~ Lana Del Rey Singles Rankdown • It's A Fact! Kiss Kiss ~

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Sept 12, 2020 12:06:57 GMT -5 born said:

• Ultraviolence: Love at first sight
• Young and Beautiful: I actually always overlooked this one until I did Az Paynter ’s personal rankdown lol. After that, I’ve had the song on repeat for the entire summer.
• Blue Jeans: I thought this will always be my favorite from Lana but it seemed to age a bit quicker than other classics. Still love it though.

- It is probably my fav Lana video

- Cedric remix is really cool. I am sure it will click with anyone at one point

- Blue Jeans was also for a period my fav song by Lana ... then this remix was my favorite... now it is a bit lower than other Born to Die singles

as for The Greatest - I am surprised by so many accolades. It is good on the album...but as a stand alone - not really - at least for me

[Keelzit]

Blue Jeans was my favorite Lana song for quite a while but I almost can't stand it now. I really thought Young & Beautiful would end up at #1 with how things were going so I'm relieved it's out already.

[willapted33]

the nfr songs were robbed

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Sept 12, 2020 19:09:36 GMT -5 willapted33 said:

the nfr songs were robbed

Though songs on Norman sound great as a whole
I do not think that any song (except Mariners and Venice) can stand on their own

I wrote somewhere... though NFR is the album I have been listening to the most in past 380 days since it is out
If someone is to play me 20 sec of a song, I would not be able to say the title of the song. *** Somehow they are all similar and good as a whole... but as a stand alone they lose their appeal.

*** except The next best american record as that song leaked 4 years ago and was my favorite/on repeat for months

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#13
Norman f**king Rockwell!
267 points



The song was nominated for Song of the Year at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. In an interview with Zane Lowe of the BBC, Del Rey commented on her forthcoming album's title track: "Working with Jack Antonoff, I was in a little bit of a lighter mood because he was so funny. So the title track is called 'Norman f**king Rockwell' and it's kind of about this guy who is such a genius artist but he thinks he's the s**t and he knows it and he, like, won't shut up talking about it.
The song was sent to UK Mainstream radios on November 1, 2019, as the sixth single from the album and it hit #44 on UK singles chart. Also, it peaked at #8 in New Zealand and #14 in Nederlands.

Keelzit - 6
taylor - 6
samo🦕 - 7
BB🌕 - 9
willapted33 - 10
@phillippe - 14
@greento - 16
born - 22
Ty - 22
YourFaveIsAFlop - 35
spiritboy -37




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BONUS - Other Woman

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#12
Lust For Life
277 points





Lust for Life is a song recorded by Lana Del Rey with a guest appearance by Canadian singer The Weeknd. The song was written and produced by Del Rey and Rick Nowels, with additional writing from The Weeknd and Max Martin and additional production from Dean Reid and Kieron Menzies. It was released on April 19, 2017, through Polydor Records and Interscope Records, as the second single from her fifth studio album of the same name (2017). In the United States, Lust for Life debuted at spot of number 36 on Digital Songs chart based on one day of tracking. It entered the Billboard Hot 100 the following week at number 64, thus made Del Rey's eleventh chart entry, being her third collaboration with The Weekend to reach the Hot 100 along with Prisoner from Weeknd's debut album, The Beauty Behind the Madness (2015) and Stargirl Interludefrom his sophomore record Starboy (2017). Lust for Life additionally debuted within top ten on Hot Rock Songs chart issued for May 13, 2017. Becoming Del Rey's second highest debut on the charts, following "Love" released two months prior which debuted at number two. Outside the United States, Lust for Life peaked in the top forty in various countries including the United Kingdom—where it debuted at 38 on UK Singles Charts—Canada, Sweden, Scotland, Poland and Spain.

samo🦕 - 3
@greento - 5
spiritboy - 7
Ty - 9
taylor - 11
born - 12
YourFaveIsAFlop - 15
BB🌕 - 23
Keelzit - 26
@phillippe - 28
willapted33 - 35



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BONUS - Lust For Life (Demo)This demo version is 1000 times better than album version! It is now my favorite demo/unreleased song.
There is also 2nd demo version, but this one is the best/better for me.

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#11
West Coast
284 points



This is a surprise for me! I would have bet this would be top 3 or even #1. It is close to #10 in points, but...


Released as the lead single from the album on April 14, 2014, West Coast received positive reviews from music critics who commended its unconventional composition and Del Rey's uncharacteristic vocal delivery. Several news media sources went on to list it as one of the best songs of 2014, including Consequence of Sound, NME and Spin. "West Coast" debuted at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100, making this Del Rey's highest debut and third highest-charting single of her career, while also being her first single to enter the Rock Airplay chart where it reached number 26. The song marked Del Rey's eighth top 40 hit on the UK Singles Chart where it peaked at number 21.
The song peaked at #3 on US Billboard AAA, #3 in Greece, #4 in Belgium, #5 in Izrael and #34 in France. In Canada it hit #26.

Keelzit - 1
@greento - 4
@phillippe - 5
willapted33 - 9
BB🌕 - 11
samo🦕 - 18
Ty - 18
YourFaveIsAFlop - 20
taylor - 23
spiritboy - 26
born - 32




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BONUS - West Coast (Radio mix)
I really like this version, as well as many remixes which were made for the song.

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HOW did this miss the top 10??

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And here we are... entering top 10!



#10
Dark Paradise
286 points





Dark Paradise is a song recorded by Lana Del Rey for her debut studio album, Born to Die (2012). It was written by Lana Del Rey and Rick Nowels, while production was handled by Emile Haynie. Nowels and Devrim Karaoglu produced the radio mix of the song. The song was released on March 1, 2013, by Universal and Vertigo Records, as the sixth and final single from Born to Die. In an interview in June 2012, Del Rey said she would not release the song as a single but did plan to release a music video in September 2012. However, no music video was released, and on January 29, 2013, an official radio edit of Dark Paradise was serviced to German radio stations. On the same day, it was announced that the song would serve as the fifth single in Austria and Germany, and the sixth single in Switzerland.
It peaked at #42 in Austria, #45 in Germany and #48 in Swiss. Also, it hit #5 in Poland and #3 in Serbia on radio airplay chart.

spiritboy - 6
Ty - 8
Keelzit - 8
@phillippe - 9
samo🦕 - 9
BB🌕 - 10
YourFaveIsAFlop - 19
willapted33 - 19
@greento - 20
taylor - 28
born - 29



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BONUS - Parov Steler remix. Really great remix!

[Ty]

Yeah!! So glad "Dark Paradise" made the Top 10

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#9
National Anthem
295 points





National Anthem is a song by Lana Del Rey for her debut studio album, Born to Die (2012). It was released as a single on July 6, 2012, through Interscope Records. The song serves as the album's fifth single. The music video for the song premiered on June 27, 2012. It is directed by Anthony Mandler. It depicts Del Rey as Marilyn Monroe and Jacqueline Kennedy and ASAP Rocky as John F. Kennedy. It portrays the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Critical commentary accompanied the song and video. Positive reviews noted the song's critical evaluation of lavish lifestyles, saying it fit together with the lyrical structure of the entire album.
The song peaked at #40 in Belgium, #152 in France, #92 in UK and #37 on Billboard rock songs.

spiritboy - 1
YourFaveIsAFlop - 1
Keelzit - 4
@greento - 6
@phillippe - 10
born - 14
BB🌕 - 16
willapted33 - 21
Ty - 26
taylor - 27
samo🦕 - 30




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BONUS - Official 1st video and demo version of the song. If you have not seen it/heard it - here is the chance.

[born]

Out of all the fan favorite album cuts from Lana, "Dark Paradise" aged the worst for me.

I'm really vibing with the demo version of "National Anthem". She can pull off that pop rock sound. Very 2000s.

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Dark Paradise is the song that is still regularly played on Serbian radio. You can hear it the most often out of all Lana songs

[Keelzit]

The disrespect to West Coast is shocking. Not even top 10? Trash!

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#8
Venice Bitch
298 points





Venice Bitch is a song by Lana Del Rey. It was released on September 18, 2018, through Polydor and Interscope Records, as the second single from her sixth studio album, Norman f**king Rockwell! (2019). The song was written and produced by Del Rey and Jack Antonoff and received acclaim from music critics upon its release and later.
It ended on several best of year-end lists: #1 on Idolator, #2 Crack magazine, #3 on Paper and Spin and several others. It peaked at #10 on Billboard alternative digital songs and #95 in France.

born - 1
willapted33 - 1
@greento - 2
BB🌕 - 4
taylor - 5
Ty - 10
spiritboy - 11
samo🦕 - 21
@phillippe - 26
YourFaveIsAFlop - 34
Keelzit - 38



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BONUS - Architecture (Best American Record - Demo version). I just love this demo version. Like so many times, demo is superior to the album version.

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#7
Love
310 points





Love is a song by Lana Del Rey. It was released on February 18, 2017, by Polydor Records and Interscope Records, as the lead single from her fifth studio album, Lust for Life (2017). Love debuted at No. 44 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it her highest charting song on the chart since Ultraviolence's lead single, West Coast. It also debuted at No. 2 on Hot Rock Songs, exceeding the No. 3 peak of Young and Beautiful in 2013. Love also launched as her first No. 1 on Rock Digital Song Sales (46,000 downloads sold, according to Nielsen Music) and at No. 5 on Rock Streaming Songs (6.6 million domestic streams). The song also peaked at No. 9 on the Digital Songs chart.

Ty - 1
samo🦕 - 2
BB🌕 - 3
Keelzit - 7
born - 9
YourFaveIsAFlop - 10
@greento - 15
taylor - 16
spiritboy - 18
willapted33 - 28
@phillippe - 32




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Bonus - Young And In Love (Love demo)
Very dramatic start of the song.

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#6
Summertime Sadness
314 points



Summertime Sadness is a song by Lana Del Rey from her second studio album, Born to Die (2012). The pop ballad was released on June 22, 2012 by Interscope Records as the fourth single of the album. Charting across Europe, the single reached the top ten in Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg, and Switzerland. In the spring of 2013, Summertime Sadness reached number one in Poland, Ukraine and Armenia. Trap and house remixes of "Summertime Sadness" helped Del Rey break into the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart. That chart is where Del Rey's song became a modest hit and marked her first foray into the chart. On the accompanied Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart, the single gave Del Rey her first US number-one single in August 2013. Earlier in 2012, the song also managed to become a rock hit in the US.

In the summer of 2013, a remixed version of the track by Cedric Gervais was released to American contemporary hit radio and helped the single become a sleeper hit, debuting at 72 on the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming the highest charting single of her career in that country with a peak of 6. Switzerland and Austria gave Summertime Sadness a gold certification; it reached platinum status in Germany and became a top 40 year-end hit. The record also reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart. It joined BBC Radio 1's and BBC Radio 2's playlists. Gervais' remixed version won a 2014 Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical.


spiritboy - 2
Keelzit - 5
BB🌕 - 7
taylor - 7
samo🦕 - 8
@phillippe - 11
@greento - 13
willapted33 - 14
born - 19
YourFaveIsAFlop - 23
Ty - 28





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BONUS - Summertime Sadness (Radio version)
This is a bit different than album version and it is the version known as European also.

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#5
Mariners Apartment Complex
317 points





Mariners Apartment Complex is a song by Lana Del Rey, released on September 12, 2018, through Polydor and Interscope Records, as the first single from her sixth studio album, Norman f**king Rockwell! (2019). The song was written and produced by Del Rey and Jack Antonoff, it marks the first collaboration between Del Rey and Antonoff. In an interview preceding the premiere, Del Rey stated:


"The song is about this time I took a walk late at night with a guy I was seeing, and we stopped in front his friend's apartment complex, and he put his hand around my shoulder, and he said "I think we are together because we're both similar, like we're both really messed up" and I thought it was the saddest thing I'd ever heard. And I said, "I'm not sad, I didn't know that's why you thought you were relating to me on that level, I'm actually doing pretty good". And he was upset, and that's when I wrote the song. I thought, I had to do so many times, where you know like I had to sort of step on that role where I was showing the way and I was sort of being the brighter light. But that's why it's so cool that you’re playing it. 'Cause I thought that I'd just put it out and it would be one of those things that I'd put out just to have there for myself, but it's cool being able to share it with people too."

The song peaked at #79 in UK, #35 in France, #13 on Billboard AAA and #27 on Billboard alternative airplay.

@greento - 1
willapted33 - 2
BB🌕 - 6
samo🦕 - 10
born - 11
@phillippe - 12
taylor - 12
spiritboy - 13
YourFaveIsAFlop - 18
Ty - 19
Keelzit - 30



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BONUS - Pawn Shop Blues

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#4
Video Games
317 points
(same points as #5 but more top 10 placements)





Video Games is a song recorded by Lana Del Rey for her second studio album and major label debut, Born to Die (2012). It was first released to the Internet on June 29, 2011, was later released on her extended play, Lana Del Rey, and re-released as the lead single from her second studio album, Born to Die on October 7, 2011, through Interscope Records. The song was produced by Robopop while the lyrics were written by Del Rey and Justin Parker. Video Games is a baroque pop ballad that speaks of the protagonist who, despite being ignored by her significant other, resolves to love him regardless.

Video Games has received several accolades from critics since its release. The song has been considered Del Rey's "breakthrough hit" and was a commercial success, peaking at number one in Germany, Iceland and Luxembourg, reaching a top ten position in Belgium, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom and peaked at 91 on Billboard Hot 100 chart and was certified Gold. The song's accompanying music video was directed and edited by Del Rey herself, combining scenes of her performing the song filmed on a webcam with clips of archive footage. The song won an Ivor Novello Award for "Best Contemporary Song" in 2012 and was nominated for several other awards shortly after release. In the Q Awards 2019, the song has been named as the song of the decade.


Video Games was also included in the book 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die.

born - 2
YourFaveIsAFlop - 3
willapted33 - 3
Ty - 5
@phillippe - 6
@greento - 8
samo🦕 - 11
BB🌕 - 14
spiritboy - 19
taylor - 31
Keelzit - 32




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BONUS - Video Games (Club Clique For The Bad Girls Remix)
Probably my favorite Lana remix of any song!

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...
and tomorrow TOP 3 
&
the winner will be revealed


Ride
Born To Die
Doin' Time

What do you think - how will top 3 look?

[born]

"Venice Bitch" leaving before the top 5


This top 3 is excellent. Kinda unexpected but excellent.

[willapted33]

doin' time was the worst nfr song here...

aside from that, great top 3

love beating venice bitch is a complete joke though

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Predictions

3. Ride
2. Doin Time
1. Born to Die

[Keelzit]

So glad I tanked all 3 of VB, MAC and VG. VB is an unlistenable mess of a song. I don't get what y'all hear in it that I don't. MAC is an inferior NFR so there was no need for its existence and VG is just okay in 2020.

I'm surprised to see Doin Time in the top 3. Finally some taste being shown.

[taylor]

1. Born to Die
2. Doin' Time
3. Ride

[Ty]

Iconic Top3!

[SHOOTER]

The correct answer for #1 is Born to Die.

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Sept 15, 2020 11:24:50 GMT -5 @greento said:

Predictions

3. Ride
2. Doin Time
3. Born to Die

So... what is #1?
Ride or BTD?

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Sept 15, 2020 15:25:24 GMT -5 @phillippe said:

Sept 15, 2020 11:24:50 GMT -5 @greento said:

Predictions

3. Ride
2. Doin Time
3. Born to Die

So... what is #1?
Ride or BTD?

aha I didn’t even notice till you said. I meant born to die as number 1

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By the way

Love being in top 10 is my 2nd surprise of this rankdown, after West coast not being in top 10

Also... surprised big time (positively ) that Doin' time is not only in the top 5 but top 3 too.