The French Revolution - HD VERSION ('Bad Romance' by Lady Gaga)

Lyrics co-written by Christian Sylvester. Upscale of 2010 video.
(original remake of the instrumental)
LYRICS
Inequality, the relics of feudalism
Revolution in France
Oh, The Three Estates ensured nobles favoritism
Revolution in France

La la liberte
Egalite
Fraternite
A Revolution

Don’t want no taxes
I’m paying too much
Let them eat cake
We had a banquet for lunch
I need my bread
Bread bread bread off with her head

It went from 8 sous to 12 in a year
Exactly what impoverished peasants had feared
The royals jeered
Ha ha ha there’s more for us
There was a famine
The peasants wouldn’t pay
Bad malnutrition and tooth decay

It went from famine to Napoleon’s war
You and me, let’s start a revolution
We will not take this poverty anymore
You and me, let’s start a revolution

On a tennis court, we swore to a constitution
Revolution in France
On July 14, we stormed the Bastille, we showed them
Revolution in France

La la liberte
Egalite
Fraternite
French revolution

The month of August, 1789
No feudalism, Declaration of Rights
August Decrees,
swept away the two estates

Women of Paris march down to Versailles
Carrying weapons
The French king they defied
You’ll give us bread
Bread! Bread or we’ll stab you dead!
A new constitution
With a limited monarchy
It was a bad time for France

We took on Austria, a war in the spring
Europe frightened by our revolution
We will not take it Louis XVI must die
Tension heightened by our revolution

Radical political mobs unite to start a
Revolution in France
Breech-less sans-culottes of the Paris Commune demanded
Revolution in France

La la liberte
Egalite
Fraternite
French Revolution

La la liberte
Egalite
Fraternite
French Revolution

Walk, walk, scaffold, baby
Guillotine was going crazy
Take heads of kings and ladies
Europe armed for the invading
Walk walk scaffold, baby
Guillotine was going crazy
Robespierre, Reign of Terror
Did it for the Public Safety

I want your loyalty or I’ll get my revenge
I take you out
Till your rebellion ends
Don’t want no church
Catholicism’s dead
No room for God
Worship reason instead

Good ol’ Notre Dame became a “temple of reason”
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A new calendar with months named for times and seasons
Revolution in France

The Terror ended and with Robespierre gone
Was this the ending of the revolution?
Five members of the new Directory ruled
Could it be a permanent solution?

Directory and legislature filled with corruption
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Monarchists and wars would cause even more disruption
Revolution in France

Ooh, oo, oo la la
Coo Coo coup d'état
Ooh, oo, oo la la
Napoleon’s here!

[brads]

WAITED 7 YEARS FOR THIS😢 QUEEN OF HISTORY RETURNS 🤩🤩🤩

[markkimoto]

0:17 when she said this: did she know? did she know she was being iconic for decades of future history students?

[Scott-kbur]

See you all in 6 years when this is in people's recommended

[juliencatalon]

Teacher: asks for explanation of French Revolution
Me: **sighs** La la _Liberté_

[Slaxia]

"You give us bread or we'll stab you dead"
Ah yes, relatable. Usual morning routine for breakfast.

[g.k]

I can’t Lady Gaga made such a scandalous cover of this masterpiece. And released it earlier.

The audacity!

[gauravbasnet]

Yes! Iconic! I saw this years ago in high school and I still listen to it.

[lukeswproductions]

That ending still gives me chills. Such great foreshadowing!

[DarkwesleySatoshi]

this song and this video made me return to have a huge interest in history in 2014, when I was finishing high school and very discouraged with life. Thank you so much for making it! (from Brasil!)

[arisan]

I was listening to this song an hour ago, and I am glad you remastered this video, it's amazing!

[robobrain]

I remember first watching this in my World History class. I showed it to my teacher and she made it part of the curriculum.

[hello-cara]

this helped me get a question right on a test last year that no one else got so thank u

[ayukosimplement]

When you're so early that you don't know what to say

[aaratrika]

I will always thank my history teacher for introducing this channel to our class!!!

[FrenkMelk]

I absolutely love this song! I knew and memorized the lyrics well before I'd heard the original Gaga version!

[aidansmith]

Wow, I love it so much. From highschool all the way to university, still my favourite revolution song.

[goof]

HD VERSION??? this is what i've been waiting for

[Michael-rxff]

Thank you so much! This was my favorite song in 8th grade. I was the kid who preferred to learn about the Supreme Court and the French Revolution in the library during lunch instead of interacting with my peers haha. This was my jam in 2012 when everyone else played Gangnam Style

[anthfar]

Years ago I used to teach teachers how to use their brand new SMART Boards and enjoyed dazzling them with videos from your site. This video was always my favorite. When I showed my daughter it home she replied frustratingly "Why can't my teacher do things like this?" I relayed that to my class :)

[bcfreedomhighschool]

Thank you!! Awesome!! We waited for new HD version maaany years!!))) Firstly - Henry and now - French Revolution!! THX a lot!!!