Peak
1
Weeks
60
Score
16,969
Chart Year
2025
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position1
Peak DateJan 11, 2025
Weeks at Peak5
Weeks Charted60
Weeks in Top 4060
Weeks in Top 1051
Weeks at #210
Weeks at #15
Scoring
Summary Calc9,780
Weekly Calc7,189
Total Score16,969
Rankings
Year Ranking#1
Decade Ranking#7
Billboard Year#1
Top 5000#8
Details
- Album
- Single
- Label
- Interscope Records
- Genre
- Pop rap
- Media Type
- DD
- Duration
- 4:11
- Composer(s)
- Bruno Mars;Stefani Germanotta;Dernst Emile II;Andrew Watt;James Fauntleroy
- Entered Chart
- Aug 31, 2024
- Peak Date
- Jan 11, 2025
- Released
- August 16, 2024
Music Video
Gaga announced on Instagram that the music video would premiere alongside the song at 9 p.m. PDT. It premiered on Gaga's YouTube channel and was directed by Mars and Daniel Ramos. It shows both singers in the light blue and red outfits they wear on the song's cover art. Gaga appears in red tights with a hairstyle reminiscent of Dolly Parton, while Mars wears a white cowboy hat. The duo is seen performing the song on a retro stage of a TV studio set, populated by faceless mannequins, as a black-and-white camera records them. It opens with Mars singing and playing the guitar before the camera pans out to reveal Gaga sitting at a piano with a cigarette in her mouth; later, she leaves the instrument to dance beside him. The pair perform alongside a live band as flashing lights accentuate the stage atmosphere. The video concludes with a heart shape forming around the performers as they face each other. In her interview with the Los Angeles Times, Gaga disclosed that the idea behind the video was to present her and Mars as a long-standing television variety-show couple. The concept drew on the aesthetic and tone of classic variety programs, imagining them as performers who have shared a long career together. Gaga emphasized that her character is not portrayed merely as a traditional "wife" figure; instead, she asserts agency and remains "one of the boys". She commented on her decision to smoke a cigarette in the video until the moment just before her first verse: "I wanted to create the semblance of a character who had something to say. And it's slightly subversive — like, you're talking about the world ending and I'm having a cigarette. There's something kind of dark about it." Billboard and Variety described the video as having a retro Nashville-theme. Other outlets noted it pays tribute to duos such as Elton John and Kiki Dee or Sonny Bono and Cher. Some suggested it could reference the relationship between Joker and Harley Quinn in Joker: Folie à Deux. Fashion publications pointed out the 1970s Western influence in the wardrobe, noting Gaga's blue minidress designed by Ashley Eva Brock and styled by Chloe and Chenelle Delgadillo. Her hair was done by Evanie Frausto and makeup by Alexandra French using Haus Labs products. Mars appears in a coordinated blue suit and red shirt reminiscent of Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner's duets. Calum Slingerland from Exclaim! dubbed the video "unapologetically schmaltzy".The A.V. Club's Drew Gillis described the video as unengaging as he felt that it offered little visual material beyond the pair singing to each other, though he cited Gaga's playful use of a cigarette prop throughout as a "fairly hilarious" element. The video reached one billion views on YouTube in April 2025, becoming Gaga's fourth and Mars's tenth video to reach the milestone. It was nominated for Best Music Video at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards and Video of the Year at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards.
Notes
"Die With A Smile" is a soul-rock duet between Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars. The song finds the pair realizing how much they mean to each other - a lot! They're both willing to die in each other's arms. Bruno kicks things off by recounting a bad dream where he had to say goodbye to Gaga only to wake up with the sudden gut-punch realization of just how much she means to him. It's the kind of epiphany that makes you want to hold someone close and never let go. Then Gaga swoops in for the second verse, adding her own layer to this melodramatic love tale. She reveals that the couple has been through the wringer, fighting and losing sight of what they have together. From there, the two bounce off each other's vocals with all the chemistry of a well-matched tennis pair, belting out their renewed commitment to one another in a way that makes you believe true love really does conquer all, or at least makes for one heck of a duet. The collaboration was the first time the two pop titans have worked together. It all began when Mars, tinkering away in his studio on some new material, decided to extend an invitation to Gaga. "Bruno and I have a lot of mutual respect for each other," Gaga explained. "We'd been talking about collaborating for a while. I was wrapping up my own album in Malibu when, after a long day, he called me over to his studio to listen to something he'd been working on." Gaga arrived around midnight, that magical hour when creativity either collapses in a heap or soars into the stratosphere. When she heard what Mars had been cooking up, she was blown away. "We stayed up all night," she said, "and finished writing and recording the song." Gaga and Mars share writing credits with producers Dernst "D'Mile" Emile II and Andrew Watt, as well as James Fauntleroy. The song is a soulful ballad, akin to Mars' side project with Anderson Paak, Silk Sonic. D'Mile served as co-producer on their An Evening with Silk Sonic album, and Fauntleroy co-penned three of its tracks. While Andrew Watt is a new addition to the Mars musical family, he previously worked with Gaga on her collaboration with The Rolling Stones, "Sweet Sounds Of Heaven." The music video for "Die With a Smile" is a nostalgic throwback to classic country performances. Directed by Daniel Ramos and Bruno Mars, the visual transports viewers to a 1970s television studio. Clad in matching light blue suits and red shirts, a cowboy-hatted Mars plays the guitar while Gaga sits at the piano. During the final verse, Gaga sings with a cigarette casually dangling from her lips. Gaga and Mars debuted their song live on August 15, 2024 during Mars' show for the grand opening of the Intuit Dome, the new Inglewood home of the Los Angeles Clippers. The duo took the stage for the encore in similar outfits to the ones they wore in the song's music video, with Mars on guitar and Gaga at the keys. It was noted that Gaga didn't attempt to sing while smoking a cigarette!
(Ooh, ooh) I, I just woke up from a dream Where you and I had to say goodbye And I don't know what it all means But since I survived, I realized Wherever you go, that's where I'll follow Nobody's promised tomorrow So I'ma love you every night like it's the last night Like it's the last night If the world was ending I'd wanna be next to you If the party was over And our time on Earth was through I'd wanna hold you just for a while And die with a smile If the world was ending I'd wanna be next to you (Ooh, ooh) Ooh, lost, lost in the words that we scream I don't even wanna do this anymore 'Cause you already know what you mean to me And our love's the only one worth fighting for Wherever you go, that's where I'll follow Nobody's promised tomorrow So I'ma love you every night like it's the last night Like it's the last night If the world was ending I'd wanna be next to you If the party was over And our time on Earth was through I'd wanna hold you just for a while And die with a smile If the world was ending I'd wanna be next to you Right next to you Next to you Right next to you Oh-oh If the world was ending I'd wanna be next to you If the party was over And our time on Earth was through I'd wanna hold you just for a while And die with a smile If the world was ending I'd wanna be next to you If the world was ending I'd wanna be next to you (Ooh, ooh) I'd wanna be next to you
Chart History (60 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 31, 2024 | 6 | 120 |
| 2 | Sep 7, 2024 | 4 | 122 |
| 3 | Sep 14, 2024 | 4 | 122 |
| 4 | Sep 21, 2024 | 5 | 121 |
| 5 | Sep 28, 2024 | 5 | 121 |
| 6 | Oct 5, 2024 | 5 | 121 |
| 7 | Oct 12, 2024 | 6 | 120 |
| 8 | Oct 19, 2024 | 5 | 121 |
| 9 | Oct 26, 2024 | 4 | 122 |
| 10 | Nov 2, 2024 | 4 | 122 |
| 11 | Nov 9, 2024 | 2 | 124 |
| 12 | Nov 16, 2024 | 2 | 124 |
| 13 | Nov 23, 2024 | 2 | 124 |
| 14 | Nov 30, 2024 | 2 | 124 |
| 15 | Dec 7, 2024 | 7 | 119 |
| 16 | Dec 14, 2024 | 9 | 117 |
| 17 | Dec 21, 2024 | 6 | 120 |
| 18 | Dec 28, 2024 | 6 | 120 |
| 19 | Jan 4, 2025 | 17 | 109 |
| 20 | Jan 11, 2025 | 1 | 125 |
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