010|date=December 20, 2010|access-date=December 26, 2010|last=Sheffield|first=Rob|magazine=Rolling Stone| url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225054327/http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/blogs/pop-life/rob-sheffields-top-25-singles-of-the-year-20101220|archive-date=December 25, 2010}} Phillips commented it was "one of the less weird tracks" on The Fame Monster.{{cite web |url= https://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7895-the-top-100-tracks-of-2010/5/|title=The Top 100 Tracks of 2010|work=Pitchfork Media |date=December 13, 2010|access-date=December 13, 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101216104830/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7895-the-top-100-tracks-of-2010/5 |archive-date =December 16, 2010}} In the annual Pazz and Jop mass critics poll of the year's best in music, "Telephone" was ranked the 16th best single in 2010.{{cite news |title=2010 New York Pazz and Jop Singles |work=The Village Voice |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/singles/2010/ |access-date=July 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110206081835/http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/singles/2010/ |archive-date=February 6, 2011}} One year later, Gary Trust of Billboard listed "Telephone" as one of the ten best all-female "hit collaborations".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/10-all-female-hit-collaborations/|url-access=subscription|title=10 All-Female Hit Collaborations|magazine=Billboard|date=April 26, 2011|first=Gary|last=Trust|access-date=May 2, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406182241/https://www.billboard.com/pro/10-all-female-hit-collaborations/|archive-date=April 6, 2023}}

In 2010, "Telephone" was nominated in the category for Fave Song at the Australian Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2010/08/kids-choice-awards-2010-nominees.html|title=Kids' Choice Awards: 2010 Nominees|publisher=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox|date=August 16, 2010|access-date=July 31, 2014|url-status=live| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150630014825/http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2010/08/kids-choice-awards-2010-nominees.html| archive-date =June 30, 2015}} and Favorite Song at the 37th People's Choice Awards.{{cite web|url= http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=2011|title=People's Choice Awards|publisher=People's Choice Awards| access-date =July 31, 2014| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110715063438/http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=2011 | archive-date=July 15, 2011}} The following year, the song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/awards/grammys/2010-12-01-grammy-nominations-list_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip|title=2010 Grammy Award Nominations|work=USA Today|access-date=December 2, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623065412/http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/awards/grammys/2010-12-01-grammy-nominations-list_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip|archive-date=June 23, 2011}} It was recognized as one of the Most Performed Songs at the 2011 ASCAP Pop Music Awards.{{cite web| url= http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/popawards/2011/most_Performed_Songs.aspx |title= ASCAP 2011 Pop Awards: Most Performed Songs| publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers| access-date=July 31, 2014| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150723125204/http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/popawards/2011/most_performed_songs.aspx | archive-date= July 23, 2015}} The same year, BMI recognized Gaga as one of the pop songwriters of the year, highlighting "Telephone" as one of her songs.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/publishing/1177859/lady-gaga-jason-derulo-jr-rotem-win-songwriters-of-the-year#most|title=Lady Gaga, Jason Derulo, JR Rotem Win Songwriters of the Year Award at BMI's Pop Music Awards|magazine=Billboard |first=Gail| last=Mitchell|date=May 18, 2011 |access-date=July 31, 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140308044013/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/publishing/1177859/lady-gaga-jason-derulo-jr-rotem-win-songwriters-of-the-year#most|archive-date=March 8, 2014}} It was also nominated for Best Single and won Best Collaboration at the 2011 Virgin Media Music Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1657642/lady-gaga-christina-aguilera-win-virgin-media-music-awards |title=Lady Gaga, Christina Aguilera Win Virgin Media Music Awards|publisher=MTV News | first = Jocelyn | last= Vena| date=February 10, 2010| access-date=July 31, 2014| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140809182508/http://www.mtv.com/news/1657642/lady-gaga-christina-aguilera-win-virgin-media-music-awards |archive-date =August 9, 2014}}

At the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, the music video for "Telephone" won Best Collaboration and was nominated for Best Choreography and Video of the Year, losing both to Gaga's own "Bad Romance" video.{{cite web |title=Video Music Awards 2010: Nominees And Winners |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/vma-2010-and-the-nominees-are/ |publisher=CBS News |access-date=March 13, 2023 |date=September 12, 2010 |archive-date=March 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308112411/https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/vma-2010-and-the-nominees-are/ |url-status=live }} It was placed at number three on NME{{'}}s list of "50 Best Music Videos of 2010"{{cite web|url= https://www.nme.com/list/50-best-music-videos-of-2010/200787/page/5 |title=50 Best Music Videos of 2010|work=NME |page=5 |access-date=December 7, 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111230050711/http://www.nme.com/list/50-best-music-videos-of-2010/200787/page/5|archive-date=December 30, 2011}} and number seven on Spin{{'}}s 20-item year-end list. Spin commented: "the decision to enlist the normally buttoned-up Beyoncé in Gaga's lezzie jailbird fantasia was genius".{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2010/12/20-best-music-videos-2010/?page=0%2C2|title=The 20 Best Music Videos of 2010 |work= Spin|first=Phoebe|last=Reilly|page=3|date=December 20, 2010|access-date=December 7, 2011|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20111115174434/http://www.spin.com/articles/20-best-music-videos-2010?page=0%2C2| archive-date= November 15, 2011}} The writers of Pitchfork Media ranked the video as one of 2010's best.{{cite web|url =https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/8729-the-top-music-videos-of-2010/?page=3|title=Staff Lists: The Top Music Videos of 2010| website= Pitchfork|date=December 1, 2010|access-date=December 9, 2011|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111205232228/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/features/staff-lists/8729-the-top-music-videos-of-2010/3 |archive-date= December 5, 2011}} In January 2015, Billboard named it the best music video of the 2010s, writing that "Gaga had triumphed again, and that this decade was off to a spectacular start".{{cite magazine |title=The 20 Best Music Videos of the 2010s (So Far) |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6436761/best-music-videos-2010s |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150729003106/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6436761/best-music-videos-2010s |archive-date=July 29, 2015 |access-date=January 15, 2015}} NME placed it at number 17 on their 2011 list of the 100 best music videos of all time: "[it] eschews all the overreaching cosmic weirdness of her recent clips and settles for a nine-minute lesbo action-filled Tarantino rip-off".{{cite web |title=100 Greatest Music Videos |url=https://www.nme.com/list/100-greatest-music-videos/217342/page/9 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111207055501/http://www.nme.com/list/100-greatest-music-videos/217342/page/9 |archive-date=December 7, 2011 |access-date=December 7, 2011 |work=NME |page=9}}

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Gaga and Beyoncé have never sung "Telephone" together on any live show, but both performed it individually. Beyoncé's only performance of "Telephone" was during her headlining Glastonbury Festival Performance on June 26, 2011.{{cite news|url= https://www.nme.com/news/nme/57589|title=Beyonce covers Kings Of Leon and Prince at Glastonbury|work=NME|date = June 27, 2011|access-date= September 5, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110902044653/http://www.nme.com/news/nme/57589 |archive-date=September 2, 2011}} Gaga first sang "Telephone" with "Dance in the Dark", the fourth single from The Fame Monster,{{cite web |title='Dance in the Dark', le nouveau single de Lady Gaga |url=http://www.universalmusic.fr/lady-gaga/actu/dance-in-the-dark-le-nouveau-single-de-lady-gaga/ |language=fr |publisher=Universal Music France |date=August 25, 2010 |access-date=April 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827033444/http://www.universalmusic.fr/lady-gaga/actu/dance-in-the-dark-le-nouveau-single-de-lady-gaga/ |archive-date=August 27, 2010 |trans-title='Dance in the Dark', Lady Gaga's new single}} at the 2010 Brit Awards, where she wore an all-white outfit, complete with a lace mask by Philip Treacy and a Marie Antoinette-style wig.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.glamour.com/gallery/lady-gaga-best-looks|title=Put These Lady Gaga Outfits in a Museum| last= Escalante|first=Ana|date=March 28, 2022|magazine=Glamour |access-date=April 8, 2023|url-status =live| archive-url =https://archive.today/20230408134544/https://www.glamour.com/gallery/lady-gaga-best-looks|archive-date=April 8, 2023}} Inspired by the recent death of her friend, fashion designer Alexander McQueen, she changed the concept of her performance at the last minute to pay tribute to him. Gaga said, "I wanted to do a very, very forward performance, something that I felt was a true representation of the future."{{cite web |last1=Dinh |first1=James |title=Lady Gaga Discusses Her 'Very Forward' Brit Awards Performance |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/4b3g01/lady-gaga-discusses-her-very-forward-brit-awards-performance |publisher=MTV News |access-date=January 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826173051/https://www.mtv.com/news/4b3g01/lady-gaga-discusses-her-very-forward-brit-awards-performance |archive-date=August 26, 2022 |date=February 17, 2010 |url-status=dead}} She sang "Telephone" in an acoustic rendition while playing on the piano.{{cite news|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/le0m4g/lady-gaga-pays-tribute-to-alexander-mcqueen-at-brit-awards|title=Lady Gaga Pays Tribute To Alexander McQueen At Brit Awards| last= Vena|first=Jocelyn|date=February 16, 2010|publisher=MTV News |access-date=March 21, 2023|url-status =dead| archive-url =https://archive.today/20230321170349/https://www.mtv.com/news/le0m4g/lady-gaga-pays-tribute-to-alexander-mcqueen-at-brit-awards|archive-date=March 21, 2023}} The performance was described as more restrained compared to her previous ones by The Wall Street Journal.{{cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/02/16/lady-gaga-performs-telephone-dance-in-the-dark-as-tribute-to-alexander-mcqueen-at-brit-awards/|title=Lady Gaga Performs 'Telephone,' 'Dance in the Dark' as Tribute to Alexander McQueen at Brit Awards|date=February 16, 2010|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=February 17, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218215139/http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/02/16/lady-gaga-performs-telephone-dance-in-the-dark-as-tribute-to-alexander-mcqueen-at-brit-awards/|archive-date=February 18, 2010|url-access=subscription}} In 2015, Liv Moss of Official Charts Company called it one of the "biggest, best and weirdest" performances in the history of Brit Awards.{{cite web |last1=Moss |first1=Liv |title=11 memorable BRITs performances |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/biggest-brits-performances__8158/ |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=January 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623205014/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/biggest-brits-performances__8158/ |archive-date=June 23, 2017 |language=en |date=February 20, 2015 |url-status=live}} The following year, Daniel Welsh of HuffPost UK cited it as one of Gaga's 15 most memorable performances on television.{{cite news |last1=Welsh |first1=Daniel |title=15 of Lady Gaga's Most Memorable TV Performances Ever |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/lady-gaga-performances-most-memorable_uk_57d01e0ce4b0ced6a097ec3d |access-date=January 30, 2023 |work=HuffPost |date=September 7, 2016 |language=en |archive-date=August 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826170158/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/lady-gaga-performances-most-memorable_uk_57d01e0ce4b0ced6a097ec3d |url-status=live}}

Gaga added "Telephone" to The Monster Ball Tour's setlist, for the 2010–2011 leg. She was dressed in black underwear and imitated a phone call with Beyoncé at the beginning of the performance, yelling "Beyoncé? You shady bitch!" to her cell phone.{{cite magazine|title=Lady Gaga Amps up 'Electro-Opera' Monster Ball for Arena Tour|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|date=February 18, 2010|magazine=Rolling Stone|issn=0035-791X}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bet.com/article/9qpth7/concert-review-lady-gaga-s-monster-ball|title=Concert Review: Lady Gaga's Monster Ball|last=Cane|first=Clay|date=July 29, 2010|publisher=BET|access-date=February 18, 2018|archive-date=February 19, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219090336/https://www.bet.com/news/celebrities/2010/07/29/gagamonstertour.html}} She then started singing the track while doing its choreography on an extended catwalk from the main stage.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/feb/21/lady-gaga-men-arena-manchester|title=Lady Gaga at MEN arena, Manchester|last=Empire|first=Kitty|author-link=Kitty Empire|date=February 21, 2010|work=The Guardian|access-date=February 18, 2018|archive-date=September 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918164114/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/feb/21/lady-gaga-men-arena-manchester|url-status=live}} On March 3, 2010, she performed "Telephone" and "Brown Eyes" (from The Fame) on the British comedy chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross for an episode that aired two days later.{{cite web|title=Jonathan Ross welcomes Lady Gaga to his Friday night show|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/03_march/03/ross.shtml|publisher=BBC Online|date=March 3, 2010|access-date=January 3, 2021|archive-date=October 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001144904/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/03_march/03/ross.shtml|url-status=live}} She sang "Telephone" on the Japanese television show Music Station on April 16, where she also played on a black keyboard.{{cite web|title=Lady Gaga Performs "Telephone", Reviews Fashion On Japan's Music Station|url=https://www.idolator.com/5478032/lady-gaga-performs-telephone-reviews-fashion-on-japans-music-station?safari=1|website=Idolator|date=April 16, 2010|access-date=March 14, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230314130355/https://www.idolator.com/5478032/lady-gaga-performs-telephone-reviews-fashion-on-japans-music-station?safari=1&chrome=1|archive-date=March 14, 2023|url-status=live}} In May 2011, Gaga performed the song during Radio 1's Big Weekend in Carlisle, Cumbria.{{cite news|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/summer-festivals/a319632/lady-gaga-closes-radio-1s-big-weekend-video/ |title=Lady GaGa closes Radio 1's Big Weekend|last=Sperling|first=Daniel|date=May 16, 2011|access-date=May 16, 2011| publisher=Digital Spy|url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518164920/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a319632/lady-gaga-closes-radio-1s-big-weekend-video.html|archive-date=May 18, 2011}} She sang it on her concert tours the Born This Way Ball (2012–2013){{cite magazine|url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lady-gaga-kicks-off-her-born-this-way-ball-in-north-america-20130112|title=Lady Gaga Kicks Off Her Born This Way Ball in North America|first=Dense|last=Shepard|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=January 12, 2013|access-date=January 12, 2013|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113064111/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lady-gaga-kicks-off-her-born-this-way-ball-in-north-america-20130112|archive-date=January 13, 2013}} and the ArtRave: The Artpop Ball tour (2014); during the latter it was part of a medley with "Poker Face".{{cite web|url=http://voices.suntimes.com/arts-entertainment/the-daily-sizzle/review-lady-gaga-at-united-center-leads-wild-but-wildly-uneven-disco-party/|title=Review: Lady Gaga at United Center leads wild, but wildly uneven disco party|work=Chicago Sun-Times|first=Mark|last=Guarino|date=July 12, 2014|access-date=July 31, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808051937/http://voices.suntimes.com/arts-entertainment/the-daily-sizzle/review-lady-gaga-at-united-center-leads-wild-but-wildly-uneven-disco-party/|archive-date=August 8, 2014}}

In 2017, Gaga played "Telephone" as part of her biggest hits performances during the Super Bowl LI halftime show. She started the song while holding a crystal scepter in her hand.{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/4660667/super-bowl-halftime-show-lady-gaga-review/|title=Lady Gaga Pulled Off One of the Best Halftime Shows Ever|first=Daniel|last=D'Addario|magazine=Time|access-date=February 6, 2017|date=February 5, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206035843/http://time.com/4660667/super-bowl-halftime-show-lady-gaga-review/|archive-date=February 6, 2017}} Later that year, she sang it at Coachella, where she appeared on stage inside a glass phone booth that was maneuvered by her dancers.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/apr/16/lady-gaga-electrifies-coachella-2017-review|title=Lady Gaga electrifies Coachella 2017 – review|work=The Guardian|date=April 16, 2017|access-date=September 9, 2017|first=Benjamin|last=Lee|archive-date=May 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501014733/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/apr/16/lady-gaga-electrifies-coachella-2017-review|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/music/2017/04/16/lady-gaga-new-single-cure-coachella|title=Lady Gaga debuts new single, 'The Cure,' at Coachella|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=April 16, 2017|access-date=September 9, 2017|first=Gerrad|last=Hall|archive-date=September 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909190351/http://ew.com/music/2017/04/16/lady-gaga-new-single-cure-coachella/|url-status=live}} Gaga added "Telephone" to the setlist to her concert tours – the Joanne World Tour (2017–2018){{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/06/arts/music/lady-gaga-joanne-tour-review.html|title=Review: Lady Gaga, the Flashy Provocateur, Battles Lady Gaga, the Raw Voice|url-access=limited|work=The New York Times|date=August 6, 2017|access-date=September 9, 2017|first=Jon|last=Caramanica|archive-date=August 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820204153/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/06/arts/music/lady-gaga-joanne-tour-review.html|url-status=live}} and The Chromatica Ball (2022) – and her Las Vegas residency show, Enigma (2018–2020).{{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}} Reviewing The Chromatica Ball, Gigwise{{'s}} Laviea Thomas wrote that it "stood out as one of the best performances of the evening. With fire catapulting into the sky, frantic stage lights, and a shed load of energy radiating off Gaga and her dancers."{{cite web|last=Thomas|first=Laviea|title=Live Review: Lady Gaga's The Chromatica Ball, London, 29/07/22|website=Gigwise|url=https://www.gigwise.com/reviews/3424733/live-review--lady-gaga-s-the-chromatica-ball--london--29-07-22|date=August 1, 2022|access-date=August 1, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220801130534/https://www.gigwise.com/reviews/3424733/live-review--lady-gaga-s-the-chromatica-ball--london--29-07-22|archive-date=August 1, 2022|url-status=live}}

On May 2, 2010, a demo of "Telephone" featuring vocals by Britney Spears leaked on the internet.{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a217919/britneys-telephone-leaks-onto-web/|title=Britney's 'Telephone' leaks onto web?|publisher=Digital Spy|last=Levine|first=Nick|date=May 3, 2010|access-date=May 7, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506234225/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a217919/britneys-telephone-leaks-onto-web.html|archive-date=May 6, 2010}} After suggestions that the version might be fake, the producer of the song, Rodney Jerkins, confirmed its authenticity via Twitter, adding that the leaked version was an early, unmixed demo recording.{{cite magazine| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/14639/84365|title=Britney Spears' Demo of Lady Gaga's 'Telephone' Hits the Web|date=May 4, 2010| access-date=May 7, 2010 |last=Kreps|first=Daniel|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607131429/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/14639/84365|archive-date=June 7, 2010}}{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1638349/20100504/spears_britney.jhtml|title=Britney Spears' Leaked 'Telephone' Demo Confirmed by Producer Rodney Jerkins|date=May 4, 2010|access-date=May 7, 2010|last=Dinh|first=James|publisher=MTV News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100507112515/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1638349/20100504/spears_britney.jhtml|archive-date=May 7, 2010}} The demo's musical style was compared to Spears's 2007 single "Piece of Me".{{cite magazine |last1=Sheffield |first1=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |title=Britney Phone Home: Why Spears' 'Telephone' Beats Lady Gaga's by a Robo-Mile |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/britney-phone-home-why-spears-telephone-beats-lady-gagas-by-a-robo-mile-243018/ |access-date=March 13, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=May 6, 2010 |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015044846/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/britney-phone-home-why-spears-telephone-beats-lady-gagas-by-a-robo-mile-243018/ |url-status=live }} Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone praised Spears's version, including it at number 25 on his Top 25 Singles of the 2010 list.

Children's music group Kidz Bop covered the song but changed its line "I'm sippin that bubb" to "I'm eating that grub" to make it family-friendly.{{cite web |last1=Mullins |first1=Jenna |title=The 25 Most Ridiculous and Confusing Kidz Bop Lyric Changes |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/640010/the-25-most-ridiculous-and-confusing-kidz-bop-lyric-changes |publisher=E! |access-date=March 16, 2023 |date=March 26, 2015 |archive-date=March 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314165356/https://www.eonline.com/news/640010/the-25-most-ridiculous-and-confusing-kidz-bop-lyric-changes |url-status=live }} "Telephone" was covered by Lea Michele as Rachel Berry and Jake Zyrus as Sunshine Corazon for the American TV show Glee episode "Audition", which aired on {{Nowrap|September 21}}, 2010.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmNvWufXs8E|title=Glee – Full Performance of 'Telephone' from 'Audition'|date=December 10, 2016|access-date=April 7, 2023|publisher=Glee|via=YouTube|archive-date=March 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315051841/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmNvWufXs8E|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=James |first1=Emily St. |title=Glee: 'Audition' |url=https://www.avclub.com/glee-audition-1798165961 |access-date=April 7, 2023 |work=The A.V. Club |date=September 21, 2010 |language=en |archive-date=November 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130075228/https://www.avclub.com/glee-audition-1798165961 |url-status=live }} Los Angeles Times found that Zyrus "sings a remarkable duet".{{cite news |title=Bravo Charice! Charice's Glee debut hits a high note |url=https://www.philstar.com/cebu-entertainment/2010/09/24/614552/bravo-charice-charices-glee-debut-hits-high-note |access-date=April 1, 2023 |work=The Philippine Star |date=September 24, 2010 |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328051238/https://www.philstar.com/cebu-entertainment/2010/09/24/614552/bravo-charice-charices-glee-debut-hits-high-note |url-status=live }} Hours after its release, the song entered the top 10 of US' iTunes.{{cite web |title=Charice's 'Glee' performance earns praise |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/09/23/10/charices-glee-performance-earns-praise |publisher=ABS-CBN |access-date=April 1, 2023 |date=September 23, 2010 |archive-date=February 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202054755/https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/09/23/10/charices-glee-performance-earns-praise |url-status=live }} Released as a single, it reached number 22 in Ireland and 30 in Australia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/musicvideo/music/archive/index_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2010&year=2010&week=38|title=Chart Track: Top 50 Singles, Week Ending 23 September 2010|publisher=Irish Singles Chart|access-date=October 1, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011152106/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2010&year=2010&week=38|archive-date=October 11, 2011}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Glee+Cast&titel=Telephone |title=Glee Cast – Telephone (Song)| website=Australian-charts.com |access-date=October 3, 2010|url-status=live| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120314210814/http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Glee%20Cast&titel=Telephone |archive-date = March 14, 2012}} In 2019, Jonathan Van Ness and Karamo Brown from the reality show Queer Eye performed a lip sync of the song to a positive response from reviewers.{{efn|Xavier Piedra of Billboard,{{cite magazine |last1=Piedra |first1=Xavier |title=Jonathan Van Ness & Karamo Brown Channel Lady Gaga and Beyoncé in Epic 'Telephone' Lip Sync |url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/jonathan-van-ness-karamo-brown-telephone-lip-sync-preview-8493338/ |access-date=March 17, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |date=January 14, 2019 |archive-date=March 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315193716/https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/jonathan-van-ness-karamo-brown-telephone-lip-sync-preview-8493338/ |url-status=live }} Gerrad Hall of Entertainment Weekly{{cite magazine |last1=Hall |first1=Gerrad |title=See Jonathan Van Ness and Karamo Brown channel Lady Gaga and Beyoncé; in Lip Sync Battle first look |url=https://ew.com/tv/2019/01/14/lip-sync-battle-jonathan-karamo-lady-gaga-beyonce/ |access-date=1 April 2023 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=January 14, 2019 |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328045731/https://ew.com/tv/2019/01/14/lip-sync-battle-jonathan-karamo-lady-gaga-beyonce/ |url-status=live }} and Rose Dommu of Out{{cite news |last1=Dommu |first1=Rose |title=Watch Jonathan Van Ness and Karamo Brown Slay 'Telephone' |url=https://www.out.com/entertainment/2019/1/14/watch-jonathan-van-ness-and-karamo-brown-slay-telephone |access-date=April 1, 2023 |work=Out |date=January 14, 2019 |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328045732/https://www.out.com/entertainment/2019/1/14/watch-jonathan-van-ness-and-karamo-brown-slay-telephone |url-status=live }}}} The duo wore clothes similar to Gaga's black-studded look and Beyoncé's bejeweled blue outfit in the music video.{{cite news |last1=Duffy |first1=Nick |title=Queer Eye stars reveal flawless Britney, Gaga looks on Lip Sync Battle |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2019/01/17/queer-eye-lip-sync-battle/ |access-date=April 1, 2023 |work=PinkNews |date=January 17, 2019 |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328045731/https://www.thepinknews.com/2019/01/17/queer-eye-lip-sync-battle/ |url-status=live }}

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• UK CD Single{{cite web|url=http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=500275|title=Lady Gaga – Telephone – UK CD Single|publisher=EIL.com|access-date=March 1, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606233029/http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=500275|archive-date=June 6, 2011}}

1. "Telephone" (feat. Beyoncé) – 3:40
2. "Telephone" (Alphabeat Radio Edit) [feat. Beyoncé] – 4:51

• UK iTunes digital single{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/telephone-feat-beyonce-single/362078952|title=Telephone (feat. Beyoncé) – Single by Lady GaGa|date=January 2010 |publisher=iTunes Store|access-date=March 18, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330101622/http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/telephone-feat-beyonce-single/id362078952|archive-date=March 30, 2010}}

1. "Telephone" (feat. Beyoncé) – 3:40
2. "Telephone" (feat. Beyoncé) [Music Video] – 9:27

• European/Brazilian/New Zealand digital downloads
• "Telephone" (Crookers Vocal Club Remix) [feat. Beyoncé] – 4:49* {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/fr/album/telephone-crookers-vocal-remix/359858945|title=Telephone (Crookers Vocal Remix) – Single di Lady GaGa & Beyoncé –|date=January 2010 |publisher=iTunes Store (France))|access-date=March 18, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111223339/https://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/telephone-crookers-vocal-remix/id359858945|archive-date=November 11, 2012}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/it/album/telephone-crookers-vocal-remix-single/1445012673|title=Telephone (Crookers Vocal Remix) – Single si Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (Italy)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209154325/https://music.apple.com/it/album/telephone-crookers-vocal-remix-single/1445012673|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/de/album/telephone-crookers-vocal-remix-single/1445012673|title='Telephone (Crookers Vocal Remix) – Single' von Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (Germany)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209151544/https://music.apple.com/de/album/telephone-crookers-vocal-remix-single/1445012673|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/ru/album/telephone-crookers-vocal-remix-single/1445012673|title=Альбом "Telephone (Crookers Vocal Remix) – Single" (Lady Gaga & Beyoncé)|publisher=Apple Music (Russia)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209155839/https://music.apple.com/ru/album/telephone-crookers-vocal-remix-single/1445012673|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/es/album/telephone-crookers-vocal-remix-single/1445012673|title=Telephone (Crookers Vocal Remix) – Single de Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (Spain)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209155837/https://music.apple.com/es/album/telephone-crookers-vocal-remix-single/1445012673|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/pt/album/telephone-crookers-vocal-remix-single/1445012673|title=Telephone (Crookers Vocal Remix) – Single de Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (Portugal)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209151527/https://music.apple.com/pt/album/telephone-crookers-vocal-remix-single/1445012673|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/br/album/telephone-crookers-vocal-remix-single/1445012673|title=Telephone (Crookers Vocal Remix) – Single de Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (Brazil)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209151528/https://music.apple.com/br/album/telephone-crookers-vocal-remix-single/1445012673|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/nz/album/telephone-crookers-vocal-remix-single/1445012673|title=Telephone (Crookers Vocal Remix) – Single by Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (New Zealand)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209151530/https://music.apple.com/nz/album/telephone-crookers-vocal-remix-single/1445012673|url-status=live}}
• "Telephone" (Electrolightz Remix) [feat. Beyoncé] – 4:26* {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/fr/album/telephone-electrolightz-remix-single/1444863769|title=Telephone (Electrolightz Remix) – Single de Lady GaGa & Beyoncé|date=January 2010 |publisher=iTunes Store (France)|access-date=March 18, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111223358/https://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/telephone-electrolightz-remix/id359847246|archive-date=November 11, 2012}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/it/album/telephone-electrolightz-remix-single/1444863769|title=Telephone (Electrolightz Remix) – Single si Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (Italy)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209151521/https://music.apple.com/it/album/telephone-electrolightz-remix-single/1444863769|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/de/album/telephone-electrolightz-remix-single/1444863769|title='Telephone (Electrolightz Remix) – Single' von Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (Germany)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209155829/https://music.apple.com/de/album/telephone-electrolightz-remix-single/1444863769|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/ru/album/telephone-electrolightz-remix-single/1444863769|title=Альбом "Telephone (Electrolightz Remix) – Single" (Lady Gaga & Beyoncé)|publisher=Apple Music (Russia)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209154318/https://music.apple.com/ru/album/telephone-electrolightz-remix-single/1444863769|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/es/album/telephone-electrolightz-remix-single/1444863769|title=Telephone (Electrolightz Remix) – Single de Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (Spain)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209151549/https://music.apple.com/es/album/telephone-electrolightz-remix-single/1444863769|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/pt/album/telephone-electrolightz-remix-single/1444863769|title=Telephone (Electrolightz Remix) – Single de Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (Portugal)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209151523/https://music.apple.com/pt/album/telephone-electrolightz-remix-single/1444863769|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/br/album/telephone-electrolightz-remix-single/1444863769|title=Telephone (Electrolightz Remix) – Single de Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (Brazil)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209154323/https://music.apple.com/br/album/telephone-electrolightz-remix-single/1444863769|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/nz/album/telephone-electrolightz-remix-single/1444863769|title=Telephone (Electrolightz Remix) – Single by Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (New Zealand)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209154320/https://music.apple.com/nz/album/telephone-electrolightz-remix-single/1444863769|url-status=live}}
• "Telephone" (Kaskade Club Remix) [feat. Beyoncé] – 5:24* {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/fr/album/telephone-kaskade-extended/359853078|title=Telephone (Kaskade Extended Remix) – Single de Lady GaGa & Beyoncé –|date=January 2010 |publisher=iTunes Store (France) |access-date=March 18, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111223409/https://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/telephone-kaskade-extended/id359853078|archive-date=November 11, 2012}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/it/album/telephone-kaskade-extended-remix-single/1444853572|title=Telephone (Kaskade Extended Remix) – Single si Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (Italy)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209151526/https://music.apple.com/it/album/telephone-kaskade-extended-remix-single/1444853572|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/de/album/telephone-kaskade-extended-remix-single/1444853572|title='Telephone (Kaskade Extended Remix) – Single' von Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (Germany)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209151541/https://music.apple.com/de/album/telephone-kaskade-extended-remix-single/1444853572|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/ru/album/telephone-kaskade-extended-remix-single/1444853572|title=Альбом "Telephone (Kaskade Extended Remix) – Single" (Lady Gaga & Beyoncé)|publisher=Apple Music (Russia)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209155831/https://music.apple.com/ru/album/telephone-kaskade-extended-remix-single/1444853572|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/es/album/telephone-kaskade-extended-remix-single/1444853572|title=Telephone (Kaskade Extended Remix) – Single de Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (Spain)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209151533/https://music.apple.com/es/album/telephone-kaskade-extended-remix-single/1444853572|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/pt/album/telephone-kaskade-extended-remix-single/1444853572|title=Telephone (Kaskade Extended Remix) – Single de Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (Portugal)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209151537/https://music.apple.com/pt/album/telephone-kaskade-extended-remix-single/1444853572|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/br/album/telephone-kaskade-extended-remix-single/1444853572|title=Telephone (Kaskade Extended Remix) – Single de Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (Brazil)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209151529/https://music.apple.com/br/album/telephone-kaskade-extended-remix-single/1444853572|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/nz/album/telephone-kaskade-extended-remix-single/1444853572|title=Telephone (Kaskade Extended Remix) – Single by Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (New Zealand)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209151546/https://music.apple.com/nz/album/telephone-kaskade-extended-remix-single/1444853572|url-status=live}}
• "Telephone" (Ming Club Remix) [feat. Beyoncé] – 4:31* {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/fr/album/telephone-ming-extended-remix/359854632|title=Telephone (Ming Extended Remix) – Single de Lady GaGa & Beyoncé|date=January 2010 |publisher=iTunes Store (France)|access-date=March 18, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111223416/https://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/telephone-ming-extended-remix/id359854632|archive-date=November 11, 2012}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/it/album/telephone-ming-extended-remix-single/1445036610|title=Telephone (Ming Extended Remix) – Single si Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (Italy)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209151535/https://music.apple.com/it/album/telephone-ming-extended-remix-single/1445036610|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/de/album/telephone-ming-extended-remix-single/1445036610|title='Telephone (Ming Extended Remix) – Single' von Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (Germany)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209151524/https://music.apple.com/de/album/telephone-ming-extended-remix-single/1445036610|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/ru/album/telephone-ming-extended-remix-single/1445036610|title=Альбом "Telephone (Ming Extended Remix) – Single" (Lady Gaga & Beyoncé)|publisher=Apple Music (Russia)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209151537/https://music.apple.com/ru/album/telephone-ming-extended-remix-single/1445036610|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/es/album/telephone-ming-extended-remix-single/1445036610|title=Telephone (Ming Extended Remix) – Single de Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (Spain)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209151531/https://music.apple.com/es/album/telephone-ming-extended-remix-single/1445036610|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/pt/album/telephone-ming-extended-remix-single/1445036610|title=Telephone (Ming Extended Remix) – Single de Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (Portugal)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209155833/https://music.apple.com/pt/album/telephone-ming-extended-remix-single/1445036610|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/br/album/telephone-ming-extended-remix-single/1445036610|title=Telephone (Ming Extended Remix) – Single de Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (Brazil)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209151540/https://music.apple.com/br/album/telephone-ming-extended-remix-single/1445036610|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/nz/album/telephone-ming-extended-remix-single/1445036610|title=Telephone (Ming Extended Remix) – Single by Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (New Zealand)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209151542/https://music.apple.com/nz/album/telephone-ming-extended-remix-single/1445036610|url-status=live}}
• "Telephone" (Tom Neville's Ear Ringer Radio Edit) [feat. Beyoncé] – 4:17* {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/fr/album/telephone-tom-nevilles-ear-ringer-radio-remix-single/1445052539|title=Telephone (Tom Neville's Ear Ringer Radio Remix) – Single de Lady GaGa & Beyoncé|date=January 2010 |publisher=iTunes Store (France)|access-date=March 18, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111223439/https://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/telephone-tom-nevilles-ear/id359852652|archive-date=November 11, 2012}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/it/album/telephone-tom-nevilles-ear-ringer-radio-remix-single/1445052539|title=Telephone (Tom Neville's Ear Ringer Radio Remix) – Single si Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (Italy)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209151544/https://music.apple.com/it/album/telephone-tom-nevilles-ear-ringer-radio-remix-single/1445052539|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/de/album/telephone-tom-nevilles-ear-ringer-radio-remix-single/1445052539|title='Telephone (Tom Neville's Ear Ringer Radio Remix) – Single' von Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (Germany)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209151525/https://music.apple.com/de/album/telephone-tom-nevilles-ear-ringer-radio-remix-single/1445052539|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/ru/album/telephone-tom-nevilles-ear-ringer-radio-remix-single/1445052539|title=Альбом "Telephone (Tom Neville's Ear Ringer Radio Remix) – Single" (Lady Gaga & Beyoncé)|publisher=Apple Music (Russia)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209155835/https://music.apple.com/ru/album/telephone-tom-nevilles-ear-ringer-radio-remix-single/1445052539|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/es/album/telephone-tom-nevilles-ear-ringer-radio-remix-single/1445052539|title=Telephone (Tom Neville's Ear Ringer Radio Remix) – Single de Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (Spain)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209151539/https://music.apple.com/es/album/telephone-tom-nevilles-ear-ringer-radio-remix-single/1445052539|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/pt/album/telephone-tom-nevilles-ear-ringer-radio-remix-single/1445052539|title=Telephone (Tom Neville's Ear Ringer Radio Remix) – Single de Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (Portugal)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209151535/https://music.apple.com/pt/album/telephone-tom-nevilles-ear-ringer-radio-remix-single/1445052539|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/br/album/telephone-tom-nevilles-ear-ringer-radio-remix-single/1445052539|title=Telephone (Tom Neville's Ear Ringer Radio Remix) – Single de Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (Brazil)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209151533/https://music.apple.com/br/album/telephone-tom-nevilles-ear-ringer-radio-remix-single/1445052539|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/nz/album/telephone-tom-nevilles-ear-ringer-radio-remix-single/1445052539|title=Telephone (Tom Neville's Ear Ringer Radio Remix) – Single by Lady Gaga & Beyoncé|publisher=Apple Music (New Zealand)|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209151521/https://music.apple.com/nz/album/telephone-tom-nevilles-ear-ringer-radio-remix-single/1445052539|url-status=live}}
• UK Alphabeat Extended Remix digital download{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003B082R4|title=Telephone Feat. Beyoncé Knowles (Alphabeat Extended Remix)|publisher=Amazon UK |access-date=March 22, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629020702/http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003B082R4|archive-date=June 29, 2011}}

1. "Telephone" (Alphabeat Extended Remix) [feat. Beyoncé] – 6:41

• UK DJ Dan Extended Vocal Remix digital download{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003B03VWU|title=Telephone Feat. Beyoncé Knowles (DJ Dan Extended Vocal Remix)|publisher=Amazon UK |access-date=March 22, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629020727/http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003B03VWU|archive-date=June 29, 2011}}

1. "Telephone" (DJ Dan Extended Vocal Remix) [feat. Beyoncé] – 5:59

• French Passion Pit Remix digital download{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/telephone-passion-pit-remix/id359857591|title=Telephone (Passion Pit Remix) – Single de Lady GaGa & Beyoncé|publisher=iTunes Store (France)|access-date=March 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111223429/https://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/telephone-passion-pit-remix/id359857591|archive-date=November 11, 2012}}

1. "Telephone" (Passion Pit Remix) [feat. Beyoncé] – 5:12

• UK 7" inch vinyl{{cite web|url=http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=500276|title=Lady Gaga – Telephone – UK 7 inch Vinyl|publisher=EIL.com|access-date=March 1, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100303160315/http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=500276|archive-date=March 3, 2010}}

1. "Telephone" (feat. Beyoncé) – 3:40
2. "Telephone" (Passion Pit Remix) [feat. Beyoncé] – 5:13

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• International remix EP{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00397B52S/|title=US Remixes EP – Lady Gaga – Telephone|publisher=Amazon |access-date=March 24, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628183317/http://www.amazon.fr/dp/B003FDDKRY|archive-date=June 28, 2011}}

1. "Telephone" (Alphabeat Club Remix) [feat. Beyoncé] – 6:41
2. "Telephone" (Crookers Vocal Club Remix) [feat. Beyoncé] – 4:50
3. "Telephone" (DJ Dan Vocal Club Remix) [feat. Beyoncé] – 5:59
4. "Telephone" (DJ Dan Vocal Radio Edit) [feat. Beyoncé] – 3:28
5. * Only included on the digital release{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00397B52S|title=Telephone (The Remixes): Lady Gaga: MP3 Downloads|publisher=Amazon |access-date=March 24, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628183317/http://www.amazon.fr/dp/B003FDDKRY|archive-date=June 28, 2011}}
6. "Telephone" (Doctor Rosen Rosen Club Remix) [feat. Beyoncé] – 6:25
7. "Telephone" (Electrolightz Remix) [feat. Beyoncé] – 4:26
8. "Telephone" (Kaskade Club Remix) [feat. Beyoncé] – 5:24
9. "Telephone" (Ming Club Remix) [feat. Beyoncé] – 4:31
10. "Telephone" (Passion Pit Remix) [feat. Beyoncé] – 5:13
11. "Telephone" (Tom Neville's Ear Ringer Club Remix) [feat. Beyoncé] – 7:14

• "The DJ Remixes" digital EP{{cite web|url=https://www.masterbeat.com/#release/602527352633|title=Telephone (The DJ Remixes)|access-date=April 1, 2010|publisher=Masterbeat.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516033306/http://masterbeat.com/#release/602527352633|archive-date=May 16, 2010}}

1. "Telephone" (Alphabeat Radio Edit) [feat. Beyoncé] – 4:49
2. "Telephone" (Crookers Dub) [feat. Beyoncé] – 5:08
3. "Telephone" (DJ Dan Dub) [feat. Beyoncé] – 6:22
4. "Telephone" (Kaskade Dub) [feat. Beyoncé] – 4:40
5. "Telephone" (Kaskade Radio Edit) [feat. Beyoncé] – 3:43
6. "Telephone" (Ming Dub) [feat. Beyoncé] – 4:03
7. "Telephone" (Ming Radio Edit) [feat. Beyoncé] – 3:12
8. "Telephone" (Tom Neville's Ear Ringer Radio Edit) [feat. Beyoncé] – 4:18
9. "Bad Romance" (DJ Paulo's GaGa Oo-La La Remix) – 9:41

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Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Fame Monster.

• Gaga's vocals recorded at Darkchild Studios (Los Angeles, California)
• Knowles' vocals recorded at Studio Groove (Osaka, Japan)
• Mixed at Chalice Studios (Los Angeles, California)
• Mastered at Oasis Mastering (Burbank, California), AfterMaster Recording and Mastering Studios (Hollywood, California)
• Knowles appears courtesy of Music World Entertainment and Columbia Records
• Published by Stefani Germanotta P/K/A Lady Gaga (BMI), Sony/ATV Songs LLC, House Of Gaga Publishing Inc., Glojoe Music Inc. (BMI) Rodney Jerkins/EMI Blackwood Music Publishing (BMI), EMI April Music (ASCAP), EMI Blackwood/RJ Productions LLC, B-Day Publishing and EMI April Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

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• Lady Gaga – lead vocals, lyrics, composition, producer
• Beyoncé – featured vocals, lyrics
• Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins – lyrics, composition, arrangement, producer, mixing
• LaShawn Daniels – composition, arrangement
• Lazonate Franklin – composition
• Paul Foley – recording
• Mike "Handz" Donaldson – recording (Gaga's vocals), special effects, additional vocal production
• Hisashi Mizoguchi – recording (Beyoncé's vocals)
• Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing
• Gene Grimaldi – mastering
• Larry Ryckman and Ari Blitz – mastering
• Takayuki Matsushima – Beyoncé's vocals recording assistant
• Matty Green – mixing assistant

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{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for "Telephone"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|artist=Lady Gaga|title=Telephone|type=single|award=Platinum|number=8|relyear=2010|certyear=2024|access-date=March 8, 2024|refname=aria}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|type=single|title=Telephone|artist=Beyonce & Lady Gaga|award=Platinum|relyear=2010|certyear=2024|access-date=November 20, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|artist=Lady Gaga|title=Telephone|type=single|award=Gold|refname="hungmedien"|certyear=2010|relyear=2010|access-date=March 22, 2015}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|title=Telephone|artist=Lady Gaga|type=single|award=Diamond|relyear=2010|certyear=2024|access-date=July 3, 2024}}

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• {{cite web |url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/digital_chart/download.php?nationGbn=E¤t_year=2010&chart_Time=year |title=Gaon - 2010 Year-end International Download Chart |work=Gaon Chart |publisher=Korea Music Content Industry Association |access-date=July 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015174122/http://gaonchart.co.kr/digital_chart/download.php?nationGbn=E¤t_year=2010&chart_Time=year |archive-date=October 15, 2013 |url-status=dead }}
• {{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/digital_chart/download.php?nationGbn=E¤t_year=2011&chart_Time=year|title=2011 Gaon Chart|publisher=Gaon Music Chart|access-date=April 30, 2014|language=ko|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015183035/http://gaonchart.co.kr/digital_chart/download.php?nationGbn=E¤t_year=2011&chart_Time=year|archive-date=October 15, 2013}}
• {{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/digital_chart/download.php?nationGbn=E¤t_year=2013&chart_Time=year|title=2013 Gaon Chart|publisher=Gaon Music Chart|access-date=April 30, 2014|language=ko|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202100220/http://gaonchart.co.kr/digital_chart/download.php?nationGbn=E¤t_year=2013&chart_Time=year|archive-date=February 2, 2014}}}}

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• List of European number-one hits of 2010
• List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2010
• List of number-one dance singles of 2010 (U.S.)
• List of number-one hits of 2010 (Denmark)
• List of number-one songs in Norway
• List of number-one singles from the 2010s (UK)
• Number-one singles of 2010 (Ireland)
• List of Mainstream Top 40 number-one hits of 2010 (U.S.)
• Ultratop 40 number-one hits of 2010
• Ultratop 50 number-one hits of 2010

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{{Notelist}}

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• {{cite book|title=Guinness World Records 2015|year=2014|publisher=Guinness World Records|isbn=978-1-908843-70-8|ref={{harvid|GWR|2014}}}}
• {{cite book |last1=Fielder |first1=Hugh |title=Lady Gaga: A Monster Romance |year=2012 |publisher=Flame Tree Publishing |isbn=978-0-857752-76-5}}
• {{cite book |last1=Halberstam |first1=Jack |title=Gaga Feminism: Sex, Gender, and the End of Normall |year=2012 |publisher=Beacon Press |isbn=978-0-8070-1099-0}}
• {{cite book |last1=Horn |first1=Katrin |title=Women, Camp, and Popular Culture: Serious Excess |year=2017 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=978-3-319-64845-3 |pages=193–252 |chapter=Taking Pop Seriously: Lady Gaga as Camp}}
• {{Cite book |title=Lady Gaga and Popular Music: Performing Gender, Fashion, and Culture |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zLJ9AgAAQBAJ |year=2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-07987-2 |editor-last1=Iddon |editor-first1=Martin |series=Routledge Studies in Popular Music |editor-last2=Marshall |editor-first2=Melanie L. }}
• {{cite encyclopedia |last1=Colton |first1=Lisa |title=Lady Gaga and Popular Music : Performing Gender, Fashion, and Culture |year=2014 |publisher=Routledge |pages=67–81 |chapter=Chapter 4: Who's Calling? Telephone Songs, Female Vocal Empowerment and Signification}}
• {{cite encyclopedia |last1=Burns |first1=Lori |last2=Lafrance |first2=Marc |title=Lady Gaga and Popular Music : Performing Gender, Fashion, and Culture |year=2014 |publisher=Routledge |pages=117–147 |chapter=Chapter 7: Celebrity, Spectacle, and Surveillance: Understanding Lady Gaga's 'Paparazzi' and 'Telephone' through Music, Image, and Movement}}
• {{cite book |last1=James |first1=Robin |title=Resilience & Melancholy: Pop Music, Feminism, Neoliberalism |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cf5JBgAAQBAJ |year=2015 |publisher=John Hunt Publishing |isbn=978-1-782-79461-5 |chapter=(Little) Monsters & Melancholics |pages=133–173 |access-date=April 15, 2023 |archive-date=December 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216021245/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Resilience_Melancholy/Cf5JBgAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Rowen |first1=Bess |title=Gaga Feminism: Sex, Gender, and the End of Normal |journal=Women & Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory |date=January 2, 2014 |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=117–122 |doi=10.1080/0740770X.2014.898424 |publisher=Taylor & Francis|s2cid=143063317 }}
• {{cite magazine |last1=Stasukevich |first1=Iain |title='Telephone' Generates Caged Heat. |magazine=American Cinematographer |date=July 2010 |volume=91 |issue=7 |pages=12–14 |issn=0002-7928}}
• {{cite journal |last1=Vernallis |first1=Carol |title=Interview with Director Jonas Åkerlund |journal=Music, Sound, and the Moving Image|publisher=Liverpool University Press |date=December 2019 |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=231–244 |doi=10.3828/msmi.2019.13|s2cid=213461596 }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Williams |first1=Juliet |title='Same DNA, but Born this Way': Lady Gaga and the Possibilities of Postessentialist Feminisms |journal=Journal of Popular Music Studies |date=March 2014 |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=28–46 |doi=10.1111/jpms.12058 |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell |s2cid=145244943 |url=https://escholarship.org/content/qt4gh8b61r/qt4gh8b61r.pdf?t=opqab |access-date=April 15, 2023 |archive-date=April 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415175327/https://escholarship.org/content/qt4gh8b61r/qt4gh8b61r.pdf?t=opqab |url-status=live }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Yebra |first1=José M. |title=Camp revamped in pop culture icon Lady Gaga: The case of 'Telephone' and 'Born this Way' |url=https://intellectdiscover.com/docserver/fulltext/ejac/37/1/ejac.37.1.39_1.pdf?expires=1681580870&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=D009CD1B07D4DA19746160B8B1C136F7 |journal=European Journal of American Culture |date=March 1, 2018 |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=39–55 |doi=10.1386/ejac.37.1.39_1 |publisher=University of Zaragoza |access-date=April 15, 2023 |archive-date=April 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415173833/https://intellectdiscover.com/docserver/fulltext/ejac/37/1/ejac.37.1.39_1.pdf?expires=1681580870&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=D009CD1B07D4DA19746160B8B1C136F7 |url-status=live }}

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