"Shallow" is a song performed by Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper from the soundtrack to the 2018 musical A Star Is Born. The track was written by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt, and produced by Gaga and Benjamin Rice.
It was heard three times in 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 at Greek Theater in Los Angeles.
The track received positive reviews from music critics who praised Gaga's vocals, the dramatic nature of the composition and the songwriting, while feeling it to be worthy of award nominations; It received a Golden Globe nomination as well as four Grammy Awards nominations. Besides Golden Globe and Grammy Awards, the song won an Oscar indeed. Unbelievably, song became one of Gaga's most successful songs selling over 10.000.000 pure copies & becoming most charting song by a female artist of all time.
Background
For developing the soundtrack of A Star Is Born, Gaga collaborated again with Mark Ronson with whom she had produced her fifth studio album, Joanne (2016). In her interview on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 Radio premiering "Shallow", Gaga explained:
The song first heard in the movie during an intimate, late-night, parking lot courtship scene between Ally, the aspiring singer played by Gaga with disarming charm, and Jackson Maine, Cooper’s grizzled country-rock superstar, "Shallow" roars to full life later in the film when Jackson invites Ally on stage to sing it during a concert at the Greek Theatre.
Release
Gaga announced the release date of the single a day before its release on social media. The track was premiered on September 27, 2018 as Zane Lowe's "World Record" on Beats 1 radio. Unbelievably, song became one of Gaga's most successful songs selling over 10.000.000 pure copies & becoming most charting song by a female artist of all time.
Digital release
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Label: Interscope Format: Digital Released: September 27, 2018 Barcode: None Photography: Neal Preston Design: N/A |
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| 1. | "Shallow" (with Bradley Cooper) | 3:35 |
Release history
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 Worldwide
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September 27, 2018 | Digital download |
 Italy
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October 5, 2018 | Contemporary hit radio |
 United Kingdom
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October 13, 2018 | |
 United States
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October 15, 2018 | Hot Adult Contemporary |
| October 16, 2018 | Contemporary hit radio | |
 Australia
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October 18, 2018 |
Performances
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| December 27, 2018 | LINE LIVE: "A Star Is Born: Las Vegas Tour Special" | TV Asahi | 
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| February 10, 2019 | 61st Annual Grammy Awards | CBS |
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| February 24, 2019 | 91st Academy Awards | ABC |
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| April 11, 2025 | Coachella: MAYHEM in the Desert | Indio, CA |
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| April 26, 2025 | Estadio GNP Seguros: ¡Viva La MAYHEM! | Mexico City | 
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| May 3, 2025 | Todo Mundo no Rio: MAYHEM Na Praia | Rio de Janeiro | 
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| May 14, 2025 | YouTube Brandcast 2025 | New York City, NY |
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| May 18, 2025 | Singapore National Stadium: MAYHEM Singapura | Kallang | 
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| May 21, 2025 | |||
| May 24, 2025 |
| Tour | Dates | Performances |
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| Enigma | 2018—2020 (All Dates) | 29 |
| The Chromatica Ball | 2022 (All Dates) | 20 |
| The MAYHEM Ball | TBD | TBD |
| Total: | 49 |
Lyrics
[Verse 1: Bradley Cooper]
Tell me somethin' girl
Are you happy in this modern world?
Or do you need more?
Is there somethin' else you’re searchin' for?
I’m falling
In all the good times I find myself longin' for change
And in the bad times I fear myself
[Verse 2: Lady Gaga]
Tell me something boy
Aren’t you tired tryin' to fill that void?
Or do you need more?
Ain’t it hard keeping it so hardcore?
I’m falling
In all the good times I find myself longing for change
And in the bad times I fear myself
[Chorus: Lady Gaga]
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
[Post-Chorus: Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper]
In the shallow, shallow
In the shallow, shallow
In the shallow, shallow
We’re far from the shallow now
[Bridge: Lady Gaga]
Wooaaaah
Woaaaaaaaaaaah
[Chorus: Lady Gaga]
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
[Post-Chorus: Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper]
In the shallow, shallow
In the shallow, shallow
In the shallow, shallow
We’re far from the shallow now
Music video
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Accolades
| Award | Category | Result |
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| 24th Critics' Choice Awards | Best Song | Pending |
| 76th Golden Globe Awards | Best Original Song | Won |
| 61st Annual Grammy Awards | Record of the Year | Nominated |
| Song of the Year | Nominated | |
| Best Pop Duo/Group Performance | Won | |
| Best Song Written for Visual Media | Won | |
| Hollywood Music in Media Awards | Best Original Song – Feature Film | Won |
| Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society | Best Original Song | Won |
| 23rd Satellite Awards | Best Original Song | Pending |
Credits
| Written by | Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt |
| Produced by | Lady Gaga and Benjamin Rice |
| Recorded by | Benjamin Rice at the Greek Theater, Los Angeles, CA Additional Recording at EastWest Studios, Los Angeles, CA, and The Village Studios, Los Angeles, CA Assisted by Bo Bodnar (EastWest) and Alex Williams (The Village) |
| Mixed by | Tom Elmhirst at Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY Assisted by Brandon Bost |
| Mastered by | Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound, New York, NY
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| Track Participants | Drums by Anthony LoGerfo Bass by Corey McCormick Keyboards by Alberto Bof Acoustic Guitar by Lukas Nelson Lap Steel Guitar by Jesse Siebenberg Percussion by Eduardo “Tato” Melgar |
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