Shallow

The song is performed in the key in G Major , a moderate pace of 96 beats per minute; the chord sequence is Em ₇ -D / F # -G ₅ -CG ₅ -D, the vocals span two octaves from Sol ₃ to Fe ₅ ^[6] .

A recall from USA Today reads that “Shallow” is “a catchy and dramatic song that can not only get an Oscar nomination ... but also inevitably become a hit and favorite in karaoke bars” ^[1] . The review by Pitchfork gave positive feedback to Lady Gaga's vocals and indicated that the song and theme reflects the history of the singer herself ^[7] .

“Shallow” was nominated and won the Best Original Song - Feature Film award at the 2018 Hollywood Music in Media Awards. ^[8] She also won the Best Original Song category at the 23rd Satellite Awards ^[9] and won the Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society ^[10] .

She won the Best Song Award at the 76th Golden Globe Ceremony ^[11] . The song also received 4 nominations for the 2019 Grammy Award in the categories of Best Record of the Year , Best Song of the Year , Best Pop Performance by a duet or group and Best Song written for visual presentation ^[5] .

Reviewers Journalists Jon Pareles and Jon Caramanica from The New York Times put Shallow on the sixth place in their list of the best songs of 2018, calling it “a perfectly calibrated powerful ballad,” which reached “just three movie and music peaks: like a song about love, as a vocal masterpiece and as a key plot twist ” ^[12] . Rolling Stone magazine named “Shallow” the second best in the final list of songs of 2018, and Brittany Spanos in its publication called it “fantasy of classic rock, where the 1990s never ended, but for some reason that's why they fit perfectly in 2018” ^[13] .

List of Awards and Nominations

In the US, “Shallow” debuted at number 14 on the Billboard Digital Songs digital hit parade with a print run of 12,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan ^[28] . A week later, “Shallow” topped the Digital Songs with a print run of 58,000 copies (this is Lady Gaga’s sixth charttop on this chart) and debuted in the mainstream US Billboard Hot 100 chart in 28th place, thanks to a streaming of 8.3 million units ^[29] . After the release of the film on October 5, 2018, “Shallow” climbed to 5th place in the Hot 100 and led Digital Songs for the second consecutive week with a circulation of 71,000 copies, which is 21% more than last week. The song became her 15th hit in the top ten Top-ten for the singer, and for Cooper his first ^[30] . In her sixth week on the digital chart, “Shallow” exceeded the hits “ Just Dance ”, “ Bad Romance ” (both in 2009) and “ Born This Way ” (2011), as the longest in Digital Songs , with a circulation of 274,000 copies. Thanks to a radio broadcast of 23.3 million listeners (a 50% increase over the week), the song debuted at number 50 on the Radio Songs radio chart . “Shallow” became for Lady Gaga her eighth hit in the top ten in the top 10 of the Adult Pop Songs radio chart (reaching the highest score in sixth place) ^[31] . In addition, “Shallow” reached No. 12 on the Adult Contemporary chart and No. 23 on the Pop Songs ^{[32] [33]} . On December 15, 2018, “Shallow” reached number one on the Dance Club Songs dance chart thanks to remixes made by DJ Aron, Nesco and Lodato, and many others, all of which are counted as one in this charts. In sum, this is already the 15th leader of Gaga on this chart, which puts the singer in 10th place among all musicians of all time ^{[34] [35]} .

In the UK, the song debuted at 13th place in the UK's official UK Singles Chart with a circulation of 20,425 units according to the Official Charts Company ^[36] and rose to sixth place next week (with an additional run of 36,952 units). The single became the 12th in the top ten of the United Kingdom’s top ten ^{[37] [38]} . In the third week of the release, the circulation amounted to another 42,548 units and the single reached fourth place ^[39] . He also entered the top ten broadcasting UK Airplay Charts ^[40] . On November 1, 2018, the song rose to first place in the UK UK Singles Chart, becoming the fifth charttopper for Lady Gaga (this is her first chart leader after 2010, when hit No. 1 “ Telephone ”) and the first for Cooper. That same week, the soundtrack A Star Is Born returned to the first position in the UK Albums Chart album chart, giving Lady Gaga her third gold double ^[41] . Shallow, with a circulation of 47,610 units (including 34,406 equivalent streams), shifted the track “ Promises ” ( Calvin Harris and Sam Smith ), whose circulation was only 1,200 units less ^[42] . Having been at the top of the chart for two weeks, he was replaced by the hit “ Thank U, Next ” ( Ariana Grande ) ^[43] . The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) issued the single a gold certificate for a circulation of 400,000 equivalent units ^[44] .

In January 2019, a family trio of two brothers and sisters Vazquez Sounds presented their cover version of the song ^[45] .

• Digital Download ^[46]

1. "Shallow" - 3:37

• US Promo CD ^[47]

1. "Shallow" (Radio edit) - 3:36

According to the data from the album A Star Is Born ^[48] .

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Management

In the United States, the song debuted at number 14 on the Billboard Digital Songs charts. ^[49]

In the UK, the single “Shallow” reached number one on the official UK Singles Chart of the week ending November 1, 2018, becoming the fifth charttopper for Lady Gaga (for the first time since 2010 when the hit “ Telephone ” was in the lead, as well as earlier " Just Dance ", " Poker Face " and " Bad Romance " in 2008-2009) and the first for Cooper. That same week, A Star Is Born returned to first position in the UK Albums Chart , making a double for the artists (both album and single at No. 1 at the same time), the third for Gaga in her career ^[50] . “Shallow” collected a circulation of 47,610 units (including 34,406 streaming streams) and removed from the top the six-week lead single “ Promises ” by Kelvin Harris and Sam Smith , ahead of them by only 1,200 units ^[51] .

• Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper – Shallow (A Star Is Born) на YouTube
• The Oscars: Shallow (Live) на YouTube
• Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper – Shallow (Alternative Editing with Different Takes) на YouTube
• Перевод текста песни Shallow
• Here Are the Lyrics to Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper's 'Shallow' From 'A Star Is Born' on Billboard