On the week ending 30 July 2011, the song debuted on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 at number 92 and continued rising every week until peaking at number 21. It also managed to reach a number of "Billboard" component charts, notably reaching number eight on the US Tropical Airplay chart and number 11 on the Hot Latin Songs chart. Saxobeat" became the third Romanian song to top the Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart after Inna's "Hot" (2008) and Edward Maya and Vika Jigulina's "Stereo Love" (2009). By December 2016, the track was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA); it sold one million digital downloads in the United States as of January 2012. In Australia, Stan's song reached the ARIA chart at position 32, peaking at number 19. Saxobeat" was later certified Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Saxobeat" also debuted at number 36 in New Zealand in August 2011 and continued rising upon the charts until reaching number four, similarly earning Stan another Gold certification awarded by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ). In Asia "Mr. Saxobeat" topped the Israeli Airplay Chart and reached number nine on Lebanon's Lebanese Top 20. In early 2012, the song debuted at the same position on the Japan Hot 100 and was later awarded Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). As of June 2013, the track sold almost one million copies worldwide in less than a year. Romanian label MediaPro Music further awarded Stan with a Platinum disc for this achievement. An accompanying music video for "Mr. Saxobeat" was filmed in Buftea, Romania by Iulian Moga on 1 November 2010. The clip was uploaded onto YouTube on 14 November 2010. A behind-the-scenes video was previously aired in November 2010 by Romanian television Music Channel. Los 40 Principales cited the video for "Mr. Saxobeat" as one of Stan's best clips ever. The video begins with scenes of police officers bringing a handcuffed Stan into a room of a police station to interrogate her along with two of her female friends. When she and her friends refuse to give the police any information, they lock them in a jail cell. Stan coaxes and successfully seduces the guard, while her friends steal his police equipment before locking him inside the cell and escaping. The group enters a dressing room where they find police outfits and disguise themselves as officers.