The single that got away? Heavy Metal Lover or Bloody Mary

[Genuine Guy 09 13,941]

I think Bloody Mary would’ve been a better single choice than HML. Locals like it on TikTok, whilst both of them are quite avant garde and would never be singles this is a tough one. 

[yes and 4,884]

13 hours ago, Aphasic said:

Electro Dance wasn't GP friendly and Gaga made it happened. She could have if she wanted to. Judas is great but wasn't a huge success with the GP. 

It's not about the genre, it's all about the message. The songs are not radio-friendly, first of all. Gaga recorded a clean version of Perfect Illusion because of one word, so HML is not a song for radio stations for sure. Without the radio's support, the song would heavily underperform. BM is too dark and after the Judas' backlash, the label would never push it as a single. 

 

[littlepotter 75,147]

Bloody Mary would have been a great single, I'm so certain. A good song is a good song, there's no such thing as "GP friendly" with Gaga. It has an amazing chorus, a standout weirdness, it's not abrasive and would be great for radio. It was actually a radio hit in my country and reached #1

[Phlop 4,773]

12 hours ago, Mister Gaga said:

None. DITD or Sexxx Dreams

I think OP just meant off BTW lol.

But I think:

TFM: Monster/DITD

BTW: Scheiße

AP: Sexxx Dreams and Gypsy

Joanne: A-YO

Chromatica: ***Sour Candy***, Free Woman, Alice, Babylon

[Aphasic 4,033]

8 hours ago, Sour Candy said:

It's not about the genre, it's all about the message. The songs are not radio-friendly, first of all. Gaga recorded a clean version of Perfect Illusion because of one word, so HML is not a song for radio stations for sure. Without the radio's support, the song would heavily underperform. BM is too dark and after the Judas' backlash, the label would never push it as a single. 

 

I didn't know that! What word was it?

[Aphasic 4,033]

7 hours ago, littlepotter said:

Bloody Mary would have been a great single, I'm so certain. A good song is a good song, there's no such thing as "GP friendly" with Gaga. It has an amazing chorus, a standout weirdness, it's not abrasive and would be great for radio. It was actually a radio hit in my country and reached #1

Wow! The taste of your country 

[Aphasic 4,033]

7 hours ago, Phlop said:

I think OP just meant off BTW lol.

But I think:

TFM: Monster/DITD

BTW: Scheiße

AP: Sexxx Dreams and Gypsy

Joanne: A-YO

Chromatica: ***Sour Candy***, Free Woman, Alice, Babylon

Gaga has a huge list of could-have-been singles. 

[Aphasic 4,033]

18 hours ago, Genuine Guy 09 said:

I think Bloody Mary would’ve been a better single choice than HML. Locals like it on TikTok, whilst both of them are quite avant garde and would never be singles this is a tough one. 

Bloody Mary was even mentioned in a Billboard article without it being a single. The impact of the song! 

[AmenTheNight 1,084]

Scheisse had more potential than any of these two. Had she made a radio edit of Scheisse and released it instead of Judas, the era could have kept even more momentum.

OT : Bloody Mary as an halloween single would have made its thing. HML got a radio release that did nothing, so ... eh.

[yes and 4,884]

15 hours ago, Aphasic said:

I didn't know that! What word was it?

They changed ''high like amphetamine'' into ''high like I'm finally free'' for radio. You can find the clean version on YouTube. 
SO wiith HML being a single, they should've rewritten all the lyrics from the scratch 

In my opinion, they should've pushed Hair instead of MTN. The song is radio-friendly and sounds quite positive and promising, especially around the Christmas time. MTN is too dark, and GP obviously wasn't in the mood for such songs back then. Even if Hair underperformed, it already was #12 at the Billboard Hot 100, so no one would label it as flop as it was with MTN.