Lana Del Rey

“Back to the Basics” was written by Lana Del Rey and was recorded and produced by Tim Anderson as a demo in 2011 and leaked to the internet in December 2012. The song is about two lovers trying to rekindle their past relationship by getting back to the basic things that drew them together in the first place. Del Rey has leaked a multitude of her demos and unreleased recordings to the internet. She will sometimes perform her unreleased material at concerts. Like other prolific songwriters, lyrics from earlier unreleased works may appear later in different forms in finished recordings.

“Summertime Sadness” was written by Lana Del Rey and Rick Nowels and appears as the 11th song on Lana Del Rey’s second studio album, Born to Die. The pop ballad was released as a single in June 2012. The house remixes of “Summertime Sadness” helped put the song at #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs Singles chart. In 2013, a remixed version of the song by Cedric Gervais went to #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart, Del Rey’s highest charting single in her career. Gervais’ remixed version won a Grammy Award for Best Remixed Record, Non-Classical, in 2014.

“Off to the Races” was written by Lana Del Rey and Tim Larcombe and appears as the second song on Lana Del Rey’s second studio album, Born to Die. The song’s lyrics move with a cinematic poetic flow over a hip-hop-flavored backdrop, describing an intense relationship with a well-healed older lover. The song was released as a digital download single in December 2011 and went to #22 on the Billboard Alternative Songs and #40 on the Billboard Hot Rock Songs Singles charts. It has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.