When RuPaul released “Supermodel (You Better Work)” through Tommy Boy Records in 1992, it felt like it was speaking to a moment. New York’s gritty downtown scene was exploding, high-camp drag queens and nightclub personalities like Kevin Aviance and Lady Bunny were becoming icons, and house and ballroom music were filtering into the mainstream. While indubitably cheesy, “Supermodel” was irresistible, thanks to a skippy beat and RuPaul’s quirky ad-libbing: Sashay, Shante! Produced by Eric Kupper, who had previously worked on fizzy house tracks for Whitney Houston and Björk, the song was engineered to turn a dancefloor out—and for years, in gay clubs, it did.

You can hear its obvious influence on “Runway,” the new Devil Wears Prada 2 single by Lady Gaga and Doechii. The cadence of the pre-chorus, where they swap lines—Doechii instructing us to “Do a lil twirl” before drawling, “Yes!”—honors RuPaul’s famous hook, sans groove or club savvy. In the bridge, Lady Gaga pays more direct homage, purring “Sashay, Ga-gay!” But instead of rolling off her lips, the phrase is comically awkward, as if she momentarily stuttered saying her own name.

The rest of the lyrics are queer word salad: “You gon’ burn your tongue on this tea / Might show up late, might be on time / Just wait, I’m coming, kiki.” (The last bit makes me yearn for a better song about a kiki.) “Runway” also takes cues from Madonna’s “Vogue,” as Lady Gaga and Doechii urge us to “poooose.” Doing that successfully, however, would require songwriting that adds something novel to the queer pop canon, or a beat that sounds less like the ghost of more interesting dance hits that preceded it. You won’t hear “Runway” on reputable dancefloors any time soon, but you might the next time you step into H&M.