Lady Gaga And Tony Bennett Are Finally Dropping The Cheek To Cheek Sequel The World Needs

As Tony Bennett celebrates his 95th birthday today and prepares to kick off his and Lady Gaga’s two-night “One Last Time” performances this evening, the pair reported Tuesday (August 3) that their new, second duet album, Love for Sale, will drop October 1.

The “Rain on Me” singer took to Instagram to post animated visuals of the album cover. The jazz legend holds a sketchbook that depicts a profile sketch of Gaga, while the pop icon is leaning down fixing Bennett’s bowtie.

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“The day we released ‘Cheek To Cheek’ in 2014, Tony Bennett called me and asked me if I wanted to record another album with him, this time celebrating the songs of Cole Porter,” Gaga captioned. “I’m habitually honored to sing with my friend Tony, so certainly I accepted the invitation.”

as well as the album announcement, the initial single “I Get a Kick Out Of You” is currently obtainable everywhere. Originally written by composer Porter, who customary the musical standards for Broadway, and sung by Ethel Merman in the 1934 Broadway musical Anything Goes, the song has been covered by several well known artists, including Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, thus remaining a timeless classic.

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The track starts with Gaga’s vocals and Bennett joining in over a slow piano intro. The song shifts to a more lively sound with saxophones and trumpets blowing while in the chorus.

“I get no kick from champagne / Mere booze doesn’t thrill me at all,” Gaga sings. “So tell me why should it be true / That I get a kick out of you?”

Bennett doesn’t fail to deliver his strong vocals even at 95. “Some, they might go for @crack / I’m sure that if I took even one sniff / It would bore me terrifically, too,” he sings. “Yet I get a kick out of you.”

Gaga and Bennett are expected to perform both tonight and on August 5 at Radio City Music Hall for “One Last Time: An Evening With Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga.” Love For Sale is Bennett’s final recording, and this concert will mark his final onstage performances in New York City. In February, his family member announced to AARP magazine that he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s infection in 2016.

Love For Sale will follow their 2014 jazz-pop album Cheek to Cheek, which debuted No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and won a Grammy for Best Customary Pop Vocal Album. Cheek to Cheek became Bennett's second No. 1 album and Gaga's third back-to-back No. 1 in the U.S. Prior to the album’s release, Gaga and Bennett first met and performed with each other at the Robin Hood Foundation gala in 2011, starting their decade-long friendship. Two months later, their first group effort, "The Lady Is a Tramp,'' was released on Bennett's Duets II album.

A tracklist for Love For Sale can be noticed below.