<P> On December 31, 2011, the single fell one position . On the charts dated January 7, 2012, helped by the release of the remix with B.o.B., the single reached number three on the Hot 100, and it topped the Hot Dance Club Songs chart, the seventh song on the album to do so setting a new record in the chart . On January 14, 2012, the single stayed in the same position as the previous week on the Hot 100 . On January 21, 2012, the single fell from number three to six, and faced the hurdle of breaking the record established by Michael Jackson . On week January 28, 2012, the song remained stable in the same position last week . On February 4, 2012, back to fifth position in the chart . </P> <P> On February 11, 2012, the single dropped to number nine, but stable in the top ten . On February 18, 2012, the single dropped to number 14, leaving the top ten of the chart . Finally, the song fell down to 21 the next week, making it Perry's only Teenage Dream single to fail to reach number one, peaking at three . As of January 2015, the song has sold more than 2,750,000 copies in the United States alone . "The One That Got Away" debuted at number 87 in Australia on the week ending October 10, 2011 . before peaking at number 27 . In New Zealand, the song debuted at number 40 and later peaked at number 12 . It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) after selling 7,500 copies there . </P> <P> Perry started filming for the video on September 30, 2011 . Filming ended on October 2, 2011 . The video was shot at the Lima Residence, a contemporary home located in Calabasas, an affluent city in Los Angeles County, California . Mexican actor Diego Luna plays Perry's boyfriend in the video . Photos from the set surfaced online, showing Perry wearing a conservative long - sleeved dress as well as sporting gray hair and prosthetic face wrinkles . The video was directed by Floria Sigismondi, who previously directed the video for "E.T." The music video premiered on November 11, 2011 . </P> <P> On November 4, 2011, a teaser for the video was released, narrated by Stevie Nicks . Nicks provides the elderly woman's voice, speaking about the past and her desire to go back for one day . The video contains scenes of her and her past boyfriend (Luna) fighting, intertwined with scenes of them in love . She is later shown as a nostalgic, elderly woman dressed conservatively and standing by a fence looking into the distance . A seven - minute extended version of the video was shown on November 11, 2011, exclusively at select advance screenings of the motion picture My Week with Marilyn . As of August 2018, the video has more than 640 million views on YouTube . </P>

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