Lana Del Rey - "Summertime Sadness"

[Kurt]

In a strange move, it appears Interscope has pulled promotion of "Young & Beautiful," as it approaches the bottom of the top 50, in favor of Born To Die cut "Summertime Sadness." It's listed here and has an add from WNOW New York this week.

[Adam (UTR)]

A remix done by Cedric Gervais is being used for the push, which you can listen to here.

[Verisimilitude]

This remix is also getting attention on lots of dance stations in the US as well as parts of Europe. The "I Follow Rivers" of 2013 hopefully!

[Rocky]

Lol, this was a hit last summer... I think this has more chance than "Y&B" at least.

[Keelzit]

Should have been the Radio Mix that was released in Europe a year ago but I'll take anything at this point as long as she finally makes it on US pop radio.

[spoonabdul3]

I don't see this song doing anything. What radio station wants to play a song in the summer called "summertime sadness"?

[ILLUSION]

They should wait until the end of summer to release this...she just needs a new album no one cares about BTD anymore.

[Live Your Life]

They've handled her career so sloppily in the US. I hope they get it together with her next release.

[lapetitemort]

This is sort of embarrassing. It's time for her to go back to the studio, mix up her image and crawl back out into the limelight next year feelin' fresh.

[Youknowit]

YES at this being released. Although I love the original more than the remix, I can't complain. I heard this on the radio once before (the remix) and it sounded so fresh.

Also, 99.9% of the people listening to this on the radio will think it's a new song.

[George]

Glad to see them push another single to US radio for her.

Were any other singles officially released besides "Video Games"? I think that's the only one I ever heard on radio.

[Lozzy]

what even

Okay after listening to the remix, there's no way this will do a thing on CHR, in my opinion. Pop just isn't that interested in generic dance, especially in the form of a random remix of a non-dance song like this. I really don't know why they'd choose to scrap "Young and Beautiful" for this? I mean, at the very least you'd think they'd remix "Young and Beautiful", not a random album track. But whatever, I didn't like the likelihood of "Young and Beautiful" eclipsing "Video Games"' popularity so I'm okay with it

[Glove Slap]

Ehh, I adore this song, but their best shot of any traction on CHR would be with a single from a new album.

[Spidey]

They really should move on to a new era instead of releasing this, but I love "Summertime Sadness".

[Chelsea Press 2]

Jun 12, 2013 13:21:03 GMT -5 Lozzy said:

I really don't know why they'd choose to scrap "Young and Beautiful" for this? I mean, at the very least you'd think they'd remix "Young and Beautiful", not a random album track.

THIS. "Young and Beautiful" had potential to do fairly well yet they didn't do a damn thing to make it happen. As much as I do like this song, I would prefer the original to be released, though I do like the Cedric Gervais remix as well. Lana is not a Dance/Electronic artist and that remix would misrepresent what she is really about.

[BadRomance]

Talk about being late. Just release a new album instead!

[nick64]

With "Young and Beautiful", I was scared she would become Lana Del One Hit, but yay! now I can be happy knowing she'll remain to be Lana Del Flop :)

[onehitwonder]

Monday's (06/10/13) #'s

154 75 LANA DEL REY Summertime Sadness 83 21 +62

[Deleted]

Dumb. The remix is awful, and I'm not even that big on the original. At the very least, they could have released something from Paradise instead of the original CD.

They really don't give a shit about this girl stateside, do they?

[Envoirment]

Hope it does well for her. I really like it/the remix and can see it doing somewhat well. I think it will do really well on HAC.

[hazuki]

Best single of the year thus far then.

[Zeebz]

I love the song, and I hope it becomes a hit, but I really think "Young And Beautiful" would have done better.

[ListenToItTwice]

I'm glad this is on track to do well, but it's just a strange decision. Why not keep pushing "Young and Beautiful?" I just don't understand..

[chartfreak]

I have a dance version of this and love it...my summer song.

[franklin]

wait what!? Hate that remix but love this song. Hope it's huge.

[halo19]

Jun 13, 2013 9:48:04 GMT -5 @xoxo said:

Dumb. The remix is awful, and I'm not even that big on the original. At the very least, they could have released something from Paradise instead of the original CD.

Well it's not like a lot of pop stations are even keen on a song of hers that beings with her singing about her pussy tasting like Pepsi, and that's one of the most memorable songs from the EP.

[ListenToItTwice]

Jun 13, 2013 18:42:04 GMT -5 halo19 said:

Jun 13, 2013 9:48:04 GMT -5 @xoxo said:

Dumb. The remix is awful, and I'm not even that big on the original. At the very least, they could have released something from Paradise instead of the original CD.

Well it's not like a lot of pop stations are even keen on a song of hers that beings with her singing about her pussy tasting like Pepsi, and that's one of the most memorable songs from the EP.

But it's hardly the best.. Why not give "Body Electric" or "Gods and Monsters" go? They're just as radio-friendly as SS.

[jjose712]

I like Summertime sadness, but i don't understand this move.
She was near top 50 with Young and beautiful, and the song is in the billboard top 100 for several weeks (i think any of her other song peak so high or stay in the top 100 if she has any other top 100 at all).
Sometimes people who run artist career seem to sabotage their chances of having success

[onehitwonder]

This already fell out of the Top 100 lmfao.

[Deleted]

I'm all for this being a single, but I don't understand why they had to release it just as "Young and Beautiful" was doing some damage. Baffling really.