Chart Performance

"Bad Romance" debuted at number nine on the November 14, 2009 chart of the Billboard Hot 100, making it Gaga's highest-debuting song on the chart, selling 142,000 paid digital downloads in its first week. After two weeks the song reached a peak of two, making it her third highest peaking song on the Hot 100 behind "Just Dance" and "Poker Face". The movement was spurred by 49% digital gain, thus pushing the song to the top of the Hot Digital Songs chart. The song has sold 807,000 digital downloads in the United States. "Bad Romance" debuted on the Pop Songs chart at thirty-eight and moved to a peak of twenty-five. On the Canadian Hot 100, it debuted at number fifty-eight. The following week it reached number one, making it the third song by Gaga to top the Canadian chart. After being replaced by Ke$ha's single "TiK ToK" for two weeks, "Bad Romance" again claimed the top spot on the chart.

The song debuted in Australia on the ARIA Charts at number sixteen on the issue dated November 2, 2009 and at number thirty-three on the New Zealand RIANZ charts. The next week, "Bad Romance" was the greatest gainer on the ARIA charts and moved to a peak of three. In New Zealand it has moved to a peak of three. It also charted within the top twenty on the UK Singles Chart at number fourteen on its first week, and has since climbed to a peak of 3. On the issue dated October 29, 2009, "Bad Romance" made debut on the Irish Singles Chart at number twenty. The song has reached a peak of six on the chart. The song debuted on the European Hot 100 Singles at number forty. In Sweden, the song debuted at three and after two weeks reached the top of the chart. Across Europe the song debuted on the main charts in countries like Austria, Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland.