 " HIStory / Ghosts " did generally well of music charts worldwide , having charted within the top — ten and top — twenty in multiple countries . The song 's highest peak position was in Italy , charting at number three . In the Netherlands , Belgium and Sweden " HIStory / Ghosts " spent seventeen to eighteen weeks on the charts . In Australia " HIStory / Ghosts " peaked at forty @-@ three before falling off the chart . The single did not appear on any United States Billboard charts . 
