According to Nielsen Soundscan, the song has sold 275,000 digital downloads in the United States. A music video was filmed for the song and directed by Melina Matsoukas. There are two versions of the video — one intercut with clips from the ABC channel's TV series "Dirty Sexy Money" and created to promote the show, and another without them which is the official video. The video is set in a mansion, and starts with Gaga making her way down a hallway with several people who are either walking behind her, holding an umbrella over her, dancing in front of her, or tossing dollar bills around her. Gaga and company are then featured in many repeatedly-changing shots at various locations in the mansion. She is seen lying seductively on a table covered with money, crawling along a black grand piano and striking the keys with her leg several times, dancing around and later making out with a statue, and dancing in an elevator solo. There are also several close-up shots of her burning money and later stuffing it into her mouth. Over the course of the video, she undergoes numerous costume changes. Singer-songwriter Space Cowboy is also shown, most notably in scenes where he climbs a wall. Gaga performed "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich" live at the Sessions@AOL, where she also performed "Just Dance", an acoustic version of "Poker Face", "Paparazzi", and "LoveGame". She also performed it at the MTV UK Live Sessions, also singing "Just Dance", "LoveGame", and "Poker Face". The singer most notably performed the song on her first headlining tour, The Fame Ball. It was preceded by the opening song, "Paparazzi", and a brief medley of "Starstruck" and "LoveGame". The performance of "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich" followed, with Gaga frolicking with her dancers and wearing an "austere" blonde bob wig. The song was the end of the first of four parts of the show, and was followed by a video clip, "The Brain", which featured Gaga as her alter ego, Candy Warhol, brushing her hair. The performance of the song, along with the rest of the first quarter of the show, was praised by Jim Harrington of "San Jose Mercury News" for giving the show a strong beginning, and Gaga's vocal performance was also complimented. "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich" was performed on both the original and revived versions of Gaga's The Monster Ball Tour (2009–2011).