Gaga said she didn't want it to be released because they never got a chance to collaborate on it together at the same time. The version that we heard is basically Cher's vocals stitched on to a demo that gaga sent her. Gaga said she wanted to actually sit down with Cher and see where she was musically in her life before they collaborated on something.
This is a really great song but Gaga decides at the end of the day and all her choices are very smart and very well thought out with her heart and soul.
She wrote the song like back in 2009 and she doesn't want to record a song if two artist are not in the same studio so she didn't release it and Cher tweeted that the version with GAGA and Cher wasn't the final version but it sounds pretty real to me ! But I wish the song had more gaga parts ! And I also like the other version too!
It wasnt released 'cause Gaga did't liked it, cause she wanted the process of writting, recording and making the song more personal between Cher and her,but Cher was bussy with tour things, so Cher kept it and play it to her friends, family and herself, then some leaker stole it from her computer or somthing.
i heard in an interview i think that gaga said if she was going to release a song with someone as big and amazing as cher she wanted it to be perfect and she didnt feel it was perfect so she didnt release it [[lm.cry]]
Cher said gaga didn't wanna release it and i think if i remember correctly, Gaga said she wasn't satisfied with the end result cause someone adjusted her vocals and it didn't sound like her natural voice. I forgot what interview it was though.