Harris Turned Down Gaga

In-demand Scottish producer/Dj Calvin Harris turned down the chance to work with Lady Gaga before she hit it big - because he didn't like her name.

Harris, who is planning to work with Katy Perry this summer (09), admits he was not impressed by the Just Dance star when she asked to work with him last year (08).

He says, "When Lady Gaga first came out, her name rang a bell, so I checked my emails - and it turns out that on January 1, 2008, I got an email asking to work with her.

"I thought, 'Lady Gaga, what sort of name is that?' So I replied saying, 'Nah, I’m not into that.' Fast forward a year and she’s the biggest thing. But I don’t regret turning her down as I didn’t think the song I heard then was that good."

Meanwhile Lady Gaga has decided against releasing Love Game in the U.K. - over fears the track's raunchy lyrics will turn off fans.

The pop sensation - whose first two singles topped the U.K. charts - was hoping Love Game would give her another number one hit.

But the song has attracted controversy worldwide, with lyrics including "I want to take a ride on your disco stick".

The racy content caused producers of Australia's longest-running music programme, Video Hits, to ban the track's promo.

And now the singer has chosen not to release the song in Britain, instead deciding to make Paparazzi her next single, according to U.K. newspaper The Sun.

A source close to Gaga tells the publication, "For your first two U.K. singles to go to No. 1 is amazing and we would like to try and carry that on."