Lady Gaga is more experienced than just about any modern pop star when it comes to singing classic songs, thanks to endeavors like her albums with Tony Bennett and her recent Harlequin album, which primarily features covers of jazz standards. So, it’s only natural that she tackle a Christmas favorite, and that’s just what she did with today’s release of “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.”
Instead of playing the song in a traditional jazz style, though, she opts for a more guitar-heavy, organ-accented rock sound. It’s definitely still a trip back in the aesthetic time machine, albeit not to the sound of most classic Christmas songs.
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