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Critical reception towards "Bloody Mary" was generally positive; reviewers called it "gothic" and "spooky", and highlighted its production values. Gaga's first live performance of the song was at her 2012–2013 [[Born This Way Ball]] concert tour, where she was seen "floating" above stage in a white outfit with two similarly dressed dancers. During the [[Joanne World Tour]] (2017–2018), she wore a bold red puffer coat and eye mask for the performance. English [[Rock music|rock]] band [[the Horrors]] remixed "Bloody Mary" for Gaga's second [[remix album]] ''[[Born This Way: The Remix]]'' (2011).
In 2022, following the release of the [[Netflix]] comedy horror series ''[[Wednesday (TV series)|Wednesday]]'', [[Wednesday Addams|the titular character]]'s dance and its fan recreations to a [[Nightcore|sped-up]] version of the song went [[Viral phenomenon|viral]] on video sharing service [[TikTok]]. This resulted in a large increase in plays of the song on [[Spotify]], and "Bloody Mary" was sent to French and Italian radio as
== Influences and lyrical content ==
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"Bloody Mary" was written by Gaga, [[Fernando Garibay]], and [[DJ White Shadow|Paul "DJ White Shadow" Blair]], and produced by Gaga and Blair with additional co-production by Garibay and [[Clinton Sparks]].<ref name="mtv"/> The song began as a [[Demo (music)|demo]] Blair made in Sydney's [[Studios 301]].<ref name="mtv"/><ref name="liner"/> Gaga played it to Garibay while they were in Australia, and they then "put their stamp on the song" in his studio in Los Angeles, where Gaga finalized many tracks for ''Born This Way''.<ref name="mtv"/> Garibay noted they only polished the song by adding a few parts and that the album version is not far from the demo.<ref name="mtv"/>
It is a slow-tempo<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/music-news/2011/05/19/world-reacts-to-new-lady-gaga-album-here-s-our-review-86908-23140877/|last=Fulton|first=Rick|date=May 19, 2011|access-date=May 19, 2011|title=World reacts to new Lady Gaga Album: Here's our review|work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522114445/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/music-news/2011/05/19/world-reacts-to-new-lady-gaga-album-here-s-our-review-86908-23140877/|archive-date=May 22, 2011}}</ref> [[electropop]]<ref>{{cite news|first=John|last=Mitchell|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ciqhtw/youre-totally-into-lady-gaga-bloody-mary|date=September 12, 2011|title=You're Totally Into Lady Gaga's 'Bloody Mary'|publisher=[[MTV]]|access-date=December 11, 2022|url-status=
== Critical reception ==
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Following the song's initial release as part of its parent album in May 2011, "Bloody Mary" reached number one on Lebanon's [[The Official Lebanese Top 20|Top 20 Airplay]] chart, being its only chart appearance.<ref name=":2" /> According to ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', "Bloody Mary" was gradually building up worldwide [[music streaming|streams]] since August 18, 2022, when it garnered 561,000 streams.<ref name="BillboardGlobalTop40" />
In the first week of the track's surge, which began two days after the premiere of ''Wednesday'' on November 23, 2022, and ended on December 1, "Bloody Mary" was streamed 1.8 million times, gaining 509% in official, on-demand streams and 1,133% in sales.<ref name="BillboardGlobalTop40" /> The week after, it gained 144% in streams and 201% in sales, debuting at 168 on the ''Billboard'' Global Excl. US chart, a version of the [[Billboard Global 200|Global 200]] chart that does not include the United States.<ref name="BillboardGlobalTop40" /> The percentage of the song's rise in the two weeks following the initial surge was 537% in streams and 144% in sales globally, and 412% and 140% in the US.<ref name="BillboardGlobalTop40" /> It later entered the top 40 on both charts, peaking at 31 on the Global 200 and at 28 on the Excl. US chart.<ref name="BillboardGlobalTop40" /> After initially failing to enter the ''Billboard'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] chart due to the popularity of Christmas songs at the time of its initial surge, "Bloody Mary" debuted at 68 on the chart on the issue dated January 14, 2023. The song initially climbed to 54 and fluctuated before reaching a new peak of 41 in its twelfth week on the chart.<ref name="Hot 100">{{cite magazine|last=Zellner|first=Xander|date=January 9, 2023|title=Lady Gaga's 2011 Deep Cut 'Bloody Mary' Debuts on Hot 100, Thanks to {{'}}''Wednesday''{{'}} Hype|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/lady-gaga-bloody-mary-hot-100-wednesday-1235196057/|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=January 9, 2023}}</ref> It also reached 23 on the ''Billboard'' [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] chart, 10 on the ''Billboard'' [[Pop Airplay|Mainstream Top 40]] chart, and three on the ''Billboard'' [[Adult Top 40]] chart. The track outperformed prior ''Born This Way'' singles "Judas" and "[[Marry the Night]]" on US radio, becoming the album's fourth track to hit the top 10 on US pop radio nearly 12 years after its release.<ref name="Adult Contemporary"/><ref name="Mainstream Top 40"/><ref name="Adult Pop Airplay"/><ref name="ussales" /> {{As of|April 2023}}, the song has received 166 million official on-demand streams and sold 92,000 digital copies in the United States, according to [[Luminate (company)|Luminate]].<ref name="ussales">{{cite magazine|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=April 11, 2023|title=Re-'Born': Lady Gaga's 'Bloody Mary' Hits Top 10 on Pop Airplay Chart|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/lady-gaga-bloody-mary-pop-airplay-chart-top-10-1235301154/|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=April 11, 2023|archive-date=April 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411193821/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/lady-gaga-bloody-mary-pop-airplay-chart-top-10-1235301154/|url-status=live}}</ref> In Canada, "Bloody Mary" has been certified Gold by [[Music Canada]] for selling at least 40,000 units.<ref name="CertCanada" /> The song debuted on the Billboard [[Canadian Hot 100]] at 74 on the chart dated December 17, 2022. After fluctuating on the chart for five weeks, the song rose to its current peak of 50 in its seventh week on the chart.<ref name="Canadian Hot 100"/> Despite the song never entering the charts in Australia, it was certified platinum by the [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] for moving at least 70,000 units.<ref
"Bloody Mary" entered various music charts throughout Europe following its release as a single. The song appeared on the [[UK Singles Chart]] on December 16, 2022 at 57; it remained in the top 75 for the following two weeks and reached the top 40 at 22 in its fourth week on the chart, becoming the seventh track from ''Born This Way'' to reach the top 40, eleven years after the release of the previous single "Marry the Night".<ref>{{cite web|title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 {{!}} Official Charts Company|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/|access-date=January 10, 2023|publisher=[[Official Charts]]|archive-date=July 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704182731/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/|url-status=live}}</ref> In
== Remix versions ==
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On November 18, 2011, Gaga released her second remix album ''[[Born This Way: The Remix]]'', which includes a remix of "Bloody Mary" by English [[Rock music|rock]] band [[the Horrors]].<ref name="slant">{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/lady-gaga-born-this-way-the-remix/|title=Review: Lady Gaga, Born This Way: The Remix|last=Schrodt|first=Paul|date=November 21, 2011|access-date=March 2, 2023|work=[[Slant Magazine]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230302144724/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/lady-gaga-born-this-way-the-remix/|archive-date=March 2, 2023}}</ref><ref name="bbremix"/> In an album review by ''Billboard'', the remix was called "a lush, haunting affair, with Gaga lost in the darkness of the dance floor".<ref name="bbremix">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1067518/lady-gaga-born-this-way-the-remix-track-by-track-review|title=Lady Gaga, 'Born This Way: The Remix': Track-By-Track Review|last=Lipshutz|first=Jason|date=November 21, 2011|access-date=November 21, 2011|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317081619/http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1067518/lady-gaga-born-this-way-the-remix-track-by-track-review|archive-date=March 17, 2013}}</ref> [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of [[AllMusic]] listed the track as one of the album's highlights.<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/born-this-way-the-remix-r2320934|title=Born This Way: The Remix – Lady Gaga|date=November 21, 2011|access-date=November 25, 2011|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124224538/http://www.allmusic.com/album/born-this-way-the-remix-r2320934|archive-date=November 24, 2011}}</ref> Nick Levine of [[BBC Music]] said the remix turned "Bloody Mary" into a "vampire disco floor-filler".<ref name="bbc">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/36zb|title=Lady Gaga – Born This Way: The Remix Review|last=Levine|first=Nick|date=November 23, 2011|access-date=November 25, 2011|publisher=[[BBC Music]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715133038/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/36zb|archive-date=July 15, 2012}}</ref> ''[[Exclaim!]]''{{'s}} Sarah Murphy called it an "eerie" rendition in which "the gothy British [[shoegaze]]rs slow the track down and add their signature air of creepiness to it".<ref name="exclaim">{{cite magazine|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/lady_gaga-bloody_mary_horrors_remix|title=Lady Gaga – "Bloody Mary" (The Horrors remix)|last=Murphy|first=Sarah|date=November 11, 2011|access-date=December 6, 2022|magazine=[[Exclaim!]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20221206221659/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/lady_gaga-bloody_mary_horrors_remix|archive-date=December 6, 2022}}</ref> Chris Eggersten of ''Uproxx'' said it is "a pretty bold reinvention of the song (almost all of Gaga's lyrics have been discarded)", describing it as a "moody, almost meditative spin to the original track".<ref name="uproxxremix">{{cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/hitfix/listen-british-rock-band-the-horrors-remix-lady-gagas-bloody-mary/|title=Listen: Gaga's 'Bloody Mary' receives hypnotic remix from U.K. band The Horrors|last=Eggersten|first=Chris|date=November 15, 2011|access-date=December 6, 2022|website=[[Uproxx]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20221206221626/https://uproxx.com/hitfix/listen-british-rock-band-the-horrors-remix-lady-gagas-bloody-mary/|archive-date=December 6, 2022}}</ref>
In 2012, Clinton Sparks, one of the producers of the original version of "Bloody Mary", independently issued his own remix of the song, which is a [[Electronic dance music|dance club]] version that is "full of raw, industrial thumping bass, groaning synths ... and a twirling tempo".<ref name="mtvclinton">{{cite news|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ihnirs/lady-gaga-bloody-mary-clinton-sparks-remix|title=Clinton Sparks Remixes Lady Gaga's 'Bloody Mary'|last=Flitsch|first=Byron|date=January 20, 2012|access-date=December 6, 2022|publisher=[[MTV]]|url-status=
== Live performances ==
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== Credits and personnel ==
Credits adapted from the [[liner notes]] of ''Born This Way''.<ref name="liner">{{cite AV media notes|
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* [[Lady Gaga]] – vocals, songwriter, [[record producer|producer]], background vocals
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==Certifications and sales==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for "Bloody Mary"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|artist=Lady Gaga|title=Bloody Mary|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2011|certyear=2024
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|artist=Lady Gaga|title=Bloody Mary|award=Platinum|number=3|type=single|relyear=2011|certyear=2024|access-date=September 2, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Lady Gaga|title=Bloody Mary|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2011|certyear=2023|access-date=January 11, 2023|refname=CertCanada}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|artist=Lady Gaga|title=Bloody Mary|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2011|certyear=2023|id=10854|access-date=May 8, 2023|refname=CertItaly}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|artist=Lady Gaga|title=Bloody Mary|award=
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|artist=Lady Gaga|title=Bloody Mary|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2011|certyear=2024|id=lady-gaga-bloody-mary|access-date=January 11, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Lady Gaga|title=Bloody Mary|award=
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Greece|type=single|award=Gold|certyear=2023|id=20230308202611|access-date=March 8, 2023}}
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