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Diane Warren Reflects on How Song About Her Childhood Sexual Assault Left Lady Gaga 'Hysterically Crying' (Exclusive)

Diane Warren wrote the Oscar-nominated song "It Can Happen to You" about her experience being sexually assaulted as kid. It left Lady Gaga, who ended up singing it, "hysterically crying" when she first heard it.

“When I wrote the song, I thought I'd heard that Gaga had said something on Howard Stern that she was sexually assaulted,” Warren tells PEOPLE. Promoting the song alongside Gaga brought up unexpected emotions for Warren, as she publicly shared her story for the first time. “I thought she was the perfect voice to get that song heard,” Warren tells PEOPLE about Gaga, who performed "Til It Happens to You" live at the Oscars.

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