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'{{Short description|2022 single by Lady Gaga}} {{This|the Lady Gaga song|other songs|Bloody Mary#Music}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox song | name = Bloody Mary | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Lady Gaga]] | album = [[Born This Way (album)|Born This Way]] | released = {{Start date|2022|12|02}} | recorded = 2010 | studio = [[Studios 301]], Sydney | genre = [[Electropop]] | length = 4:05 | label = [[Interscope Records|Interscope]] | composer = * [[Lady Gaga|Stefani Germanotta]] * [[Fernando Garibay]] * [[DJ White Shadow|Paul Blair]] | lyricist = | producer = * Lady Gaga * DJ White Shadow | prev_title = [[Hold My Hand (Lady Gaga song)|Hold My Hand]] | prev_year = 2022 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|VFwmKL5OL-Q|"Bloody Mary"}}|header=Audio video}} }} "'''Bloody Mary'''" is a song by American recording artist [[Lady Gaga]] from her second studio album, ''[[Born This Way (album)|Born This Way]]'' (2011). The song was written by Gaga, [[Fernando Garibay]], and [[DJ White Shadow]], while produced by herself and DJ White Shadow, with additional co-production by Garibay and [[Clinton Sparks]]. It is an [[electropop]] song with elements of [[synth-pop]] and [[Trance music|trance]], featuring [[Gregorian chant]]s. Although titled "Bloody Mary" – an epithet mostly associated with the English queen [[Mary I of England|Mary Tudor]] – Gaga assumes the role of the [[Bible|Biblical]] figure [[Mary Magdalene]] in its lyrics, whom she considered as a "feminine force" she had worshipped since her childhood in a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Single-sex education|girl school]]. It is one of several tracks on the album with Biblical references. Critical reception towards "Bloody Mary" was generally positive, with reviewers branding it "[[Goth subculture|gothic]]" and "spooky", and highlighting its productional values. The song was performed on Gaga's concert tours the [[Born This Way Ball]] (2012–2013) and the [[Joanne World Tour]] (2017–2018). English [[Rock music|rock]] band [[the Horrors]]' take on "Bloody Mary" was included on 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 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 a single in December 2022, and US [[Contemporary hit radio|pop radio]] in January 2023, eleven years after the release of the album that featured it. After becoming a single, the song reached the top 40 in the United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, and Switzerland, in addition to cracking the top 40 on the pop radio format in the United States. == Background == [[File:TINTORETTO - Magdalena penitente (Musei Capitolini, Roma, 1598-1602) - copia.jpg|thumb|right|[[Bible|Biblical]] figure [[Mary Magdalene]] served as inspiration for the song.|alt=Domenico Tintoretto's painting, The Penitent Magdalene (c. 1598)]] A day before the release of her second [[Album|LP]], ''[[Born This Way (album)|Born This Way]]'' (2011), [[Lady Gaga]] revealed that album track "Bloody Mary" is "about living halfway between reality and fantasy."<ref name="twitterpost2">{{cite tweet|last=Gaga|first=Lady|author-link=Lady Gaga|user=ladygaga|number=72472184773279745|date=May 22, 2011|title=Bloody Mary is about living halfway between reality and fantasy.|access-date=December 11, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.today/2015.03.08-111133/https://twitter.com/ladygaga/status/72472184773279745|archive-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref> She later named [[Mary Magdalene]], follower of [[Jesus]], a major influence for the song, referring to her as "the ultimate rockstar's girlfriend".<ref name="twitterpost">{{cite tweet|last=Gaga|first=Lady|author-link=Lady Gaga|user=ladygaga|number=73954379228647425|date=May 27, 2011|title=im struggling between fantasy+reality in bloody mary. it was inspired by my car and Mary Magdalene. (the ultimate rockstar's gf)|access-date=December 11, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.today/2015.03.08-111133/https://twitter.com/ladygaga/status/72472184773279745|archive-date=December 5, 2022}}</ref> In an interview with [[Popjustice]], after being asked why she is so fascinated with Mary Magdalene and why she inspired her to write the song, Gaga discussed her upbringing in a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Single-sex education|girl school]]. Although she was told to pray to [[God in Christianity|God]] and Jesus, she found it easier to worship "a more feminine force" in her life, therefore she decided to pray to women – [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Mother Mary]] or Mary Magdelene, or her late aunt, [[Joanne (album)#Title and packaging|Joanne]], who she believed became an [[Christian angelology|angel]] working beside God. Since becoming a pop singer, she always found strength by praying to them. She also talked about how "women were always the target", being [[Stoning|stoned]] for "[[adultery]] or for doing inappropriate things" in the "Biblical" times, which made her thinking about her faith to make herself brave while creating ''Born This Way''. Regarding the lyrics of "Bloody Mary", she said that it is written from the point of view of Mary Magdalene, and disclosed: <blockquote> "The lyrics are Mary sort of talking... If you listen to the lyrics and the way the [[cadence]] goes, the way I'm actually singing, I start quite sweetly then I go into these quite demonic tones, then I come back to sweetness, and then the chorus is me ultimately, publicly singing, 'I won't cry for you, I won't [[crucify]] the things you do, I won't cry for you when you're gone I'll still be Bloody Mary'. I'll still bleed, is what I'm trying to say. I guess I'm fascinated by her – like I said, I worshipped women in my religion as a young girl – and in my belief Mary was in it all along. I think she knew what was going to happen. But I also believe that she loved him, and I believe there was a moment when she cried. So she says 'I won't cry for you' but in the rest of the song, in the way that it feels, it's sad and ... [it sounds] like a death [[dirge]]... There's that kind of quality to it. It's about me having to be a superstar."<ref name="popjustice">{{cite web|url=http://www.popjustice.com/interviewsandfeatures/an-interview-with-lady-gaga/84204/|title=Lady Gaga interview: "I looked to my past and my faith to find bravery in myself"|publisher=[[Popjustice]]|date=May 23, 2011|accessdate=December 5, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.today/2022.12.06-225750/https://www.popjustice.com/articles/an-interview-with-lady-gaga/|archive-date=December 6, 2022}}</ref> </blockquote> Talking with ''[[NME]]'', Gaga also alluded to Mary Magdelene as a superstar, who "must have cried too".<ref name="nmefirstlisten">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/lady-gaga-born-this-way-exclusive-album-first-listen-773111|title=Lady Gaga, 'Born This Way' Exclusive Album First Listen|website=[[NME]]|date=April 21, 2011|accessdate=December 14, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213230739/https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/lady-gaga-born-this-way-exclusive-album-first-listen-773111|archive-date=December 14, 2022}}</ref> She elaborated: "I believe that Mary Magdalene was both fully [[Divinity|divine]] and fully human. She has to be strong when Jesus fulfills the [[Passion of Jesus|prophecy]] to die for everyone's sins, but she still has the moment of humanity where she's upset to let him go."<ref name="nmefirstlisten" /> In a [[Twitter]] post, Gaga also cited her red [[Rolls-Royce Corniche III#Corniche III|Rolls-Royce Corniche III]] car as an inspiration for the song. Purchased in 2009, it was her only car at that time, and she called it "Bloody Mary".<ref name="twitterpost" /><ref name="gq">{{cite magazine|date=March 29, 2021|first=Adam|last=Hay-Nicholls|url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/cars/article/lady-gaga-car-collection|title=Lady Gaga's car collection is anything but shallow|magazine=[[GQ]]|access-date=December 6, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.today/2022.12.06-204613/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/cars/article/lady-gaga-car-collection|archive-date=December 6, 2022}}</ref> == Recording and composition == [[File:DJ White Shadow at Web Summit 2022.jpg|thumb|upright|left|"Bloody Mary" stems from a [[Demo (music)|demo]] originally created by [[DJ White Shadow]] (''pictured'').]] "Bloody Mary" was written by Gaga, [[Fernando Garibay]], and [[DJ White Shadow]], and produced by herself and DJ White Shadow, with additional co-production by Garibay and [[Clinton Sparks]].<ref name="mtv" /> The song started off as a [[Demo (music)|demo]] made by White Shadow in Sydney's [[Studios 301]].<ref name="mtv" /><ref name="liner" /> Gaga played it to Garibay while they were in Australia, and then they "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 that they only polished the song by adding a few parts, and the album version isn't far from the demo one.<ref name="mtv" /> "Bloody Mary" is a slow-tempo<ref name=rstrack /> [[electropop]]<ref name="vulture">{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-lady-gaga-songs-ranked.html|title=Every Lady Gaga Song, Ranked. A deep dive into a star who almost single-handedly raised the bar for pop music.|website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]|access-date=May 24, 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220524054159/https://www.vulture.com/article/best-lady-gaga-songs-ranked.html?utm_campaign=vulture&utm_source=tw&utm_medium=s1#selection-19461.280-19461.343|archive-date=May 24, 2022}}</ref><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=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211150703/https://www.mtv.com/news/ciqhtw/youre-totally-into-lady-gaga-bloody-mary|archive-date=December 11, 2022}}</ref> track that contains "[[Plucked string instrument|plucked strings]]" and "filthy beats",<ref name="nmetrack">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/lady-gaga-born-this-way-track-by-track-album-review-776336 |title=Lady Gaga, 'Born This Way' – Track-By-Track Album Review|first=Daniel|last=Martin|website=[[NME]]|date=May 17, 2011|accessdate=December 5, 2022}}</ref> and a "[[Synth-pop|synthy]] tune"<ref name="mtv">{{cite news|first=Jocelyn|last=Vena|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1664397/lady-gaga-bloody-mary.jhtml|date=May 23, 2011|title=Lady Gaga's 'Bloody Mary' 'Is Bold,' Born This Way Producer Says|publisher=[[MTV]]|access-date=April 11, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://archive.today/2013.04.11-103230/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1664397/lady-gaga-bloody-mary.jhtml|archive-date=April 11, 2013}}</ref> with elements of [[Trance music|trance]].<ref name="billboardtrack">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/471176/lady-gaga-born-this-way-track-by-track-review|title=Lady Gaga 'Born This Way': Track-By-Track Review|first=Kerri|last=Mason|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=May 23, 2011|accessdate=December 5, 2022}}</ref> The song also features [[Gregorian chant]]s,<ref name="btwpitchfork">{{cite web|last=Myers|first=Owen|date=July 2, 2021|title=Lady Gaga: Born This Way the Tenth Anniversary|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/lady-gaga-born-this-way-the-tenth-anniversary/|access-date=December 6, 2022|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|archive-date=August 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805092809/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/lady-gaga-born-this-way-the-tenth-anniversary/|url-status=live}}</ref> with a "highly computerized"<ref name="musicOMH" /> [[monk]]like chorus repeatedly saying 'GA-GA',<ref name="billboardtrack" /> "before it’s glitched in a euphoric beatdown".<ref name="musicOMH">{{cite web|last=Winkie|first=Luke|url=http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/lady-gaga-born-this-way|title=Lady Gaga – Born This Way|website=[[MusicOMH]]|access-date=May 23, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://archive.today/2013.04.19-091823/http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/lady-gaga-born-this-way|archive-date=April 19, 2013}}</ref> ''NME'' described it as a "dark, pulsing and atmospheric, almost funereal electroballad, one of several tracks [from the ''Born This Way'' album], including '[[Judas (Lady Gaga song)|Judas]]', with religious references."<ref name="nmefirstlisten" /> Parts of the lyrics are in French and Spanish.<ref name="mtv" /><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Rosen|first=Jody|title=The Ultimate Ranking of Lady Gaga's Catalog|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-ultimate-ranking-of-lady-gagas-catalog-152713/beautiful-dirty-rich-84830/|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=May 25, 2011|access-date=December 6, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.today/2022.12.06-214930/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-ultimate-ranking-of-lady-gagas-catalog-152713/beautiful-dirty-rich-84830/|archive-date=December 6, 2022}}</ref> Gaga's vocals in the song range from E₃ to C₅.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0097106|title=Lady Gaga 'Bloody Mary' Sheet Music in A Minor|publisher=Sheetmusic.com|access-date=December 9, 2022}}</ref> For ''MuuMuse''{{'s}} Bradley Stern, "Bloody Mary" invoked "[[David Bowie]]'s [[Space pop|space-pop]]".<ref>{{cite web|last=Stern|first=Bradley|title=Lady Gaga: Born This Way (Album Review)|url=http://www.muumuse.com/2011/05/lady-gaga-born-this-way-album-review.html/|publisher=MuuMuse|date=May 23, 2011|access-date=June 14, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421232303/http://www.muumuse.com/2011/05/lady-gaga-born-this-way-album-review.html/|archive-date=April 21, 2016}}</ref> ''[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]'' coloumnist Jenn Selby found it one of the tracks on the album which has "the unmistakable mark of [[Madonna]]".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Selby|first=Jenn|title=Review: Lady Gaga 'Born This Way'|url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/lady-gaga-born-this-way-review|magazine=[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]|date=May 23, 2011|access-date=December 18, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.today/2022.12.18-114443/https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/lady-gaga-born-this-way-review|archive-date=December 18, 2022}}</ref> ''[[The Independent]]''{{'s}} Andy Gill opined that the "monkish [[vocoder]]-chanting [...] recalls Romanian [[techno]]-classicist [[Enigma (German band)|Enigma]]".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Gill|first=Andy|title=Album: Lady Gaga, Born This Way (Polydor)|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-lady-gaga-born-this-way-polydor-2286399.html|magazine=[[The Independent]]|date=May 20, 2011|access-date=December 18, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.today/2012.12.05-043804/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-lady-gaga-born-this-way-polydor-2286399.html|archive-date=December 5, 2012|url-access=subscription}}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'s}} [[Rob Sheffield]] noted the song for its "[[Chic (band)|Chic]] [[bassline]]".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Sheffield|first=Rob|author-link=Jody Rosen|title=Born This Way|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/born-this-way-102373/|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=May 20, 2011|access-date=December 18, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.today/2022.12.18-115202/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/born-this-way-102373/|archive-date=December 18, 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In the lyrics, Gaga assumes the role of Mary Magdalene. ''Vulture'', an online blog associated with ''[[New York (magazine)|New York Magazine]]'' argued that Gaga is "casting Mary as a graceful, eternal icon of feminine suffering", adding that the track "could be [[sacrilegious]], but like in ''[[The Last Temptation of Christ (novel)|The Last Temptation of Christ]]'', humanizing icons only makes them more relatable."<ref name="vulture" /> According to [[MTV]]'s Jocelyn Vena, the song also refers to the 'Bloody Mary' character "based in both urban legend ([[Bloody Mary (folklore)|a ghostly figure]] that might appear if you say her name three times while looking into a mirror) and history (England's [[Mary I of England|Queen Mary I]], who burned religious radicals at the stake during the [[Marian persecutions]])."<ref name="mtv" /> == Critical reception == ''NME''{{'s}} Dan Martin described "Bloody Mary" as a "serene flipside to 'Judas', the second single off the album, this time using Ms Magdalene to do much the same job".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/lady-gaga/12061|first=Dan|last= Martin|title=Album Review: Lady Gaga, 'Born This Way'|website=[[NME]]|date=May 17, 2011|accessdate=December 10, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.today/2022.12.10-125217/https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-lady-gaga-12061-314453|archive-date=December 10, 2022}}</ref> In a separate review, he picked it as one of the highlights from ''Born This Way'', calling it "a classy, graceful moment on an album not exactly pre-occupied with being either classy or graceful."<ref name="nmetrack" /> Similarly, Robert Copsey of [[Digital Spy]] found it a "[[Decadence|decadent]] number with the same ecclesiastical tone as 'Judas' – though unlike its cousin, it doesn't try to be anything other than graceful and effortless pop."<ref name="digirev">{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/thesound/a320200/lady-gagas-born-this-way-album-first-listen.html|title=Lady GaGa's 'Born This Way' album: First listen|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|date=May 18, 2011|access-date=November 25, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124190514/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/thesound/a320200/lady-gagas-born-this-way-album-first-listen.html|archive-date=November 24, 2011}}</ref> Owen Myers from ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' highlighted the song's Gregorian chants as some of the album's "enjoyably over-the-top [[Goth subculture|gothic]] flourishes".<ref name="btwpitchfork" /> Writing for ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'', [[Neil McCormick]] called "Bloody Mary" a "sweet love song", noting "an elegant almost ethereal melody flows gently even as choirs of monks intone 'Ga Ga{{' "}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/8523548/Lady-Gagas-Born-This-Way-track-by-track-review.html |title=Lady Gaga's Born This Way: track-by-track review|first=Neil|last= McCormick|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=May 19, 2011|accessdate=December 5, 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://archive.today/2012.06.30-190140/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/8523548/Lady-Gagas-Born-This-Way-track-by-track-review.html|archive-date=June 30, 2012}}</ref> Adam White of ''The Independent'' praised the song, writing "Great production, beautiful production. Amid the howling, echoes and general spookiness here, there are two lines in which Gaga's vocals appear to melt and curdle, and it's sort of brilliant."<ref name=independent>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/lady-gaga-best-songs-ranked-list-chromatica-rain-on-me-bad-romance-lyrics-a9536916.html|title=Lady Gaga: Every song ranked, from Born This Way to Rain on Me|first=Adam|last=White|date=May 28, 2020|access-date=December 6, 2022|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.today/2022.12.06-181810/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/lady-gaga-best-songs-ranked-list-chromatica-rain-on-me-bad-romance-lyrics-a9536916.html|archive-date=December 6, 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> ''[[The Boston Globe]]''{{'s}} James Reed said that the track "trims some of the production fat, and even with its pseudo-religious premise ('I won't cry for you/ I won't crucify the things you do'), it's refreshing to hear Gaga retreat into the song's sensuality."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/ae/music/cd_reviews/articles/2011/05/23/lady_gagas_born_this_way_is_a_long_awaited_letdown/|title=Gaga's 'Born This Way' is a long-awaited letdown|author=Reed, James|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=May 23, 2011|access-date=May 23, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103143125/http://www.boston.com/ae/music/cd_reviews/articles/2011/05/23/lady_gagas_born_this_way_is_a_long_awaited_letdown/|archive-date=November 3, 2012}}</ref> Caryn Ganz from ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' called the song "hypnotically sleazy".<ref name=SpinReview>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/lady-gaga-born-way-streamlinekonliveinterscope/|title=Lady Gaga, 'Born This Way' (Streamline/KonLive/Interscope)|first=Caryn|last=Ganz|magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|publisher=Spin Media LLC|date=May 23, 2011|access-date=September 7, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927073708/http://www.spin.com/reviews/lady-gaga-born-way-streamlinekonliveinterscope|archive-date=September 27, 2011}}</ref> A ''Vulture'' article found "Blood Mary" a "ruthlessly danceable" track.<ref name="vulture" /> At ''[[Uproxx]]'', Bianca Gracie described it as "one of the most sonically wicked tunes" in Gaga's catalogue.<ref name=uproxx>{{cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/pop/lady-gaga-best-songs-ranked/|title=The Best Lady Gaga Songs, Ranked|first=Bianca|last=Gracie|date=May 27, 2021|access-date=December 6, 2022|website=[[Uproxx]]|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.today/2022.12.06-181140/https://uproxx.com/pop/lady-gaga-best-songs-ranked/|archive-date=December 6, 2022}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s [[Jody Rosen]] was less positive, highlighting the song's "sluggish tempo, goofy 'goth' atmospherics and a lyric that sounds like bad high school poetry: 'We are not just art for [[Michelangelo|Michaelangelo]] to carve/He can't rewrite the agro of my furied heart.'."<ref name=rstrack>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lady-gagas-born-this-way-a-track-by-track-breakdown-20110518|title=Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way': A Track-by-Track Breakdown|first=Jody|last=Rosen|author-link=Jody Rosen|date=May 18, 2011|access-date=September 7, 2011|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619204234/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lady-gagas-born-this-way-a-track-by-track-breakdown-20110518|archive-date=June 19, 2017}}</ref> Evan Sawdey of ''[[PopMatters]]'' opined that "despite its fancy string-pluck opening, 'Bloody Mary' is a remarkably average club track (save its [[Liquid funk|liquid bass]] line), playing its religious angle very heavily but without much payoff".<ref name="PopMatters">{{cite magazine|first=Evan|last=Sawdey|url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/141861-lady-gaga-born-this-way/|title=Lady Gaga: Born This Way|magazine=[[PopMatters]]|date=May 27, 2011|access-date=May 27, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530001553/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/141861-lady-gaga-born-this-way/|archive-date=May 30, 2011}}</ref> == Single release, media appearances, and commercial performance == As reported by ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', "Bloody Mary" was gradually building up worldwide streams since August 18, 2022, when it garnered 561,000 streams.<ref name="BillboardGlobalTop40" /> In November, the song went [[Viral phenomenon|viral]] after being used in videos on [[TikTok]], depicting [[Wednesday Addams]]' ([[Jenna Ortega]]) dance from the [[Netflix]] TV series ''[[Wednesday (TV series)|Wednesday]]'' and its fan recreations.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Dailey|first=Hannah|date=December 2, 2022|title=Lady Gaga Reacts to {{'}}''Wednesday''{{'}} 'Bloody Mary' TikTok Dance Trend|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lady-gaga-reacts-wednesday-bloody-mary-tiktok-dance-trend-1235180074/|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203084640/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lady-gaga-reacts-wednesday-bloody-mary-tiktok-dance-trend-1235180074/|archive-date=December 3, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> It originated from a clip of Addams dancing to [[the Cramps]]' 1981 song "[[Psychedelic Jungle|Goo Goo Muck]]", but with the audio replaced with "Bloody Mary".<ref name="BillboardGlobalTop40">{{cite web|last=Frankenberg|first=Eric|date=December 14, 2022|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/lady-gaga-bloody-mary-jumps-into-global-chart-top-40/|title=From ‘Goo Goo’ to Gaga: ‘Wednesday’ Brings ‘Bloody Mary’ to Top 40 of Billboard Global Chart|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 25, 2022}}</ref> This quickly caused a massive spike in streams and on December 2, 2022, it was sent to French radio as a single, followed by a single release in Italy on December 23.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/tv-film/wednesday-netflix-lady-gaga-bloody-mary/|title=Netflix's {{'}}''Wednesday''{{'}} Has Everyone Streaming Lady Gaga's 'Bloody Mary'|last=Roberts|first=Savannah|date=November 29, 2022|publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital]]|access-date=December 5, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130030448/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/tv-film/wednesday-netflix-lady-gaga-bloody-mary/|archive-date=November 30, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Pure Charts">{{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Lady-GaGa/news-123269.html|title=Lady Gaga: son titre "Bloody Mary" explose dans les charts grâce à "''Mercredi''" sur Netflix|trans-title=Lady Gaga: her title "Bloody Mary" explodes in the charts thanks to "''Wednesday''" on Netflix|last=Ruelle|first=Yohann|date=December 2, 2022|publisher=[[Pure Charts]]|language=fr|access-date=December 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202220112/http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Lady-GaGa/news-123269.html|archive-date=December 2, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Italyrelase" /> Gaga herself later posted a black-and-white video on TikTok, recreating the dance wearing goth makeup and an outfit similar to the one worn by Wednesday in the show.<ref name=billboardtiktok>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/lady-gaga-bloody-wednesday-dance-video-bloody-mary-tiktok-1235184087/|title=Lady Gaga Goes Goth in 'Bloody Wednesday' Dance Video Inspired by TikTok Trend|first=Gil|last=Kaufman|date=December 9, 2022|access-date=December 9, 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.today/2022.12.09-180321/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/lady-gaga-bloody-wednesday-dance-video-bloody-mary-tiktok-1235184087/|archive-date=December 9, 2022}}</ref> The sped up version of "Bloody Mary" is featured in the teaser for Season 2 of ''Wednesday''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/tv-film/wednesday-season-2-confirm-trailer-lady-gaga-bloody-mary-1235195114/|title=Netflix Confirms 'Wednesday' Returning For Season 2 in Trailer Featuring Lady Gaga's 'Bloody Mary'|first=Gil|last=Kaufman|date=January 6, 2023|access-date=January 6, 2023|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> In the first week of the track's surge, which began two days after the premiere of ''Wednesday'' and ended on December 1, it garnered 1.8 million global streams, 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 number 168 on the ''Billboard'' Global Excl. US chart, a version of the [[Billboard Global 200|Global 200]] chart that does not account for the United States.<ref name="BillboardGlobalTop40" /> The percentage of the song's rise in the two weeks following the initial surge combined 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, so far peaking at number 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 music|Christmas songs]] at the time of its initial surge, the song entered the chart at number 68 on the issue dated January 14, 2023.<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> Additionally, the song has so far reached number 32 on the ''Billboard'' [[Pop Airplay]] chart.<ref name="Mainstream Top 40"/> Following the song's release as an official single, it entered music charts around the world. In the United Kingdom, the song entered the chart on December 16, 2022 at number 57. After remaining in the top 75 for the following two weeks, the song entered the top 40 at number 22 in its fourth week on the chart, becoming the seventh track from ''Born This Way'' to reach the top 40, 11 years after the release of the previous single, "[[Marry the Night]]".<ref name="UK Singles Chart"/> == Remix versions == On November 18, 2011, Gaga released her second [[remix album]], ''[[Born This Way: The Remix]]'', which included a remix of "Bloody Mary" by English [[Rock music|rock]] band [[the Horrors]]. 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> Nick Levine of [[BBC Music]] felt that "Bloody Mary" was turned into "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]]|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 found it an "eerie take" on the original, where "the gothy British shoegazers 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=http://archive.today/2022.12.06-221659/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/lady_gaga-bloody_mary_horrors_remix|archive-date=December 6, 2022}}</ref> Chris Eggersten of ''Uproxx'' thought it was "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=http://archive.today/2022.12.06-221626/https://uproxx.com/hitfix/listen-british-rock-band-the-horrors-remix-lady-gagas-bloody-mary/|archive-date=December 6, 2022}}</ref> Clinton Sparks, who coproduced the original album version of "Bloody Mary", later independently issued his own remix of the song, which is a [[Electronic dance music|dance club]] version "full of raw, [[Industrial music|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|archive-url=http://archive.today/2022.12.06-222827/https://www.mtv.com/news/ihnirs/lady-gaga-bloody-mary-clinton-sparks-remix|archive-date=December 6, 2022}}</ref> == Live performances == [[File:Lady Gaga Bloody Mary.jpg|thumb|Gaga performing "Bloody Mary" on the [[Born This Way Ball]] tour]] Gaga performed "Bloody Mary" during her third headlining concert tour, the [[Born This Way Ball]] (2012–2013). She appeared in a white dress and helmet, along with two of her female dancers dressed in the same outfits.<ref name="labtwball" /> The three then moved around a circular runway on remote-controlled platforms, with the illusion of floating above stage.<ref name="labtwball">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-review-lady-gaga-staples-center-20130121-story.html|title=Review: Lady Gaga comes on strong at Staples Center|first=Mikael|last=Wood|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=December 9, 2022|url-status=live|date=January 21, 2013|archive-url=http://archive.today/2022.12.09-200633/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-review-lady-gaga-staples-center-20130121-story.html|archive-date=December 9, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Rich|last=Lopez|url=http://www.dallasvoice.com/review-lady-gagas-born-ball-10137885.html|title=REVIEW: Lady Gaga's Born This Way Ball|newspaper=[[Dallas Voice]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304192556/http://www.dallasvoice.com/review-lady-gagas-born-ball-10137885.html|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Gaga's male dancers followed them wearing miniskirts.<ref name="labtwball" /> ''[[The Line of Best Fit]]''{{'s}} Charlie Ivens opined that Gaga appeared as a "cosmic beekeeper" during the "absurdly bouncable beats" of "Bloody Mary".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/live-reviews/lady-gagas-born-this-way-ball-twickenham-stadium-london-080912-109707|title=Lady Gaga's Born This Way Ball – Twickenham Stadium, London 08/09/12|first=Charlie|last=Ivens|magazine=[[The Line of Best Fit]]|access-date=December 9, 2022|url-status=live|date=September 12, 2012|archive-url=http://archive.today/2022.12.09-214436/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/live-reviews/lady-gagas-born-this-way-ball-twickenham-stadium-london-080912-109707|archive-date=December 9, 2022}}</ref> Chase Wade of ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]'' thought {{" '}}Bloody Mary' unnerved as she delivered [[opera]]tic vocals in an all-white gown while gliding like some kind of automaton bride."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/2013/01/30/lady-gaga-glides-from-sublime-to-self-indulgent-during-dallas-tour-stop/l|title=Lady Gaga glides from sublime to self-indulgent during Dallas tour stop|first=Chase|last=Wade|newspaper=[[The Dallas Morning News]]|access-date=December 9, 2022|url-status=live|date=January 30, 2013|archive-url=http://archive.today/2022.12.09-215619/https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/2013/01/30/lady-gaga-glides-from-sublime-to-self-indulgent-during-dallas-tour-stop/|archive-date=December 9, 2022}}</ref> The track was also included on the set list of the [[Joanne World Tour]] (2017–2018), Gaga's fifth concert tour, where she performed it while wearing a bold red [[Norma Kamali]] "sleeping bag" puffer coat with a 10-foot-long train and an eye mask.<ref name=harpersbazaar /> She was accompanied by her dancers wearing outfits in matching color.<ref name="edmonton" /> Lauren Alexis Fisher of ''[[Harper's Bazaar]]'' felt that Gaga brought back "the [[Avant-garde|avant garde]] looks she's always embraced" with the outfit, following a more stripped-down era in her career.<ref name=harpersbazaar>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/g11664839/lady-gaga-joanne-tour-costumes/|title=Lady Gaga's Joanne Tour costumes include Swarovski crystals, leather fringe, and cowboy hats|magazine=[[Harper's Bazaar]]|first=Lauren Alexis|last=Fisher|date=August 10, 2017|access-date=September 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910172858/http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/g11664839/lady-gaga-joanne-tour-costumes/|archive-date=September 10, 2017}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''{{'s}} Alex Stedman found the inclusion of the track on the setlist a "welcome surprise".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2017/music/reviews/lady-gaga-joanne-world-tour-concert-review-1202520967/|title=Concert Review: Lady Gaga Embraces Every Era of Her Career at the Forum|date=August 9, 2017|access-date=August 17, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816013811/https://variety.com/2017/music/reviews/lady-gaga-joanne-world-tour-concert-review-1202520967/|archive-date=August 16, 2017|first=Alex|last=Stedman|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> Mikael Wood from the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' opined that Gaga's "Bloody Mary" performance "had the look of a spirited satanic orgy", and noted that it provided "the elaborate set pieces her fans expect".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-lady-gaga-forum-review-20170809-story.html|title=Review Lady Gaga was a better troubadour than a superstar at the Forum|first=Mikael|last=Wood|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=September 10, 2017|url-status=live|date=August 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910014754/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-lady-gaga-forum-review-20170809-story.html|archive-date=September 10, 2017}}</ref> Tom Murray from the ''[[Edmonton Journal]]'' thought that Gaga's dancers were "tumbling after her like the asylum inmates in ''[[Marat/Sade|Marat Sade]]''" during the song.<ref name="edmonton">{{cite news|url=https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/music/gaga-world-tour-as-impressive-as-it-gets|title=Lady Gaga world tour as impressive as it gets|last=Murray|first=Tom|date=August 4, 2017|access-date=September 10, 2017|newspaper=[[Edmonton Journal]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805140551/http://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/music/gaga-world-tour-as-impressive-as-it-gets|archive-date=August 5, 2017}}</ref> == Credits and personnel == Credits adapted from the [[liner notes]] of ''Born This Way''.<ref name="liner">{{cite AV media notes|people=[[Lady Gaga]]|title=[[Born This Way (album)|Born This Way]]|year=2011|type=Liner notes|publisher=[[Interscope Records]]|id=B0015602-72}}</ref> * [[Lady Gaga]] – vocals, songwriter, [[record producer|producer]], background vocals * [[DJ White Shadow]] – songwriter, producer, [[Music programming|programming]], keyboards * [[Fernando Garibay]] – songwriter, co-producer, programming, keyboards * [[Clinton Sparks]] – co-producer, keyboards * Kamau Georges – programming * Bill Malina – [[audio engineer]]ing * Dave Russell – [[Audio recording|recording]] at [[Studios 301|Studio 301]], [[Sydney]], Australia; [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|audio mixing]] at The Mix Room, [[Burbank, California]] * Chris Gehringer – [[Mastering (audio)|audio mastering]] at Sterling Sound, [[New York City]] * Paul Pavao – assistant * Jordan Power – assistant == Charts == {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ 2011 chart performance for "Bloody Mary" ! scope="col" | Chart (2011) ! scope="col" | Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Lebanon ([[The Official Lebanese Top 20|Lebanese Top 20]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olt20.com/Lady-Gaga#fragment-2&panel1-5|title=Lady Gaga Chart History (The Official Lebanese Top 20)|access-date=December 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719080616/http://www.olt20.com/Lady-Gaga#&panel1-3|archive-date=July 19, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> | 1 |} {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ 2022–2023 chart performance for "Bloody Mary" ! scope="col" | Chart (2022–2023) ! scope="col" | Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Austria|48|artist=Lady Gaga|song=Bloody Mary|rowheader=true|access-date=December 21, 2022}} |- {{single chart|Canada|60|artist=Lady Gaga|rowheader=true|access-date=January 9, 2023}} |- {{single chart|Billboardcanadachrtop40|50|artist=Lady Gaga|rowheader=true|access-date=January 6, 2023}} |- {{single chart|Czechdigital|9|year=2022|week=49|rowheader=true|access-date=December 12, 2022}} |- ! scope="row"| Finland (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lady-gaga/chart-history/i21/|title=Lady Gaga Chart History (Finland Songs)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=January 9, 2023}}</ref> | 23 |- {{single chart|France|43|artist=Lady Gaga|song=Bloody Mary|rowheader=true|access-date=January 6, 2023}} |- {{single chart|Germany|31|songid=834003|artist=Lady Gaga|song=Bloody Mary|rowheader=true|access-date=January 5, 2023}} |- {{single chart|Billboardglobal200|31|artist=Lady Gaga|rowheader=true|access-date=January 9, 2023}} |- ! scope="row"| Greece International ([[IFPI Greece|IFPI]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official IFPI Charts – Digital Singles Chart (International) – Week: 50/2022 |url=https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_iel.html |access-date=December 21, 2022 |publisher=[[IFPI Greece|IFPI]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221191908/https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_iel.html |archive-date=December 21, 2022}}</ref> | 10 |- {{single chart|Hungarysingle|15|year=2022|week=49|rowheader=true|access-date=December 16, 2022}} |- {{single chart|Hungarystream|14|year=2022|week=49|rowheader=true|access-date=December 16, 2022}} |- ! scope="row"| Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://irma.ie/index.cfm?page=irish-charts&chart=Singles|title=IRMA – Irish Charts|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|access-date=January 7, 2023}}</ref> | 80 |- ! scope="row"| Italy ([[FIMI]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/1/2023/1|title=FIMI Charts WK 1|publisher=[[FIMI]]|language=it|access-date=January 9, 2023}}</ref> | 20 |- ! scope="row"| Latvia ([[European Hit Radio|EHR]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ehrhiti.lv/arhivs/ehr-top-40?airDate=2023.01.06|title=EHR TOP 40 - 2023.01.06|publisher=[[European Hit Radio]]|access-date=January 9, 2023|archive-date=January 9, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.is/52hY4|url-status=live}}</ref> | 35 |- ! scope="row"| Lithuania ([[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s49/|title=2022 49-os savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100)|trans-title=2022 49th week most listened to (TOP 100)|language=lt|publisher=[[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]]|date=December 9, 2022|access-date=December 9, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> | 1 |- ! scope="row"| Luxembourg (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lady-gaga/chart-history/i12/|title=Lady Gaga Chart History (Luxembourg Songs)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=January 9, 2023}}</ref> | 24 |- {{single chart|Dutch100|97|artist=Lady Gaga|song=Bloody Mary|rowheader=true|access-date=December 9, 2022}} |- {{single chart|Poland|30|chartid=4325|year=2023|rowheader=true|access-date=January 9, 2023}} |- {{single chart|Portugal|70|artist=Lady Gaga|song=Bloody Mary|rowheader=true|access-date=December 21, 2022}} |- {{single chart|Slovakdigital|12|year=2022|week=49|rowheader=true|access-date=December 12, 2022}} |- ! scope="row"| South Korea Download ([[Circle Chart|Circle]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/onoff.circle?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=S1020&targetTime=52&hitYear=2022&termGbn=week&yearTime=3|title=Download Chart – Week 52 of 2022|website=[[Circle Chart]]|language=ko|access-date=December 29, 2022}}</ref> | 148 |- ! scope="row"| Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|PROMUSICAE]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-100-canciones/2022/50 |title=Top 100 Canciones: Semana 50 |publisher=[[Productores de Música de España]] |access-date=December 19, 2022}}</ref> | 96 |- ! scope="row"| Sweden ([[Sverigetopplistan]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2023&dspp=1|title=Veckolista Singlar, vecka 1|publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|access-date=January 10, 2023}}</ref> | 30 |- {{single chart|Switzerland|29|artist=Lady Gaga|song=Bloody Mary|rowheader=true|access-date=December 18, 2022}} |- {{single chart|UK|22|date=20230106|rowheader=true|access-date=January 6, 2023}} |- {{single chart|Billboardhot100|68|artist=Lady Gaga|rowheader=true|access-date=January 10, 2023}} |- {{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|32|artist=Lady Gaga|rowheader=true|access-date=January 6, 2023|refname=Mainstream Top 40}} |} == Release history == {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+ Release dates and formats for "Bloody Mary" ! scope="col" | Region ! scope="col" | Date ! scope="col" | Format ! scope="col" | Label ! scope="col" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- ! scope="row" | France | December 2, 2022 | rowspan="2" | [[Radio broadcast|Radio airplay]] | rowspan="2" | [[Universal Music Group|Universal]] | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Pure Charts" /> |- ! scope="row" | Italy | December 23, 2022 | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Italyrelase">{{Cite press release|last=Vitali|first=Giacomo|date=December 19, 2022|title=Lady Gaga – Bloody Mary (Radio Date: 23-12-2022)|url=https://www.earone.it/news/lady_gaga_bloody_mary_radio_date_23_12_2022_68478222/|url-status=live|language=it|publisher=EarOne|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219123359/https://www.earone.it/news/lady_gaga_bloody_mary_radio_date_23_12_2022_68478222/|archive-date=December 19, 2022|access-date=December 19, 2022}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | United States | January 17, 2023 | [[Contemporary hit radio]] | [[Interscope Records|Interscope]] | align="center" | <ref name="CHR">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases|title=Top 40/M Future Releases {{!}} Mainstream Hit Songs Being Released and Their Release Dates|publisher=All Access|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109204400/https://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases|access-date=January 9, 2023|archive-date=January 9, 2023}}</ref> |} == References == {{Reflist}} {{Lady Gaga songs}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:2011 songs]] [[Category:Lady Gaga songs]] [[Category:Songs written by Fernando Garibay]] [[Category:Song recordings produced by Fernando Garibay]] [[Category:Song recordings produced by Lady Gaga]] [[Category:Songs written by Lady Gaga]] [[Category:Internet memes introduced in 2022]]'