Sine from Above (Lady Gaga and Elton John song)

"Sine from Above"
Song by Lady Gaga and Elton John
from the album Chromatica
Released	May 29, 2020 (2020-05-29)
Format	Digital download streaming
Studio	Henson Recording Studios
Genre	Trance house drum and bass
Length	4:04
Label	Interscope
Songwriter(s)	Axel Hedfors Benjamin Rice Elton John Klahr Michael Tucker Stefani Germanotta Matthew Burns Rami Yacoub Ryan Tedder Sebastian Ingrosso Richard Zastenker Vincent Pontare Salem Al Fakir
Producer(s)	BloodPop Burns Axwell Liohn Klahr

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"Sine from Above" is a song by American singer Lady Gaga and English singer Elton John from the former's sixth studio album, Chromatica (2020).

Background

"Sine from Above" marks the second studio based collaboration between Gaga and John, following their duet "Hello Hello" in the 2011 animated film Gnomeo & Juliet. The duo also performed together on numerous occasions, including the 2010 Grammy Awards, where they performed Gaga's "Poker Face" and a medley of Gaga's "Speechless" and John's "Your Song".

In an interview with Beats 1's Zane Lowe, Gaga talked about her work with John on the song. She described him as her “mentor” and explained how he played a significant role in her road to recovery: "Elton's always really challenged me to take care of my artistry and to really take care of myself. And I really, really honour that about him. He is so, so uniquely special. And I cannot tell you how instrumental in my life he’s been to showing me that you can go all the way in life and… be authentic and be you and do good things in the world and take care of yourself and be there." Producer Axwell later talked about how the song came about in an interview for Rolling Stone, stating: "I had this old song we worked on, like, seven years ago with Elton John. We tried working on it and we couldn’t really get it where we wanted it. It was also kind of hard to get ahold of Elton John. I had this on my computer and was like, 'Wait a minute. Lady Gaga and Elton John are buddies.'" Axwell then sent the demo to Gaga and co-producer BloodPop who loved the track and decided to record it for Chromatica as a collaboration with John.

Music and lyrics

"Sine from Above" is an electronica-influenced electropop track. Lyrically, the song talks about the healing power of music over trance synths, and includes a drum n' bass breakdown at the end of the song.

Gaga explained the wordplay in the title as a reference to how music was an escape for her when she was in pain, saying, "S-I-N-E, because it's a sound wave."

Critical reception

The song has divided music critics. Brittany Spanos from Rolling Stone complimented the production as well as John's vocals saying "John’s smooth, deep voice make him a perfect fit, making it sound like he’s been gunning to become a disco vocalist for the entirety of his career." Hannah Mylrea from NME called the song "brilliantly bizarre". Nick Smith of musicOMH thought that the collaboration was "rather inspired" and "perhaps the album’s highlight". Michael Cragg from The Guardian called the song "ludicrous", and opined that it "would win Eurovision on any given year." Writing for Pitchfork, Katherine St. Asaph found it one of the two strongest songs on the Chromatica album, that "runs on WTF", and described it this way: "Imagine an axis from bizarro transcendence to pure transcendence; 'Sine from Above' is all the way at the left."

Stephen Daw of Billboard thought that the song "feels special", but called the final 30 seconds of the song "confusing" and "unnecessary", and said that "the effects laid over [Elton John's] voice falter as it slips into an uncanny valley." Patrick Gomez from The A. V. Club found the song an "odd inclusion" on the album, saying that "[Elton's] vocals are unfortunately jarring when he comes in on the second verse, and there’s something unharmonious about how their voices come together here." Chuck Arnold of the New York Post compared the song unfavorably to Gaga's other collaborations on the album, saying that it "fails to reach the heights that you want from it", and criticized the vocal effects on John's voice. Simon K. from Sputnikmusic while complimented the production in the song, thought that the "track which once displayed real potential [is] completely stained by fundamental, asinine errors", and called John's contribution "godawful".

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.

• Lady Gaga – vocals, songwriter
• Elton John – vocals, songwriter
• BloodPop – producer, songwriter, guitar, keyboards, percussion, bass, drums
• Klahr - producer, songwriter, guitar, keyboards, percussion, bass, drums
• Axwell - producer, songwriter, guitar, keyboards, percussion, bass, drums
• Liohn - producer, songwriter, guitar, keyboards, percussion, bass, drums
• Burns – producer, guitar, keyboards
• Rami Yacoub – additional producer, songwriter
• Benjamin Rice – songwriter, mixer, recording engineer, vocal producer
• Ryan Tedder - songwriter
• Sebastian Ingrosso - songwriter
• Vincent Pontare - songwriter
• Salem Al Fakir - songwriter
• Tom Norris – mixer
• E. Scott Kelly – assistant mixer
• Randy Merrill - mastering engineer

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Sine from Above"

Region	Date	Formats	Ref.
Various	May 29, 2020	Digital download streaming
Colombia	May 31, 2020	Contemporary hit radio

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