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2018 song by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper'Shallow'by andfrom the albumReleasedSeptember 27, 2018 ( 2018-09-27)Format.Recorded2018The Village West(Los Angeles, California)Venue(Los Angeles, California).Length3: 37. Lady Gaga. Benjamin Ricesingles chronology'(2017)' Shallow'(2018)'(2018)Music videoon' Shallow' is a song performed by American singer and American actor and filmmaker. It was released through on September 27, 2018 as the lead single from the of the 2018 musical drama film,. 'Shallow' was written by Gaga with, and, and produced by Gaga with Benjamin Rice. The song is heard three times throughout the film, most prominently during a sequence when Cooper's character Jackson Maine invites Gaga's character Ally to perform it onstage with him.
The scene was filmed in front of a live audience at the in, California.' Shallow' is a pivotal moment in A Star Is Born, since it speaks about Ally and Jackson's conversations. Gaga wrote it from Ally's point of view with the self-aware lyrics asking each other if they are content being who they are. A, the song finds Gaga and Cooper trading verses and gradually moves toward the final chorus with a vocal run by Gaga.
The recording is interspersed with the sound of audience noise and applause. Gaga premiered it on DJ 's radio show while giving an interview about the film. An accompanying was also released, showing both Cooper and Gaga's characters singing 'Shallow' together onstage, interspersed with scenes from A Star Is Born.The track received acclaim from who praised Gaga's vocals, the dramatic nature of the composition and the songwriting while feeling it worthy of award nominations. Commercially, the song topped the in more than a dozen countries, and reached the top ten elsewhere. It received numerous accolades, including the, the, the and the.
It garnered four nominations, including and while winning for. The song was performed live at the, the, and serves as the encore to Gaga's Las Vegas residency show,.
The, Los Angeles where Cooper and Gaga recorded and filmed the sequence for 'Shallow'Gaga collaborated with, with whom she had produced her fifth studio album, (2016), to develop the for this version of the film. Joanne contains tracks and 'twangier' ballads like ' and the, which influenced the songs in A Star Is Born. In the film, after meeting Gaga's character Ally, 's character Jackson Maine talks to her about their music and dreams. Ally confesses she has written a song and sings it briefly for Jackson. Its lyrics become the basis of 'Shallow', whose full version is used in a sequence when Jackson strides onto the stage at the in Los Angeles and sings the opening verses. He had invited Ally to come to his show and told her he would be debuting the song and had rearranged it to sing at the concert.Before the second verse Ally musters up the courage to go onstage to sing 'Shallow', including belting the loud chorus to the large audience. Their performance goes and launches her musical career.
The track becomes a staple of her concerts. The song is used briefly for a third time when she sings it at. To film the 'Shallow' sequence, Cooper filled the Greek Theater with around 2,000 Gaga fans and then recorded the song. Following the filming, Gaga entertained the crowd playing piano versions of her old songs; also sang at the venue.' Shallow' was first heard during a teaser trailer for A Star Is Born in June 2018, where it appeared around the 1:46 mark with Gaga starting to belt the final chorus. The sequence was immediately made into many. One week before the film's release, Interscope confirmed that 'Shallow' would be released as the first single from the soundtrack on September 27, 2018.
Gaga premiered it on 's radio show while being interviewed about the film. An accompanying was released showing Gaga and Cooper singing 'Shallow' onstage, interspersed with scenes from A Star Is Born. The song was released as to the,.
Playlisted the track on October 13, 2018. In the United States, 'Shallow' was sent to radio on October 15, 2018, and the next day it was added to panels. Writing and recording. (left) and (right) co-wrote 'Shallow' with Gaga and Ronson'Shallow' was among the first songs written by Gaga, Ronson, ' and 's. She had played the melody to her collaborators two years earlier in a recording studio in Malibu. When Lukas Nelson came onboard during the soundtrack's development, the track's sound evolved. Nelson used his own band, Promise of the Real, as Jackson's band.
Inspired by, he added a short acoustic guitar intro at the beginning of 'Shallow', feeling it would contrast with Gaga's loud belting which follows later in the song. Gaga came to to help Nelson with the track and direct the band.
He recalled some of the instrumentation like, the cymbal crashes, saying 'we did that live in the studio based on the vision that we had'. As well as producing the track with Gaga, Benjamin Rice recorded it at EastWest and The Village West studios in Los Angeles, assisted by Bo Bodnar and Alex Williams. Mixed the song at in New York City. It was engineered by Brandon Bost and mastered by Randy Merrill at. Ronson also re-recorded a 1980s version of 'Shallow', accompanied by big drums; it was used in the film during a sequence when Ally plays at The Forum, while Jackson commits suicide.Gaga described 'Shallow' as a pivotal moment in A Star Is Born, since it spoke about Ally and Jackson's conversations and their 'need and drive' to go deep and move away from the shallow area in their relationship.
The singer explained on Beats 1 they wrote the track from the point of view of Ally and how it became part of the reason they fall in love. 'When I was writing music for the film I had to think about Ally as if she wasn't me. I went with a sound for her, even in the pop realm, that's unlike anything I've ever put out before,' she clarified. The songwriting sessions included Gaga at the piano and Ronson, Wyatt and Rossomando on guitar as they tried to come up with the verses. Ronson explained the original draft of the script had Jackson dying by drowning, which led Gaga to write the lyrics, 'I'm off the deep end watch as I dive in'. Initially, 'Shallow' was an end credits song, but when the script changed it became a love song about Jackson and Ally.
Seeing the first trailer for the film, Ronson decided not to refine the track anymore and kept it as the final mix. For Gaga, the conversational nature of the lyrics helped to set up Shallow's, which she recorded with a voice. She also came up with the play on the song title 'Shallow', 'In the sha-ha, sha-ha-ha-low' lyrics. Composition and lyrical interpretation. A 23 second sample from 'Shallow' which illustrates the vocal run before the final chorus by Gaga with the 'Haaa-ah-ah-ah, haaawaah' harmonization as the drum machine and steel guitar crashes with it.Problems playing this file? See.A slow-burning, and -influenced, 'Shallow' features mainly Nelson's acoustic guitar with Cooper and Gaga trading verses.
The other musicians include: Jesse Siebenberg,; Anthony Logerfo, drums; Corey McCormick, bass; Alberto Bof, keyboards; and Eduardo 'Tato' Melgar, percussion. The recording is interspersed with the sound of audience noise and applause. Cooper sings the line 'Tell me something, girl' to open the first verse with restraint. Gaga joins from the second verse belting in a 'sturdy voice'.The song moves gradually toward the final chorus with a vocal run, described by Jon Blistein of as 'chilling' with 'impressive harmonizing' from both artists, accompanied by and pedal steel guitar. Gaga sings a roaring vocal, harmonizing the 'Haaa-ah-ah-ah, haaawaah, ha-ah-ah-aaah', which ends with the final chorus as she sings the lines: 'I'm off the deep end / Watch as I dive in / I'll never meet the ground / Crash through the surface / Where they can't hurt us / We're far from the shallow now'.
The song is set in the time signature of and is composed in the key of with a moderate of 96 beats per minute. It follows a chord progression of Em 7–D/F ♯–G 5–C–G 5–D, with Gaga's vocals spanning from G 3 to D 5.An article in, notes that 'Shallow' depicts the protagonists' self-realization of their current situation and speaks 'for those, to whom life has not always been fair or kind'. For Gaga, it's the connection and the dialogue established between Jackson and Ally, which made 'Shallow' impactful. Ronson believed that working with Gaga on Joanne allowed the singer to delve into a more personal songwriting with 'Shallow'.
He did not think the track would have much impact on the film's story. The lyrics have both characters asking each other if they are content being who they are. They are self-aware, portraying 'the gains and pains of stardom', and those of addiction in the lines, 'In all the good times, I find myself longing for change, And in the bad times, I fear myself'. The songwriters claim the drowning metaphor in the lyrics could be literal as well as about heartache, addiction or dreams shattering. Critical response 'Shallow' received critical acclaim upon its release. Nicole Engelman of described the track as a strong ballad and a 'stunning duet' featuring 'striking harmony' between Gaga and Cooper.
Carrie Wittmer of and 's Katherine Gillespie compared Cooper's vocals with those of American singer-songwriter. Wittmer felt they complemented Gaga's 'empowering and distinct voice'. Several critics felt the song was worthy of an for best original song. 's Eve Barlow commended Gaga's performance, noting the theme 'may prove to be Gaga's own apex in the spotlight, her completion into superstar of charts and screen'. She wrote that although Cooper did not have 'the deep growl of (who played the lead male character in the ) he pulls off the earnestness required to hand over to Gaga'. 'Shallow' has become Gaga's longest-running number-one song on the US chart.In the United States, 'Shallow' debuted at number 14 on the chart, with 12,000 copies sold according to. The following week, it topped the Digital Songs chart selling 58,000 copies (Gaga's sixth chart-topper), and entered the at number 28.
This placement reflected the song being streamed 8.3 million times in its opening week. Following the film's release on October 5, 2018, 'Shallow' rose to number five on the Hot 100. It topped the Digital Songs chart for a second consecutive week selling 71,000 copies, up 21% from the previous week.
The song marked Gaga's fifteenth top-ten entry on the chart and Cooper's first. Shallow became her first Top Ten since 2016 'Million Reasons'. The track moved back into the top-twenty on the Hot 100 following the film's Academy Awards nominations, with sales increasing by 50% to 39,000 copies. One week after the Academy Awards, the song surged to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming Gaga's fourth number-one single and Cooper's first. The song also returned to the top of the Digital Songs chart selling 115,000 copies. It entered the chart top-ten for the first time, with 27.3 million streams. The track became Gaga's longest running Digital Songs chart topper with ten weeks in the peak position, as well as longest running number-one song by a female lead singer.'
Shallow' was streamed 148.6 million times in the US by January 2019 and was certified Platinum by the (RIAA) for selling over a million units. As of April 2019, it has sold 1,012,638 copies in the US.
The song accumulated 23.3 million audience impressions debuting at number 50 on the chart and gradually climbed to number 10, attaining an audience of 57.4 million. It became Gaga's eighth top 10 on the airplay chart (number five peak) becoming her fastest flight to the tier, topping the five-week climb of 'Born This Way'. Additionally, 'Shallow' reached number two on the and number 21 on the charts. 'Shallow' topped the chart on December 15, 2018, aided by remixes from DJ Aron, Nesco and Lodato, among many others. It became Gaga's 15th leader on the tally, ranking her in 10th place among.In Canada, 'Shallow' entered the Digital Songs chart at number one, becoming Gaga's fifth leader and first since 'Born This Way'.
Music downloads increased by 31% the following week and it held the top position on the Digital Songs chart. The song debuted at number 16 on the. It reached the top of the charts in March 2019, becoming Gaga's fifth number-one single and Cooper's first. On the Digital charts the track remained in the pole position for 24 non-consecutive weeks, surpassing 's ' (2017) as the longest-running song atop the chart.
In Australia, 'Shallow' debuted at number 25 on the, before reaching number one two weeks later. It became Gaga's fourth song to reach the top, her first since 'Born This Way', and Cooper's first. The track was the best-selling digital download for the week while entering the ARIA streaming charts at number 14. It also reached the top of the radio airplay charts according to. 'Shallow' has since held the summit for five non-consecutive weeks. The song debuted at number 18 in New Zealand.
By its second week it had climbed to number two, with ' from the soundtrack also entering the chart. After two weeks it topped the charts, becoming Gaga's third number-one song in the country.The song entered the at number 13 with 20,425 units sold according to the, and reached number six the following week. It sold another 36,952 units, becoming Gaga's 12th top-ten song in the nation.
The track climbed to number four in the third week, selling 42,548 copies. It also reached the top-ten on the UK Airplay Charts, vaulting from number 62 to number eight, with radio play up by 227.87% and total audience impressions of 48.83 million.
For the week ending November 1, 2018, 'Shallow' reached the top of the UK Singles Chart for two weeks becoming her fifth leader (her first since 2010's ') and Cooper's first. The same week, A Star Is Born also returned to the top of the, giving Gaga and Cooper an, this being Gaga's third. 'Shallow' sold 47,610 units—including 34,406 from sales-equivalent streams. After Gaga and Cooper's performance of the song at the 91st Academy Awards ceremony, it rose ten places to number 11 from number 21 on the for the week ending March 1, 2019. The (BPI) awarded Platinum certification to the track for accumulating 600,000 equivalent sales units in the UK.Elsewhere, 'Shallow' topped the charts in Ireland, Gaga's sixth number-one and Cooper's first. The song continued to top the charts and attained its highest weekly sales and streams in its third week, when two other songs from the soundtrack, 'Always Remember Us This Way' and 'I'll Never Love Again' also entered the top-ten. 'Shallow' was the top-selling digital download in France for the week ending October 19, 2018, selling 2,400 copies and acquired 1.1 million streams, reaching number 13 on the (SNEP) Singles Chart with combined sales of 10,000 units.
After two weeks, the song reached number six on the chart with 12,400 units (made-up of 2,595 digital downloads and 1.8 million streams). SNEP awarded 'Shallow' a Diamond certification for accumulating 50 million streams (333,333 equivalent sales units). The song sold 30,900 digital downloads in the country by the end of 2018.
Accolades. See also:'Shallow' was nominated and won in the category of Best Original Song – Feature Film, at the. It also won in the category of at the, and won in the Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society. It won the award for at the and at the.
The song received four nominations at the for, and, winning the latter two. 'Shallow' also won the in 2019 and, in the same year, the at the.Both and Jon Caramanica of The New York Times ranked 'Shallow' as the sixth best song of 2018. Pareles called it a 'perfectly calibrated power ballad' which achieved 'movie-musical triple duty as love song, vocal showcase and plot pivot'. Rolling Stone listed it as the second-best song of 2018. Their writer with Brittany Spanos called it a 'classic-rock fantasy where the 1990s never ended'.
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Live performances 'Shallow' is part of the setlist of Gaga's 2018–2019 Las Vegas residency show,. After performing her song ', Gaga returns to the stage in an oversized march shirt, and plays 'Shallow' on the piano as the encore. On January 26, 2019, Bradley Cooper joined her onstage, marking the first time the duo had performed the song together live. Cooper recalled that he was terrified of going onstage with Gaga and hoped that his singing was on pitch.At the on February 10, 2019, Gaga was joined onstage by Ronson, Rossomando and Wyatt. Cooper was attending the in London. Gaga wore a sparkling skin-tight bodysuit and high platform shoes which was reminiscent of her looks from -era.
She also carried a bedazzled microphone stand. Brittany Spanos from thought that Gaga and Ronson 'stole the Grammy Awards show with a rocked-up performance' of 'Shallow'. She compared Gaga's movements on the stage to a '-era '.
According to Billboard 's Tatiana Cirisano, the singer gave a 'rollicking performance' of the track as she 'held her own, kicking and hair-flipping her way across the stage'. The performance generated a number of due to Gaga's continuous eye-contact with the recording camera onstage.Gaga and Cooper performed 'Shallow' together at the on February 24, 2019. Cooper had confirmed that he would be singing in own his voice and not emulating his character in the film.
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The performance began with Gaga and Cooper walking up to the stage. They sat on opposite sides of a piano, with Cooper joining Gaga at the keyboard for the final part of the song, as both sang into one microphone. Rob Mills, senior vice president of the, said the choreography, the camera placed facing the audience, and Cooper moving across towards Gaga during the last chorus were the duo's ideas. Aly Semigran from Billboard called it the best musical performance of the night, saying that 'their chemistry on stage was just as electric as it was on the big screen'. She added: The stars' sultry looks at one another will sic sitting at the piano launched a thousand 'OMGs on Twitter. A perfect Oscar performance was born.'
Cover versions 'Shallow'byReleased26 April 2019Format. – songwriter, producer, primary vocals.
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Brandon Bost – mixing engineer. Randy Merrill – audio mastering. Anthony Logerfo – drums. Corey McCormick – bass. Alberto Bof – keyboards. – acoustic guitar.
Jesse Siebenberg – lap steel guitar. Eduardo 'Tato' Melgar – percussionCredits adapted from the liner notes of A Star Is Born.
Tracklist:. Intro – Cast.
Black Eyes – Bradley Cooper. Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Dialogue) – Cast. Fabulous French (Dialogue) – Cast. La Vie en Rose – Lady Gaga.
I’ll Wait for You (Dialogue) – Cast. Maybe It’s Time – Bradley Cooper. Parking Lot (Dialogue) – Cast. Out of Time – Bradley Cooper. Alibi – Bradley Cooper. Trust Me (Dialogue) – Cast Explicit. Shallow.
First Stop, Arizona (Dialogue) – Cast. Music to My Eyes.
Diggin’ My Grave. I Love You (Dialogue) – Cast. Always Remember Us This Way – Lady Gaga. Unbelievable (Dialogue) – Cast. How Do You Hear It? (Dialogue) – Cast. Look What I Found – Lady Gaga.
Memphis (Dialogue) – Cast. Heal Me – Lady Gaga. I Don’t Know What Love Is. Vows (Dialogue) – Cast.
Is That Alright? – Lady Gaga.
SNL (Dialogue) – Cast. Why Did You Do That? – Lady Gaga. Hair Body Face – Lady Gaga. Scene 98 (Dialogue) – Cast Explicit. Before I Cry – Lady Gaga. Too Far Gone – Bradley Cooper.
Twelve Notes (Dialogue) – Cast. I’ll Never Love Again (Film Version). I’ll Never Love Again (Extended Version) – Lady Gaga.