Million Reasons (song)

Lady Gaga Writer(s) Lady Gaga Mark Ronson Hillary Lindsey Producer(s) Mark Ronson BloodPop Lady Gaga Hillary Lindsey Background vocals Hillary Lindsey Length 3:25 3:23 (Work Tape) singles chronology Singles "Perfect Illusion" "Million Reasons" Digital single(s) "A-YO" "Joanne (Where Do You Think You're Goin'?)" Joanne track listing  "Perfect Illusion" "Sinner's Prayer"

"Million Reasons" is a song written by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson and Nashville songwriter, Hillary Lindsey for her fifth studio album Joanne. The song was co-produced with Mark Ronson, BloodPop and Hillary Lindsey. Due to strong digital downloads and public response, the song acts as the album's second single, replacing "A-YO". A rough acoustic one-take was released as a Japanese bonus track to the CD version of Joanne dubbed "Million Reasons (Work Tape)".

The song premiered live on October 5, 2016, during The Dive Bar Tour at The 5 Spot in Nashville, Tennessee. It was subsequently released on YouTube an hour later. The song was officially sent to radio on November 8, 2016 has since peaked within the top 10 in Hungary, Slovakia, Switzerland, and most significantly number 4 in the United States.

Work Tape

Work Tape is an alternate version of "Million Reasons" and is included on the deluxe Japanese version of Joanne. The work tape version of the track features various differences, most notably that the work tape was recorded in one take and Gaga's voice has not been edited.

Release

Digital release

	Label: Interscope Format: Digital Released: October 5, 2016 Barcode: None Photography: Collier Schorr Design: N/A

Remixes

	Label: Interscope Format: Digital Released: February 17, 2017 Barcode: None Photography: Collier Schorr Design: N/A

	Label: Interscope Format: Digital Released: March 17, 2017 Barcode: None Photography: Collier Schorr Design: N/A

Release history

Country	Date	Format
Worldwide	October 5, 2016	Digital download as promotional single
United States	Contemporary hit radio	November 8, 2016
Italy		November 25, 2016
Worldwide	February 17, 2017	Digital download – KVR remix
	March 17, 2017	Digital download – Andrelli remix

Performances

Dates	Show	Channel

2016
Oct 22	Saturday Night Live	NBC
Oct 26	The Late Late Show with James Corden	CBS
Nov 20	American Music Awards	ABC
Nov 30	Victoria's Secret Fashion Show	CBS
Dec 2	Alan Carr's Happy Hour	Channel 4
Dec 4	The X Factor	ITV
Dec 6	Royal Variety Performance
Dec 12	SMAP×SMAP	Fuji TV
2017
Feb 5	Super Bowl LI halftime show	FOX
2018
Jan 28	60th Grammy Awards	CBS

Dates	Show	Station

2016
Nov 29	C’Cauet sur NRJ	NRJ

Dates	Location	City

2016
Nov 19	Airbnb Open Spotlight	Los Angeles, CA
Dec 1	Westfield London	London
2017
Apr 15	Coachella	Indio, CA
Apr 22
Oct 21	One America Appeal concert	College Station, TX

Tour	Dates	Performances

Dive Bar Tour	Oct 5, 20, 27, 2016 (All dates)	3
Joanne World Tour	2017—2018 (All Dates)	49
	Total:	52

Lyrics

You're givin' me a million reasons to let you go You're givin' me a million reasons to quit the show You're givin' me a million reasons Give me a million reasons Givin' me a million reasons About a million reasons If I had a highway I would run for the hills If you could find a dry way I'd forever be still But you're givin' me a million reasons Give me a million reasons Givin' me a million reasons About a million reasons I bow down to pray I try to make the worst seem better Lord show me the way To cut through all his worn out leather I've got a hundred million reasons to walk away But baby I just need one good one to stay Head stuck in a cycle I look off and I stare It's like that I've stopped breathing but completely aware Cuz you're givin' me a million reasons Give me a million reasons Givin' me a million reasons About a million reasons And if you say something that you might even mean It's hard to even fathom which parts I should believe Cuz you're givin' me a million reasons Give me a million reasons Givin' me a million reasons About a million reasons I bow down to pray I try to make the worst seem better Lord show me the way To cut through all his worn out leather I've got a hundred million reasons to walk away But baby I just need one good one to stay Hey... Baby I'm bleedin' bleedin' Stay... Can't you give me what I'm needin' needin' Every heartbreak makes it hard to keep the faith But baby I just need one good one Good one Good one Good one Good one Good one When I bow down to pray I try to make the worst seem better Lord show me the way To cut through all his worn out leather I've got a hundred million reasons to walk away But baby I just need one good one good one Tell me that you'll be the good one good one Baby I just need one good one to stay

Music video

Premiere date December 14, 2016 Director(s) Lady Gaga, Ryan Hunter Phillips & Brandon Maxwell Fashion director Brandon Maxwell at Haus of Gaga Choreographer N/A Director of photography Kai Saul at APA Agency, Taylor Scott Mason at Snap Capture LLC

The music video was directed by Lady Gaga and filmed in October 2016 in Los Angeles, CA. On December 12, Gaga announced the video to be released the day later, premiering worldwide on MTV channels. The announcement was acompained by a sneak peek of the video introduction via Instagram, Twitter and Facebook also she announced she was gonna take over MTV Instagram account for the day of the premiere. After the premiere of the video on MTV at 3PM (ET), the video was released on platforms as YouTube, VEVO and TIDAL. She say this music video is the second part of the music video of "Perfect Illusion".

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[1] Lady Gaga wears shorts by Levi's customized by Chain Gang, a t-shirt by American Apparel customized by Haus of Gaga and boots by Rag & Bone.

[1, 2] Lady Gaga wears sunglasses by Ray-Ban.

[2] Lady Gaga wears a custom tuxedo by Alexander Lewis, shoes by Casadei and custom hats by Gladys Tamez and Harvy Santos while she plays a guitar by Gretsch.

Credits

Written by	Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey and Mark Ronson
Produced by	Mark Ronson, Lady Gaga and BloodPop®
Recorded by	Joshua Blair and assisted by David "Squirrel" Covell at Shangri-La Studios, Malibu, CA Joshua Blair at Gypsy Palace Studios, Malibu, CA Joshua Blair and assisted by Barry McCready at Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY Joe Visciano & Brandon Bost at Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY
Mixed by	Tom Elmhirst and assisted by Joe Visciano & Brandon Bost at Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY
Mastered by	Tom Coyne and Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound, New York, NY
Track Participants	Lady Gaga — Piano Hillary Lindsey — Additional Vocals, Guitar Mark Ronson — Bass, Guitar BloodPop® — Keyboards, Rhythm Track, String Programming for GenPop Corp.
Published by	Stefani Germanotta P/K/A Lady Gaga (BMI) Sony/ATV Songs, LLC/ House of Gaga Publishing, LLC / GloJoe Music Inc. (BMI) Imagem CV/Songs Of Zelig (BMI) (Songs Of Zelig administered worldwide by Imagem CV) BIRB Music (ASCAP) All Rights Administered by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC

Video Credits

Reference

• BMI Repertoire
• Work Tape on BMI Repertoire

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