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Ur So Gay
Ur So Gay
EP by Katy Perry
Released	November 20, 2007
Length	16:51
Label	Capitol
Producer	Ted Bruner; Ray Martin; Junior Sanchez; Greg Wells;
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Ur So Gay is the debut extended play (EP) by American singer Katy Perry. It was released digitally on November 20, 2007 by Capitol Records. A physical edition of the EP was released on January 15, 2008. The EP contains four tracks: the title track "Ur So Gay", a remix of the title track by American DJ Junior Sanchez, "Use Your Love" (a remake of the Outfield's 1986 song "Your Love"), and "Lost".^[1] "Ur So Gay" and "Lost" would later appear on Perry's second studio album, One of the Boys (2008).

Music[edit]

According to Perry, she had a couple of different choices in mind for covers. She initially wanted to record a Queen song, but could not think of one that was particularly club-worthy. While at a club with her friends, the Outfield's song "Your Love" was played. Perry said that when the song came on, every girl there went onto the dance floor and had "the best time", which is something that she wanted to capture on the EP.^[2]

Release[edit]

The EP was not expected to be a huge seller and only "a few thousand" copies were sold. According to Chris Anokute, Perry's A&R, the EP "did well in terms of building a press story but because people didn't run to iTunes to buy the EP some executives in the company started backpedalling".^[3]

Critical reception[edit]

Billboard senior editor Chuck Taylor believed that Ur So Gay had "all the potential to amuse the masses". He further highlighted the remix of its title track, referring to this as "ripe and ready for clubs—where gays are bound to embrace it".^[4]

Track listing[edit]

*Ur So Gay* – Standard edition^[5]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Ur So Gay"	Katy Perry Greg Wells	Wells	3:39
2.	"Ur So Gay" (remix)	Perry Wells	Wells Junior Sanchez	5:54
3.	"Use Your Love"	John Spinks Perry	Sanchez Ray Martin	3:03
4.	"Lost"	Perry Ted Bruner	Bruner	4:20
Total length:				16:51

Vinyl edition^[6]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
5.	"Ur So Gay" (instrumental)	Perry Wells	Wells	3:38
6.	"Ur So Gay" (instrumental remix)	Perry Wells	Wells Sanchez	5:55
7.	"Ur So Gay" (acapella)	Perry Wells	Wells	3:15
Total length:				29:39

Release history[edit]

Release dates and formats for *Ur So Gay*
Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
United States	November 20, 2007	Digital download	Capitol	^[5]
United States	March 28, 2008	Vinyl	Capitol	^[6]

References[edit]

^ Staff, WWD (November 7, 2007). "Rad Hatter". Women's Wear Daily. Archived from the original on August 26, 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
^ Burr, Mike (February 6, 2008). "Katy Perry: Interview". Prefix. Archived from the original on August 26, 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
^ "A&R, Record Label / Company, Music Publishing, Artist Manager and Music Industry Directory". HitQuarters. October 18, 2010. Archived from the original on July 6, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
^ Taylor, Chuck (January 12, 2008). "The Billboard Reviews: Singles". Billboard. Vol. 120, no. 2. p. 40.
^ ^a ^b "Ur So Gay". Amazon. November 20, 2007. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "UR So Gay". Amazon. January 15, 2008. Archived from the original on August 27, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2018.

[1] Staff, WWD (November 7, 2007). "Rad Hatter". Women's Wear Daily. Archived from the original on August 26, 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2018.

[2] Burr, Mike (February 6, 2008). "Katy Perry: Interview". Prefix. Archived from the original on August 26, 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2018.

[3] "A&R, Record Label / Company, Music Publishing, Artist Manager and Music Industry Directory". HitQuarters. October 18, 2010. Archived from the original on July 6, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2018.

[4] Taylor, Chuck (January 12, 2008). "The Billboard Reviews: Singles". Billboard. Vol. 120, no. 2. p. 40.

[Amazon1-5] "Ur So Gay". Amazon. November 20, 2007. Retrieved August 25, 2018.

[Amazon2-6] "UR So Gay". Amazon. January 15, 2008. Archived from the original on August 27, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2018.

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-'''''Ur So Gay''''' is the debut [[extended play]] (EP) by American singer [[Katy Perry]]. It was released [[music download|digitally]] on November 20, 2007 by [[Capitol Records]]. A physical edition of the EP was released on January 15, 2008. The EP contains four tracks: the title track "Ur So Gay", a remix of the title track by American DJ [[Junior Sanchez]], "Use Your Love" (a remake of [[The Outfield]]'s 1986 song "[[Your Love (The Outfield song)|Your Love]]"), and "Lost".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/rad-hatter-477648|title=Rad Hatter|first=WWD|last=Staff|date=November 7, 2007|magazine=Women's Wear Daily|accessdate=August 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826043921/https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/rad-hatter-477648/|archive-date=August 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> "Ur So Gay" and "Lost" would later appear on Perry's second studio album, ''[[One of the Boys]]'' (2008).
+'''''Ur So Gay''''' is the debut [[extended play]] (EP) by American singer [[Katy Perry]]. It was released [[music download|digitally]] on November 20, 2007 by [[Capitol Records]]. A physical edition of the EP was released on January 15, 2008. The EP contains four tracks: the title track "Ur So Gay", a remix of the title track by American DJ [[Junior Sanchez]], "Use Your Love" (a remake of [[the Outfield]]'s 1986 song "[[Your Love (The Outfield song)|Your Love]]"), and "Lost".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/rad-hatter-477648|title=Rad Hatter|first=WWD|last=Staff|date=November 7, 2007|magazine=Women's Wear Daily|access-date=August 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826043921/https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/rad-hatter-477648/|archive-date=August 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> "Ur So Gay" and "Lost" would later appear on Perry's second studio album, ''[[One of the Boys]]'' (2008).
 ==Music==
-According to Perry, she had a couple of different choices in mind for covers. She initially wanted to record a [[Queen (band)|Queen]] song, but could not think of one that was particularly club-worthy. While at a club with her friends, [[The Outfield]]'s song "[[Your Love (The Outfield song)|Your Love]]" was played. Perry said that when the song came on, every girl there went onto the dance floor and had "the best time", which is something that she wanted to capture on the EP.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prefixmag.com/features/interview/17027|title=Katy Perry: Interview|first=Mike|last=Burr|publisher=Prefix|date=February 6, 2008|accessdate=August 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826044100/http://www.prefixmag.com/features/interview/17027/|archive-date=August 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
+According to Perry, she had a couple of different choices in mind for covers. She initially wanted to record a [[Queen (band)|Queen]] song, but could not think of one that was particularly club-worthy. While at a club with her friends, [[the Outfield]]'s song "[[Your Love (The Outfield song)|Your Love]]" was played. Perry said that when the song came on, every girl there went onto the dance floor and had "the best time", which is something that she wanted to capture on the EP.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prefixmag.com/features/interview/17027|title=Katy Perry: Interview|first=Mike|last=Burr|publisher=Prefix|date=February 6, 2008|access-date=August 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826044100/http://www.prefixmag.com/features/interview/17027/|archive-date=August 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
 ==Release==
-The EP was not expected to be a huge seller and only "a few thousand" copies were sold. According to Chris Anokute, Perry's A&R, the EP "did well in terms of building a press story but because people didn't run to iTunes to buy the EP some executives in the company started backpedalling".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_Chris_Anokute_Interview.html|title=A&R, Record Label / Company, Music Publishing, Artist Manager and Music Industry Directory|publisher=HitQuarters|date=October 18, 2010|accessdate=August 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706033327/http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview%2Fopar%2Fintrview_Chris_Anokute_Interview.html|archive-date=July 6, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
+The EP was not expected to be a huge seller and only "a few thousand" copies were sold. According to Chris Anokute, Perry's A&R, the EP "did well in terms of building a press story but because people didn't run to iTunes to buy the EP some executives in the company started backpedalling".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_Chris_Anokute_Interview.html|title=A&R, Record Label / Company, Music Publishing, Artist Manager and Music Industry Directory|publisher=HitQuarters|date=October 18, 2010|access-date=August 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706033327/http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview%2Fopar%2Fintrview_Chris_Anokute_Interview.html|archive-date=July 6, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
+==Critical reception==
+''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' senior editor [[Chuck Taylor (music journalist)|Chuck Taylor]] believed that ''Ur So Gay'' had "all the potential to amuse the masses". He further highlighted the remix of its title track, referring to this as "ripe and ready for clubs—where gays are bound to embrace it".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Taylor |first=Chuck |title=The Billboard Reviews: Singles |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=120 |issue=2 |page=40 |publication-date=January 12, 2008}}</ref>
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 ==Release history==
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+|+ Release dates and formats for ''Ur So Gay''
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+| November 20, 2007
-| November 20, 2007<ref name=Amazon1>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Ur-Gay-Explicit-Katy-Perry/dp/B000YBJFF6|title=Ur So Gay|date=November 20, 2007|accessdate=August 25, 2018|publisher=Amazon}}</ref>
 | [[music download|Digital download]]
 | rowspan="2"| [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
+| align="center"| <ref name=Amazon1>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Ur-Gay-Explicit-Katy-Perry/dp/B000YBJFF6|title=Ur So Gay|date=November 20, 2007|access-date=August 25, 2018|publisher=Amazon}}</ref>
 |-
+| March 28, 2008
-| January 15, 2008<ref name=Amazon2>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/UR-Gay-Vinyl-Katy-Perry/dp/B0010HOZTY|title=UR So Gay|date=January 15, 2008|accessdate=August 25, 2018|publisher=Amazon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827042352/https://www.amazon.com/UR-Gay-Vinyl-Katy-Perry/dp/B0010HOZTY|archive-date=August 27, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
+| Vinyl
-| [[Compact disc|CD]]
+| align="center"| <ref name=Amazon2>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/UR-Gay-Vinyl-Katy-Perry/dp/B0010HOZTY|title=UR So Gay|date=January 15, 2008|access-date=August 25, 2018|publisher=Amazon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827042352/https://www.amazon.com/UR-Gay-Vinyl-Katy-Perry/dp/B0010HOZTY|archive-date=August 27, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
 |}

v t e Katy Perry
Discography Videography Awards and nominations Songs Live performances
Studio albums	Katy Hudson One of the Boys Teenage Dream The Complete Confection Prism Witness Smile
Extended plays	Ur So Gay MTV Unplugged
Singles	"I Kissed a Girl" "Hot n Cold" "Thinking of You" "Waking Up in Vegas" "California Gurls" "Teenage Dream" "Firework" "E.T." "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" "The One That Got Away" "Part of Me" "Wide Awake" "Roar" "Unconditionally" "Dark Horse" "Birthday" "This Is How We Do" "Rise" "Chained to the Rhythm" "Bon Appétit" "Swish Swish" "Save as Draft" "Hey Hey Hey" "Cozy Little Christmas" "Never Really Over" "Small Talk" "Harleys in Hawaii" "Never Worn White" "Daisies" "Smile" "Not the End of the World" "Electric"
Other songs	"Ur So Gay" "Not Like the Movies" "Circle the Drain" "Peacock" "Hummingbird Heartbeat" "Dressin' Up" "Walking on Air" "By the Grace of God" "Every Day Is a Holiday" "Waving Through a Window" "What Makes a Woman" "Cry About It Later" "Resilient"
Collaborations	"Starstrukk" "If We Ever Meet Again" "Who You Love" "Feels" "365" "Con Calma" "When I'm Gone"
Concerts	Hello Katy Tour California Dreams Tour Prismatic World Tour Witness: The Tour Play
Related articles	Katy Perry: Part of Me The Prismatic World Tour Live Unsub Records Frank Perry (uncle) Russell Brand (ex-husband) Orlando Bloom (fiancé) The Matrix Super Bowl XLIX halftime show Katy Perry Live: Witness World Wide Gray v. Perry Pokémon 25th Anniversary
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