[Slim Shady]

of course!

[Bríseis]

Not in my country, it peaked at #22 here.

Its a hit in the US and Canada.

[Komet blu]

It is where I live.

[Mire]

The fact that of this question being asked answers it tbh.

[break.my.soul]

Moderate hit

[Soup in Teapot]

No.
It flopped harder outside the US. That's very strange becasue Gaga is well-kown for her globalness. But applause didn't do very well in Europe ,AU and even Japan (she was the best selling international pop star there) comparing to her previous singles from TF and TFM.

But she is winning the GP back slowly anyway.

[memi stan]

It's a hit but for Gaga it's underwhelming.

[coolcristobal]

I can't at moderate hit

It's a HIT. Not a smash hit, but still a hit. A "moderate-hit" to me is something more like #Beautiful or You Da One.

[Meredy]

It is a hit. I think the song opened Gaga to radios again and she is starting to build up to the general public again. It is a great recovery after the public got tired of her during the BTW era.

[Deemy]

A shove. Yes.

[Hugamari]

Not really considering the biggest pop star in the world, at the very least, should be able to go #1 with a lead single by name sake alone.

[Cherry]

It is a big hit by any standard. LOL some people here are really delusional.

[DevonDreams]

yes

[Superbitch]

Yes. A hit in the US indeed. Don't try to deny it y'all. Idk WW but in the US it had been doing really good.

[NEZ]

For a lead single it's definitely a disappointment but I guess its a moderate hit.

[Bchip]

Yes!

[HausOfGerard]

Yes.

[MusicLoverDude]

Yes.

[Ra2]

Originally posted by Monkey_Juice

For Lady Gaga = NO

For a first single = NO

For somebody as global as yall claim her to be = NO

It's more of a sleeper hit, doing okay chart wise but Nobody is talking about it or listening to it or playing it at the club.

Then why is Applause #1 on the dance/club songs chart?

[gettsleazy]

Interesting to see most of the Monsters that deemed songs that peaked in the Top 5 of Billboard flops crawling in here to validate their fave.

And as posted above, it's "Lady Gaga new Madonna new queen of Pop lord GAGA." Following this route, she should be #1 on Billboard right now.

Originally posted by Ra2

Then why is Applause #1 on the dance/club songs chart?