All right...here we go...

Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" is one of the greatest singles of recent years.

We know, we know...this has come as a shock to most of you avid readers of Mp3s and Cookies (....crickets....crickets....), and it's only been recently that we've finally thrown up our hands in defeat and embrace the song.

What is so great about it? It's not the most revolutionary tune out there, Madonna's done something similar before, Kylie's done something similar before. But there's something at the very core of "Bad Romance" that is strictly, 100% Gaga, and for that we have to give her kudos. The song is desperate and rabid while in the same instance cold, mechanical and militaristic. It sounds like German techno, a little "industrial" (not in the Rammstein sense, mind you...); it almost sounds like something that could single-handedly ignite an Eastern European revolution.

Then there's that hook, "Ra Ra Ra-A-A-, Ro-Ma-A-A-A"...it speaks a thousand words about the Gaga revolution that has taken the world by storm this past year. As much as we tried to fight off Gaga, as much as we pronounced ourselves unimpressed and irritated with everything pertaining to her, it is useless to deny that this fag-loving queen from New York has the entire music world clasped inside one sequined iron fist, and that "Ga-Ga-Oo-La-La" refrain is the calling of an entire generation of Gaga monsters.

So, viewers, we admit defeat, and we embrace the glory that is "Bad Romance". Please do not judge us for this.