How many songs does Lady Gaga's 'Mayhem' album feature? Songs ranked

Lady Gaga's newest album was released a few hours ago on March 7, 2025. Gaga has teased a few singles over the past months, such as Disease and Abracadabra, which were a big hit among her fans. Gaga's seventh studio album contains 14 songs in total with a listening time of almost an hour, 53 minutes, and 4 seconds to be exact.

Lady Gaga has collaborated with two artists on her Mayhem album. These two artists include Gesaffelstein on her song Killah and Bruno Mars on the widely favored Die with a Smile.

Throughout her career, Mother Monster has experimented with different genres of music. For this album, Gaga said,

"I do think that I felt a lot of pressure, over the years, to prove myself as a musician. And that sometimes stopped me from having fun... So, I tried to have a lot of fun making this record".

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Billboard ranked Lady Gaga's songs from her new album Mayhem

Just a few hours after Mayhem's release, Billboard explored Lady Gaga's latest album and came up with a ranking for each of her songs.

Have a look at how Billboard ranked all 14 songs from Mother Monster's new album. The songs are listed from the highest Billboard ranking to the lowest.

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Perfect Celebrity

Billboard has listed Perfect Celebrity at the top of the rankings. Perfect Celebrity is reminiscent of Lady Gaga's previous songs, such as Paparazzi and Perfect Illusion. The song talks about an individual who is being used because of her fame and notoriety.

Garden of Eden

Garden of Eden is the third song on Mayhem's tracklist but places second according to Billboard rankings. It is a "grating electro" and "synth-pop" piece that was co-produced by DJ Gesaffelstein. The song was inspired by previous hits such as Born This Way and The Fame.

Zombieboy

Third on the Billboard rankings is Zombieboy. The song is dedicated to her late friend Rick Genest. You may have seen him in one of Gaga's music videos, Born This Way. He was a Canadian artist with full-body tattoos. Gaga said,

"I think that Rick [Genest] just was an inspiring person. And when I was working on this song, which is ultimately a big celebration song, that word just popped into my head.

She continued,

And that song is all about the moment in the night when you and your friends all realize that you’re going to wake up not feeling well the next day because you’re having too much fun, so it’s about being a zombie in the morning." Gaga said as she associateed this feeling with her late friend's personality.

Abracadabra

Abracadabra was released as a single on February 3, 2025, and fans were going crazy over it. Billboard has placed it at the fourth rank. It is a dance pop track that is a reminder of some of the songs Lady Gaga first started out with.

Shadow of a Man

This track speaks of the inequality and misogyny Gaga has faced throughout her music career. She belts out lyrics that emphasize how she will not "fade into the darkness." Billboard has put this track of hers in the fifth rank.

Vanish Into You

This is one of the first songs that Lady Gaga wrote for her seventh studio album. She described it as an "apocalyptic love song" at the Spotify’s Little Monster Press Conference. Billboard has given this song sixth place. Gaga described the song,

"In ‘Vanish Into You,’ I imagine that I just want to disappear into the person I love most" Mother monster expressed.

Killah feat. Gesaffelstein

According to Gaga, during her interview with Rolling Stone, she mentioned Killah as one of the songs that pushed her out of her comfort zone. She collaborated on this funky piece with French DJ Gesaffelstein. Billboard has ranked it in seventh place.

Blade of Grass

The second-to-last song on the album is given a place at eighth rank on the Billboard ranking. The song was inspired by Lady Gaga's fiancé, Michael Polansky. In an interview, Gaga recalled how the idea for Blade of Grass came to her. She said,

"We were in our backyard and I said “just take a blade of grass and wrap it around my finger”. And then I wrote “Blade of grass” cause I remembered the way his face looked, and I remembered the grass in the backyard".

Disease

The first track on the album is Disease, and Billboard has placed it at the ninth rank. This specific track is a mix of genres from electropop, dance-pop, dark-pop, and synth-pop to an EDM song, and so many more layers to it.

LoveDrug

LoveDrug is a song about heartbreak and saying goodbye. Lady Gaga sings about the ache you feel when you need someone you can't have. Billboard has placed this masterpiece in tenth place on their list.

Die With a Smile with Bruno Mars

At this point, everyone has heard of Die with a Smile. Lady Gaga collaborated with renowned American singer, songwriter, and musician Bruno Mars on this track. It was released last year in August, 2024. It stands at the eleventh place on the Billboard's Mayhem ranking list.

The Beast

The Beast stands at the twelfth rank on the Billboard's list. The track has hints of inspiration from Gaga's old song Monster. It has a "B-movie-esque pseudo-ballad" vibe to it, according to Billboard.

Don’t Call Tonight

Billboard has ranked Don’t Call Tonight at 13th place on their list. The song talks about meaningless intimacy with someone who does not truly care about you. Lady Gaga emphasizes the title of the track in the lyrics.

How Bad Do U Want Me

The last song on the Billboard's list is the ninth track on the Mayhem album. According to Genius Lyrics, the song is interpreted as an exploration of

"themes of identity, desire, and the tension between societal expectations and individual authenticity."

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With Perfect Celebrity at the top of Billboard's ranking of Mayhem and How Bad Do You Want Me taking 14th place. If you were to rearrange this list, which tracks deserve the top five places? Comment below.